Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti review: bad start, decent GPU
I’m a bit late to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, which means that this review – while already a dismal failure in the glowing robot eyes of the Internet nowness machine – can at least factor in the context of the GPU’s first few days on sale. Said context can be summarised thusly: Ah. Umm. Errrrrrrr. No, early life has not been kind to the RTX 5070 Ti. Inadequate stocks and the lack of an Nvidia-made Founders Edition, unlike those of the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, have cut the chances of finding one at the intended £729 / $749 RRP to pretty much nada. Not to mention how some models are shipping with missing render output units, potentially hurting performance. It’s a saddening start, made all the more unfortunate by the fact that the RTX 5070 Ti really isn’t a bad graphics card in itself. Read more
I’m a bit late to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, which means that this review – while already a dismal failure in the glowing robot eyes of the Internet nowness machine – can at least factor in the context of the GPU’s first few days on sale. Said context can be summarised thusly: Ah. Umm. Errrrrrrr.
No, early life has not been kind to the RTX 5070 Ti. Inadequate stocks and the lack of an Nvidia-made Founders Edition, unlike those of the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, have cut the chances of finding one at the intended £729 / $749 RRP to pretty much nada. Not to mention how some models are shipping with missing render output units, potentially hurting performance. It’s a saddening start, made all the more unfortunate by the fact that the RTX 5070 Ti really isn’t a bad graphics card in itself.
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