Question 5070 Ti Variants, do they even matter?

[CivicDiamond72]

I have been considering a big upgrade from my RTX 1060 6GB for a while now. It took me a while to decide whether I wanted to upgrade to a RX 9070 XT or a 5070 Ti, even now I'm not 100% sure on it, but Nvidia's RT and Frame-gen advantage has pushed me towards the 5070 Ti. I doubt you care, so I'll get to the important bit.



I have found a number of cards at, or around, MSRP - I honestly don't mind paying an extra £20 over it. I have narrowed it down to five cards.

• Gainward Phoenix V1
• MSI Ventus 3X OC
• Palit GamingPro Blackwell (non-OC) - OC version is out of stock
• PNY Epic‑X RGB OC Plus
• Zotac Solid Core OC

I care about, in order of importance:

1. Performance
2. Temperatures/Cooling
3. Noise levels
4. Looking cool is the least of my concerns, although all of these do looks cool to me.

I will be getting a new PSU to go along with it, probably 850W? For now, it will be paired with a Ryzen 5 7500f, although that will be my next upgrade (to a 9800x3D hopefully). Thanks.

Edit: I have narrowed it down to PNY Epic‑X RGB OC Plus or Zotac Solid Core OC

 

[Phaaze88]

I care about, in order of importance:

1. Performance
2. Temperatures/Cooling
3. Noise levels
4. Looking cool is the least of my concerns, although all of these do looks cool to me.

1)Unless you're comparing different tiers(70, 70Ti, 80, etc), performance is identical.

2)Usually, the more expensive models have better coolers - USUALLY; sometimes, vendors make the fan shrouds too big, hindering cooling... other times, the cooler used for the pre-overclocked models is insufficient(but it may run just fine with the OC removed).

3)Subjective/objective topic; there's distance to consider, individual sensitivities to fan acoustics, and regardless of model, you control fan curves anyway.

4)Aye, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Finding reviews under the same reviewer would help some, as they're more likely to be tested under the same conditions.
I had no luck when searching. That would've helped with points 2 and 3...

This may be down to which of those 2 GPUs you like the look of more.