MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation

MSI
29 Overall Score
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 Black

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 Black

Sapphire
90 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation

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Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 Black

85 out of 100 medium confidence 15 reviews

The Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XTX is widely praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, offering massive 24GB VRAM and strong rasterization that rivals the RTX 4080 at a much lower cost. Users highlight its cool and quiet operation, though some note it runs hot in cases with poor airflow and requires a high-wattage PSU (800W minimum, 1000W recommended). A few negative reviews mention receiving a wrong item (keyboard instead of GPU) or driver issues that were resolved by upgrading other PC components. Overall, it's considered a beast for gaming and 3D work, but not ideal for eGPU setups.

Pros
  • Excellent price-to-performance ratio
  • Massive 24GB VRAM
  • Cool and quiet operation
  • Strong rasterization performance
  • Great for gaming and 3D work
Cons
  • Requires high-wattage PSU (800W min, 1000W recommended)
  • Runs hot in cases with poor airflow
  • Power spikes up to 400W
  • Not ideal for eGPU setups
  • Driver issues reported (resolved with system upgrades)
👍 Value for money 6
👍 Vram capacity 5
👍 Cooling and noise 5
👎 Power requirements 3
🤔 Driver stability 2
👎 EGPU compatibility 2

Scores

Ray Tracing
MSI
25
Sapphire
93
Gaming 4k
MSI
18
Sapphire
89
Gaming 1440p
MSI
31
Sapphire
88
Content Creation
MSI
18
Sapphire
87
Gaming 1080p
MSI
36
Sapphire
85
Ai Llm
MSI
16
Sapphire
83
Workstation
MSI
20
Sapphire
77
Budget
MSI
69
Sapphire
74

Specifications

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short FoundationSapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE
Chipset
GPU ChipsetGeForce GTX 1070Radeon RX 7900 XTX
BrandNVIDIAAMD
ArchitecturePascalRDNA 3
Classconsumerconsumer
Process165★
Memory
VRAM8 GB24 GB★
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6★
Memory Bus
256
384
Bandwidth
256.29998779296875
960
ECC—✗
Compute
Stream ProcessorsNo data
6,144
Tensor CoresNo data
192
RT Cores—96★
Base Clock
1,506
1,855
Boost Clock
1,531
2,525
FP16 TFLOPSNo data
122.80000305175781
FP32 TFLOPS6.462999820709228561.38999938964844★
Performance
PassMark G3D
13,513
31,427
GPU Compute
6,116
17,736
Power & Cooling
TDP150★370
Recommended PSU450★800
Power Connectors—3 x 8-Pin
Cooler—Triple Fan★
Fans—3★
Connectivity
Interface—PCI Express 4.0 x16
DisplayPort—2★
HDMI12★
Max Displays—4★
Max Resolution—7680 x 4320
Physical
Length—313★
Slot Width—3★
Form Factor—ATX
Weight0.50 kg★1.95 kg
Features
Ray Tracing—✓★
Upscaling—FSR
AV1 Encode—✓★
VR Ready—✓★
DirectX—12 Ultimate
RGB—✓★

Pros & Cons

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation

  • Strong affordability (76th percentile)
  • Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average feature (11th percentile)11th %ile
  • Below average connectivity (13th percentile)13th %ile
  • Below average compute (16th percentile)16th %ile

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 Black

  • Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Below average affordability (18th percentile)18th %ile

Pricing

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation is MX$35,109 cheaper (5.6x less).

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation0.004score per dollar
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 Black0.002score per dollar

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation offers 2.0x better value for money

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 Black

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE

Scores 90 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 25 of 39 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation

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