Wow, paying more does make a difference 😁

[remo233]

I had an asus dual rtx 4070 super, temps were not great in my case with vrm.temps from 85 to 95 degrees. There were other issues with the card so sent it back. Paid a bit more for the gigabyte rtx 4070 super oc gaming, memory temp stays below 65 degrees

[emosun]

not the take away you should probably have whilst changing defective parts to 100% different ones.

[Tetras]

I suspect it is not the price, but the cooler design, in HUB's 4070 roundup even the Windforce has better memory temps than the Dual.

 

Techtesters found the same with their Super roundup (around 9:00):

 

[8tg]

There is a purpose behind the lower and higher end variants of the same GPU.

These are both RX580’s

 

The purpose is more than an aesthetic preference. Better cooler designs, heatsink coverage, pcb design occasionally. That can all translate to slight differences in performance related to thermals and power delivery. And this applies to basically any GPU, and can vary wildly depending on the cards. Nearly every 1050ti ever made will perform almost the same with the exceptions of the single slot ones, sometimes.

But there are 3090’s that range from power limited 2 slot blower cards to cards with a 20% factory OC, 4 slot hybrid air/water cooling and power delivery adequate for liquid nitrogen overclocking. Still both 3090’s, but wildly different performance.

[remo233]

13 hours ago, 8tg said:

There is a purpose behind the lower and higher end variants of the same GPU.

These are both RX580’s

 

The purpose is more than an aesthetic preference. Better cooler designs, heatsink coverage, pcb design occasionally. That can all translate to slight differences in performance related to thermals and power delivery. And this applies to basically any GPU, and can vary wildly depending on the cards. Nearly every 1050ti ever made will perform almost the same with the exceptions of the single slot ones, sometimes.

But there are 3090’s that range from power limited 2 slot blower cards to cards with a 20% factory OC, 4 slot hybrid air/water cooling and power delivery adequate for liquid nitrogen overclocking. Still both 3090’s, but wildly different performance.

That is true, I watched a tear down explaining the cooling, it was really good, thermal pads on everything, high quality components, much better mosfets, a much better build. Defo worth it over the budget options.