I. Introduction.
When the 40 series graphics cards were released, they actually had plans to upgrade, and they had been waiting for the good price of RTX4070, but in fact, they had been struggling. The 70-level graphics card can be said to be the most anticipated product of every generation of Volkswagen 3A gamers, after all, it belongs to the mid-to-high-end level in terms of performance and product appearance, and it is also within an acceptable range, so it has attracted the attention of players. This time, the official said that with ray tracing and DLSS turned on, RTX4070 can reach the level of 2K 100 frames and above in 3A games, which makes me even more excited, and then I can't help but start - Gigabyte RTX 4070 Magic Eagle OC 12G. Unexpectedly, upgrading the graphics card also requires upgrading the power supply, and the proper 6000 budget has just been completed, so I can rest assured.
Second, the hardware at a glance.
In fact, the upgrade power supply is not taken into account,The previous configuration is12400F+RTX3060,Equipped with600W power supply,Although the graphics card comes with a dual 8P to 12VHPWR adapter cable,But 600W is indeed a bit stretched,Thinking that in the future12VHPWR 16-pin power supply interface is standard,I started with ATX3 in one step0 power supply NE1000W, the perfect configuration is so happy to place an order, today let's take a look at these two newly upgraded products.
The RTX4070 is the best choice for gaming and productivity when you're on a budget. AI can be said to be a high-profile thing this year, AI painting, AI generation, AI chat and other products are coming one after another, AI has penetrated into daily life from all directions, artificial intelligence seems to have become an unavoidable topic today, and if you want to complete this series of operations, of course, you can't do without a good graphics card. The GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Magic Eagle OC 12G is also due to the need for AI painting, which can be regarded as the beginning of using AI to get in touch with AI.
In terms of basic configuration, the GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Magic Eagle OC 12G adopts the NVIDIA ADA Lovelace architecture, TSMC custom 4N process, AD104-250 cores, 5888 CUDA units, equipped with 12GB GDDR6X video memory, video memory frequency 21Gbps, 192bit width, and video memory bandwidth 504GB s. In addition, it comes with a dual BIOS design, which is an overclocked version and a silent version, while the default is the overclocked version. In terms of power consumption, the default is 215 watts, and the maximum is 320 watts. For the Antik NE1000W, it can definitely be controlled.
In terms of heat dissipation, the GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Magic Eagle OC 12G adopts an all-black matte design, and has the familiar "Wind Power" cooling system, with three 9cm large-size diversion fans supporting 3D intelligent start and stop, and the left and right and middle fans adopt a forward and reverse design, so that the core heat inside the graphics card can be quickly discharged.
If you look closely, you'll see that each blade of the fan has a deflector strip.
Because of personal use, the graphics card has not been disassembled, after all, the warranty is still very important, and the GIGABYTE RTX4070 supports a 4-year warranty, which can be described as the conscience of the industry. According to the GIGABYTE introduction page, the GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Magic Eagle OC 12G uses 8 composite heat pipes + direct touch copper bottom heat dissipation module, which is paired with the "Wind Power" cooling system to solve the core heat dissipation problem.
In terms of power supply interface, the GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Magic Eagle OC 12G undoubtedly uses a 12VHPWR interface, and you can also see that a BIOS switch has been added next to the interface. The graphics card comes with a power adapter cable in the package, if you don't have an ATX30 standard power supply friends, there is no need to worry.
As a mid-to-high-end graphics card, the GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Magic Eagle OC 12G not only has RGB lighting on the cooling fan, but also RGB lighting effects at the top logo. In addition, you can customize the lighting settings in the GIGABYTE Smart Manager (GCC) and synchronize the lighting effects with other devices to bring more dazzling visual enjoyment.
The all-metal backplate is also basic, but this time GIGABYTE has made a cut-out at the tail so that the diffuse air can be discharged directly from the back.
It is still necessary to upgrade the power supply and graphics card at the same time, after all, the old power supply can no longer withstand the damage, and the upgrade of the power supply is also a long-term consideration, plus the power supply is the heart of the whole configuration, and it is also necessary to add a budget. The starting point is the ANTEK NE1000W power supply, which is ATX3 compliant0 specification, 12vhpwr native interface, for the current mid-to-high-end configuration, is very necessary.
Let's take a look at the power supply nameplate first, 80PLUS certification needless to say, the proportion of 12V output reaches 996W, supports wide input, 100 240V 50Hz 60Hz. At the same time atx30 and PCIe5The 0 logo is also displayed in a very prominent position. The power supply adopts a full-bridge LLC+DC-DC topology, which is also a popular structure now. The power supply supports ATX3 in addition to thatIn addition to the 0 specification, it also uses all Japanese electrolytic capacitors, and the product reputation of the Antik family has been good, and it has won the recognition of many players with its solid workmanship, reliable and stable, and high conversion efficiency.
In terms of interfaces, it can also be said that it is very rich, in order to meet the needs of high-end configurations, there are 6 8pin output interfaces, 4 6pin output interfaces, and PCIe5The 0 power supply interface is also its biggest highlight.
In addition to the power switch, a smart energy-saving temperature control switch is also designed, and friends who are familiar with Antik also know that this interface is actually very common in Antik family products. After turning on the smart energy-saving temperature control switch, the low-load fan can be stopped, which greatly reduces the noise, and with the start and stop of the current graphics card, the noise generated by the overall configuration fan can be completely eliminated.
The workmanship of the power module cable is not bad, and it adopts a flat wire design, which is suitable for wiring. The 12vhpwr 16pin native cable supplied by the power supply is capable of delivering a power rating of 600W.
atx3.Power 0 is a standard developed by Intel and the PCI-SIG organization in ATX3In the 0 specification, it is clearly specified that less than 100 s can carry 3 times the power consumptionLess than 10000 s, it can carry twice the power consumption;Less than 1,000,000 s is 1 times the power consumption. In other words, up to 3 times the instantaneous power consumption (also known as peak power consumption) can be achieved. At the same time, it also stipulates the operation standard of the power supply under overload: the rated power of the power supply is 450W, and the overload of 120% can run for 100ms160% overload can run for 10ms;180% overload can run for 1ms;200% overload can run for 100 s. This is a solution to solve the problem of instantaneous power consumption, which is very necessary for high-end configurations.
3. Theoretical performance AI operation game temperature test.
First up is 3DMark's Fire Strike Ultra project, which scored 10507.
3DMark Time Spy Extreme project with a score of 8637.
3DMark Speed Way project with a score of 4569.
3DMark Port Royal project with a score of 11436.
3DMark CPU Profile project with a score of 10354.
In addition to the traditional theoretical performance advantages, the RTX4070 also has more obvious advantages in AI computing than the previous generation, so use Stable Diffusion to experience the AI computing capabilities of the RTX4070. Here it is:
anything-v5-prtre.Safetensors model, it can be used for portraits, landscapes, animals, science fiction and other types of image generation, input sunset, water's edge, house and other positive prompt words, the number of iterative steps is set to 100, and the resolution is 512x512. Judging by the output results, the RTX4070 only needs 7The job was done in 69s, which is quite fast.
512x512 output sample.
The resolution was then further scaled up to 1024x1024, with the rest of the parameters unchanged. At this time, the time of production came to 3058s, the speed is still very fast.
1024x1024 output sample.
In terms of game performance, in order to make the data more intuitive, here is a chart of the highest quality frame rate of each game at 2K resolution for your reference.
Finally, Furmark's Burn Temperature test showed that after 5 minutes of continuous full load operation, the core temperature of the graphics card was maintained at 61, and the hotspot hotspot temperature was 724. The fan speed is 1832rpm, and the heat dissipation of the whole card can be said to be very cool, and the noise is not obvious, very quiet.
Fourth, summary. Thanks to the performance improvement of the new generation of RTX40 series graphics cards, the effect of this upgrade is still very obvious, among which in terms of game performance, RTX4070 not only achieves the effect of 2K high quality 100 frames, stand-alone online games can be killed, and under the addition of DLSS, the frame rate still has a certain room for growth, even if there are more hardware-intensive games launched in the future, it can be easily handled. Although this generation of graphics cards has improved in terms of power consumption, and the power supply requirements are more relaxed than those of the 30 series, here is still to replace the new ATX 30 power supply, no need to worry about stability, the most important thing is that you can no longer worry about the power supply with a 10-year warranty, and you can use this power supply for a different platform in the future. So, the above is all the content to be shared today, I don't know if you think this wave of upgrades is worth it?Welcome to discuss