PNY RTX 5070 Ti OC

First, we need to address the biggest issue—pricing. The RTX 50 series is still in that weird phase where MSRP means almost nothing, and availability is a hot mess. On paper, the 5070 Ti should be a great option for anyone who wants strong performance without jumping into the pricing black hole of the 5080 or 5090. But in reality, some models are already creeping past their expected pricing, which puts them dangerously close to what the RTX 5080 was supposed to cost.

Features

• Architecture: NVIDIA Blackwell

• CUDA Cores: 8,960

• Clock Speed: 2.3 GHz

• Memory: 16GB GDDR7

• Display Outputs: 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI

• Thermal Design Power (TDP): 300W

Then there’s stock availability. Some listings vanish instantly, others are sitting at scalper prices, and at this point, the 5070 Ti is at risk of falling into the same cycle we’ve seen before—limited stock, inflated prices, and artificial scarcity which no consumer wants.

So onto the card itself. This is an overclocked model, which means a slight bump in clock speeds out of the box. The boost clock comes in at 2572MHz, which is just under a 5% increase over stock. Not bad, but also not game-changing, since a 5% clock speed increase doesn’t necessarily mean a 5% FPS boost—it’s a little more complicated than that.

Memory speed stays the same at 1750MHz or 28 Gbps effective, which is standard for all 50-series cards. But, as we’ve seen before, there’s usually plenty of headroom for overclocking, which we’ll get into later.

A Closer Look

Now, here’s where things get interesting. PNY is using the exact same cooler on this OC model as they do on their non-OC version. So while you’re paying more for the factory overclock, the physical hardware is identical to the standard 5070 Ti non-OC. No extra cooling, no premium components, just a factory overclock slapped on top along with a $50 premium, but that’s not the end of the world considering some competitors sometimes demand a higher premium than that for the same kind of bump in clock speed.

That said, it’s still a solid cooler. It’s 300mm long, 120mm high, and 60mm thick, making it a proper triple-slot card. And I mean actual triple-slot, not just a cooler that overhangs past two slots. It also weighs in at 1430 grams, which isn’t particularly heavy, so it doesn’t come with a support bracket—but honestly, at this size, it doesn’t really need one either.

The design is simple with an all-black plastic shroud with three fans, with the middle one spinning in reverse to help push heat across the heatsink and unlike some other cards, PNY uses a twin heatsink solution connected to the cold plate with seven heat pipes with the shroud covering part of the heatsink along the top, but otherwise, ends up looking quite industrial, and despite being plastic, actually still feels solid.

Because this is the same cooler as the MSRP version, there’s no RGB, no dual BIOS, and no extra features, and honestly, that’s fine by me. At this price point, cutting down on unnecessary extras makes sense, or at least, it would if pricing wasn’t such a mess.

Now, in terms of design, it’s a bit of a mixed bag. The full metal backplate looks great, especially with the included thermal pads to help with heat dissipation, but I wish that styling carried over to the front of the card. Instead, we get these glossy plastic bits that don’t feel as premium and honestly cheapen the look a little, but if you’re installing the card horizontally, as I’m sure most people will be, you won’t really see it anyway, so isn’t a big issue anyway.

For I/O, it’s exactly what you’d expect for a 5070 Ti. Three DisplayPorts, one HDMI and power-wise, we’ve got the standard 12V 2×6 connector, though PNY does include a triple 8-pin adapter in the box. Nothing surprising here, just the essentials.