Most GPUs only report singular measurements for GPU and maybe VRM temperatures. That fine-grained temperature control is a key selling point for EVGA’s graphics card. The FTW3 Ultra measures 11.8 inches long and 5.4 inches wide, and a chunky three slots thick. Modern Nvidia GPUs get faster when you feed them more power, and like EVGA’s other FTW3 options, the 11-percent power limit increase is probably higher than what you’ll see in most rival custom RTX 30-series GPUs.ĮVGA stuck with a gargantuan triple-slot cooler in its quest for overclocking supremacy. Overclockers can crank the power limit up another 11 percent (to 305W) in GPU software like’s EVGA’s stellar Precision X1. This custom card ships from the factory with a higher 275W power limit enabled. The dual-BIOS switch is to the left of the dual 8-pin power connectors.ĮVGA puts the power to good use. (There’s no need to fiddle with ugly 12-pin adapters like you do with Nvidia’s Founders Edition, however.) Brad Chacos/IDG In its quest for overclocking glory, the FTW3 Ultra bumps that up to a pair of 8-pin power connectors and recommends hooking the card up to a sturdier 650W power supply. Stock RTX 3070 cards draw 250 watts over a single 8-pin power connector, coming from a recommended 550W power supply. Just as important to the FTW3 Ultra’s mission is its increased power requirements. If you’re buying this card, though, you’re probably not planning to stick to stock speeds. It’s a small bump, but as you’ll see in our benchmarks section, it’s enough to move past the RTX 2080 Ti pretty much across the board-something that Nvidia’s Founders Edition couldn’t quite manage. That gives it an out-of-the-box boost in gaming frame rates.
While the RTX 3070 reference specification hits a 1,725MHz boost clock, EVGA cranked the FTW3 Ultra up to 1,815MHz, a 90Hz increase. Most people will notice the increased clock speeds first. EVGA changes only two key underlying technical specs with the RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra, with the rest of its rejiggering dedicated to the cooler design and extra features.
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