Nvidia’s most recent launch, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, puts the Blackwell GPU design under $1,000 for the first time. Priced at $749, it offers close-RTX 4080 levels of performance but at a less expensive price point. Stock shortage and future threats from AMD’s Radeon 90-series make people wonder if purchasing it is currently the best choice.
The RTX 5070 Ti is the third-fastest Blackwell card from Nvidia, second only to the RTX 5080 and 5090. Performance benchmarking shows that it closely rivals the RTX 4080 Super and the base RTX 4080, which was launched at $1,199. This places it as a strong contender for high-frame-rate 1440p gaming as well as native 4K gaming without needing DLSS or upscaling.
Compared to its equivalent, the RTX 4070 Ti Super, the 5070 Ti has 6% more CUDA cores and a 33% higher memory bandwidth due to its specification from GDDR6X to GDDR7 memory. Whereas the 4070 Ti had only 12GB of VRAM over a 192-bit memory bus, the 5070 Ti has 16GB of GDDR7 on a wider 256-bit bus, so it’s much more suited to 4K gaming. It also consumes 300W of power, down slightly from the 360W of the 5080 but closer to the 4080’s 320W.
At $749, the 5070 Ti gives about 90% of the RTX 5080’s performance for 75% of the cost. Although this is an attractive price point, it is still $150 more than the RTX 3070 Ti was when it launched, following Nvidia’s pattern of rising GPU prices. Availability is also an issue, with the few models priced at $749 already sold out and third-party versions bound to be costlier. Since AMD is launching its new Radeon range in a couple of weeks, consumers may also consider waiting for them to check out other possibilities.
Unlike in past launches, Nvidia is not launching a Founders Edition version of the 5070 Ti, so third-party vendors such as Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte are responsible for manufacturing. Although these versions might have minor factory overclocks, tests reveal that the performance boost is negligible, often being a difference of only 1-2%.
For those players looking for top performance without overspending, the RTX 5070 Ti is a good choice—if they can get it at its price point. But with supply chain shortages and imminent AMD competition on the horizon, waiting may be the wiser course of action at present.
