Foreword
GIGABYTE has four major graphics card product lines, namely AORUS series, AERO series, GAMING Magic Eagle series, and Eagle series. The Eagle OC Ice is GIGABYTE's new white upgrade based on the Eagle series, which is based on space technology, with a large number of symbols and geometric elements, a silver-white shell, a metal backplate, and RGB lighting to give the graphics card a more technological look.
At a glance
Default Frequency Boost Frequency: 1980 MHz 2535 MHz (OC mode).
Core codename: AD104
CUDA cores: 7168.
Video memory clock frequency: 1313MHz
Memory equivalent rate: 21Gbps
Memory bit width: 192-bit
Video memory capacity: 12GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth: 504 GB s
Graphics card interface: PCIe 40 x 16
* Output interface: displayport 14a x 3 / hdmi 2.1 x 1
External power supply: 12vhpwr
Thickness: 25 slots.
Graphics card dimensions: 261mm x 126mm x 50mm
Recommended power consumption: 700W
The specifications of RTX 4070 Super are about 21% higher than RTX 4070, the video memory configuration is basically the same, the power consumption is increased by 20W, and the recommended retail price has been increased by 100 yuan.
In terms of accessories, it is equipped with a dual 8pin to 12VHPWR power cable, which is the standard configuration of RTX series graphics cards.
Details
From motherboards to graphics cards, GIGABYTE has taken a product route with a white color scheme as the theme. The RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon graphics card features a white casing and a silver-grey metal backplate featuring a large number of cosmic symbols and geometric elements that complement GIGABYTE's Ice Sculpture series motherboards.
The graphics card uses a wind power radiator, equipped with three 8cm diversion fans, and supports 3D start-stop, forward and reverse technology.
The "Gigabyte" logo in the top left corner and top of the graphics card supports RGB lighting effects, which can be adjusted in GIGABYTE's GCC Smart Manager.
The back is a one-piece metal back plate, which is also designed with similar cosmic geometric elements, and the rear is designed with a hollow sunroof, which can enhance airflow and assist in heat dissipation.
Supports OC Silent dual BIOS design, both BIOS have the same frequency setting, and Silent mode can provide quieter fan curve setting.
12vhpwr power interface, if your power supply does not provide a native interface, don't worry, you can connect the graphics card through the power adapter cable that comes with the graphics card.
*The output interface includes 3 DisplayPort 14A port and 2 HDMI 21 interface.
Heat dissipation with pcbDetails
The RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon's Wind Power Cooler features a 4 heat pipe + heat pipe direct touch design, and is covered by a dedicated thermal pad and heat dissipation base for both the graphics memory and power supply components. The heat dissipation fins are well made, and are connected to the heat pipe by reflow soldering process, and a large number of buckle fins and fold fins are used to enhance the structural strength and increase the contact area.
The RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon graphics card adopts an 8+2 phase power supply design, the core power supply is controlled by a UPI UP9512R, the video memory power supply is controlled by a UPI UP9529Q, and the core power supply and video memory power supply are each phase using an onsemi NCP302150 MOSFET, which can provide 50A continuous output current.
The core code name of the graphics card is AD104-350-A1, the video memory is Micron D8BZC, the capacity of a single chip is 16GB (2GB)-32bit, and 6 pieces form a 12GB-192bit video memory specification.
Test platform and identification information
Processor: Intel Core i9 14900K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790M AORUS ELITE AX ICE
Memory: Kingston Fury DDR5-7200MHz 16GB x 2
Graphics: Gigabyte RTX 4070 Super Eagle OC Ice
Hard disk: Zhitai Tipro7000 1TB
Radiator: Deepcool LS720 360
Power supply: ANTEC HCG X1000
Room temperature: 21 degrees.
The motherboard used in this review is GIGABYTE's Z790M Ice Sculpture, which features a 12+1+1 phase power supply design with 2 PCIe slots and 3 PCIe 4 ports0 x 4 m.2 slots, support 25Gbps wired Ethernet port and Wi-Fi 6E wireless card and USB-C 20Gbps port.
Both the motherboard and graphics card are GIGABYTE's "ice" products, both of which are in a silver and white color scheme, combined with a set of white RAM and white water cooling, and the texture of the whole machine is eye-catching.
The core clock of the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon graphics card is 90MHz higher than that of the public version, and the maximum core boost frequency can reach 2745MHz in the GPU-Z light load test.
Test results and analysis
In 3DMark's benchmark tests, the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon outperforms the RTX 4070 by about 13%-18%, with an average lead of around 13%.
In the raster-only gaming test, the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon can play 4K and 2K resolution in most single-player games, but in some games released in recent years, such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, it can only play at 2K resolution, and 4K resolution is still a bit difficult. Compared to the RTX 4070 Magic Eagle graphics card, the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon also leads the performance of pure raster games by about 13%, which is basically the same as the 3DMark test results.
In ray tracing games, the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon can only maintain a smooth frame rate of more than 60 frames at 2K resolution in games with low ray tracing, such as Far Cry 6 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and games with high ray tracing, such as Avatar: Pandora's Frontier, Watch Dogs: Legion, and Cyberpunk 2077. Overall, in ray tracing games, the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon's performance is still about 13% ahead of the RTX 4070. In terms of power consumption, the two graphics cards are basically the same, and under the high load pressure of Furmark, there is only a few watts of power consumption difference, both around 220W.
Thermal test and silent performance
The RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon was tested at a core temperature of around 63 degrees, a hotspot temperature of around 72 degrees, and a video memory temperature of around 62 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes in a bare-metal environment at room temperature, all of which maintained a low temperature level. The power consumption of the whole card is about 220W, and the core frequency is 19GHz fluctuation, three 8cm fans at 1800 rpm.
When conducting the burn-in test, we used a decibel meter to test about half a meter away from the graphics card, and the reading was about 36-38 decibels, and the three 8cm fans were still relatively quiet, plus the actual use environment of the player was in the case, it can be said that the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon graphics card did not make any noise even if it burned in.
Summary
The GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon features a triple-fan design with a graphics card length of only 261mm, a silver-white exterior and a geometric texture design full of technology, making the graphics card small and exquisite. The RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon graphics card also has excellent cooling performance, with a core temperature of only 63 degrees and a load noise of only 36-38 decibels in the Furmark 2's load test, ensuring a silent gaming experience.
In terms of performance, the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon graphics card can basically play popular triple-A games at 2K resolution with the highest image quality, and it also has relatively smooth frame rate performance in most games at 4K resolution, and can further improve the frame rate performance at 4K resolution through DLSS technology if necessary. The price of the RTX 4070 Super Ice Falcon graphics card is 5199 yuan, if your game resolution is positioned at 1440p, you may wish to consider this Ice Falcon graphics card with outstanding appearance.