Nvidia RTX 4070 Founder's Edition Review

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The RTX 4070 Founder's Edition is the latest graphics card to take advantage of the newest Ada Lovelace architecture by Nvidia. Priced starting at an MSRP of $599 USD, the RTX 4070 is aimed squarely at those users still rocking an RTX 2070, 3070 Ti, or even those hanging onto that RTX 1080. How does it stack up, and does it deliver on the promise of high refresh rates using the best settings at 1440p?

At first, when the RTX 4070 Founder's Edition showed up on my doorstep, I was afraid it would be the same size as the previous Founder's Edition cards this generation, thanks to the fact the carton is an identical size. However, once I had freed the 4070 from its cardboard prison, I was happy to see that we're firmly back in very normal-sized GPU territory. The card itself is about the same size as the Founder's Edition RTX 3080, though it keeps the same cooler design as the 40-series cards. This is a card that you won't need to upgrade your case to fit.

I truly love that design as well, with its two-tone board, the silver-hued möbius strip wrapping itself around the body of the board. The nondescript RTX 4070 stamp on the top of the card and the GeForce RTX LED logo on the side eschew the typical gaudy gamer aesthetic normally seen on GPUs, especially AIB partner boards. Instead, the minimalistic approach here looks beautiful, and when the fans do spin up the blend right into the look of the board it's hard to see them spinning at first glance. It helps that they are insanely quiet as well.

The RTX 4070 Founder's Edition still uses the same 16-pin power adapter, but like the RTX 4070 Ti it only requires 2 8-pin connections from the power supply to the included octopus cable adapter. This does help to cut down on cable