MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G GAMING X TRIO WHITE Video Card Review

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Overclocking MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G GAMING X TRIO WHITE

To overclock the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G GAMING X TRIO WHITE video card, we wanted to use MSI Afterburner naturally. However, the latest version does not support the SUPER cards yet, and we could not get it to work. Therefore, we used MSI Center, which at this time of the review (pre-launch), it does not support all the overclocking features yet on the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GAMING X TRIO WHITE. 

With the latest version, we could only access GPU Offset and Memory overclock frequencies. We could not increase the power limit, and we could not control the fan speeds or Voltage. We were limited to just the frequency adjustment, at the time of review. The software should get updated over time to support all the features, but at the time of review, this was all that was available to us to try.

Highest Overclock

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GAMING X TRIO WHITE MSI Center Overclock Screenshot

As we mentioned, with the latest version of MSI Center at the time of review we only had access to the GPU and Memory frequency adjustments for overclocking. We could not increase the power target or power limit, which is important because ultimately it does keep the video card at TDP and doesn’t give it much headroom in actual performance improvements from overclocking. This software should get updated over time with proper SUPER support, and hopefully Afterburner as well.

Using the only adjustments we had, we did manage to increase the frequency boost to 2850MHz and the memory from 21Gbps up to 24Gbps with these adjustments. Let’s see what that translates to while we game, below in the graph.

Overclocked GPU Frequency Compared

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GAMING X TRIO WHITE Overclocked GPU Frequency

By default, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GAMING X TRIO WHITE video card has a boost clock set at 2670MHz. We can see with the blue line above that it is boosting well above that frequency while game, before even overclocking. It was averaging 2805MHz most of the time, with a few dips here and there. This means by default, it’s already boosting 5% over the factory overclock.

With our simple overclock of setting MSI Center to 2850MHz boost, we can see that the boost actually ends up around 2985MHz at the top, and then settles down to around 2955MHz most of the time. At 2955MHz we are getting another 5% GPU frequency overclock over the already boosted default clock speed. This is all with the fan speed on automatic, and the memory overclocked up to 24Gbps as well from 21Gbps, so that gets a nice bandwidth boost. Just keep in mind, that we were not able to increase the power target or power limit, so ultimately the video card will hit the brakes when it wants to go past the default power limits. Once software support is provided, that will make it perform better in actual advantages from overclocking.

Our final overclock therefore that we used in our testing is 2955MHz/24Gbps (GPU/Mem).

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

Gaming
9
Power Efficiency
10
Build and Cooling
10
Value
9

SUMMARY

We reviewed the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G GAMING X TRIO WHITE, which offers great gaming performance at 4K and 1440p combined with a feature rich set of capabilities like DLSS, DLSS 3 Frame Generation and DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction which combine to make a complete package for gamers. It is very power efficient, and the MSI TRI FROZR 3 thermal design keeps it cool, and it also has a SILENT BIOS and GAMING BIOS mode. What makes it really stand out is the unique white and silver aesthetic, making it literally a stand out in any PC.
Brent Justicehttps://www.thefpsreview.com
Former managing editor of GPUs at HardOCP for 18 years, Brent Justice has been reviewing computer components since the late 90s, educated in the art and method of the computer hardware review, he brings experience, knowledge, and hands-on testing with a gamer-oriented and hardware enthusiast perspective. You can follow him on Twitter - @Brent_Justice You can sub to his YouTube channel - Justice Gaming https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeGamingChannel You can check out his computer builds on KIT - @BrentJustice https://kit.co/BrentJustice

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We reviewed the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G GAMING X TRIO WHITE, which offers great gaming performance at 4K and 1440p combined with a feature rich set of capabilities like DLSS, DLSS 3 Frame Generation and DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction which combine to make a complete package for gamers. It is very power efficient, and the MSI TRI FROZR 3 thermal design keeps it cool, and it also has a SILENT BIOS and GAMING BIOS mode. What makes it really stand out is the unique white and silver aesthetic, making it literally a stand out in any PC.MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G GAMING X TRIO WHITE Video Card Review