ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming 8GB GDDR6
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming 8GB GDDR6
Users are overwhelmingly satisfied with this refurbished RTX 3070, praising its excellent value for money at roughly half the price of a new card. It performs well in both gaming (1080p ultra at 65°C max) and photo editing tasks. A few noted minor cosmetic scuffs, missing thermal paste, or inadequate packaging/dust, but overall the card is considered fully functional and a great deal.
Pros
- Excellent value for half the price of new
- Great 1080p gaming performance (ultra settings, 65°C max)
- Good for photo editing (Lightroom, DxO, Topaz)
- Includes display port and HDMI port plugs
Cons
- Sometimes noticeable dust or wear
- Occasionally bent mounting plate / poor packaging
- May need fresh thermal paste
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3070 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 8 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 40 | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 15.970000267028809 | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 220★ | 339 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 800★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 2★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | — | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 320★ |
| Slot Width | — | 4★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 0.34 kg★ | 1.00 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS | FSR 3.1 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming 8GB GDDR6
- Strong feature (73rd percentile)
- Strong affordability (67th percentile)
- Below average connectivity (34th percentile)
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (15th percentile)15th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 23 of 39 specs.
