Zotac Gaming RTX 4070 Super Trinity Black Edition Graphics Card Review

How Much Does it Cost?

The Nvidia RTX 4070 Super hits the market with an MSRP of just $599, with the Founders Edition and other MSRP cards hitting that price range. Obviously, non-MSRP cards will be a little more than that, easily ranging from around $20-100 price difference for various upgraded configurations. However, I wouldn’t expect much more than that, given that the price of the upcoming RTX 4070 Ti Supers is said to be $799 and the RTX 4080 Super at $999, so it would make sense to keep some space between each model. Considering the older non-Super models are now officially end of life and these new cards are replacing them, it makes the Super variants extremely appealing, with more power for the same price, it’s really hard to argue. It seemed like prices would keep going up forever, but at least for now, things are heading in the right direction.

You can check Amazon for up-to-date stock and prices of the RTX 4070 Super here.

Overview

I think it’s fair to say that all of the MSRP cards performed largely the same as the Founders Edition, but that doesn’t mean they’re not tempting propositions, as they each offer their own unique aesthetics, coolers, and a few other bells and whistles that may or may not appeal to you as a consumer. For starters, there is brand loyalty, with just 1-2 FPS between most of the cards in various games, it could simply come down to you wanting to match the brand of your case, motherboard, keyboard or whatever else to the brand of your graphics card.

Zotac has created one of the more premium-looking cards while hitting the MSRP, and with three very large fans on the oversized TRINITY series cooler, it’s one of the cooler and quieter cards of this launch. Albeit, as I’ve said, this hasn’t had a big impact on performance with these new cards all performing largely the same, but again, they’re MSRP cards and that was to be expected. However, the more premium cooler at the same price range is impressive.

It comes with some nice features too, the IceStorm 2.0 cooling, FREEZE Fan allows it to be passively cooled and silent at low temperatures and/or loads, Spectra RGB lighting for some added customisation if you’re into that sort of thing, and it even has a full-metal backplate, all of which make it stand out from the crowd.

MSRP Cards

Non-MSRP Cards

Coming Tomorrow!

Should I Buy One?

My conclusion here is the same as what I said for the Nvidia RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition, as I feel the same is very true for all the non-MSRP cards. Between the AMD 7800 XT and the Nvidia RTX 4070 SUPER, it’s an extremely close race on average, with AMD coming in around $100 cheaper, that’s maybe a no-brainer for some, but I still think Nvidia lead the pack with their scaling, frame generation and ray tracing technologies, and for some, that’s worth paying the extra premium.

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Peter Donnell

As a child still in my 30's (but not for long), I spend my day combining my love of music and movies with a life-long passion for gaming, from arcade classics and retro consoles to the latest high-end PC and console games. So it's no wonder I write about tech and test the latest hardware while I enjoy my hobbies!