The new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti goes on sale as the most affordable GeForce model with the Blackwell architecture to date. We’re looking at one of the best-equipped versions—the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC, a top-tier model from MSI. It features an extremely powerful cooler with massive headroom and excellent performance but comes at a price comparable to the RTX 4080 Super from the previous generation.
With the silent BIOS, temperatures are slightly higher, which should also mean higher power consumption and, consequently, a bit more throttling of the GPU Boost clock. In practice, however, the difference is negligible, thanks to the massive heatsink, and in Metro, it’s within the margin of measurement error.
The average clock speed also remained practically unchanged, dropping by just 11 MHz.
The card’s power consumption, as measured by monitoring, is also practically identical to Gaming mode. The average power consumption of the entire system differs by less than 3 W, which is also within the typical margin of measurement error.
The only noticeable change is seen in the chip and memory temperatures, as well as the fan speeds. With the adjusted regulation curve, the fan speeds have slightly decreased. As a result, the memory and chip temperatures have risen by 4–5 °C, which, given an average chip temperature of 64 °C, is hardly worth mentioning.
The fan speeds, depending on the current load and chip temperature, range between 1200 and 1300 rpm.
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No coil whine charts anymore? 🙁
I’d like to start measuring it again in a few months in some form, but right now, that’s almost impossible because I’d need to measure all relevant cards for comparison with new ones and add more games and benchmarks. Plus, we’d also need to buy another Umik for that.
I believe that sooner or later, spectral sound analysis will return to graphics card testing. However, as Adam writes, there are currently other priorities, and the methodology will evolve and become more refined over time. And let’s trust that, within this framework, we will once again have an exact overview of coil whine noise level as well. 🙂
Hey man thanks for the deep analysis. Out of all the 5070 Ti, if you had to pick one and price is not an issue, which one would it be?