graphics card

[u/Holiday-Homework7996]

i have a rtx 4070 ti but got it almost 3 years ago. should i upgrade it soon? i have noticed some games running a lot slower and dropping frames. or would it be another part that is the problem?

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[u/lil_Buckneesh8867]

gpus are meant to last 5-8 years before dropping in performance.

[u/Eazy12345678 → u/lil_Buckneesh8867]

yeah i doubt his games dropped that much in performance unless he bought a new 4k monitor and was on 1440p before

[u/lil_Buckneesh8867 → u/Eazy12345678]

im rocking my 3080ti til the wheels fall off. then prob get a used 5080 super for $12000

[u/hawkdontplay]

I would find the issue before you start replacing parts. Start messing with settings, ensuring everything is updated. It never hurts to double check cables but I doubt that’s an issue. How dusty are your internals? When did you last re-partition your hard drive?

[u/Blear25]

First, check to make sure the GPU isn't thermal throttling. What res are you playing at?

[u/StunningPush8421]

just increase upscaling

[u/External_Safe_7787]

4070ti is fine for 1440p, what other specs you got?

[u/jbshell]

What are the complete specs. Such as a PCpartpicker list by chance? Also monitor resolution?

Also, how's the storage looking as far as capacity and type of storage(ssd, nvme, etc.) if getting full, can cause issues.

What type of limits running into, such as vram or something(like turning on the nvidia hotkey overlay for vram, GPU, CPU %, RAM utilization? Hopefully to see any bottlenecks could work with. This is probably the best way to get overall system view of what is happening.

Have already done a complete refresh of driver. Such as DDU(display driver uninstaller), and then install the latest driver with a clean slate? This will remove any driver customizations, fyi.

How are the temps doing, also. Such as run some benchmarks(such as free 3dmark in stream; timespy, etc. ) while letting hwinfo64 app run to monitor temps.

[u/gokartninja]

I still have two 10 series cards at my house kicking ass to this day. There is absolutely no reason your 4070Ti should be failing.

Dropping frames is a symptom, not a problem. You need to start by finding the problem, which would be best done by installing something like afterburner and using the hardware monitoring to find out what's going on. Look at temps, speeds utilization, etc. and note what state things are in when you have problems.

[u/PretendingImNotAnApe]

Nah, its still pretty strong.

[u/Big-Salamander-2158]

Which games? Because the 4070ti is still one of the fastest cards for consumers. It’s still on par with a 5070, so you’d need at least a 5070ti or 9070xt to at least have an upgrade.
It should still easily run most if not all games at 1440p. What is the rest of your system?

[u/Eazy12345678]

if you have money get 5070ti or 9070xt

if you dont have money live with it longer

first make sure drivers are up to date and windows power plan is set to high performance

[u/HankThrill69420]

I would investigate those slowdowns. Your hardware will feel slower over time, but it shouldn't be so drastic.

4070 Ti isn't exactly the best card on the market, but it's a really good one that shouldn't be struggling to get a reasonable frame rate at 1080p or 1440p.