Two great GPUs, two great pre-Prime Day graphics card deals, one tough choice
Gigabyte RTX 4070 | 12 GB GDDR6X | 5,888 shaders | 2,565 MHz boost | $559.99$499.99 at Newegg (save $60 with promo code FANDUA5762)
The RTX 4070 is a popular card and can be difficult to find at a discount, but it's important to remember that this price is cheaper than it was at launch. You're getting nearly RTX 3080 performance but with all those nice RTX 40-series features. This Gigabyte model uses the traditional 8-pin PCIe power connector, rather than the new 12VHPWR one, which makes it far easier to install as an upgrade.
RTX 4070 price check: Best Buy $554.99 | Walmart $534.99 | Amazon $529.99
Acer Nitro RX 7900 GRE | 16 GB GDDR6 | 5,120 shaders | 2,395 MHz boost | $539.99$509.99 at Newegg (save $30 with promo code FANDUA5753)
The RX 7900 XT is one of the more recent releases out of AMD, at least in the global market. It started out as a special edition for the Chinese gaming market, but it was rolled out globally to help the red team compete with the green guys. It's a good deal, too, being big chunks of the RX 7900 XT but with a bit less of everything.
Price check: Amazon $529.99 | Best Buy $529.99
Just $10 separates these two great graphics cards, so which one is worth splashing out $500 on? Well, the good news is that no matter which one you go with, you're getting the latest generation of GPU from AMD and Nvidia, both packed with all the features you expect in a modern graphics card.
The cheaper of the two is Gigabyte's take on Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070. It has higher clocks than the reference design (2,565 vs 2,475 MHz) but a 4% overclock is barely going to be noticeable in games. It sports a pretty large heatsink and cooler, so you'll need to make sure you've got plenty of room inside your PC case for it.
Rather than using the 12VHPWR power connector that many RTX 40-series cards sport, Gigabyte has fitted a standard 8-pin PCIe connector, which means you won't need to use adapter cables if you're upgrading from an older GPU. Ada Lovelace chips are also
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