GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G Graphics Card Unboxing Test!

Today I'm going to unbox one of my free prizes from 2023 Newegg PC Builder! The AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G graphics card uses GIGABYTE Wind Force cooling module with three fans and nine heatpipes, but at the same time, it also has the problem of taking up 3.5 slots and 34.2 cm in size, so you can't go wrong with a large chassis to get the best cooling performance out of the card.

AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G Specification:
Display Core: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
PCI Express: 4.0 x16
CUDA: 7680
Tensor Core: 240
RT Core: 60
GPU Clock: 2655 MHz
Memory Specification: 12GB GDDR6X
Memory Clock: 21 Gbps
Memory Interface: 192-bit
Dimensions: 342 x 153 x 70.6 mm
Occupied Slot: 3.5 Slot
Power supply connector: 1x 12VHPWR 16-Pin
Recommended Power Wattage: 750W
DirectX: 12 Ultimate
OpenGL: 4.6
Display output: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi-screen output limit: 4

 

AORUS RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G Graphics Card Unboxing

This time, we bring you the sub-flagship model of GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 4070 Ti graphics card series: GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G, the third-generation optical tracking graphics card RTX 40 series graphics cards use the Ada Lovelace architecture, which relies on the third-generation RT Core to obtain better real-time optical tracking screen performance, and the 40 series exclusive AI frame replacement DLSS 3 technology to meet the demands of 4K 60-frame gaming. The RTX 40 series graphics cards use the Ada Lovelace architecture to achieve better real-time light tracking performance with the third-generation RT Core, and meet the demands of 4K 60-frame optical tracking gaming with the 40 series' exclusive AI frame replacement DLSS 3 technology.

NVIDIA Ada Lovelace Architecture's third graphics model, the RTX 4070Ti, uses the AD104 core with 60 SM cells, 7680 CUDA cores, 240 Tensor Cores, 60 RT Cores, and 12GB of GDDR6X memory in a 192-bit interface.

∆ Shows the outer case of the card.

∆ Product features and various specification sheets.

GIGABYTE this time in the RTX 40 series of GAMING models above all have to use the three-ring light modeling, and looking at the entire GIGABYTE RTX 40 series of the Taiwan market is only 4070Ti ELITE model, ELITE and the flagship model of the price difference between the MASTER only a thousand NT dollars only, the two appearance of style can not be said to be almost the same can only be said that it looks like, the author predicts that the positioning of the overlap is too similar, so that it will become the 4070Ti only ELITE model. The author speculates that it should be because of the overlapping positioning and similarity that the 4070Ti is the only ELITE model.

The AORUS RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G utilizes the GIGABYTE Wind Power cooling system, which features three Ø10.8cm dual ball-bearing bionic fans with “ALTERNATE SPINNING” forward and reverse rotation, nine composite copper heatpipes, and a large area heat spreading plate, The "ALTERNATE SPINNING" function, nine composite copper heatpipes, large-area heat spreading plate, fan stop function, and screen cooling technology provide sufficient cooling performance for the 4070Ti graphics card core.

The ALTERNATE SPINNING fan design, with the left and right fans running counterclockwise and the center fan running clockwise, reduces turbulence between neighboring fans and increases airflow pressure. In addition, when the GPU core temperature drops below 50°C during low load, the fan will automatically shut down to reach 0dB(A) for quiet use, which is the quietest possible in standby or light load use. The most quiet experience in standby or light load usage.

∆ AORUS RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G is 34.2 cm long by 15.3 cm wide, and the chassis should be purchased with sufficient mounting space.

∆ ALTERNATE SPINNING The fan running direction indicator.

 

The graphics card itself is a horrendous 7cm thick, which means it will be using the chassis' 3.5_Slot PCIe mounting location, and this generation of RTX 4090/4080/4070Ti all have serious fatness issues, which may not be too friendly to mainstream mid-tower chassis.

The NVIDIA RTX 4070Ti series of graphics cards all use the 12VHPWR 16-Pin slot for power supply. If gamers have not yet purchased a power supply with native 12VHPWR cable support, they can also use the included 3x PCIe 8-Pin to 12VHPWR 16-Pin to connect to the power supply.

The ∆ height is 7cm and the 3.5_Slot mounting position will be used.

∆ 12+4 Pin 12VHPWR graphics card power supply slot.

The ∆ accessory provides 3x PCIe 8-Pin to 12VHPWR 16-Pin power cables.

The back of the graphics card is equipped with a metal reinforced backplate, which not only increases the physical strength of the graphics card PCB, but also enhances the passive cooling effect of the PCB. At the end of the graphics card, there is a screen cooling extended air duct design, with ventilation holes that allow the airflow to pass through the cooling fins and then flow upwards to discharge the waste heat to increase the cooling performance.
There are dual BIOS switches next to the 12VHPWR power supply slots, the default is OC Mode overclocking mode, while to the right is Silent Mode for lower fan speeds, and OC Mode performance mode is used for all graphics card testing.

Screen cooling is used at the end of the ∆ metal-reinforced back panel to extend the airflow directly through the back panel.

∆ OC Mode/ Silent Mode Dual BIOS Toggle Switch, Performance Mode by default

The AORUS RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G has a total of four display outputs, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a and 1x HDMI 2.1, supporting up to four display outputs and a maximum resolution of 8K resolution (7680 x 4320).

∆ Gold fingers and five screen port dust protection covers are provided.

∆ 3x DP 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3.5_Slot Mounting Thickness, Dual Slot Mounting Bezel.

The graphics card comes in a box with a 3x PCIe 8-Pin to 12VHPWR 16-Pin power cable, a graphics card flex bracket, and a 3x PCIe 8-Pin to 12VHPWR 16-Pin power cable.

∆ shows a list of card accessory faith gadgets.

The AORUS RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G graphics card has a very high-profile and eye-catching appearance. If gamers install the card in an upright position, they can see that on each fan on the front side, there is a piece of fan blade with an RGB light bulb at the end, which lights up to form a triple-ring light visual effect when the card fan is running; and the light bulb will be extinguished when the fan fan smartly stops running.

When the graphics card is plugged in, you can see the AORUS RGB panel on the side and back of the card's cooling module, which allows users to customize the lighting effect on the card through the GIGABYTE RGB FUSION software.

∆ The three-ring light effect when the graphics card is upright.

∆ The graphics card is plugged in so that you can look directly at the side of the graphics card.

The ∆ metal back panel has the same AORUS light panel as the side panel.

Graphics Card Professional Creation and Rendering Test

For professional testing, a total of six different software programs were used, including OctaneBench 2020.1.5, Indigo Bench, Blender Benchmark, UL Procyon benchmark, Vray5, Geekbench 6, etc., which are professional testing software in different fields, and many of them include Including rendering, video editing and transferring tests, etc., through the built-in benchmark tests of various professional software for your reference.

The test platform uses Intel i9 12900K processor, GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS MASTER motherboard and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB 6000 MT/s 16GBx2 dual-channel memory to test the main protagonist of the unboxing, the AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G graphics card.

The motherboard BIOS is F8a version with XMP 3.0 and Resizable Bar enabled in the BIOS, and the graphics card driver version is GeForce Game Ready 531.68 to run the test scores.

Testing Platform
Processor: Intel Core i9 12900K
Cooler: darkFlash TWISTER DX 360 Ver2.6
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS MASTER (rev. 1.0)
Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade RGB 6000 MT/s 16GBx2
Graphics: AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G
Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition 21H2
System Drive: WD BLUE 3D NAND SATA M.2 2280 SSD 500GB
Gaming Disk: GIGABYTE AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD 2TB
Power Supply: MONTECH TITAN GOLD 1200W
Graphics driver: GeForce Game Ready 531.68

GPU-Z Check out the specs of the AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE graphics card. The 5nm AD104 core has 7680 CUDA cores, the graphics memory is 12288MB GDDR6X 192bit, and the GPU has a default clock of 2310 Mhz / Boost 2655 Mhz.

∆ GPU-Z.

OctaneBench 2020.1.5 A benchmark test based on the OctaneRender GPU rendering engine, users can use the free OctaneBench to compare graphics card rendering performance. OctaneRender has also added a ray tracing effect in version 2020.1.1, so NVIDIA RTX Series cards can be compared to the performance provided by RTX Series graphics cards in OctaneBench. 2020.1 with RTX acceleration turned on to compare the performance gains offered by RTX Series graphics cards for ray tracing rendering operations, earning a score of 747.16 in the program.

∆ OctaneBench 2020.1.5.

Indigo Bench The Indigo 4 rendering engine is a free software that uses the OpenCL architecture to support NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel graphics cards and processors for rendering performance testing. The test provides two sample renderings of a bedroom and a sports car, and the results are in terms of rendering completion time, which is 20.25/53.425 (M samples The result was 20.25/53.425 (M samples/s).

∆ Indigo Bench.

blender benchmark launcher 3.5.0 It is a free benchmark software provided by blende, a 3D graphics software. In the benchmark, users can choose whether they want to test the CPU or the GPU, and the test process consists of three scenarios: monster, junkshop, and classroom.

∆ blender benchmark launcher 3.5.0.

UL Procyon Two benchmarks are used for testing, Video Editing Benchmark for video editing and Photo Editing Benchmark for photo editing, both of which use Adobe software for benchmarking.

Video Editing Benchmark video editing test using the computer's Adobe Premiere Pro for testing, for editing media workers Adobe Pr has not been a standardized test reference, and this benchmark test will first import two video files after editing, adjustments and set special effects, and then with H.264 ( Youtube 1080P) / H.265 (4K) output to get the total score.

Photo Editing Benchmark The first item of the Photo Editing Benchmark will be tested by importing Digital Negative into Adobe Lightroom Classic and then cropping, stretching and modifying the DNG image, while the second item will be tested by using Adobe Photoshop to apply multiple layers of editing effects and then exporting the results to derive the Photo Retouching Score / Batch Processing Score. The second project will use Adobe Photoshop to apply multiple layers of editing effects and then export them to derive a retouching score/batch processing score.

∆ UL Procyon Video Editing Benchmark video editing score is 8612.

The ∆ UL Procyon Photo Editing Benchmark photo editing score is 9449.

V-Ray 5 The V-Ray GPU CUDA program can mix CPU and GPU rendering at the same time, and of course it can also be tested separately, while the V-Ray GPU RTX program is compatible with NVIDIA RTX series graphics cards for ray tracing rendering tests. The V-Ray GPU RTX project is compatible with NVIDIA RTX series graphics cards and performs ray tracing rendering tests.

The graphics card alone rendering in the ∆ V-Ray 5 GPU CUDA project scored 2341 points.

∆The V-Ray GPU RTX item that supports optical tracking graphics cards scored 3114 points.

Geekbench 6 With built-in CPU and GPU benchmark tests, the Geekbench 6 GPU Compute Benchmark program can be used to evaluate the graphics card's performance in professional workloads, such as image processing, rendering, machine learning (ML) and other professional scenarios, and to obtain an overall score for a wide range of tests such as Deep Learning Workloads, Background Blurring, Face Detection, Image Editing, Horizontal Detection, Edge Detection, Gaussian Blurring, Image Composition, Feature Matching, Stereo Matching, Example Physics and more. Blurring, Image Synthesis, Feature Matching, Stereo Matching, Example Physics, and more, and the GPU API can be tested with either OpenCL or Vulkan.

However, I don't know why the RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G is recognized as MASTER on the Geekbench 6 GPU Compute Benchmark results page.

Score of 214219 in ∆ Geekbench 6 GPU Compute Benchmark OpenCL.

169881 points in ∆ Geekbench 6 GPU Compute Benchmark Vulkan.

3DMark score test

The following tests were conducted using 3DMark, which is one of the most important gaming benchmarks for graphics cards, and the following tests were conducted using the GeForce Game Ready 531.68 driver, with XMP 3.0 and the Resizable Bar enabled.

3DMark Fire Strike Includes two tests using the DirectX11 GPU API, a physical test and a combined CPU and GPU test for gaming performance at 1080p, Extreme 1440p, and Ultra 2160p, respectively, with a total score/graphics card score of 43,466/54,615 at 1080p resolution, and 2K 1440p image quality. Fire Strike Extreme Obtained total score / graphics card score of 26155/27294, requiring higher 4K 2160p image quality Fire Strike Ultra Get the total score/showcard score 13910/13632.

∆ DirectX11 Fire Strike.

∆ DirectX11 Fire Strike Extreme.

∆ DirectX11 Fire Strike Ultra.

3DMark Time Spy For the DirectX 12 GPU API, which is also a benchmark test for gaming orientation, the resolution not only provides 2K 1440p, but also 4k 2160p for Time Spy Extreme program to test the gaming performance, and in the test, it is also possible to test the gaming performance of the GPU. Time Spy The program received a total score of 22617/23153;Time Spy Extreme The items are total score / graphics card score 10807/11116.

∆ DirectX 12 Time Spy.

∆ DirectX 12 Time Spy Extreme.

Port Royal The test item is DirectX 12 DXR API, adding DirectX Raytracing and DLSS to the 2K quality test, and it is also the first real-time ray tracing benchmark for gamers, and it scored 14,256 points in the Port Royal test.

∆ Port Royal.

Speed Way Developed with the latest DirectX 12 Ultimate API, it utilizes the DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 real-time raytracing full-area illumination, raytracing reflections, mesh shaders, and other new technologies, and it is the latest raytracing game performance benchmark for gamers to refer to, and it scored 5462 points in Speed Way.

∆ Speed Way.

3DMark DLSS The feature test provides a quick look at the frame rate improvement of NVIDIA's DLSS feature by turning the DLSS setting on and off. Users can choose to run NVIDIA's DLSS feature test with DLSS 3, DLSS 2, or DLSS 1, but only the newest NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics cards support the DLSS 3 program and offer 1080p, Only the latest NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics cards support the DLSS 3 program, which offers comparisons at 1080p, 1440p, 4K, and 8K (DLSS 2/DLSS 3 only).

The benchmark test uses the same test procedure as Port Royal to run twice to get the results. 1080p, 1440p and 4K can choose between Quality and Performance DLSS modes, while 8K has an additional Ultra Performance mode, which is used by the author in 2K and 4K image quality. The author used the Ultra Performance mode for 2K and 4K image quality, and the Ultra Performance mode for 8K image quality, and provides a chart of the frame rate (FPS) of the graphics card with DLSS on and off in different image qualities among the three DLSS versions.

∆ 3DMark DLSS Function Test: DLSS 1, DLSS 2, DLSS 3_on/off Frame Rate (FPS) graph.

Three FPS-type gaming games to test

Three iconic games have been selected for testing in the FPS gaming category.Battle Attack 2_Overwatch 2, _Rainbow Six: Operation Siege_Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, and theApex LegendsOf the three games, only "Rainbow Six: Siege Operation" has a built-in Benchmark benchmark, and "Overwatch 2" uses Soldier 76 to collect frames by constantly shooting at the robots in the training arena.

∆ Three FPS-type gaming games tested: highest texture effects, 4K 3840×2160 resolution.

Nine AAA Masterpiece Games to Test

To test the AAA genre, which emphasizes on the experience of graphic performance and storytelling, the author chose to play "The Battle of the Birds", which is the first game in the AAA genre.The Hogwarts Legacy_Hogwarts Legacy, TheThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt_The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, TheElectric Renegade 2077_Cyberpunk 2077, TheWatch Dogs: Freedom Corps_Watch Dogs: Legion, TheHowl of War 6_Far Cry 6, _war god_God of War, _Bloodshed 2_ Red Dead Redemption 2, _Horizon: Expecting Dawn_Horizon Zero Dawn_, _Horizon Zero Dawn_, _Horizon Zero Dawn_.Assassin's Creed: Viking AgeNine 3A titles, including _Assassin's Creed Valhalla_, were tested in real life.

Considering that most gamers pursue the most beautiful screen performance rather than the highest frame rate performance when playing 3A games, the author also set the built-in "Highest" texture effect option in the AAA type of game test, and the NVIDIA DLSS technology supported by most of the nine games is set to "Quality/Picture Quality" to obtain a certain degree of frame rate improvement while maintaining the screen performance as much as possible. The frame rate is also collected using AVG and 1% Low FPS.

∆ Nine AAA-type games tested: highest texture effects, 4K 3840×2160 resolution.

Five Light-Tracking Games to Test

NVIDIA RTX 40 Series graphics cards are equipped with the third-generation RT Core for better ray tracing performance than the previous RTX 30 Series, and five ray-tracing DXR (DirectX Raytracing) games choose theThe Hogwarts Legacy_Hogwarts Legacy, TheThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt_The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, TheElectric Renegade 2077_Cyberpunk 2077, TheWatch Dogs: Freedom Corps_Watch Dogs: Legion, TheHowl of War 6_Far Cry 6 was tested with the same "Maximum" and DLSS 3 quality modes, AMD FSR Extreme Quality mode, for both the on-screen effects and the light tracking settings.

In addition to the five optical tracking games mentioned above, the author has also added the NVIDIA-suppliedEnemiesEnemies is a new generation technology demo developed by Unity, a 3D game engine. The beta version of Enemies supports real-time ray tracing and NIVDIA DLSS 3 and operates at 4K resolution, which is added to the 2160p test project by turning DLSS 3 on and off, so that players can refer to the frame rate of turning on DLSS 3 to render the Unity engine in 4K image quality. By turning on and off DLSS 3 in the 2160p test project, gamers can see how many frames can be rendered in 4K with DLSS 3 turned on in the Unity engine.

Six optical tracking tests in ∆ 4K resolution.

Graphics Card Temperature and Power Consumption Test

The graphics card was set up in a 24°C air-conditioned room as a bare-bones test platform to test the temperature and power consumption of the graphics card, and the author used the "Bare-bones" test program.Electric Renegade 2077Cyberpunk 2077, Time Spy, and Furmark were used to conduct the testing, and HWiFO64 was used to collect and record the maximum temperature GPU temperature, GPU Memory Junction Temperature, and GPU Power. There will be a deviation of 1~3% by using the software monitoring data for reference only.

∆ Graphics card temperature and power consumption test chart.

Conclusion

The AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G graphics card is priced at NT$32,900, and the price difference with the flagship MASTER is only $1,000; it is about $4,000 higher than the MSRP, so if you are an AORUS fan and have enough money for overtime work, then the flagship MASTER would be a better choice, why? Because MASTER has a small screen to customize picture or GIF animation display, but ELITE doesn't, so for the sake of shallow appearance, the author would think that MASTER is better. Anyway, a blue kid, overtime a little bit will have it, right? It's a good idea to have a blue kid.

However, if you usually install your graphics card upright, it is actually very difficult to see the small screen when the computer is placed at the viewing angle, so why not save that extra thousand dollars? The three fans and nine heatpipes of the fat cooling module can easily suppress the temperature of the RTX 4070Ti core and graphics card memory, with sufficient cooling performance is great, but it also brings the graphics card is too long and too fat chassis may not fit, so gamers have to pay attention to the space when installing the list.

The AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G has a stable average of over 80 fps in 4K AAA games, and with real-time optical tracking on, it's also able to meet the 4K 60fps gaming experience. The graphics card only occasionally exceeds 60°C during gaming, so it shouldn't be more than 65°C inside the chassis, right? However, as I mentioned earlier, the compatibility of the chassis with PCIe slots is something to think about.