MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation 8GB GDDR5
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation 8GB GDDR5
This graphics card is praised for its excellent performance, compact size, and quiet operation. It is considered a great value for gaming and mining, with low power consumption and effective cooling. Users note it performs similarly to a larger GTX 1070 while being smaller and quieter.
Pros
- Excellent performance
- Compact size
- Quiet operation
- Good value for money
- Low power consumption
Cons
- Bundled software unnecessary
- Slightly larger than expected for short model
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
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)
Scores
Specifications
| MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1070 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Pascal | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 16 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| ECC | — | ✗ |
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | No data | |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 6.4629998207092285 | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 150★ | 370 |
| Recommended PSU | 450★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | — | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | — | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | — | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | — | 2★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | — | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 313★ |
| Slot Width | — | 3★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 0.50 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 8GB GDDR5
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average connectivity (14th percentile)14th %ile
- Below average vram (26th percentile)
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Pricing
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Short Foundation 8GB GDDR5 offers 2.5x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 25 of 39 specs.
