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FINALLY time to upgrade your 1080 or 2080??!? - nVidia RTX 4070 Super Review (Patreon)

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One of the worst kept secrets in recent history is finally on my desk, with nVidia launching the RTX 4070 Super this week. At $599, it features 20% More CUDA cores than the RTX 4070, and according to nVidia, is faster than an RTX 3090.

But, boisterous claims aside, I wanted to find out if we finally have the perfect candidate to upgrade your high end GTX 1080 or RTX 2080 GPU. There hasn't been a GPU under $1000 to get excited about since before 2020, and owners of high end 10 and 20 series cards have been searching for an upgrade path. Is the 4070 Super the GPU you've been looking for, or should you just move along?

But first... What am I drinking???

10 Barrel Brewing (Bend, OR) - N/A IPA, Less than 0.5%

*Links to items below may be affiliate links for which I may be compensated*

Check out the RTX 4070 Super on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HmGIQp

XFX Speedster RX 7800 XT 16GB: https://amzn.to/3SkcjZj

MSI Gaming Z Trio Radeon RX 6900 XT: https://amzn.to/3SlXndq

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT: https://amzn.to/3tXpCpk

Zotac RTX 4070 Ti AMP Extreme AIRO: https://amzn.to/3Hpb6d7

nVidia RTX 3090 24GB Founder's Edition: https://amzn.to/3tO2fi2

Parts from today's test PC...

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Processor: https://micro.center/3rf

ASRock X670 Taichi Cararra: https://amzn.to/3Oyyjyp

Noctua NH-D15 (Chromax Color Matched): https://amzn.to/3Iw4Vop

Patriot Viper Venom RGB 32GB DDR5-6200 Kit: https://amzn.to/3IpuPdl

Patriot Viper VP4300 Gen4x4 NVMe: https://amzn.to/3MmexmL

be quiet! Pure Base 500 TG White (some modding required 🤦): https://amzn.to/45hD4lL

be quiet! Dark Power 13 850W: https://amzn.to/3MM6Zvg

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NVIDIA said WHAT about this card?!?

Grab yourself a Pint Glass or Hip Flask at https://craftcomputing.store One of the worst kept secrets in recent history is finally on my desk, with nVidia launching the RTX 4070 Super this week. At $599, it features 20% More CUDA cores than the RTX 4070, and according to nVidia, is faster than an RTX 3090. But, boisterous claims aside, I wanted to find out if we finally have the perfect candidate to upgrade your high end GTX 1080 or RTX 2080 GPU. There hasn't been a GPU under $1000 to get excited about since before 2020, and owners of high end 10 and 20 series cards have been searching for an upgrade path. Is the 4070 Super the GPU you've been looking for, or should you just move along? But first... What am I drinking??? 10 Barrel Brewing (Bend, OR) - N/A IPA, Less than 0.5% *Links to items below may be affiliate links for which I may be compensated* Check out the RTX 4070 Super on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HmGIQp XFX Speedster RX 7800 XT 16GB: https://amzn.to/3SkcjZj MSI Gaming Z Trio Radeon RX 6900 XT: https://amzn.to/3SlXndq AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT: https://amzn.to/3tXpCpk Zotac RTX 4070 Ti AMP Extreme AIRO: https://amzn.to/3Hpb6d7 nVidia RTX 3090 24GB Founder's Edition: https://amzn.to/3tO2fi2 Parts from today's test PC... AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Processor: https://micro.center/3rf ASRock X670 Taichi Cararra: https://amzn.to/3Oyyjyp Noctua NH-D15 (Chromax Color Matched): https://amzn.to/3Iw4Vop Patriot Viper Venom RGB 32GB DDR5-6200 Kit: https://amzn.to/3IpuPdl Patriot Viper VP4300 Gen4x4 NVMe: https://amzn.to/3MmexmL be quiet! Pure Base 500 TG White (some modding required 🤦): https://amzn.to/45hD4lL be quiet! Dark Power 13 850W: https://amzn.to/3MM6Zvg Follow me on Mastodon @Craftcomputing@hostux.social Support me on Patreon and get access to my exclusive Discord server. Chat with myself and the other hosts on Talking Heads all week long. https://www.patreon.com/CraftComputing 0:00 - Intro 6:25 - 3DMark Synthetic Benchmarks 10:39 - Cyberpunk 2077 12:08 - Project CARS 3 13:22 - Red Dead Redemption 2 14:28 - Spider Man Remastered 15:28 - Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 16:27 - DOOM Eternal 17:52 - Portal with RTX 19:30 - Hogwarts Legacy 21:13 - Starfield 22:21 - Faster than an RTX 3090? 23:47 - Upgrade from GTX 10xx or RTX 20xx? 25:52 - Wrap up 28:09 - Beer Review