Preface.
January 2024 seems to be much more lively than expected, originally I thought that the DIY market would stop for a while, and wait until the year to have another wave of climax, but I didn't expect that in just January, Colorful released three "Super" series of graphics cards, they are Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4070 Super Vulacn OC 12GB, Colorful Tomahawk Igeforce RTX 4070 Ti Super Deluxe Edition 16GB and Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Super Ultra W OC 16GB (referred to as Colorful 4070 Super, Colorful 4070 Ti Super, and Colorful 4080 Super).
These three graphics cards symbolize the mainstream mid-to-high-end configuration of the current DIY market, and the mainstream 2K and 4K games can be driven, of course, the premise is that the game you play supports the DLSS function. So the question is, if you are a gamer with a sufficient budget, how do you choose a suitable one of these three super graphics cards? Today, I will analyze how to choose and buy Colorful 4070 Super, Colorful 4070 Ti Super, and Colorful 4080 Super from many aspects such as graphics card appearance, graphics card**, graphics card performance, installed configuration, etc.
Before I start to explain the three graphics cards, I will first show you the test platform this time, the specific configuration is as shown in the figure above, you can refer to it.
Colorful 4070 super
The Colorful 4070 Super I got belongs to the high-end brand of Colorful - Vulcan series. If you're familiar with this series, you'll know that the series has always been a black tone, with some gradients added to the top and bottom of the graphics card as embellishments. In fact, the appearance of the graphics card is very similar, but the smart screen of this graphics card may be the reason for many users to buy it. In addition, the card has 3 DP14A port and 1 HDMI 21 interface and a one-click overclocking BIOS button.
iGame Vulcan "Smart Screen" is the iconic symbol of exclusive Vulcan, and with the new version of iGame Center software, it can provide players with richer playability, such as putting their favorite ** on this screen.
We can not only plug it vertically and horizontally, but also use the smart screen base that comes with the package and connect it to the computer with a USB cable. Put this smart screen on the desktop separately and become another beautifying object on the desktop. Thanks to the magnetic design, the user only needs to place it gently to attach it firmly.
First of all, let's take a look at the basic information of the Colorful 4070 Super through GPU-Z. The memory specification is GDDR6X, the memory size is 12GB, and the graphics card bandwidth is up to 5042GB per second.
Let's take a look at 3DMark's 2K benchmark. Time Spy (DX12) at 3DMark scored 22031, Fire Strike Extreme (DX11) scored 25878, and Port Royal (ray tracing) scored 13646.
As far as this theoretical running score is concerned, the Colorful 4070 Super has surpassed the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 4070, and the specific **score comparison has also been listed for you.
We have also tested the DLSS that comes with 3DMark. In our 3DMark DLSS tests, we set Super Resolution to "Quality" and then tested the 2K and 4K image quality before and after turning it on. At 2K resolution, the iGame GeForce RTX 4070 Super Vulcan OC achieved a range of results from 6341 to 12476fps average frame rate increase; 29 at 4k resolution39 to 75The average frame rate of 7fps has been improved. As far as this improved frame rate is concerned, if you are a 2K or 4K gamer, then this graphics card can at least meet your gaming experience of 2K 100 fps or more, and 4K 60 fps or more.
Of course, the game is also not missing, and we have selected Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3: Next Generation Edition, and Hogwarts Legacy for testing. The following game tests are all preset full high image quality, 2560*1440 resolution, the data is recorded by FrameView software, and the "DLSS On" in the annotation indicates that DLSS2 DLSS 3 related functions are enabled, and the gear is set to "Quality".
The first is Cyberpunk 2077, which can reach 129 frames per second with DLSS enabled; The improvement in Metro Departure is also noticeable, but DLSS 3 can be played smoothly at around 80 fps. Hogwarts Legacy is also a big improvement, with DLSS enabled to deliver over 120 frames per second.
This is the power consumption performance of the graphics card of the colorful 4070 super to play various games, I also integrated it in a picture, the maximum power consumption of the graphics card is only 250W, you can take a look, in order to choose the right power supply device.
Finally, there are the AI and productivity cubes that have been popular this year. Here I chose Blender, the 3D rendering software that most professionals use today, and V-Ray for testing. The Colorful 4070 Super scored 3294 points, 1540 points, and 1651 points in the three scenes of Blender.
In the V-Ray test, the Colorful 4070 Super scored 4914 points in the RTX test environment (the RTX 4070Ti score is about 3000 points); Tested in a CUDA environment, it scored 3519 points (RTX 4070Ti score is about 2200 points). Colorful for 4070 super, there are igame neptune, advanced, ultra and tomahawk, colorfire meow and other different series, the price of this Vulcan series above is 4899 yuan.
Colorful 4070 Ti Super
The main tone of the Colorful 4070 Ti Super Deluxe Edition 16GB is still black, but there are diamond-shaped triangle red elements on both sides of the graphics card as accents. On the front, we can also see three fans with a diameter of 98mm, with a total of nine fan blades, and with 6 6mm heat pipes, the graphics card can still maintain a low temperature even when it is fully loaded. In terms of interfaces, the Colorful Tomahawk GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Deluxe Edition 16GB uses a single 16pin power connector, with 10+2 power supply phases and 3 DP 14A connector and an HDMI 21a interface.
First of all, let's learn some basic information about this device through GPU-Z. The Colorful 4070 Ti Super is equipped with 56 sets of multi-unit stream processors, with 8448 CUDA cores, 264 4th generation Tensor cores, and a core frequency of 2340-2610MHz. The graphics card has a memory size of 16GB Micron GDDR6X, a memory bit width of 256 bits, and a bandwidth of 6723gb/s。
Then we went straight to the 2K benchmark in 3D. Time Spy (DX12) scored 24192, Fire Strike Extreme (DX11) scored 28854, and Port Royal (Ray Tracing) scored 15550 in 3DMark.
Compared with the previous generation of 3070 Ti graphics cards, which also belong to the 70 series, the Colorful 4070 Ti Super has a lot of scores in each sub-category, and in the Port Royal ray tracing test, it is almost twice as much as the 3070 Ti graphics card.
Compared with the 4070 graphics card, the three major tests are also about 30 to 40 percent ahead. In terms of this score, the Colorful 4070 Ti Super already has the performance of 3090 Ti.
Such a powerful performance 2K naturally can't satisfy this graphics card, let's go through the 3D 4K benchmark to see how it performs. The test results are shown in the graph above, with a score of 14277 for Fire Strike Ultra and 11943 points for Time Spy Extreme.
DLSS 3 2K test and 4 can be tested, at 2K resolution, the frame rate of the Colorful 4070 Ti Super has more than doubled after the DLSS function is turned on; At 4K resolution, the frame rate is an exaggerated 3-fold increase.
In terms of playtesting, we still chose Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3: Next-Gen Edition, and Hogwarts Legacy for testing. The following game tests are all preset with full high image quality and 4K resolution, the data is recorded by FrameView software, and the annotation "DLSS ON" indicates that DLSS2 DLSS 3 related functions are enabled, and the gear is set to "Quality".
With DLSS enabled, the Colorful 4070 TI Super has a performance of up to 100 frames in Cyberpunk 2077; The open-world game "Hogwarts Legacy" derived from the classic IP "Harry Potter" can also be stable at 60 frames; The TGA Game of the Year, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Next-Gen Upgrade, can reach 99 frames.
I've also listed the power curves of the above games, including a U.S. 1 remake, and in all four games, the average power consumption has not reached 270W.
In the end, I still chose the 3D rendering software Blender and V-Ray for testing. The scores of the Colorful 4070 Super in the three scenes of Blender are 3763 points, 1804 points, and 1883 points respectively.
The V-Ray test scored 4159 points (CUDA environmental score (RTX environment). Here, we've also listed the RTX 3070Ti's score of 1210 vs. 1900 in the CUID and RTX rendering benchmarks. In terms of theoretical scores, the Colorful 4070 Ti Super is already three times the performance of the RTX 3070Ti, and the price of this graphics card is 6499 yuan.
Colorful 4080 super
The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Super Ultra W OC 16GB graphics card features a special visual art style - pop. We can see from the front of the graphics card,Although the overall is still white,But Colorful adopts a large gradient design on the front,With the change of light, it presents different color effects,With the igame logo and circular polka dot elements as the pattern shading, the graphics card has a richer visual expression,Breaking the user's perception of the modeling design of the conventional white graphics card。
2. from the figure above57.0 version GPU-Z see the detailed specifications of Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Super Ultra W OC 16GB. This graphics card uses AD103 cores, with 10240 CUDA cores and 320 Tensor cores.
Let's go straight to the 3DMark software running the Time Spy Extreme (DX12), Fire Strike Ultra (DX11), and Port Royal (ray tracing) benchmarks, with Time Spy Extreme and Fire Strike Ultra testing at 4K resolution and Port Royal at 2K.
In order to give you a more intuitive understanding of the performance of the colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Super Ultra W OC 16GB graphics card, we directly compared the above benchmark results with the similarly positioned product RTX 4080 and the previous generation 30 series graphics card ceiling RTX 3090 Ti, and made a comparison**.
Then let's see the theoretical test of the DLSS function, at 2K resolution, this graphics card can bring 85The average frame rate of 26fps broke the 60 mark. However, when it is turned on, the frame rate performance will increase by almost 2.5 times, the frame rate comes to 20171fps。
This is even more noticeable at 4K, although the frame rate is 40 before and after enablement31fps and 13444fps
Here in the game test, we are still the same, and this is also to have a better comparison with the previous two graphics cards. It can be seen that after turning on the DLSS function of these three popular games, the game frame rate can all come to 120 frames, which is such a watershed.
In terms of power consumption, the official power consumption of the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Super Ultra W OC 16GB is 320W. In the tests of the four games mentioned above, the overall average power consumption was controlled in the range of 250-300. It is definitely more than enough for everyone to choose a power supply above 750W.
Finally, it's the AI, productivity test, Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Super Ultra W OC 16GB in Monster, Junkshop, Classroom score is. 93 out of 890733, which already has seventy or eighty percent of the performance of the RTX 4090.
The Colorful RTX 4080 Super scored 7110 points in the RTX environment and 4630 points in the CUDA environment of V-Ray software.
Summary & Purchase Advice.
The positioning of the above three graphics cards is not the same, and there are naturally differences. The graphics card style in the picture above is an example, the price of Colorful 4070 Super is 4899 yuan, the price of Colorful 4070 Ti Super is 6499 yuan, and the price of Colorful 4080 Super is 8499 yuan. My suggestion,Install a computer and buy a graphics card, this thing should still be chosen according to your own actual budget and needs,The right equipment for yourself is the best equipment,Do it can be used,Don't pursue excess performance。
If you're a mild productivity needer with 2k gaming that's enough for your entertainment, then the Colorful 4070 Super is more than enough. However, if you are pursuing 4K gaming, or have high-intensity productivity office needs, then the Colorful 4070 Ti Super and Colorful 4080 Super with 16GB video memory can help you work and play more.