It's great you're getting better numbers, I've seen others report better numbers. However, the takeaway from the article, since I assume consistent benchamarking from test to test, is the gen on gen improvements. Presumably if you had access to the next gen newer card and reran YOUR test methodology you would see similar improvements.
This isn't about how good the cards are or aren't compared to what you (anyone reading the article) is capable of. It's one persons testing methodology on successive gen's of xx70 and how they compare to each other.
Take the info for what it is. Proof that there has been gen over gen improvements even it we dislike the price.
"In
Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing on medium and DLSS Balanced, the RTX 2070 averages 12.9 FPS, the 3070 nearly doubles that at 23.8 FPS, the 4070 reaches 48.2 FPS, and the 5070 peaks at 61.3 FPS. That kind of progression carries into other ray-traced workloads: Oblivion Remastered climbs from 24.9 FPS on the 2070 to 63.3 FPS on the 5070, while Quake 2 RTX rises from 52.6 FPS to 166.5 FPS over the same generational span."
As quoted from their article. The 3070 averages 23.8 FPS with RTX medium and DLSS balanced presets @ 1080p. That is not what I am getting. How can I trust what they are writing if I am not having their experience? If I am a long time enthusiast/repair tech, with the knowledge/understanding to maintain a 3070 to this degree of performance over half a decade...
Kinda makes me wonder why they bother putting this out there? If you have a 3070 and you're trying to decide whether or not to upgrade, this article would tell you 'absolutely.' And then the real world comes crashing down as you stick a brand new 5070 into a box that was just running a 3070... you're going to run into some issues right away.
If your 3070 isn't running so well, your 5070 isn't going to run so well. The conversation should be more about how the generational shift isn't as prevalent as it used to be, prior to the RTX generation of cards. About how there's still an abundance of value for people playing on older cards, and how that value holds up even against the newest versions of those 70 class cards.
If I am reading my comment, seeing a bog standard build from like 5 years ago (which is what I have) instead of some contrived high end test bench, that gives me a more realistic perspective on what to expect from this conversation, rather than buying the latest greatest hardware for a lot more money, only to get trade offs in performance.
It would be one thing if there were clear generational improvements in the hardware for each card. But the facts bear such slim generational hardware improvements... it's a wonder the AI software support can even muster them. I wouldn't feel comfortable building a new machine for someone with a 5070 in it. Too many reported issues with black screens, drivers, and missing RoPs. There was even a 5070 that burned itself at the connector, indicating the same low quality control as present on the higher end cards.
Taking the information at face value is probably the last thing I want to do, buddy.
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