Product InfoMSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio OCMarch, 2025TypeGraphics CardPrice$649It's been two years since NVIDIA introduced its Ada Lovelace GPUs, kicking things off with the RTX 4090 and finishing up the initial lineup with the SUPER family At CES, the company unveiled its new RTX 50 "Blackwell" family which features a brand new architecture and several changes such as new cores, AI accelerators, new memory standards, and the latest video/display capabilities.NVIDIA has released the fourth entry within its "RTX 50" portfolio, the GeForce RTX 5070. The GeForce RTX 5070 retains its high-end positioning with the green team promising lots of performance at a price point of $549 US which is $50 US lower than the 4070 SUPER. Today, we will be trying out MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio OC, a custom variant designed with a ton of cooling potential and retails at MSRP.NVIDIA GeForce GPU Segment/Tier PricesGraphics Segment20252023-20242022-20232021-20222020-20212019-20202018-20192017-2018Titan TierGeForce RTX 5090GeForce RTX 4090GeForce RTX 4090GeForce RTX 3090 TiGeForce RTX 3090GeForce RTX 3090Titan RTX (Turing)Titan V (Volta)Titan Xp (Pascal)Price$1999 US$1599 US$1599 US$1999 US$1499 US$1499 US$2499 US$2999 US$1199 USUltra Enthusiast TierGeForce RTX 5080GeForce RTX 4080 SUPERGeForce RTX 4080GeForce RTX 3080 TiGeForce RTX 3080 TiGeForce RTX 2080 TiGeForce RTX 2080 TiGeForce GTX 1080 TiPrice$999 US$999 US$1199 US$1199 US$1199 US$999 US$999 US$699 USEnthusiast TierGeForce RTX 5070 TiGeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPERGeForce RTX 4070 TiGeForce RTX 3080 12 GBGeForce RTX 3080 10 GBGeForce RTX 2080 SUPERGeForce RTX 2080GeForce GTX 1080Price$749 US$799 US$799 US$799 US$699 US$699 US$699 US$549 USHigh-End TierGeForce RTX 5070GeForce RTX 4070 SUPERGeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GBGeForce RTX 3070 TiGeForce RTX 3070GeForce RTX 3070 TiGeForce RTX 3070GeForce RTX 2070 SUPERGeForce RTX 2070GeForce GTX 1070Price$549 US$599$549$599 US$499 US$599$499$599$499$499 US$499 US$379 USMainstream TierGeForce RTX 5060 TiGeForce RTX 4060 TiGeForce RTX 4060GeForce RTX 4060 TiGeForce RTX 4060GeForce RTX 3060 TiGeForce RTX 3060 12 GBGeForce RTX 3060 TiGeForce RTX 3060 12 GBGeForce RTX 2060 SUPERGeForce RTX 2060GeForce GTX 1660 TiGeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1060PriceTBD$449$299$399 US$299 US$399 US$329 US$399 US$329 US$399 US$349 US$279 US$229 US$219 US$249 US$249 USEntry TierGeForce RTX 5060RTX 3050 8 GBRTX 3050 6 GBRTX 3050RTX 3050GTX 1650 SUPERGTX 1650GTX 1650 SUPERGTX 1650GTX 1050 TiGTX 1050GTX 1050 TiGTX 1050PriceTBD$229$179$249 US$249 US$159 US$149 US$159 US$149 US$139 US$109 US$139 US$109 USNVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Gaming Graphics CardsWith Blackwell, NVIDIA is going full-on into the AI segment with loads of optimizations & AI-specific accelerators.The Blackwell GPU does many traditional things that we would expect from a GPU, but simultaneously breaks the barrier when it comes to untraditional GPU operations. To sum up some features:New Streaming Multiprocessor (SM)New 5th Gen Tensor CoresNew 4th Gen RT (Ray Tracing) CoresAI Management ProcessorMax-Q Mode for Desktops & LaptopsNew GDDR7 High-Performance Memory SubsystemNew DP2.1b Display Engine & Next-Gen NVENC/NVDEC2 of 9The technologies mentioned above are some of the main building blocks of the Blackwell GPU, but there's more within the graphics core itself which we will talk about in detail so let's get started.ContentsNext page