Galax GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer White Review

Source: Tech Power Up added 15th Apr 2023

Introduction

GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer White is a custom-design graphics card by one of the most recognizable graphics card brands in Asia (going back to the days when it was called Galaxy). This is the first RTX 4070 we tested which has a white-themed product design, which should go well with boutique themed gaming PC builds. This exact graphics card is also sold under the KFA2 brand in select markets, under the same model name. The GALAX EX Gamer White is priced at the NVIDIA MSRP for the RTX 4070 of $600, and so its review was eligible to go live yesterday (April 12) along with the other $600 RTX 4070 cards, but our sample came in a little late. This still looks like a premium product that can command a higher-than-MSRP price, and it even has a factory overclock.

The GeForce RTX 4070 is the most affordable performance-segment graphics card from the RTX 40-series Ada generation. It is designed for maxed out AAA gaming at 1440p, including real time ray tracing; as well as high refresh-rate competitive e-sports. 4K Ultra HD gaming is possible, if you know your way around game settings (or let GeForce Experience find you the right ones); and can use DLSS or the newer DLSS 3 Frame Generation. Ada is NVIDIA’s third graphics architecture since it debuted RTX, its groundbreaking real time ray tracing technology that combines ray traced elements, such as lighting, shadows, illumination, reflection, and motion-blur, with conventional raster 3D graphics, to significantly improve realism in games.

The RTX 4070 has been carved out of the same AD104 chip as the RTX 4070 Ti that the company launched earlier this year, albeit heavily cut-down. It features just 46 out of 60 streaming multiprocessors (SM), which means it has 5,888 CUDA cores, 184 Tensor cores, 46 RT cores, 184 TMUs, and 64 ROPs on tap. The memory is untouched from the Ti, you still get 12 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory across the chip’s 192-bit memory bus.

As we stated earlier, the GALAX RTX 4070 EX Gamer White comes with a factory overclock, to 2535 MHz rated boost, 60 MHz higher than the NVIDIA default of 2475 MHz, or 2.4%. You get a premium-looking all-white cooling solution that’s a little over two slots thick, comes with three large fans (the one in the center is larger than the others); and the card includes RGB LED illumination. You also get an external RGB header to sync the rest of your lighting to the card. The cooler shroud and backplate are white, while the fan impellers are frosted-transparent with white hub caps. The PCB underneath is still black. The GALAX card provides the convenience of a legacy 8-pin PCIe power connector instead of the modern 12VHPWR.

GeForce RTX 4070 Market Segment Analysis
	Price	Cores	ROPs	Core Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock	GPU	Transistors	Memory
Arc A770	$290	4096	128	2100 MHz	N/A	2187 MHz	ACM-G10	21700M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 2080	$310	2944	64	1515 MHz	1710 MHz	1750 MHz	TU104	13600M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 3060 Ti	$320	4864	80	1410 MHz	1665 MHz	1750 MHz	GA104	17400M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RX 6700 XT	$320	2560	64	2424 MHz	2581 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 22	17200M	12 GB, GDDR6, 192-bit
RTX 2080 Ti	$420	4352	88	1350 MHz	1545 MHz	1750 MHz	TU102	18600M	11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit
RTX 3070	$400	5888	96	1500 MHz	1725 MHz	1750 MHz	GA104	17400M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 3070 Ti	$500	6144	96	1575 MHz	1770 MHz	1188 MHz	GA104	17400M	8 GB, GDDR6X, 256-bit
RX 6800	$450	3840	96	1815 MHz	2105 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RX 6800 XT	$510	4608	128	2015 MHz	2250 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 3080	$550	8704	96	1440 MHz	1710 MHz	1188 MHz	GA102	28000M	10 GB, GDDR6X, 320-bit
RTX 4070	$600	5888	64	1920 MHz	2475 MHz	1313 MHz	AD104	35800M	12 GB, GDDR6X, 192-bit
Galax RTX 4070 EX White	$600	5888	64	1920 MHz	2535 MHz	1313 MHz	AD104	35800M	12 GB, GDDR6X, 192-bit
RTX 3080 Ti	$750	10240	112	1365 MHz	1665 MHz	1188 MHz	GA102	28000M	12 GB, GDDR6X, 384-bit
RX 6900 XT	$620	5120	128	2015 MHz	2250 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RX 6950 XT	$680	5120	128	2100 MHz	2310 MHz	2250 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 3090	$800	10496	112	1395 MHz	1695 MHz	1219 MHz	GA102	28000M	24 GB, GDDR6X, 384-bit
RTX 4070 Ti	$800	7680	80	2310 MHz	2610 MHz	1313 MHz	AD104	35800M	12 GB, GDDR6X, 192-bit
RX 7900 XT	$800	5376	192	2000 MHz	2400 MHz	2500 MHz	Navi 31	57700M	20 GB, GDDR6, 320-bit
RTX 3090 Ti	$1000	10752	112	1560 MHz	1950 MHz	1313 MHz	GA102	28000M	24 GB, GDDR6X, 384-bit
RTX 4080	$1150	9728	112	2205 MHz	2505 MHz	1400 MHz	AD103	45900M	16 GB, GDDR6X, 256-bit
RX 7900 XTX	$960	6144	192	2300 MHz	2500 MHz	2500 MHz	Navi 31	57700M	24 GB, GDDR6, 384-bit
RTX 4090	$1600	16384	176	2235 MHz	2520 MHz	1313 MHz	AD102	76300M	24 GB, GDDR6X, 384-bit

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