Is the $100 price difference worth it?
Is the $100 price difference worth it?
I have two options to consider, both with the MSRP from manufacturing. The detailed analysis of the ASUS TUF I found on Guru3D makes me favor the ASUS TUF but my budget suggests keeping the $100 difference at bay. Do these modified versions change the performance? The Gigabyte Windforce Eagle OC SFF is priced at $900, and the ASUS TUF Gaming edition OC is listed at $1000.
I'd get the cheaper card, IMHO, though there's also an argument to be made for the RX 9070 XT.
Do these OC versions OC differently?
The overclock is applied from the factory.
They are quickly taken on Amazon as soon as they show up, even for Prime members. I was interested in the Powercolor Red Devil 9070XT, bought before I could finish paying from cart to payment, costing $849. So the actual difference between ASUS and Gigabyte 5070 Ti seems to be just marketing?
I have not seen a article on these particular cards but this topic in general has been discussed. The main problem is are you sitting all day long running benchmark software.
The general consensus is there is definitely a difference between cards that run at different clock rates. You can see it in the benchmark numbers even though for most games the frame rate difference is in the very low single digits.
Now much more important is can you actually tell any difference in the games you are playing....especially if you do not have a frame counter constantly on the screen. What they found is most people can not detect the difference...sometime even compared with a different less powerful card. There is so much stuff in games that affect the performance that some small difference in frame rates will be hidden.
Lately it is more a matter of can you get any GPU for anywhere close to the already inflated MSRP.
Both cards are currently listed at their MSRP. On Gigabyte's site the 5070 Ti Eagle OC SFF is shown at $899.99 while ASUS lists the ASUS TUF OC 5070 Ti for $999.99.
I am certain they are a bit higher than what manufacturers claim, but from my experience with overclocking GPUs, those that have been OC'd usually cost more than those that haven't.
I've noticed on Amazon a few times that a 5070 Ti is advertised at the actual MSRP of $749, though those were non-OC models and disappeared quickly.
It seems most customers thought the $150 price gap between the standard and overclocked versions didn't justify the additional cost.
I agree with the sentiment and realized why I posed the question about how much difference two different OC'd cards would make. I chose the Gigabyte GPU to save money, opting for a 5070 Ti for $749 instead of the vanilla model. The day I found it was when Amazon announced several 5080 models at $999 and 5090s at $1999. I unfortunately missed all three options.
It seems another six months might pass before supply meets demand. My decision to buy now comes from the fact that an OC's 5070 Ti for an additional $150 is within my budget right now. Who can say if tariffs will drive GPU prices even higher than they are today?