[SOLVED] Which of the two geforce 3070 graphic cards should i buy? MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus OC or Asus GeForce RTX 3070 DUAL 8GB GDDR6 PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS

[CaolanD]

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-3070-VENTUS-2X-OC/Overview

or

https://www.asus.com/uk/Graphics-Cards/DUAL-RTX3070-8G/overview/


At the minute the MSI 3070 is available to pre-order but not the asus, also not sure if there is much difference from my eyes but im assuming someone who be more knowledgeable would understand better about this stuff. I have my current build below which i believe is compatible with either of the graphics card is just whether one is better than the other, not sure if its still too early to estimate which one is better?

*CPU- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
*Motherboard-MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard
*Memory-Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
*Storage- Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive & Sabrent Rocket 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
*Video Card- MSI GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GAMING Video Card
*Power Supply-Corsair CX 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

[geofelt]

I doubt there is any significant difference.
Be aware that even a pre-order does not guarantee you a card any time soon.

 

[Phaaze88]

Ehh, you're most likely gonna have to replace that power supply beforehand.

 

[CaolanD]

Ehh, you're most likely gonna have to replace that power supply beforehand.

Is there a reason behind replacing it, thought nvidia said they recommend a 550w psu for the 3070s?

 

[CaolanD]

I doubt there is any significant difference.
Be aware that even a pre-order does not guarantee you a card any time soon.

Yeah, just thought i should jump on the pre order list so i get faster than waiting a potential few months

 

[Phaaze88]

Is there a reason behind replacing it, thought nvidia said they recommend a 550w psu for the 3070s?

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/650w-to-weak-for-rtx-3070.3662848/post-22064235
Ampere is worse than Turing on power efficiency. The transient spikes - not to be confused with total power draw - will cause even mid range psus to shut off.