Review and testing of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X graphics card
In our test this time, the new MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X graphics card , kindly provided to us by MSI, is participating .
| APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS |
This subsection of our review reveals the main aspects of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X, such as appearance and hardware configuration.
| APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS |
The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X graphics card comes in the same packaging as the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPRIM X along with a gaming mouse pad.
The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X kit includes the graphics card itself, a power adapter, and a bracket to support the graphics card.
On the side we have a 12-pin power connector and a bios switch.
The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X cooling system is based on 6 heat pipes.
The video card has 4 video outputs - 1 HDMI and 3 DisplayPort, all of which support 8K resolution and 60 Hz. At 4K resolution, we can get a screen refresh rate of 144Hz.
On the reverse side of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X, there is a rather immodest cutout - for more airflow throughput, in general, the design is the same for all 4080/4090.
Compared to ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X looks like a real giant...
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X (right) is almost identical to MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X (left). The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X is only slightly larger and has 7 heat pipes, while the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X has only six.
| ARCHITECTURE |
The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is based on the AD104 GPU and features 7680 CUDA cores delivering 40 shader teraflops with FP32 precision for graphics rendering, 240 gen 4 tensor cores offering 641 trillion sparse matrix operations for AI and DLSS processing, 60 RT 3 cores generations of Ada architecture with 93 RT-TFLOPS performance for next-generation ray-traced graphics acceleration and 12GB of GDDR6X memory. Like all GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs, the RTX 4070 Ti features Ada innovations including Shader Execution Reordering (SER), a new optical flow engine, new RT cores, and DLSS 3.
NVIDIA Ada Architecture
The NVIDIA Ada architecture is a giant leap in performance. Numerous improvements make it the fastest and most advanced. The RTX 4070 Ti is manufactured using TSMC's custom 4N process and contains 35.8 billion transistors and 7680 CUDA cores. Hardware-accelerated tracing, 4th Gen Tensor Cores to improve AI performance, 8th Gen encoders with support for AV1 encoding and decoding, and DLSS enhancements that deliver high frame rates in competitive games and ultra settings with ray tracing enabled.
NVIDIA Ada Streaming Multiprocessor
RTX video cards have three main processors: programmable universal CUDA cores, which process general-purpose shaders and CUDA applications, RT cores to accelerate the calculation of ray intersections with triangles and bounding volumes, Ada architecture RT cores doubled the rate of calculation of intersections with triangles, the last processor type - artificial intelligence processing pipeline called tensor cores.
Ada improves on all three RTX processors
Programmable Shaders: 40 shader teraflops compared to 21.7 teraflops on the RTX 3070 Ti. The Ada Shader Processor includes an important new technology called Shader Execution Reordering (SER), which reorders work on the fly, providing a 2x speedup for ray tracing shaders. SER is as big an innovation for GPUs as out-of-order execution once was for CPUs.
Gen 4 Tensor Cores: The new Tensor Core in Ada includes the NVIDIA Hopper FP8 Transformer Engine delivering up to 641 FP8 precision tensor teraflops on sparse matrices in the RTX 4070 Ti for training and AI inference, up from 174 tensor teraflops on sparse matrices in the RTX 3070 Ti. Compared to FP16, FP8 reduces memory requirements by half and doubles AI performance.
Gen 3 RT Cores: The new Opacity Micromap Engine averages twice the speed of intersection calculations for surfaces with a texture transparency test when developers use this feature, and the new Micro-Mesh Engine increases geometric detail without the cost of assembling and storing BVH. Ada's throughput on crossover tests is 93 RT-TFLOPS compared to the 3070 Ti's 42.5 RT-TFLOPS.
4th Generation Tensor Cores
Tensor cores are high-performance computing cores specialized and adapted for matrix multiplication and addition operations that are used in artificial intelligence applications and for high performance computing. Tensor cores provide revolutionary performance for matrix calculations, which are critical for training multilayer neural networks and inferencing already trained networks. Example applications with inference include NVIDIA DLSS 3 for gamers, where a separate neural network is responsible for generating high-quality frames, all powered by the NVIDIA Tensor Core. DLSS has become so popular that there are already over 250 games that support this technology, in which gamers can double the performance with one click. Besides, Many creative apps have begun using AI features to help artists create content faster and with better quality. Today, more than 110 popular creative applications use tensor and RT core acceleration on RTX graphics cards. And exclusive NVIDIA applications such asBroadcast and Canvas offer tools to remove noise, create virtual backgrounds, and many other AI-powered effects for video streaming and conferencing.
The fourth generation Ada Tensor Core builds on the capabilities of previous Ampere GPUs that supported many new data types and added structured sparsity acceleration to double the throughput of previous Turing cores. Ada generation tensor cores support the new FP8 data format, first introduced in the NVIDIA Hopper GPU architecture. Compared to FP16, FP8 reduces storage requirements by half and doubles AI performance. With the new FP8 format and sparsity feature, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers 641 TFLOPS of performance for AI workloads.
3rd Generation RT Cores
Ada's third-generation RT cores are dedicated hardware blocks for speeding up BVH traversal and ray-triangle intersection calculations, which are critical to speeding up ray tracing. The RT cores of RTX video cards are completely independent, they perform all BVH traversal and intersection calculations, thereby offloading SM streaming multiprocessors with CUDA cores and freeing them for other tasks such as pixel shading, vertex shading and general purpose calculations.
Ada architecture RT cores provide 2x faster triangle ray intersection testing compared to NVIDIA Ampere GPUs, allowing developers to add more detail to their virtual worlds. Ada RT cores also include new Opacity Micromap Engine blocks that speed up alpha-tested geometry tracing by a factor of 2, which will help developers speed up resource-intensive scenes with vegetation and particle effects up to 2x for tracing. The new RT cores also include Displaced MicroMesh Engine blocks, which generate micromesh on the fly to create additional geometry.
All of these ray-traced performance enhancements give the Ada architecture a big head start. As new games emerge that use Ada technologies to boost performance, the RTX 40-series graphics cards will undoubtedly get faster and further ahead of the previous generation of RTX 30-series graphics cards. An example is the recent remaster of Portal with RTX based on the RTX Remix, in which NVIDIA uses new features of the Ada architecture, such as the OMM and SER engines (which, by the way, can be disabled in the settings), together they allow the RTX 4090 to be up to 3 times faster than the RTX 3080 Ti without DLSS, and with the DLSS 3 frame generator, the advantage can be up to 5x.
| TECHNOLOGIES |
Design
The second iteration of the SUPRIM inherits its predecessor's exterior design philosophy with a brushed metal cover, octagonal fan cutouts, and backlighting on each fan. The bevelled edges are polished several times to achieve a mirror-like finish. Clean, sharp lines underline the thoughtful design.
The motif of straight lines continues around the fans with octagonal cutouts with polished 45 degree bevelled edges.
Cooling system TRI FROZR 3S
Updated fans, airflow control and other thermal innovations make TRI-FROZR 3S the best air-cooling solution MSI TORX FAN 5.0 includes design improvements resulting in +23% more airflow than conventional fan.
When the temperature is relatively low and active cooling is not required, the fans stop completely using Zero Frozr technology, eliminating all noise. The fans will automatically start spinning when the key components get hot while playing.
TORX FAN 5.0 fans and Zero Frozr technology
Each TORX FAN 5.0 fan is equipped with double ball bearings to ensure years of reliable performance. When the temperature is relatively low and active cooling is not required, the fans stop completely using Zero Frozr technology, eliminating all noise. The fans will automatically start spinning when the key components get hot while playing.
Evaporation chamber
The evaporation chamber is great for quick temperature equalization on a flat surface. The GPU and video memory are covered with a vapor chamber that quickly transfers heat to the heat pipes. Precision-machined CORE PIPE heatpipes provide maximum contact area with the GPU vapor chamber and distribute heat along the entire length of the heatsink.
Sections of different radiator fins break unwanted airflow harmonics and reduce noise. Updated heatpipe routing provides more room for additional heatsink fins. The radiator fins are arranged in a V-shape along the airflow path. The optimized tilt angle directs the air resistance vector closer to the center of the radiator, resulting in an increase in the speed of expelling warm air.
Highly efficient technological base
Improvements in materials in the manufacture of chokes have culminated in the form of highly efficient carbonyl inductors. One-piece molding allows this design to operate with less throttle noise and better electrical filtering.
Smart Power Stages (SPS) are highly efficient and allow precise current regulation with less resistance. This results in less power loss and less heat generated by the power system. Additional fuses located on a specially designed circuit board provide additional protection against electrical shock.
MSI Center
MSI Center software allows you to monitor and configure MSI products in real time.
Mystic Light allows you to control lighting for both MSI products and compatible third-party RGB products.
| HEATING AND POWER CONSUMPTION |
The gluttony test of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X was carried out in conjunction with an Intel Core i9 13900K 3.2 GHz + Z690 AORUS MASTER in a closed Thermaltake Core V51 case:
In the "Donut" in stock mode, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X shows 60 degrees, the consumption is 276 watts. From the outlet, the system consumes about 449 watts. In Cyberpunk 2077 in stock mode MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X shows 6 degrees, consumption is 256 watts. From the outlet, the system consumes about 418 watts.
Now let's summarize these temperature and power consumption indicators in tables, with the results we obtained earlier:
As we can see, in FurMark, the power consumption of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X card is almost the same as the consumption in the games themselves.
The temperature regime of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X card reaches a maximum of 61 degrees. In games, the card is slightly warmer, but at the same time it is absolutely silent in them, which indicates a balanced temperature mode for fan control.
| TEST PART |
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
32 GB DDR5 6000@6400 CL30 KingstonFURY Renegade Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD  |
| multimedia equipment |
Power Supply Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 |
| Software configuration |
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| operating system | Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake) |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 527.62 WHQL AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 22.12.2 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner |
| GAMES |
| eed for Speed Unbound |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings and with ray tracing. Our test section.
But in this game, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X is slightly behind the Radeon RX 7900 XT .
| God of War |
Testing took place at maximum + quality settings. Our test section.
In God of War, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X is noticeably faster than the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
| Dying Light 2 Stay Human |
Testing took place at maximum + quality settings with RT. Our test section.
In Dying Light 2 Stay Human, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X graphics card is second only to the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPRIM X.
| ELDEN RING |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings (with ray tracing) . Our test section.
In this game, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X is almost equal to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
| F1 22 |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings and with ray tracing. Our test section.
In F1 22, the performance of MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X is higher than GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
| Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings and with ray tracing. Our test section.
In Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X performs better than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
| Gotham Knights |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings and with ray tracing. Our test section.
In Gotham Knights, the performance of MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X is faster than GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
| DLSS 3.0 |
And finally, testing the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X in games with DLSS 3.0
| A Plague Tale Requiem |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings and with ray tracing. Our test section.
The performance of MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X with DLSS 3.0 is slightly higher than that of GeForce RTX 4080 SUPRIM X with DLSS and GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X.
| Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings and with ray tracing. Our test section.
In the Spider, the performance of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X with DLSS 3.0 is also slightly higher than that of the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPRIM X with DLSS and the GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X.
| The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt v. 4.0 |
Testing took place at maximum quality settings and with ray tracing. Our test section.
In The Witcher, the performance of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X with DLSS 3.0 is slightly better than the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPRIM X with DLSS for the third time .
Well, based on testing the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X, we can conclude that the card was a success in all aspects - it is productive, very quiet and cold. Its only drawback is the dimensions of the entire GeForce RTX 40XX SUPRIM X series, where it is contraindicated for compact cases.
Advantages
- excellent cooling system, which causes comfortable temperatures and a comfortable noise level in games
- low power supply requirements
- excellent performance with RT
- DLSS 3.0 support
Disadvantages
- dimensions of the level of SUPRIM X tops
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| T eats 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 100% [5 Votes] | GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 74% [5 Votes] | Radeon RX 7900 XT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 85% [6 Votes] |
