Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8GB GDDR6X Graphics Card

The Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC accelerates your work with incredible boosts in performance. It is equipped with NVIDIA Ampere Streaming Multiprocessors, 2nd Generation RT Cores, and 3rd Generation Tensor Cores. This Graphics card is integrated with an 8GB GDDR6X 256-bit memory interface, It comes with WINDFORCE 3X cooling system that features two 90mm and one 80mm unique blade fans, alternate spinning, 7 composite copper heat pipes, a large copper plate direct touches the GPU, 3D active fans, and Screen cooling, which together provides high-efficiency heat dissipation. Alternate Spinning turns the adjacent fans in the opposite direction, so that the airflow direction between the two fans is the same, reducing the turbulence and enhancing the airflow pressure. The 3D Active Fan provides semi-passive cooling, and the fans will remain off when the GPU is in a low load or low power game.

Graphene nano lubricant can extend the life of the fan by 2.1 times, close to the life of double ball bearing, and is quieter. It has an extended heatsink design that allows air flow to pass through, providing better heat dissipation. With direct contact to the GPU and VRAM, the large copper plate combines the composite heat pipes to efficiently transfer heat generated from the interior cores to the heat sink. It comes with 16.7M customizable color options and numerous lighting effects, you can choose lighting effects or synchronize with other AORUS devices. Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC metal backplate not only provides an aesthetical shape but also enhances the structure of the graphics card to provide complete protection.The Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC comes with 2 years of warranty.

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8GB GDDR6X Review

GIGABYTE introduced their new lineup called the VISION series with the launch of the Z490 series Vision and B550 Vision D motherboards. The VISION series aims at the content creators and professionals. Keeping up with the theme of VISION, GIGABYTE has released the GeForce RTX 3080 and 3070 VISION series graphics cards.

They have recently launched the VISION NVMe external SSD. It will be about time if GIGABYTE launches VISION series RAM which in my opinion they should. The particular thing about the VISION series is their white color theme with purple lining for the style. This is very why we chose the Z490 VISION G motherboard for the white build. GIGABYTE was kind enough to sponsor us the GeForce RTX 3070 review.

The Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OCReview architecture being driven by GA-104 GPU at its core. It has a powerful cooling solution in the form of WINDFORCE 3X cooling with alternate spinning fans. We have 5 copper-based composite heat pipes and a large copper pate making direct contact with the GPU and VRAM. The factory boost clock is set at 1815MHz which is overclocked from the Nvidia’s reference boost clock of 1725MHz. The card packs SAMSUNG 8GB GDDR6 memory chips having a bus width of 256-bit. The card packs 2x DisplayPort ports and 2x HDMI ports. This is a 2.5 slot design but the graphics card is still lightweight.

Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC graphics card is shipped inside a cardboard box which is placed inside a paperboard packing. The packing box is in the white and black color theme.Broaden Your Horizons is the tagline of the VISION series. The salient features of the graphics card are highlighted on the top like RGB Fusion 2.0, Windforce Cooling using 3x fans. The graphics card is based on Nvidia’s Ampere architecture using Ray Tracing and DLSS.

The Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC Review is based on GA104 GPU. It has 17400M transistors using 8nm technology having a die size of 392mm². This version of GA104 has 96 ROPs and 184 TMUs. We have 5888 shader units. The Pixel fill rate is 174.2 GP/s and the Texture fill rate is 334 GT/s. GIGABYTE has used 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM from SAMSUNG rated at 1750MHz using 256-bit bus width having a bandwidth of 448 GB/s. The graphics card is based on PCIe 4.0 with backward compatibility. The PCB has an ATX form factor. The maximum supported digital resolution is 7680×4320.

It is time to take a closer look at the design of the graphics card and then I will discuss the results of the gaming and synthetic benchmarks. The card has a 2.5 slot design with having a dimension of 286x115x51mm (LxWxH). The shroud is as simple as it could get but it is sleek and stylish. The faceplate around the fan mounts seems to be in the silver finish though sometimes it resembled the gold color. The borderline is in the white color. The card has 3x 80mm fans with white color blades.

Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC above picture symbolically shows the heat sink and the nickel-plated copper plate. The black color PCB is sandwiched between the metal backplate and heatsink plus shroud. The WINDFORCE 3X cooling system features 3x 80mm unique blade alternate spinning fans, 5 composite copper heat pipes, heat-pipe direct touch, and 3D active fan functionality, together delivering an effective heat dissipation capacity for higher performance at lower temperatures. The heatsink has a plate making a direct touch with the GPU and the VRAM chips. It seems like this plate is also making contact with the power delivery components which is a wise implementation.

These are 80mm fans with the middle fan set to rotate clockwise unlike the exterior fans which rotate counter-clockwise. This alternate spinning is to ensures effective airflow without any turbulence. The GIGABYTE patent “Alternate Spinning” aims to solve the turbulent airflow problem of three fans. Since the fans rotate in the same direction, the airflow direction is opposite between the fans, which will cause turbulent airflow and reduce heat dissipation efficiency. GIGABYTE turns the middle fan in the opposite direction, so that the airflow direction between the two fans is the same, reducing the turbulence and enhancing the airflow pressure.

Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC airflow is spilt by the triangular fan edge, and guided smoothly through the 3D stripe curve on the fan surface, effectively enhancing the airflow. The 3D Active Fan provides semi-passive cooling, and the fans will remain off when the GPU is in a low load or low power game. It allows gamers to enjoy gameplay in complete silence when the system is running light or idle.

In my testing, I have enjoyed silent gaming with good thermals on the graphics card clearly evidencing the power and effectiveness of the WINDFORCE 3X cooling solution employed on this Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC Review. The fans are using Graphene Nan lubricant which extends the service life by 2.1 times.

The shape of the pure copper heat pipes maximizes the direct contact area with the GPU, enhancing heat transfer. The heat pipes also cover the VRAM through a large metal plate contact to ensure proper cooling. The composite heat-pipes combine thermal conductivity and phase transition to efficiently manage the heat transfer between two solid interfaces which increases cooling capacity.