After the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, it is the turn of the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti to appear on the shelves of various retailers. With this new RTX 50 series graphics card, NVIDIA is expanding its catalog and is now tackling the high-end mid-range (sic). The manufacturer is following a now well-established strategy: offering high-powered models as a priority when a new architecture is launched, before gradually moving downmarket in the following weeks and months.
However, unlike the other two cards in the range already available, the RTX 5070 Ti does not exist in a Founders Edition version: NVIDIA leaves it to its partners to offer reference models, as well as factory-overclocked cards. It is precisely one of these GeForce RTX that spent a few days in test in our lab, namely the RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC from MSI.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Ventus 3X at the best price
Intended to replace the RTX 4070 Ti and 4070 Ti Super which have now reached the end of their life, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is announced by NVIDIA at a public price of 884 euros. And this is also the price that MSI is using for its model; the factory overclocking it enjoys therefore appears as a small bonus offered at no extra cost. As usual, it remains to be seen whether stocks will be sufficient to adequately meet demand, NVIDIA graphics cards having the unfortunate tendency to be difficult to find in the first few weeks after their launch, at least at the theoretically recommended price.
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: the best of Blackwell architecture
Like its big sisters, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti adopts NVIDIA's new Blackwell architecture and therefore benefits from all its new features and improvements. The card is based on a GB203 chipset, grouping 45.6 billion transistors engraved by TSMC with a 4N process (improved 5nm) dedicated to NVIDIA, but in a slightly castrated version compared to that of the RTX 5080: only 70 of the 84 stream multiprocessors (SM) are activated, which represents 8960 functional CUDA cores out of the 10752 cores of a complete chip. With 70 4th generation RT cores, 280 texture units (TMU), as many 5th generation Tensor Cores and 96 rendering units (Render Output Unit), the RTX 5070 Ti has technical specifications a notch below those of the 5080, but significantly higher than those of an RTX 4070 Ti or 4070 Ti Super.
| GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Chipset | GB203 | GB203 | AD103 |
| CUDA Cores | 10752 | 8960 | 8448 |
| Tensor Cores (AI) | 5th generation 1801 AI TOPS | 5th generation 1406 AI TOPS | 4th generation 706 AI TOPS |
| Raytracing cores | 4th generation 171 TFLOPS | 4th generation 133 TFLOPS | 3rd generation 102 TFLOPS |
| Boost frequency | 2.62 GHz | 2.45 GHz | 2.61 GHz |
| Base frequency | 2.30 GHz | 2.30 GHz | 2.34 GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR7 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 16 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory interface | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Bandwidth memory | 960 GB/s | 896 GB/s | 672 GB/s |
| Encoder video (NVEC) | 2x 9th generation | 2x 9th generation | 2x 8th generation |
| Video decoder (NVDEC) | 2x 6th generation | 1x 6th generation | 1x 5th generation |
The RTX 5070 Ti uses a 256-bit wide memory bus and packs 16GB of GDDR7 memory running at 28Gbps; this is a significant upgrade over the RTX 4070 Ti and Ti Super, which have to make do with GDDR6X memory. The increase in bandwidth is ultimately quite significant, going from 672GB/s on the RTX 4070 Ti Super to 896GB/s for this new model. NVIDIA finally recommends a base frequency of 2.3GHz for the GPU of its RTX 5070 Ti with a guaranteed Boost of at least 2.45GHz, all with an overall power consumption limit set at 300W. In practice, these features allow the graphics card to achieve a theoretical power of 133 TFLOPS on the RT cores and 1406 TOPS on the Tensor Cores side.
Similar to the previously launched RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, the RTX 5070 Ti implements neural rendering directly at the graphics rendering pipeline. The GPU has the ability to run a generative AI model in tandem with classic graphics rendering thanks to a new hardware scheduler (AI Management Processor). DLSS 4 is of course part of it: NVIDIA has updated its AI model at the heart of DLSS to a model based on Transformers, more advanced and more precise than the old convolutional neural network (CNN). Blackwell architecture’s own multi-frame generation is also supported, with the GPU capable of AI-generating up to three consecutive frames from a single conventionally rendered frame, theoretically quadrupling the framerate.
MSI’s RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC in detail
The MSI model uses a cooling system composed – for once – of an imposing radiator topped with three fans placed in a plastic frame. A metal backplate helps cool the components. The semi-fanless operation of the fans allows the RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC to be completely silent at idle or at low load. The card has dimensions of 30 cm x 12 cm and weighs 1060 grams on the scale. With a total thickness of 49 mm, it occupies three expansion slots.
As its name suggests, the MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC benefits from a slight factory overclocking. While the GPU's base frequency meets NVIDIA's recommendations (2295 MHz), the Boost benefits from a few extra Megahertz: 2482 MHz instead of 2452 MHz. In practice, the difference will be almost non-existent, as the card is limited by its 300W TGP and the GPU voltage. The GDDR7 memory operates in all cases at the recommended frequency of 1750 MHz.
The MSI card of course uses the “famous” 12VHPWR 12+4-pin power connector. The manufacturer supplies with its RTX 5070 Ti a Y adapter allowing the use of two 8-pin PCIe sockets from a power supply that does not have such a connector. Be sure to check that the plug is correctly engaged to avoid any risk of overheating!
The MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC finally has an HDMI 2.1b output and three DisplayPort 2.1b ports (UHBR20 compatible). Using DSC compression, it is thus possible to display an 8K 12-bit HDR stream at 165 Hz, or 4K 12-bit HDR up to 480 Hz.
MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC: what performance in game?
To test this overclocked GeForce RTX 5070 Ti from MSI, we used a configuration adapted to the gaming market, powerful enough to let the graphics card express itself without restraint. It includes in particular an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor, an Asus ROG Strix X670E-F Gaming WiFi motherboard, 32 GB of DDR5-5200 memory from Kingston in CL16, a BeQuiet! Pure Power 11 FM 1000W power supply, a BeQuiet! cooling system Pure Loop 2 FX 240 and a 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, all installed in a BeQuiet! enclosure Pure Base 500. The measurements were carried out with the case closed in order to obtain values similar to those that any gamer would obtain at home.
The range of games used to measure the performance of this graphics card includes more or less recent and demanding titles, based on various 3D engines: Cyberpunk 2077 (REDengine 4), Black Myth: Wukong (UE5), Hogwarts Legacy (UE4), Forza Motorsport (ForzaTech), Marvel Rivals (UE5), Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Foundation) and The Riftbreaker (Schmetterling). The measurements were carried out under Windows 11 24H2 in Full HD, QHD and 4K UHD with different graphics settings; however, only the QHD and UHD definitions are relevant given the power of the card.
Performances en QHD
The RTX 5070 Ti excels in QHD, with an average performance improvement of 18% compared to an RTX 4070 Ti, and 14% compared to its Super version. The gap with an RTX 3090 is around 24% and up to 80% with an RTX 3070 Ti, which makes it an ideal choice for upgrading from a generation N-2 graphics card. Generally speaking, the RTX 5070 Ti comes between the RTX 4070 Ti Super and the RTX 5080.
Performances en 4K
NVIDIA does not explicitly recommend the RTX 5070 Ti for Ultra HD gaming, positioning it more on QHD. But its computing power is still sufficient to try 4K gaming in good conditions, even if it will sometimes be necessary to slightly lower the graphics settings. Compared to the previous generation, the RTX 5070 Ti is on average 28% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, 18% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and about twice as fast as the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti in this definition.
DLSS and Multi Frame Generation Performance
Cyberpunk 2077
Hogwarts Legacy
Marvel Rivals
Black Myth: Wukong
DLSS 4 and especially Multi-Frames Generation are perfect for the RTX 5070 Ti: with these technologies, it becomes fully capable of offering a framerate sufficient to play in good conditions in UHD in any recent title, even with high graphics settings.
Our opinion on noise sound
Let's finally stress this RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC a little with a little Furmark session. Remember that this is an ultimate load test designed to push the graphics card to its limits. After 30 minutes, the graphics chipset temperature stabilizes at around 71°C. The GPU frequency fluctuates around 2.46 GHz, for consumption capped at 300W. The fans then operate at 75% of their speed (remember that the test is carried out with the case closed), or a little over 2700 revolutions per minute. The noise pollution reaches 39.9 dB(A): with its factory settings, the card therefore tends to favor heat dissipation over operating silence.
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