The GeForce RTX 4070 sits squarely in the middle of Nvidia’s 40-series of GPUs, with only the RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4080, and RTX 4090 being faster. However, it’s by far the best one of the lot, as it offers lots of performance for the money.
Unlike many of its brethren, this Zotac Twin Edge model uses a fairly standard size cooler. Underneath it is an AD104 graphics chip, sporting 5,888 shaders, with a boost clock of 2,475MHz. With a total graphics power of 200W, it runs pretty cool for such a powerful GPU.
If you’re upgrading from an older graphics card, note that all RTX 40-series card use the 12VHPWR cable for power. Since this RTX 4070 uses relatively little power, you shouldn’t experience any of the problems that some RTX 4090 owners have, regarding the cable overheating. Read more
The full reveal of the Alan Wake 2 system requirements last week left a lot of fans unhappy. They’re steep: The minimum spec for 1080p, 30 fps gameplay at the low graphics preset is an Intel i5-7600K CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, and 16GB RAM, and a sharp ramp up from there into recommended, ultra, and ray tracing requirements. But some optimistic gamers expressed hope that Remedy was inflating the PC system requirements for Alan Wake 2 in order to ensure that it runs well on all specs, even at the low end, and that’s apparently the case.
“We played real safe on those PC settings btw,” Remedy communications director Thomas Puha tweeted earlier today. “Underpromise, overdeliver, or something Finnish like that.”
That’s good news, but I have to wonder if Puha’s tweet also injects some con…
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