ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti TUF Gaming 16GB GDDR7

The TUF RTX 5070 Ti crushes it with a 32,462 PassMark score and 93rd percentile ray tracing, making it one of the best 1440p and 4K cards on the market. Users rate it 4.7 out of 5 stars and rave about the quiet, cool operation and sturdy build. The catch is price: US listings swing from $1,299 to $1,905, so shop carefully.

Let's talk numbers. The 32,462 PassMark G3D score is a standout, landing this card well above average for rasterization. Ray tracing sits at the 93rd percentile, which means this thing handles path tracing and heavy RT workloads better than almost everything else in its class. The 70 RT cores and 280 Tensor cores do real work here, and DLSS 4 support means you can push 4K with frame generation without the image quality falling apart.

Compute is also impressive at 43.94 FP32 TFLOPS, putting it in the 93rd percentile. That's a lot of raw math for content creation, and the content_creation score of 92.3/100 backs it up. The 16GB of GDDR7 at 896 GB/s is one of the best memory configs on the market right now. Where it stumbles a bit is AI workloads at 77.5/100, which is solid but not spectacular. And thermals sit at the 52nd percentile, so the cooling is about average despite ASUS's marketing claims about those Axial-Tech fans.

Against the MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti, the TUF brings better build quality and that military-grade component story, plus the included magnetic support bracket. The Ventus is typically cheaper but runs louder and hotter. The Gigabyte AERO and ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity are both RTX 5080 cards, so they'll outpace this in raw performance, but you're paying a lot more for that jump. The PNY ARGB OC is another 5080 option that undercuts the TUF on price in some regions while delivering more frames. If you're set on a 5070 Ti, the TUF is the premium pick. If you can stretch to a 5080, the PNY and ZOTAC cards make the TUF's pricing look even worse.

Here's where it gets ugly. US buyers are looking at a $606 spread between vendors, from $1,299 to $1,905. That's a massive gap for the same card. Best Buy has the lowest everyday price at $1,299, and that's the one to grab if you're in the US. European pricing is tighter but still rough, EUR 1,520 to EUR 1,850 across four listings. The sentiment data is blunt about this: roughly six mentions of price complaints versus six mentions of gaming performance praise. People aren't mad at the card. They're mad at the market. At $1,299 this is a strong buy for 1440p and 4K gaming. At $1,905, you're paying scalper money for a card that should cost hundreds less.

The ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5070 Ti posts a PassMark G3D score of 32,462, which puts it in the 89th percentile for raster performance in our database. That's a serious number for a card that sips 300W and fits in a 2.75-slot footprint. The 16GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus gives you 896 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and the 8960 CUDA cores clock up to 2650MHz boost. This is a 1440p monster that doesn't flinch at 4K either.

But here's the thing. The card itself is excellent. The price is the problem. US listings range from $1,299 to $1,905, and European buyers are looking at EUR 1,520 to EUR 1,850. Users rate it 4.7 out of 5 stars across 240 reviews, and the sentiment summary lands at 85/100. People love the card. They just hate what they paid for it.

Skip this if you're on a budget or if you can find a 5080 near the same price. The $606 spread in US pricing means some buyers are paying $1,905 for a card that others get for $1,299. That's a bad deal no matter how good the card is. Also skip it if you're building a compact system, the 2.75-slot design and 329mm length won't fit in small cases. And if AI workloads are your priority, the 77.5/100 AI score is the weakest area here, so look elsewhere for LLM work.

The ASUS TUF RTX 5070 Ti is a genuinely excellent graphics card. The 32,462 PassMark score, 93rd percentile ray tracing, and 16GB of fast GDDR7 make it a 1440p and 4K workhorse. Users love it, rating it 4.7 out of 5 stars, and the build quality is top-notch with that included support bracket. The problem is purely financial. At $1,299 from Best Buy, it's a solid deal. At $1,905, it's a bad one. If you can find it near the low end of that range, buy it and don't look back. If you're staring at the high end, wait or look at a 5080 instead.