Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

If you’re upgrading from a GTX 1070 or even a GTX 1080, particularly if you’re moving from 1080p to 1440p, the RTX 3070 feels ideal to me. I think this card, and whatever other lower-priced GPUs Nvidia has planned, will help usher in a move toward 1440p for a lot of people wanting to upgrade their PCs.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 is without a doubt the best graphics card on the market for most people. It delivers performance on par with the RTX 2080 Ti at less than half the price, truly bringing 4K gaming to the mainstream for the first time.

The RTX 3070 Founders Edition is a great card. It offers excellent 4K and 1440p performance at a very reasonable price. Its peak temperature and overall noise leave something to be desired, and the generational leap isn’t quite as grand as with the RTX 3080, but at $499, it’s hard to argue that the RTX 3070 is anything other than a great value.

NVIDIA’s new mid-range GPU delivers the same performance of last-gen’s flagship, the RTX 2080 Ti but at half the price. It’s fast, runs cool and best of all, costs just $499. For many gamers, it’s the ideal upgrade for decent 1,440p and 4K gaming with ray tracing.

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition retails at $499, which is a highly competitive price. Remember, RTX 3070 matches RTX 2080 Ti, which retailed for $1200+ just a few months ago. As of today, around this price point there's not a lot of alternatives—GeForce RTX 3070 owns the performance segment. Nobody's going to buy any Turing cards now, unless they come with a huge discount.

NVIDIA knocks another home run with the GeForce RTX 3070, with the $499 powerhouse Ampere graphics card offering better than RTX 2080 Ti performance at half the cost.

As it stands today though, the GeForce RTX 3070 is the GPU to buy if you’re in the market for a graphics card in the $500 price range. It offers killer performance per dollar and an unmatched feature set. This one is an easy Editor’s Choice winner.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is a thoroughly decent premium graphics card whose true position in the enthusiast pecking order will only be revealed when rival AMD launches Radeon RX 6000-series in the coming weeks. Interesting times ahead.