NVIDIA has done an excellent job with the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. As we told you in our analysis, it is the graphics card that offers the performance near GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, and yet it arrived on the market with the same price as the GeForce RTX 4070 at its launch. If we add to this that the difference in consumption between the two is barely 20 watts, it is clear that we are in for round product.

I am convinced that this It will be one of the best-selling graphics cards of the new GeForce RTX 40 SUPER series, not only because of the good price/performance ratio, but also because it is the most balanced option in its range both for building a new powerful PC with balanced costs and for expanding the computer. without having to change the power supply.

Note that the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER has a TGP of 220 watts, although its actual average consumption values They range between 200 and 215 watts. In terms of performance, it is more than adequate at 1080p and 1440p and can offer a completely optimal experience at 2160p thanks to DLSS 3. This technology is fantastic not only because it significantly improves performance, but also because it can significantly reduce power consumption.

In my tests, I managed to confirm that if we activate DLSS 3 at a resolution lower than 2160p, the consumption it can even drop to 161 watts. These figures clearly show that we are dealing with a very efficient graphics card and that it is able to offer excellent performance per watt consumed, but where is the optimal level when choosing a power supply to accompany it? Let’s find out.

You need a 550 watt power supply to power the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

That would be the minimum recommended level for a balanced computer that can get the most out of it to this graphics card, although we must remember that this recommendation must change depending on the processor we decide to install or that we already have installed in our computer if we want to upgrade to a graphics card.

To understand this, I will give you a concrete and very simple example. PC configured with Ryzen 5 7600X, 32GB DDR5, PCIe NVMe SSD, six fans and 360mm AIO liquid cooler It will have an approximate average consumption between 430 and 448 watts with a GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, which means we would have plenty of room with a 550 watt PSU if it has a reasonable current on the 12V rail.

The GIGABYTE P550B 550W 80 Plus Bronze You would be perfectly capable of moving around with this setup as it has all the necessary connectors and reaches 43.5 amps on the 12v rail. Its price is only 51.94 euros.

The Ryzen 5 7600X has very low power consumption, so if we use a more powerful and greedy solution, it is almost certain that we will need a more powerful resource. Continuing with the previous example, Just by changing the processor to an Intel Core i9-13900K, the consumption would rise to a value of almost 600 wattswhich means that in this case it would be ideal to choose a source with a power of at least 650 watts.

Keep in mind that the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER uses a 16-pin power connector and that it includes an adapter with two 8-pin connectors, so the power supply we buy to move it You must have these two PCIe connectors. Power supplies of 550 watts or more usually come for the most part with at least two connectors of this type, unless we go into very low ranges, which of course are not recommended.

Processor, chassis space and things we should know

The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER isn’t a big graphics card, in fact it’s quite the opposite as it’s contained size in every way. The Founders Edition has dimensions 244 x 112 x 41 mmmeaning it will fit virtually any type of chassis with no problem, even the smallest mid-towers.

occupy two expansion slots but thanks to the flat design of the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER cooling system, there will be two fair slots, i.e. It has nothing that sticks out to invade the third slot. This is definitely a point in favor of the Founders Edition design.

As for the processor we need to accompany this graphics card without serious obstacles, we have to distinguish two levels. The minimum level below which we should not go is a Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel Core i5-12400Fbut if we want to get the most out of it, when we activate DLSS 3, which lowers the base resolution and applies frame generation, it would be ideal to have Ryzen 5 7600, Ryzen 7 5800X3D or Intel Core i5-12600K.