GeForce RTX 4070 vs Rage Fury MAXX

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated17
Place by popularitynot in top-10031
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data26.68
ArchitectureRage 4 (1998−1999)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameRage 4AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 1999 (24 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599
Current price$17.99 $791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data5888
Core clock speed125 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors8 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology250 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data200 Watt
Texture fill rate0.25455.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSDRGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount32 MB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed143 MHz21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.144 GB/s504.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x VGA1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX6.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 1999 13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 250 nm 5 nm

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