NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super Review: The Sweet Spot
The RTX 4070 SUPER delivers outstanding 1440p performance with DLSS 3 support and 12GB VRAM at a sensible 220W TDP, making it the generation's best value GPU.
Overview
NVIDIA's GPU lineup can feel like a maze of numbers and suffixes, but every so often a card emerges that genuinely earns the title of "best value" for its generation. The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is one of those rare products. Built on NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace architecture and packing 7168 CUDA cores alongside 12GB of GDDR6X VRAM, this card positions itself as the definitive choice for serious 1440p gamers who don't want to mortgage their home for an RTX 4080. After extensive testing across a wide range of titles and workloads, we're ready to give you the full picture.
Design & Build
The RTX 4070 SUPER follows the same physical design language we've seen across the Ada Lovelace family. Depending on the board partner you choose — whether that's ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, or EVGA's successors — you'll find varying cooler designs, but the reference specifications remain consistent. The card is reasonably sized compared to the monstrous RTX 4080 and 4090, making it compatible with a wider range of mid-tower cases without the need for creative cable management gymnastics.
Connectivity is strong, offering one HDMI 2.1 port and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, meaning you can drive up to four displays simultaneously. HDMI 2.1 support is particularly welcome for those who game on high-refresh-rate 4K televisions. The 192-bit memory bus is worth noting — it's narrower than what you'd find on the RTX 4080, but paired with GDDR6X memory, bandwidth remains competitive for the target resolution of 1440p.