ROG Strix GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Ed. Review: Top of Asus’s Lineup

The ROG Strix GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB OC Edition targets enthusiasts of premium products. It impresses with its refined design, significantly oversized cooling, and ARGB lighting that stands out in a glass case. Extras include headers for system fans and a fifth display output. It offers a Q mode for quiet cooling fans and gives tuners ample headroom for boosting performance and and fine-tune acoustics.

A detailed description of the new technologies brought by Nvidia’s new RTX 50 graphics cards has been compiled by Jan Olšan in the article Blackwell: GeForce RTX 5000 architecture and innovations. It introduces the individual graphics chips Nvidia is using in the new cards, the new GDDR7 memory type, and also covers changes in cache memory, GPU compute units, updates to shaders and tensor cores, as well as improved compute units for ray tracing. The new generation of GeForce also brings support for new standards such as DisplayPort 2.1b and PCI Express 5.0.

With the new generation of cards, DLSS capabilities are evolving as well. It now supports Multi Frame Generation, which allows the generation of up to three intermediate frames, and introduces Nvidia Reflex 2, the second generation of its latency-reduction technology. This includes Frame Warp, which adjusts object and camera motion in rendered frames based on the player’s most recent input device movement data received just before the already rendered frame is displayed. A more detailed explanation can be found in the aforementioned article.

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti uses the same GB203 GPU as the higher-end GeForce RTX 5080 but features fewer active compute units. Crucially, it retains a 256-bit memory bus along with 16 GB of memory, similar to the RTX 5080 and the older RTX 4070 Ti Super. However, compared to the previous generation, the RTX 5070 Ti is equipped with faster GDDR7 memory, resulting in increased total memory bandwidth.

Compared to the higher-end RTX 5080, which features a fully enabled graphics chip, some compute units in the RTX 5070 Ti have been deactivated. As a result, it offers 8,960 shaders, 280 texture units, and 128 ROPs. Additionally, it includes 280 tensor cores for AI computations and 70 cores for ray tracing.

The base clock of the GPU is 2300 MHz, with a typical boost clock of 2452 MHz. The memory runs at 1750 MHz (28 Gb/s). For comparison, the GeForce RTX 5080 has a base clock of 2295 MHz and a higher boost clock of 2617 MHz. The total memory bandwidth is also slightly lower than on the RTX 5080 due to the lower clock speed of GDDR7—1750 MHz (28 Gb/s) on the RTX 5070 Ti versus 1875 MHz (30 Gb/s) on the RTX 5080.

A more detailed comparison of specifications with other “xx70” models can be found in the table below.

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At HWCooling, we’ve already tested these RTX 5070 Ti models:

• Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Aero OC 16G Review: White Elegance
• MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC review
• Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB OC: If cheaper…
• MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC Plus Review: Picky-Grade

Today, we’ll add to this selection the model from the top of the RTX 5070 Ti lineup from Asus.

Testing the Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition

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GeForce RTX 5070 Ti from the ROG Strix series is the best-equipped, but also by far the most expensive model in Asus’s lineup. Its price currently starts at 1130 EUR, making it significantly higher than the base models, which sell from 808 EUR.

The card is factory-overclocked, but with such a large price difference, the overclocking has only a cosmetic effect on the price-to-performance ratio. The manufacturer has increased the stated typical GPU clock in the BIOS from the reference 2452 MHz to 2602 MHz. The memory remains at the reference 28 Gb/s.

The card features two BIOSes, which this time differ more significantly than just the fan control curve. The stated clock speeds are the same in Q mode and P mode; the difference lies in the set power limit. With the Q mode BIOS, the card has a power limit set to the reference 300 W, while in P mode it is increased to 320 W. Therefore, the difference in real-world operating clocks between the two BIOSes will be somewhat larger than usual.

The overall range for adjusting the power limit, however, does not differ between the two BIOSes; the minimum is 250 W and the maximum is 350 W for both. The first set of screenshots is from the P mode BIOS.

The manufacturer released an update at the end of October aimed at fixing the disappearing curves for external fans. However, I tested the card with the original BIOS versions. I will try updating them, and if the update changes the operating characteristics, I will add the measurement results at a later date.

GeForce cards typically have two headers reserved for fans, with separate regulation and RPM monitoring. This is also the case with the Strix; two of the fans are connected via a splitter to one header.

On the next set of screenshots are the values stored in the Q mode BIOS. In GPU-Z, the only apparent differences are the BIOS version designation and the power limit. The performance differences are smaller than the noise differences, so we will test performance in the quiet mode. However, we will measure the operating characteristics in detail on both BIOS versions.

The HWiNFO application can extract the most information from the monitoring systems of most cards. You can see the list of sensors available for the tested card in the latest version of the application in the screenshots below. The left shows the P mode BIOS, the right shows the Q mode BIOS

On the back of the packaging, the manufacturer presents the features and technologies utilized by the card. The cooler uses the company’s Axial-tech fans with dual ball bearings. The heatsink base is a vapour chamber with a MaxContact surface. Part of the fin stack is open-pass-through, which helps achieve lower temperatures and noise levels. It also mentions the robust power delivery, higher reliability thanks to the use of phase-change thermal pads and a reinforced chip package, and a more robust card mounting system with a stainless steel bracket. For monitoring and tuning, Asus has its own GPU Tweak application, and you also have access to MuseTree and a one-month trial of Adobe Creative Cloud.

 

In addition to the usual brief installation manuals and cards, the accessories include a power adapter from three 8-pin connectors to a 16-pin 12V-2×6 connector, a Velcro cable tie, an adjustable support bracket with a screwdriver, and an ROG emblem. There should also be a 20cm ruler made from a PCB, but that seems to have gone missing from the review sample.

We’ll take a look at the card’s design in the following chapter.

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