Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming OC Graphics Card Review

Now when it comes to testing different models of the same GPU, we don’t bother running it through the same amount of tests because some models are so close in performance to each other, that we wouldn’t really be showing too much. Instead, we run it in a small smattering of games to make sure that the figures are where we expect them to be, based on a baseline from our initial launch day review, where in this case, we used the RTX 4070 SUPER Founders card, so for this, we booted up 6 different games at 1440p, which is where the 4070 SUPER is targeted at, to see if both the ASUS and Gigabyte gave us any extra performance.

Baldur’s Gate 3

So starting with Baldur’s Gate 3 where our performance on the FE card was already at 126 FPS but the ASUS came in 5% faster at 132 FPS and the Gigabyte Gaming OC at 134 FPS making it 6% faster, so some fairly strong gains over a reference spec. This also puts both cards slightly above the 3080 Ti and edging closer to the performance of the 4070 Ti.

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II

Booting up Call Of Duty where our baseline was set at 130 FPS, the ASUS didn’t offer much in extra performance at 131 FPS so definitely within the margin of error while the Gigabyte card did improve on that a little more at 133 FPS so still within the same margin of error but slightly higher with a 2% improvement overall.

Cyberpunk 2077

In Cyberpunk, our FE scores an impressive 83 frames per second and again ASUS came in just a single FPS higher so a 1% margin, but if we were to test again, we could see the FE increase by a frame and the ASUS TUF Gaming drop by a frame, so pretty matched performance. Again, Gigabyte did come out on top at 86 FPS which is a 4% lead over the Founders card, but we generally consider anything under around 5% to be within a marginal difference and would typically call it as the same performance plus or minus.

Marvels Spider-Man Remastered

Moving onto Spider-Man and 181 FPS was the number to beat and both did, with the ASUS coming in at 184 FPS and the Gigabyte at 188 so about 2% and 4% respectively, so again Gigabyte is the faster of the two, but in terms of real-world gameplay, it’s not anything that you’d notice anyway.

Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart

In Ratchet & Clank at 1440p, the 4070 SUPER comes in with performance at 124 FPS with the ASUS just ahead by 2% at 124 FPS and the Gigabyte ahead again further than that at 129 frames per second, putting it 4% ahead of the FE.

Starfield

Then lastly in Starfield, we see our biggest gains from the 85 FPS that the FE gave us to 93 FPS on the Gigabyte which is a 9% increase, and 94 FPS on the ASUS card which is an impressive 11% improvement so there are gains to be had depending on the game you play.