Asus Dual RTX 4070 12G or RTX 3080 cease to make sense

Extra tests, Graphics | | Ľubomír Samák

GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards fill a large gap between the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4060 Ti, and in terms of speed or gaming performance, they hover around the RTX 3080. But that’s with many advantages, including half the power draw with the RTX 4070. With cheaper designs, such as the tested Asus Dual variant, the price/performance ratio is also more attractive with the RTX 4070 (compared to discount RTX 3080s).

Test setup

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor
The Noctua NH-U14S cooler
The MSI MEG X570 Ace motherboard
Patriot Blackout memory (4× 8 GB, 3600 MHz/CL18)
2× Patriot Viper VPN100 SSD (512 GB + 2 TB)
The BeQuiet! Dark Power Pro 12 PSU w/ 1200 W

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Note: Nvidia GeForce 531.93 Game Ready graphics drivers are used at the time of testing, Windows 10 Enterprise OS build is 19043.


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