Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card first review: 2K light chasing games and AIGC creation all needed

As CES2024 comes to an end, major graphics card manufacturers have also quickly launched the first batch of RTX 40 SUPER series graphics cards. AI, as the focus of PC manufacturers' promotion this year, will naturally show more technology and innovation in graphics cards. This website also got the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card for the first time. Next, we will show you whether this SUPER is super enough.

In order to maximize the performance potential of the graphics card, the hardware configuration must be fully loaded. The specific configuration is as follows:

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The front design of Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card continues its cool and fresh style, with a white card body and gray graffiti. The decoration is unique in appearance among mainstream graphics cards, and it also encourages players to boldly DIY, which is very personalized.

The measurements of the graphics card are 30.3*12.1*6.1cm, so the size is not large and the weight is relatively light. It can be easily fixed in the chassis without a graphics card bracket. The fan part is also treated in warm white, which is very harmonious when placed in a white-themed chassis.

The design of the back panel of the graphics card is also quite unique. Although it is made of metal, the surface is covered with graffiti decoration, which makes the temperament of the graphics card no longer so cold and sharp. Right The air outlet on the side is designed in an "X" shape, and the screw openings on the surface are also very regular, which looks quite pleasing to the eye.

Viewed from the side, the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card is relatively thick, and the graphics card armor wrapped in the lower half provides a hollow design. The ZOTAC RGB light emits white light by default when it is turned on. Next to it is the rare light blue GEFORCE RTX logo. The color matching is very thoughtful.

The middle part of the upper part is a hidden 12 4Pin power supply interface. If the user has a power supply and customized module cable that supports the ATX3.0 standard, the installation will be beautiful. Sex will be greatly improved.

The design on the other side is relatively simple. In the lower part, you can see a large area of ​​exposed heat dissipation grille and heat-conducting copper tubes, and the internal heat dissipation stack is evident.

In terms of output interfaces, as usual, it provides 3*DP1.4a interfaces and 1*HDMI2.1 interface, which supports up to 8K60Hz output. This set of interfaces is also standard.

In terms of accessories, the package of the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card comes with a 12VPHWR to 2*8pin one-to-two adapter cable for more power supply. Stability also reduces the risk of graphics card burnout.

Theoretical Performance

I believe everyone has seen the change in power consumption from the RTX 30 series to the RTX 40 series, so what will be the performance of the RTX 4070 SUPER this time? Through the single baking test, we can see that after 20 minutes of baking, the GPU power consumption remains at around 220W, which is only 20W higher than the RTX 4070. The core temperature is stable at around 68.8°C, and the video memory temperature is even lower, only 62°C. . Although the power consumption is higher, the temperature performance is even better than the RTX 4070.

After baking the machine, we conducted 3D Mark’s Time Spy stress test on Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White to see how the graphics card performs under continuous high load. Whether the performance release is smooth and lasting, Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White got a score of 99.5%, and the sustained performance output is very good.

The next step is the GPU theoretical performance test. In the 3DMark TimeSpy DX12 test, the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card scored 20559 points, which is relatively high. It is about 50% higher than the RTX 3070’s public version score of 13630. The most important thing is that the power consumption is directly reduced by 130W.

In the 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme DX12 test, the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card scored 9955 points, which was improved compared to the RTX 3070’s 6670 points. About 49.2%, which is almost catching up with the RTX 3090’s 10328 points, and the improvement is still obvious.

In the 3DMark Fire Strike DX11 test, the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card scored 46023 points, which was an increase of about 34363 points compared to the RTX 3070. 33.9%, and compared to the 45900 points of the previous generation RTX 3090, it also directly surpassed the past.

In the 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme DX11 test, the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card score reached 22926 points, an increase from the RTX 3070’s 16680 points. It scored about 37.4%, and compared to the previous generation RTX 3090’s score of 23557, there was only a difference of about 2%.

In the 3DMark Portal Royal light tracing test, Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER 51.4%, enough to play light-tracing games at 2K resolution.

Game Test

Now that we are talking about games, we have to mention that the NVIDIA platform currently has more than 500 games and applications that support RTX technology, and As DLSS 3 technology becomes more mature and popular, the number of games that support DLSS 3 is also continuously increasing.

For example, 14 new games supporting DLSS 3 technology have been added this year, including "Dragon's Dogma 2", "Horizon: West", "Yakuza 8", "Halfjohn" Well-known games such as "Destiny 2 RTX". In addition, the released "Alan Killer 2", "Cyberpunk 2077: Shadows of the Past", "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3", etc. also support DLSS 3 or DLSS 3.5 technology at the first time. At the same time, the current mainstream popular online competitive games all support NVIDIA Reflex technology. Whether it is for low-end players or e-sports players, these two technologies can greatly improve the gaming experience.

In the next game test session, we will test 6 games for you, including 2 online competitive games, 2 traditional raster games and 2 games that support DLSS 3 /3.5 light chasing game, and will be played at 1080P and 2K resolutions to ensure that everyone can intuitively refer to our data.

First of all, there are two online competitive games. In "CS2", we used the default high image quality option, played a game at 1080P and 2K resolutions, and recorded the average frame number through Frame View. Finally, Zotac RTX The average frames of 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White are 367 frames and 336 frames respectively.

At the same time, we also turned on the NVIDIA Reflex option in the game settings to enable enhancement. The actual measured average delay was 6.4ms at 1080 resolution and 2K resolution. The delay is only 8.2ms. This kind of delay performance should not affect the performance of most players.

For the second online competitive game, we chose the popular "Rainbow Six: Siege", Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White has an average frame rate of 490 frames at the highest quality at 1080P resolution, and 385 frames at the highest quality at 2K resolution. Even if you are using a 360Hz high-brush gaming monitor, it will still be completely Able to feed.

"Rainbow Six: Siege" also supports NVIDIA Reflex technology. When the game is running, select the option with Vukan to find the Reflex on enhanced option in the game. , after it is turned on and captured through Frame, the final average delay at 1080P resolution is only 6.2ms, and at 2K resolution it is 9.3ms. The delay performance is also very good.

Then there are 2 traditional raster games. In the classic action adventure game "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", choose the highest image quality without turning on ray tracing and DLSS. With the option, the average number of frames at 1080P resolution can reach 251 frames, and the RTX 4070 is 223 frames, an increase of 12.5%.

#The average 185 frames when light tracing and DLSS are turned on at 2K resolution, and the RTX 4070 is 153 frames, an increase of about 20%.

We also tested Ubisoft's latest work "Assassin's Creed: Visions" for everyone. As we all know, the previously released mythology trilogy has very high requirements for PC performance. , and in the latest game, 1080P resolution was selected as the highest quality, and the game's own performance benchmark was run. The average frame rate reached 153 frames, and the average frame rate of the RTX 4070 was 123 frames, an increase of about 24%.

Coming to 2K resolution, Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER The number is 97 frames, an increase of about 20.6%. It seems that "Assassin's Creed: Visions" is more friendly to PC performance requirements. Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White perfectly realizes the stand-alone e-sports experience.

Finally, there are two light chasing games that support DLSS 3/3.5. One of them is the very well optimized "Forza Horizon 5". Choose it in the game After setting the extremely high image quality preset and turning on the DLSS 3 option, the NVIDIA Reflex option will also be turned on by default. As usual, we select Reflex ON BOOST and run the performance benchmark test that comes with the game.

Under the extremely high quality of 1080P resolution, DLSS 2 selects the quality level, and at the same time turns on DLSS 3 frame generation, the average frame number of Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White exceeded 200 frames, reaching 221 frames. Meanwhile the average latency is 14.5ms. The RTX 4070 averaged 200 FPS, an improvement of about 10%.

Even when pulled to 2K resolution, the average number of frames is 181 frames, and the average latency of the game increases to 15.4ms. The average frame rate of the RTX 4070 is 160 frames, an improvement of about 13%. For a racing game with competitive attributes, the performance of Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White makes it stress-free to play.

In "Cyberpunk: 2077", which was the first to follow up on DLSS 3.5 technology, we selected the ultra-fast ray tracing image quality in one step and turned on the DLSS quality file DLSS 3.5. At this time, running the game's own benchmark performance test at 1080P resolution, the final average frame rate can reach 121 frames, and the average frame number of RTX 4070 is 104 frames, an increase of about 16.3%.

However, at 2K resolution, keeping other settings unchanged, the average number of frames of Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White is 80 frames, and the average number of frames of RTX 4070 The average number of frames is 78 frames, an increase of about 2.5%. This improvement is very small.

Turn off light reconstruction

Turn on light reconstruction

So does DLSS 3.5 have any impact on game image quality, especially ray tracing performance? Look at these two pictures. The reflection of the slippery road after rain in the same scene in the game gives us the answer. After turning on light reconstruction, the clarity of the reflection is significantly improved, and the artifacts that were common in the previous pictures are also much reduced. It is obvious that DLSS 3.5 can be said to be the lubricant for high-level ray tracing. While retaining the highest picture effects, it can also achieve the best frame rate performance.

creative production

Video memory scale NVIDIA Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER This lays a certain foundation for the creative production capabilities of RTX 4070 SUPER. Users can also install NVIDIA Studio drivers to accelerate more than 110 of the most popular creative applications, such as Optix, DLSS and Maxine, as well as the full suite of NVIDIA Studio creative applications, including NVIDIA Omniverse, Broadcast, Canvas and RTX Remix. At the same time, the blessing of large video memory also gives it a certain degree of generative artificial intelligence computing power, and it is no problem to use it for simple AI painting training.

In modeling and rendering software, NVIDIA Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White’s 7168 CUDA cores can provide hardware acceleration, making work efficiency more efficient. improve. Almost all modeling software is optimized for NVIDIA GPUs, so it can take into account efficiency, stability, and compatibility. For example, in the commonly used rendering tool V-Ray, you can use the RTX accelerated ray tracing function to achieve high-performance final frame rendering. In addition, a GPU equipped with AI noise reduction can further accelerate interactive rendering and provide a smoother work experience.

Having said so much, let’s take a look at the actual test performance of Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White. In terms of modeling software, we tested the performance of V-Ray Benchmark. Among them, the GPU CUDA test project score is 2259 points, which is an increase of approximately 22.3% compared to the RTX 4070’s 1847 points.

In the GPU RTX test project, the final score of Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White was 3079 points, which was an increase of about 17% compared to the RTX 4070’s 2631 points.

In the Benchmark test of another modeling software blender, the three scene scores of Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White are as shown in the figure, while RTX The three scene scores of 4070 are 3139, 1517, and 1538, which are also improved.

Then let’s take a look at its performance in video rendering and encoding and decoding. RTX 4070 SUPER is equipped with an NVENC encoder and supports the new generation of AV1 video encoding technology. The same It can provide faster video encoding and higher quality streaming performance at the same video size. Domestic Cutting Professional Edition has implemented acceleration support for the NVIDIA AV1 video encoder. We also tested this. We imported a 2 minute and 30 second 4K video material into the Cutting Professional Edition, and then used H .264 encoding and AV1 encoding for export.

You can see that the size of the video exported by AV1 encoding is 334MB, and the size of the video exported by H.264 encoding is 790MB. The space occupied by the former is not even half of that of the latter. Yes, the coding efficiency is still very high.

And in terms of picture quality, by intercepting the picture details of the two videos and observing them, there is basically no difference between the two encoding methods. They are small and high-definition, AV1 It is bound to become the new favorite among encoding formats.

There is also RTX VSR technology, which is called RTX Video Super Resolution (RTX video super-resolution technology). It can upscale online 1080P videos to 4K resolution through GPU AI calculations, achieving the effect of algorithmically improving clarity. We only need to find the video in the NVIDIA control panel - adjust the video image settings, and then we can customize the adjustment. There are 4 super levels.

↑ From left to right are 480P, VSR1, VSR2, VSR3, VSR4

We play on this site B I took a video posted by the website account, adjusted the resolution to 480P, and then successively increased the super score level to conduct a screenshot test. It can be seen that the characters become clearer at levels 1-4.

As usual, we test the actual video editing and rendering performance through the Puget for Adobe series plug-ins. Currently, the plug-in has launched an update based on the latest versions of Photoshop and Premiere Pro. However, due to some reasons, we were unable to complete the test, so we still used the old version of the plug-in. The running scores are for your reference only. In the Puget for Premiere Pro test, the Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White scored 1508 points, and the RTX 4070 scored 1475 points.

In the Puget for After Effects test, the NVIDIA Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White scored 1770 points, and the RTX 4070 scored 1640 points.

Finally, we briefly tested the performance of this card in AIGC through Stable Diffusion, by selecting the model v2-1_768-ema-pruned.ckpt, draw 21 images of the "Jeep" keyword in the form of Vincentian diagrams, with an image resolution of 768*768, and it finally took 58.6 seconds to complete. As a reference, RTX 4070 takes 1 minute and 59 seconds to complete the drawing, which directly reduces the speed. half.

Summary

2024 has arrived. Although it is only January, judging from the new product announcements of major PC hardware manufacturers, AI technology is the most important development direction this year, and graphics cards are also important for AI technology. Breaking points, such as AIGC creation, the AI ​​function of professional creation software, and DLSS and other technologies in the gaming field, all allow consumers to truly feel that AI is becoming more and more concrete. Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White graphics card also It will play an important role in this trend, such as as an AIGC creation tool, or to meet the needs of games under 2K high refresh screen.

In terms of appearance, Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER X-GAMING OC Opal White also inherits the cool and fresh white graffiti style. The appearance of SUPER series graphics cards is not impressive. Especially the popular white style installation, which can be said to be what Opal White is best at. In addition, it is more cost-effective than professional cards in AI applications. There is no doubt that it will become an upgrade list for old RTX 30/20 series users. New favorite.

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