Nvidia announced the GeForce RTX 4070 desktop GPU, a move that anyone who’s been putting off a new midrange DIY PC build has likely been eagerly awaiting. It puts the company’s impressive Ada Lovelace graphics architecture within grasp for people who don’t want to spend $1,000 or more on a huge graphics card. From a report: It’ll launch Thursday, April 13, starting at $599 for Nvidia’s Founders Edition single-fan model. As is always the case, other manufacturers like Asus, Zotac, Gigabyte, MSI, and others are putting out factory overclocked variants, too. The Verge already has a full review up for the RTX 4070.
The RTX 4070 Founders Edition card requires a 650 W power supply, and it connects via two PCIe 8-pin cables (an adapter comes in the box). Alternatively, it can connect via a PCIe Gen 5 cable that supports 300 W or higher. The RTX 4070 won’t require