Palit GeForce RTX 4070 & 4070 Ti Super vs. 10 and 20 series!

When we test and compare new graphics cards, we usually test them against the previous generation of GPUs. After all, you want to know how much faster the new cards are compared to what’s currently on the market. That’s all well and good, but what if you don’t have a last-gen GPU? We know that most people won’t upgrade for at least two, if not three, GPU generations, so it’s not always immediately clear how big of an upgrade you’re getting.

With that in mind, when Palit reached out to sponsor this look at an RTX 4070 and 4070 Ti Super, I thought it would be a great opportunity to look back and see how far these GPUs have come compared to things you might actually upgrade from – like the GTX 10 series or the RTX 20 series…

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00:00 Introduction
02:01 Gaming benchmarks
06:50 Performance overview + efficiency
08:09 Ray tracing performance
09:37 DLSS test
11:30 Look at the two cards
12:49 Final thoughts

So the goal of this article is very simple, we received the new Palit RTX 4070 White along with the Palit RTX 4070 Ti Super GameRock Omniblack and I compare them with GTX 1080, 1080 Ti, RTX 2070 and RTX 2080… We test 10 modern games, another 3 with ray tracing and also look at the performance you can expect when you enable DLSS.

Test system:

We test with a customized system of PC specialist, based on Intel’s Rocket Lake platform. You can read more about this system HERE and configure your own PCSpecialist system HERE.

• All graphics cards were tested with the Nvidia driver 556.12.

Gaming benchmarks

Let’s start with Alan Wake II, one of the best looking games in recent years. We see that the 10 and 20 series cards really struggle to reach playable frame rates. Even the RTX 2080 sees 1% lows dip below 30 fps. However, the Palit RTX 4070 White averages 49 FPS, making it more than twice as fast as the RTX 2070 and GTX 1080 Ti. The 4070 Ti Super GameRock Omniblack is faster, still delivering 70 FPS on average, which is also more than twice the performance of the RTX 2080.

Next we have Assassin’s Creed Mirage. This game is playable on the older GPUs, at least from the RTX 2070 onwards, which can stay just above 30fps at the 1% lows – but even from the RTX 2080 to the RTX 4070m there is a significant jump in performance, with the Palit card being 66% faster. The 4070 Ti Super also easily exceeds 100FPS, and again is over twice as fast as the RTX 2080.

Despite being nearly four years old, Cyberpunk 2077 still poses a major challenge to modern GPUs. The two 10-series cards we tested failed to manage a stable 30 FPS at 1440p. The jump from the RTX 2070 to the RTX 4070 represents a 78% FPS increase, while the 4070 Ti Super offers almost exactly double the performance of the RTX 2080, so not a bad upgrade…

Moving on to the next point, as we know, Forza Horizon 5 is a very well optimized title and even with the GTX 1080, 50 FPS is still possible. However, if you want to take advantage of a higher refresh rate monitor, you’ll need something like the 4070, which reaches almost 120 FPS, or the 4070 Ti Super, which is more than twice as fast as the RTX 2080.

Next up, we have another new title, Horizon Forbidden West. This one runs relatively well on older hardware – that is, as long as you’re happy with less than 50 FPS. To get above 60 FPS, you’ll need the RTX 4070, which is almost twice as fast as the 2070, and the 4070 Ti Super is another 30 FPS ahead, delivering an average of 106 FPS.

• Spider-Man Remastered is another former PlayStation exclusive and runs relatively well even on the older cards. The GTX 1080 Ti, for example, still manages 51 FPS. However, with well over twice the performance, the RTX 4070 offers a much smoother experience, averaging 115 FPS. The 4070 Ti Super is even faster at 160 FPS, 130% faster than the RTX 2080.

Next we have a Plague Tale Requiem where at 1440p none of the 10 or 20 series cards could keep the 1% lows above 30 FPS. Compare that to the RTX 4070 which is at 61 FPS with very tight 1% lows and the 4070 Ti Super at 87 FPS and you can see the difference a couple of GPU generations make.

Resident Evil 4 is another game where the older cards are still playable, but you can clearly see what an improvement an RTX 4070 represents. Even compared to the RTX 2080, it is 66% faster, while the 4070 Ti SUPER is well over twice as fast.

Starfield, on the other hand, is surprisingly unforgiving – at least in our test area in the woods on Jemison. Basically none of the older cards can manage ultra settings, while the RTX 4070, at 50 FPS, is not far off offering double the performance of the RTX 2080. The 4070 Ti Super even manages 71 FPS, making it two and a half times faster than the 2080.

Finally, we have Total War Warhammer III, and we see more of the same at 1440p. The RTX 4070 is just ahead of the 2080 by a 56% margin, while the 4070 Ti Super is more than twice as fast at 140 FPS.

Average

That’s it for the 10 games we tested, but let’s look at the average results… As you can see, the RTX 4070 delivered an average of 84 FPS, making it twice as fast as the RTX 2070 and just under compared to the 1080 Ti. The RTX 4070 Ti Super hit 117 FPS, making it well over twice as fast as the RTX 2080 with a 2.2x multiplier.

Ray tracing

However, if we start with Cyberpunk, it’s really a case of simply unplayable versus playable – frame rates could always be higher on the 40-series cards, but we’ll look at DLSS in a moment. Still, the gains are incredibly large, with the 4070 Ti Super almost three times as fast as the RTX 2080 here at 1440p.

Hitman 3 is a similar story. The RTX 2070, for example, simply cannot achieve a playable frame rate with RT shadows and reflections, while the RTX 4070 is 157% faster at 1440p and only gets better with DLSS enabled. The 4070 Ti Super is even faster, averaging 52 FPS.

Then we come to Spider-Man Remastered, which even with just RT reflections brings the RTX 2070 and 2080 to their knees, especially with very poor 1% lows. VRAM is definitely a factor here too, with even the 4070 being almost three times as fast as the RTX 2080, while the 4070 Ti Super is even further ahead – so the ray tracing gains are even bigger than what we saw with rasterization.

DLSS

We also tested three games to see what benefit DLSS Super Resolution and Frame Generation can provide. Be sure to check out the video for a closer look, but you can get a quick overview from these screenshots:

Cyberpunk2077:

Hitman3:

Starfield:

Final thoughts

This brings us to the end of this presentation of the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 White And Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super GameRock OmniblackAs we’ve seen, if you’re still using something like a GTX 1080 or RTX 2080, upgrading to one of these cards will get you significantly more performance – with the modern cards often being twice, if not three times, faster in certain situations, like when you enable ray tracing.

Thanks to the Ada architecture, they can also offer the latest and greatest features, including DLSS 3 Frame Generation, which can significantly increase the frame rate.

If you want to know more, you can find the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 White HERE and the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super GameRock Omniblack HERE.

KitGuru says: What graphics card are you currently using – how big would an upgrade to the RTX 4070 or RTX 4070 Ti Super be?

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