Introduction

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 JetStream is a premium custom-design graphics card based on the newest kid on the block, the RTX 4070 Ada, a performance-segment ace by NVIDIA designed for maxed out AAA gaming at 1440p, including ray tracing. The new features introduced with Ada, such as multiple video encoding streams, and of course DLSS 3 Frame Generation, are expected to position the RTX 4070 as a superior proposition to the deluge of previous-generation graphics cards being sold around this price these days, to clear inventory, not to mention superior energy efficiency from the chip’s 5 nm process node.

The GeForce RTX 4070 is designed for not just maxed out 1440p gaming, but also high refresh-rate e-sports gaming. 4K Ultra HD is within its reach, if you know your way around game settings, or rely on GeForce Experience to find you the best ones. You can also use DLSS and Frame Generation to your advantage. The GeForce Ada graphics architecture debuts the 3rd generation of NVIDIA RTX real time ray tracing technology, faster and more capable CUDA cores that operate at higher frequencies; 3rd generation RT cores with even more hardware-accelerated capabilities, and 4th generation Tensor cores with support for even more math formats. The Optical Flow Accelerator component enables DLSS 3, a feature that generates entire alternate frames entirely using AI, without involving much of the graphics rendering machinery.

The GeForce RTX 4070 we’re reviewing today is based on the same 5 nm AD104 GPU as the RTX 4070 Ti, but while the latter maxes out the silicon, the RTX 4070 is heavily cut down from it. This GPU is endowed with 5,888 CUDA cores, 46 RT cores, 184 Tensor cores, 64 ROPs, and 184 TMUs. It gets these many shaders by enabling 46 out of the 60 streaming multiprocessors (SM) present on the silicon. The memory configuration is unchanged from the RTX 4070 Ti—you still get 12 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory across a 192-bit wide memory bus, with 504 GB/s of bandwidth on tap. The bandwidth is higher than the 448 GB/s that the previous-generation RTX 3070 contends with. The 192-bit memory bus may seem narrow, but is the result of NVIDIA trying to restructure the memory sub-system, with greater use of on-die caches on the GPU.

The JetStream brand from Palit represented the company’s very best in custom-design for quiet and capable gaming PC builds, until the SKU got topped by the Palit GameRock and GamingPro series. The RTX 4070 JetStream features a meaty triple-slot, triple-fan cooler. There’s no RGB lighting on offer, but you’re promised low gaming noise from the larger cooler. The card ticks at NVIDIA-reference clock speeds of up to 2475 MHz GPU Boost. Palit also opted for the more familiar and convenient 8-pin PCIe power connector in place of the 12VHPWR connector, which should do just fine, given the 200 W TGP for the RTX 4070. While Palit hasn’t given us an exact price point, they only confirmed that its price “will be a little higher than $599.” Throughout this review we’ve assumed a $620 price.