Inno3D RTX 4070 Ti Graphics Card Review

A Closer Look

Now the design is very typical of what we’ve seen from INNO3D on the 4080 and 4090-based cards and has kept a similar style for the 4070 Ti and comes in quite large too at 334mm long, 148mm high and 62mm thick meaning that while it takes up two expansion slots in your case, the coolers shroud sticks out a little further than that.

It’s the heaviest 4070 Ti we’ve had in our offices, coming in at 1900 grams, which when compared to the Gigabyte Gaming OC which weighed 1740 grams, and the ASUS TUF at 1500 grams, it’s quite a stark difference, but also reflects in how solid the card feels too. Due to its length and weight, INNO has included a stand to help prop the card up, which while it’s not a bracket that screws in as we’ve seen on other 4070 Ti’s, it does the job well and helps to eliminate sag.

The shroud as mentioned is very typical of what we’ve come to expect from the flagship range from INNO3D with black plastic and gunmetal accents that can be removed if wanted though I’m not sure why you’d want to. So you could 3D print other colours maybe?

For the triple fan setup, INNO has gone quite big at 98mm each, and in typical fashion, the two outer fans spin anti-clockwise to help reduce turbulence as they ramp up. There’s some simple iChill branding here, but everything looks very stealthy overall.

Along the top is the first sign of colour with a splash of RGB that lights up when the card is turned on and if wanting to control it, it can be connected to your motherboard with the included cable and tweaked within your motherboard software.

Sadly, even though this is a flagship, there’s no BIOS switch which is an odd move, and something that’s been missed off other 40 series cards from INNO3D that we’ve looked at in the past. Hopefully, this is something they can take on board and we may see implemented in the future as I can’t see it being that difficult to include.

Also along the top is the 12VHPWR connector, but I have a bit of a gripe with it as it’s very deeply inset, due to the backplate and cooler sitting much higher than the PCB. While this won’t be an issue with 99% of the general public, for us tech media and reviewers, it’s a bit of a nightmare, as we’re constantly connecting and disconnecting hardware and in all honesty, it hurts my hands.

The other small gripe, but I can overlook is that the card comes with a triple 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapter, though even at 320 Watts as a total board power, that’s a bit overkill, and a dual 8-pin adapter would have sufficed, though, in INNO3D’s defence, they likely have tons of these adapters sitting around, so it’s easier to just have triples to supply for most cards than adding another adapter cable into the mix.

What that heightened power limit means is that the card comes with a boost speed of 2670MHz, which is 60MHz faster than a reference 4070 Ti, which may lead to more performance, but there are more variables at play than just power, which we’ll get into shortly.

The other area that’s worth touching on is the backplate, which is very large. In fact, it’s about double the length of the PCB firstly to aid in stability, but also with plenty of cutouts, should assist in airflow and temperatures too.

There’s nothing out of the ordinary when looking at the IO which features triple DisplayPort connectors and a single HDMI along with ventilation cutouts that match the styling on the backplate.