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My RDR2 Experience with the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super

Video Card Reviews

I love the game Red Dead Redemption 2. Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of my all-time favorite games to play with my friends on the online game mode or by myself on story mode, but with my old video card that I had on my motherboard the game looked a little bit fuzzy and would make the game a little bit fuzzy and the performance being a bit choppy. So you guys might be wondering what Red Dead Redemption 2 is. According to Copilot, “Red Dead Redemption 2 is a captivating Western-themed action-adventure game set in an expansive, fictionalized version of the United States during the year 1899. Players step into the worn boots of Arthur Morgan, an outlaw and loyal right-hand man to the gang’s leader, Dutch van der Linde. The game kicks off with a disastrous heist in the snowy town of Blackwater, forcing the gang to flee through treacherous mountains. As Arthur, you’ll navigate the challenges of survival, resource gathering, and loyalty within the gang. But as Dutch’s decisions become increasingly reckless, Arthur grapples with doubts about their leader’s intentions. The story unfolds against a backdrop of train heists, gold, and the ever-present threat of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. It’s a tale of camaraderie, betrayal, and the harsh realities of life in the Wild West” (“Microsoft Copilot Conversation on Red Dead Redemption 2.” Microsoft, 24 Apr. 2024.)

So the System Requirements for RDR2 are a little bit high. The video card I had before I upgraded a to a better video card was the recommended card which is the GTX 1060. The recommend GeForce GTX 1060 would run RDR2 but the game would look a little bit fuzzy and the game would be a little bit fuzzy and the performance was a bit choppy. So when I decided to upgrade my video card I had $1000 as my budget so I bought the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super. It was the best card that I could buy with my budget of $1,000.

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER for $799.99

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super is 71.6% better than the recommend GTX 1060. The RTX 4070 Ti Super is 4th on the passmark rating, so it should run RDR2 really easily. The RTX 4070 Ti Super is made by Nvidia. It has 2340 MHz with 8448 CUDA cores. The 16GB of GDDR6X runs at a bandwidth of 672.3 GB/s.

The PCIe interface is newer compared to other video cards since it was released January 24, 2024. It is PCIe 4.0 with APIs supporting DX12 and OpenGL 4.6. It pulls a max power of 285 Watts and it has a 1×12 pin power connector. It has one HDMI 2.1a and three display ports 1.4a ports. It also supports having 4 monitors. The RTX 4070 Ti Super takes up 2.5 slots and has 3 cooling fans.

Overall my computer has been playing RDR2 a lot smoother than it was before with the help of the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super.  I would recommend this to anyone that needs a new video card if your budget is $1,000.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.

Work Cited

“Microsoft Copilot Conversation on Red Dead Redemption 2″  Microsoft,  24 Apr. 2024

“Microsoft Copilot Conversation on spelling errors on blog post” Microsoft, 26, Apr. 2024

Newegg: Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super (Accessed 26 April 2024)

Video Card Benchmark: RTX 4070 Ti Super vs. GTX 1060 (Accessed 26 April 2024)

TechPowerUp: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Specs (Accessed 26 April 2024)

Steam: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Accessed 26 April 2024)

Crucial T700 GEN5 NVME SSD M.2

Hard Drive Reviews

The Crucial T700 GEN5 NVME SSD M.2 is one of the best hard drives that I have bought. It makes my pc go way faster. The only problem that I had was that I need to buy a adapter for it but it didn’t cost that much on Amazon. It only costed $17.99 on Amazon. Then the price of the Crucial T700 GEN5 NVME SSD M.2 only cost $294.99 when it cost $379.99 at regular price but I got it when it was on sale on the Crucial website. 
So about the specs on the Crucial T700 GEN5 NVME SSD M.2. It is a 2TB SSD M.2 drive. The interface of it is PCI-Express 5.0 4x. The random read and write can go up to 1,500,000 IOPS. Also it has heatsink with it. Also it has a 5 year warranty on it. If you want some more specs on the Crucial T700 GEN5 NVME SSD M.2 then click on the link to Newegg.

This drive has been really reliable for me. It has made my Gigabyte B650 AORUS run a lot faster than it has with my old M.2 drive I had on it. I would recommend this M.2 drive to anyone if they were in need of buying one.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.

Resources:

“Crucial T700 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD with heatsink | CT2000T700SSD5.” Crucial, https://www.crucial.com/ssd/t700/ct2000t700ssd5. Accessed 3 April 2024.

“Dual M.2 PCIE Adapter for SATA or PCIE NVMe SSD with Advanced Heat Sink Solution,M.2 SSD NVME (m Key) and SATA (b Key) 22110 2280 2260 2242 2230 to PCI-e x 4 Host Controller Expansion Card.” Amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-advanced-solution-Controller-Expansion/dp/B07JKH5VTL. Accessed 3 April 2024.

Wikipedia, https://www.newegg.com/crucial-2tb-t700/p/N82E16820156333?scrlybrkr=47b916c7. Accessed 3 April 2024.

Kingston Fury Beast RGB Review

Memory Reviews

The Kingston Fury Beast RGB is an amazing piece of hardware that I didn’t know that I needed for my motherboard. I bought the Kingston Fury Beast because I thought that it would work well with my home motherboard and it works wonders. The price that I bought it for was $40.15 on Newegg as of February 21, 2024 .Now to the specs on the Kingston Fury Beast RGB. The generation of the sticks of RAM is DDR4 and it is 8 GB:1×8 GBs. They support dual-channel Also the Ram has a CAS Latency of 16 and is non-ECC. It is a a DIMM with 288 pins. Another amazing thing is that the speed of it is 3200 MHz’s. I got all of this information from the Kingston website. Overall I believe that this a great piece of hardware and worth the $40.15.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.

Work Cited

https://www.newegg.com/kingston-8gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram

https://www.kingston.com/en/memory/gaming/kingston-fury-beast-ddr4-rgb-memory

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

CPU reviews

This CPU works perfectly with my gaming motherboard. It is  a really good for being a  best value CPU. The price of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is on Newegg for $406.79 as of January 22, 2024. I feel like this is at a very good price for a being a best value CPU because it give you everything that you would need. This CPU helps improves my  gameplay  of  Cyberpunk2077.  

The Ryzen 9 7900X CPU is made by AMD. This CPU’s socket is a AM5. The good thing about this CPU is that it has a L1 instruction cache is 12 x 32 KB, L1 Data cache is 12 x 32 KB, L2 cache is 12 x 1024 KB, and the L3 cache is 64 MB. The typical  thermal design power or TDP is 170 W. The CPU has 12 cores and 24 threads. The clockspeed of the CPU is 4.7 GHz and the turbo speed 5.6GHz. The PassMark rating is 52035.References:

PassMark

Newegg

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.

Gigabyte AMD B450 AORUS PRO

Motherboard reviews

The Gigabyte AMD B450 AORUS PRO Motherboard is a business motherboard that is $146.90 on Newegg as of December 1st, 2023. I think that this business motherboard is at a great price because its not too expensive but not to cheap to where you think that its a ripoff. This motherboard has everything that you would need for what you are doing on your pc.

This motherboard supports AMD processors and AM4 sockets. I also like how this motherboard can support a max memory of 64GB. Another reason that this motherboard is good is because the form factor is ATX. Also this motherboard has 7.1 channels and it has DDR4 ram. You will be able to find the rest of the specifications here.  I would recommend this motherboard for any business that is looking to upgrade their motherboards.

References:

“B450 AORUS PRO (rev. 1.0) Key Features | Motherboard – GIGABYTE Global.” Gigabyte, https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-PRO-rev-10#kf. Accessed 4 December 2023.

“Gigabyte AMD B450 AORUS PRO Socket AM4 DDR4 ATX Motherboard (B450 Aorus Pro).” Newegg, https://www.newegg.com/p/2MG-000K-000C7. Accessed 4 December 2023.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.