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GALAX GeForce RTX 5070 1-Click OC 12 GB GPU Review – Dual Fan & SFF

Hassan Mujtaba

It's been two years since NVIDIA introduced its Ada Lovelace GPUs, kicking things off with the RTX 4090 and finishing up the initial lineup with the SUPER family At CES, the company unveiled its new RTX 50 "Blackwell" family which features a brand new architecture and several changes such as new cores, AI accelerators, new memory standards, and the latest video/display capabilities.

NVIDIA has released the fourth entry within its "RTX 50" portfolio, the GeForce RTX 5070. The GeForce RTX 5070 retains its high-end positioning with the green team promising lots of performance at a price point of $549 US, which is $50 US lower than the 4070 SUPER. Today, we will be trying out GALAX GeForce RTX 5070 1-Click OC, which is a custom SSF design aiming for the MSRP price.

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NVIDIA GeForce GPU Segment/Tier Prices

Graphics Segment20252023-20242022-20232021-20222020-20212019-20202018-20192017-2018
Titan TierGeForce RTX 5090GeForce RTX 4090GeForce RTX 4090GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
GeForce RTX 3090
GeForce RTX 3090Titan RTX (Turing)Titan V (Volta)Titan Xp (Pascal)
Price$1999 US$1599 US$1599 US$1999 US
$1499 US
$1499 US$2499 US$2999 US$1199 US
Ultra Enthusiast TierGeForce RTX 5080GeForce RTX 4080 SUPERGeForce RTX 4080GeForce RTX 3080 TiGeForce RTX 3080 TiGeForce RTX 2080 TiGeForce RTX 2080 TiGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Price$999 US$999 US$1199 US$1199 US$1199 US$999 US$999 US$699 US
Enthusiast TierGeForce RTX 5070 TiGeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPERGeForce RTX 4070 TiGeForce RTX 3080 12 GBGeForce RTX 3080 10 GBGeForce RTX 2080 SUPERGeForce RTX 2080GeForce GTX 1080
Price$749 US$799 US$799 US$799 US$699 US$699 US$699 US$549 US
High-End TierGeForce RTX 5070GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPERGeForce RTX 2070GeForce GTX 1070
Price$549 US$599
$549
$599 US
$499 US
$599
$499
$599
$499
$499 US$499 US$379 US
Mainstream TierGeForce RTX 5060 TiGeForce RTX 4060 Ti
GeForce RTX 4060
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
GeForce RTX 4060
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GeForce GTX 1660
GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1060
PriceTBD$449
$299
$399 US
$299 US
$399 US
$329 US
$399 US
$329 US
$399 US
$349 US
$279 US
$229 US
$219 US
$249 US$249 US
Entry TierGeForce RTX 5060RTX 3050 8 GB
RTX 3050 6 GB
RTX 3050RTX 3050GTX 1650 SUPER
GTX 1650
GTX 1650 SUPER
GTX 1650
GTX 1050 Ti
GTX 1050
GTX 1050 Ti
GTX 1050
PriceTBD$229
$179
$249 US$249 US$159 US
$149 US
$159 US
$149 US
$139 US
$109 US
$139 US
$109 US

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Gaming Graphics Cards

With Blackwell, NVIDIA is going full-on into the AI segment with loads of optimizations & AI-specific accelerators.

The Blackwell GPU does many traditional things that we would expect from a GPU, but simultaneously breaks the barrier when it comes to untraditional GPU operations. To sum up some features:

  • New Streaming Multiprocessor (SM)
  • New 5th Gen Tensor Cores
  • New 4th Gen RT (Ray Tracing) Cores
  • AI Management Processor
  • Max-Q Mode for Desktops & Laptops
  • New GDDR7 High-Performance Memory Subsystem
  • New DP2.1b Display Engine & Next-Gen NVENC/NVDEC
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The technologies mentioned above are some of the main building blocks of the Blackwell GPU, but there's more within the graphics core itself which we will talk about in detail so let's get started.