EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card, 08G-P5-3755-KL, 8GB GDDR6, iCX3 Cooling, ARGB LED, Metal Backplate, LHR

Overall Review: Let’s be real. At this time, I’m just happy that I was able to get one at MSRP. 5/5; it’s working and it’s a huge upgrade form the 1070ti. To my fellow gamers. Happy hunting -J

Pros: My last 5 GPUs were all EVGA. Of those 5, only one died near the tail end of the warranty period. This was probably due to the fact that it was running in SLI with an identical card directly below it. It got almost no airflow and all the heat from the card below just rose to the card above. In spite of the fact that the card was by then discontinued and obsolete, EVGA still managed to replace it with an identical model so that my SLI setup would still work. Many years later, one of those two GTX 460s died again, but not before serving out a long life, well beyond the original warranty period. 4 of the 5 GPUs I mention are still in 24/7 service today. A GTX 460, 960, and 1060, as well as a RTX2060. I have handed them down to family members each time I upgraded. Because of EVGAs excellent reliability, all those family members get another upgrade now that I have my EVGA RTX 3070. EVGA makes quality products and their customer support is excellent. I must give a huge thanks to Newegg for their shuffle program and EVGA for not marking up their products on newegg beyond what they charge on their own website. I got my 3070 at MSRP! Other manufacturers that are available on the Shuffle program are at least a couple hundred dollars over MSRP. I was lucky enough to happen to win the chance to buy exactly the card and brand I wanted. This card manages to not look stupid. Lets face it, there are some stupid looking GPUs out there. EVGA even took steps to make it look even better by installing black lips instead of red lips. Why does a GPU have lips you ask? I can’t tell you that. But early revisions of these cards were almost entirely black, but with a weirdly shaped bright red part at the end. The internet hated it and EVGA responded not only by changing the design on new models, but also offering anyone with a red lips model a free replacement fan shroud with black lips at no cost! (Just email [email protected]). This is just another example of what a great company EVGA is. Cons: This features addressable RGB LEDs you can control with EVGA software, but unfortunately only the EVGA logo is illuminated, NOT the “RTX 3070” part. This seems to be common among many products that feature RGB, they tend to light up their brand name more than anything else. I would prefer that I could also lite up the part that points out what a great GPU I have, not just the brand. Overall Review: I haven’t had the time yet to test this extensively with many games, but I can run Red Dead Online at max quality with the FPS pegged at 75 FPS (vertical synced on a 75Hz Monitor). Like the rest of the world, I wish this had a little more RAM so I could be confident that I’m future ready. Coming from a RTX2060 with 6GB,and a GTX1060 with 6GB before that, this 8GB doesn’t seem like a big increase…especially when the RTX 3060 has 12GB. It makes no sense to me, but people say there are reasons for this. I just hope that in a few years time I will not have to sacrifice quality settings on more modern games to keep my memory usage in check. For the price I paid, I don’t think 16GB would be too much to ask, but from the sound of things…..it would be overkill anyway.

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pros: – Upgraded from a GTX 970. The improvement in performance is unbelievable! – Runs quiet and cool – Only requires 2 x 8pin connectors as opposed to some other 3070 ti models – Quick shipping Cons: – None Overall Review: – 10/10

good card 55-60 c under load