Nvidia RTX 4070 specs: price, performance, size, and release date

Nvidia announced the GeForce RTX 4070 desktop GPU, a move that anyone who’s been putting off a new mid-range DIY PC build has likely been eagerly awaiting. It puts the company’s impressive Ada Lovelace graphics architecture within grasp for people who don’t want to spend $1,000 or more on a huge graphics card.

It’ll launch tomorrow, April 13, starting at $599 for Nvidia’s Founders Edition single-fan model. Other manufacturers, such as Asus, Zotac and Gigabyte are also releasing factory-overclocked versions, as is the norm.

The RTX4070 Founders Edition card needs a 650W power supply. It connects using two 8-pin PCIe cables. An adapter is included in the package. It can also be connected via a PCIe Gen 5 Cable that is capable of supporting 300W or more. The RTX 4070 won’t require a humongous case, as it’s a two-slot card that’s quite a bit smaller than the RTX 4080. It’s 9.6 inches long and 4.4 inches wide, which is just about the same size as my RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition card.

Despite being a lower-end GPU compared to Nvidia’s RTX 4080 or RTX 4090, it retains the DLSS 3 marquee selling point. It’s the next iteration of Nvidia’s upscaling technique that drops the render resolution to make games run better, then uses the GPU’s AI cores to intelligently upscale what you see. DLSS lets you run graphically more intensive tasks, such as ray tracing. Your PC won’t buckle at the knee. And with DLSS 3, the GPU uses frame generation to insert frames that otherwise wouldn’t be there, delivering even faster performance than DLSS 2 without drops in performance.

Nvidia is targeting 1440p (also known as QHD) resolution for the RTX 4070, and it claims that you’ll be able to run all of your games at maximum graphical settings. This card could prove to be a great choice, given the influx OLED gaming monitors in 1440p at CES 2023, including those from Asus, LG and Acer. While 4K may be the most talked about TV, games and Windows look amazing in 1440p.

Nvidia has included the following to increase the card’s value: RTX 4070T, 4080 and 4090 cards. Overwatch 2Ultimate battle pass available for purchases through May 8, 2023 You’ll also get 1,000 Overwatch 2 coins, a $40 value.