From micro SD cards and SSDs, to system memory,
and supporting massive professional markets in XR, AI, and beyond. Now that all may sound a bit
lofty, but this is all part of the PNY technology story. And today we're going to take a closer look
at their RTX 40 series Super GPUs and answer the question on which one may be right for you. And
it all happens right here right now on Robeytech. Well you finally did it. You decided to buy a
new RTX Super GPU. The hardest part is done right. So which brand are you going to choose? And now
that you've chosen a brand, which model are you going to look at? And you do know that there are
multiple versions of the same model, right? Now do you want that to be factory overclocked or not?
Well, how about some RGB or do you want no RGB? Are you looking at one fan, two fan, three fans, or
a water block? So if you're reeling from the roller coaster of decision-making we want to help you
get off of this ride by demystifying GPU product stacks and introducing you to some companies that
you may not know that much about. And today is PNY technology day in the sun. Now before we take
another step further we have to take a second to acknowledge that everyone has a favorite brand
and and sometimes people can be fiercely, I do mean fiercely loyal, to their brands. Or sometimes
they can be fiercely disloyal to another brand. And that's okay, but here's the deal guys. We never want
those biases to keep us from seeing the awesome work that other companies are doing as well. That's
why in this video we'll be giving an overview of what PNY has to offer and why you may have
made a mistake by not even looking at them. So it's time to take off the safety straps and step
away from the moving vehicle, because we're about to take you on a leisurely stroll through PNY's
GPU roster in this edition of Robeytech's GPU overview. Now this is not a review mind you. This
is not that kind of video. This is all about who and the what behind the brand and how these may
be a solid option for your next build, but first let's do a quick history lesson and trust me this
is good for context. In case you think the letters P N Y stand for partially nude Yak, actually what
it stands for is Paris New York. Now that is not to be confused with the town of Paris, New York found
south of Utica. This is a Paris New York connection as an homage to the New York-based company's
business dealings with Paris, France early on. PNY was actually founded in 1985 in Brooklyn,
New York. PNY Technologies formerly known as PNY Electronics was among some of the first to buy and
sell memory modules. They also launched a sub brand dedicated to gaming, content creation, and PC
modding called XLR8 or accelerate if you say it fast enough, but even after all of that booming
growth they haven't left their roots. PNY is still serving up memory in everything from Ram
to SSDs, to even in nvme drives. So yeah I guess you could say that even after 39 years, you know
what Bryan, they're still making memories. Okay so if you laughed or at least groaned a little
bit in that one why don't you go ahead and slap that subscribe button, whip that like button
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moment. Dad jokes really are the best when they are apparent. Get it? Okay, okay come on. All right
now that we know a bit more about who PNY is let's talk about their GPUs and honestly this
is going to be very simple. So PNY has two tiers of GPUs. The PNY branded Verto and the XLR8 gaming
branded Verto Epic XRGB, which the name alone just sounds epic. Now for clarity the Epic X branding
denotes that a PNY device is RGB equipped. So there are XLR8 branded devices that are available
without RGB, which I know there's like two or three people in the back. Yeah, yeah, yeah way, way back
there. They're like yay! Now both Verto and XLR8 Verto Epic XRGB GPUs are slightly overclocked
over their reference boost clock speeds. So likely you'll see an OC in the full product name. We'll
talk about how much overclocking these GPUs have in just a minute, but let's talk about what sets
them apart from each other. PNy Verto GPUs have a black shroud design with a simple metal back plate
sporting no RGB whatsoever. These GPUs are here as a non nonsense just give me the graphics type of
GPU. Now don't mistake simplicity for low quality. I mean if Falcon Northwest, one of the Premier PC
build brands, is putting PNY in their PCs. That tells you something about the quality of these
cards. Now specifically when we talk about PNY their Verto models are available at every level
of the RTX 40 series Super stack designed to be as cool and quiet as they are performant. And
they've scaled that design philosophy along with their GPUs. Here's what I mean by that. The
PNY RTX 4070 Super Verto sports a dual fan design paired with four copper heat pipes, but when we
jump up to the PNY RTX 4070 Ti Super Verto it has a triple fan design as well as seven copper
heat pipes. Their 4080 Super adds an additional heat pipes rounding things out to eight copper
heat pipes along with a triple fan cooler. These GPUs are priced at Nvidia's MSRP making them very
appealing if you're watching your cost. So if Verto is PNY's entry point, where do you go from here? You
give your GPU an extra boost of Go Juice, beefy cooling, and XLR8 gaming branded back plate
with a nifty arrow design in the cutout and some glorious, glorious RGB. Starting with the RTX 4070
Super Verto Epic X RGB this GPU has an upgraded triple fan design, which carries to all three of
the XLR8 gaming super models/ Like the PNY 4070 Super Vero the XLR8 version has 90 mm fans as
well as four copper heat pipes. When we jump up to the 4070 Ti Super and the 4080 Verto Epic X
GPUs these guys are sporting three 100 mm fans with the stealth mode, as well as the same number
of copper heat pipes that their PNY counterparts have. To be clear the standard Verto models have
these fans as well. Now the 4070 Ti Supers and the 4080 Supers also come with GPU anti-ag brackets
that tie into your PC cases motherboard mounting standoffs, which makes them very secure and one
of the reasons that you see so many pre-built manufacturers using these cards in their builds.
Now between the fans, heat pipes, back plates, and out of the box BIOS settings all of this comes
together to support PNY's mission of making GPUs quiet, performant, and accessible, but that's
just one mission. They have another one that we're going to share about in a bit. As for warranty PNY
GPUs have three-year out of the box warranty. Now we looked it over and can confirm that it reads
like a standard GPU warranty. In other words use it as intended in your cover, but if you're going
to do something wild and crazy like try to use it to step up your own personal air traffic
control system. You might want to think twice and think twice more after that. It's not going to
be covered under the warranty, but you know what I got to admit 3 years is pretty nice. PNY also
has a bug submission system on their website. So if something isn't working right they want to
know about it and ultimately they actually want to fix it. Now that we have a better picture
of these GPUs let's back up a minute, because we mentioned overclocking earlier and now is a good
time to talk about it. So let's talk about how these GPUs are overclocked and a nifty tool that
PNY has developed to give users control over their devices. And tuck that devices part in the back
of your head. It's going to be important here in a minute. All right let's talk about overclocking.
Historically PNY has actually shied away from overclocking. As an Nvidia partner they've been
very intentional about keeping their GPUs in line with the reference or Founders Edition
standards. Making sure things like performance, thermals, voltage, and Acoustics were actually in
lock step with the Founders Edition GPUs. Now with the new Super GPUs PNY has pushed their Verto and
Verto Epic X GPUs a modest step further than the reference cards. For the Verto GPUs the overclock
averages out to be about 0.59% over the reference on the 40 series Super GPUs. The 4070 Super takes
a 0.61% jump in max boost speeds from 2475 MHz to 2490. The 4070 Ti Super jumps 0.57% from 2610 to
2625 and the 4080 Super takes a 0.59% jump from 2550 up to 2565. As for the XLR8 Verto Epic X RGB
GPUs their max boost speeds average out to about 1.38% higher than the reference. The 4070 Super
jumps 1.21% from 2475 to 2505. The 4070 TI Super jumps from 2610 to 2640 and the 4080 Super jumps
from 2550 to 2595 MHz. These are modest steps, but these steps are close enough to the reference
points without actually going crazy. Also given we've been looking at all of the brands and all of
the different cards these have matching overclocks to similarly priced cards from other brands. So
you aren't seeing more or less comparatively across the stack. So what does this mean for
actual gaming performance. Well here's a good approximation of what you can expect from these
GPUs, because remember all cards are different so your mileage may vary slightly. At 1440p and a
feature heavy cinematic title like Cyberpunk 2077 the RTX 4070 Super gave us an average of around
90 frames per second. The 4070 Ti Super gave us an average of 101 and it was an average of 115
for the 4080 Super. These numbers were recorded with ray tracing, ultra settings and with DLSS set
to auto. So basically we didn't go easy on them. In Forza Horizon 5 we saw averages of 146 frames per
second for the 4070 Super, 161 for the 4070 Ti Super and 178 for the 4080 Super. This test was run
in extreme settings with DLSS set to auto. In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 we tuned our settings
for high frame rates by checking everything down while keeping on DLSS. In these benchmarks we saw
an average of 281 frames per second on the 4070 Super, 292 on the 4070 Ti Super, and 296 from
the 4080 Super. And in Fortnite, the 4070 Super averaged
around 434 frames per second, the 4070 Ti Super average around
494 and the 4080 Super smashed the 500 frames per second barrier by giving us an
average of 505 frames per second. Like any other piece of tech your mileage may vary,
but we've been nothing short of impressed by the RTX Super GPUs. Now let's say you wanted to have a bit of extra control over your GPU. PNY has a solution for that and they call it Velocity X. Velocity X does a
lot of things you might expect from software that supports a GPU. It shows current temperatures, core
clock speed, memory clock, GPU load, GPU memory load, and fan speeds. That's not all though Velocity X
allows you to change your fan curve, adjust your power, and thermal targets, as well as set a target
frame rate. But let's say moving those sliders is just way too much for you, but you still want to
push your GPU to its absolute peak performance. Well Velocity X has a built-in utility called OC
scan that will scan your GPU and set overclocking preferences based on your actual card. This is
a super nice feature considering that no two GPUs are going to be 100% identical. The silicon
lottery is a thing after all. You can also save up to five presets. So if an overclocking profile
doesn't quite work for you you can always switch back. And if you like knowing how your system
is performing while you're gaming PNY offers a solution for that too. There's also a handy option
to enable the onscreen performance monitoring feature built into Velocity X. Now when it comes
to RGB controls for the Verto Epic X RGB models Velocity X gives five different styles of lighting
patterns including flash, wave, cycle, breathe, and static. Each of these models have varying degrees
of control over speed, direction, and brightness, but one cool thing that we saw with the static mode
is that it gave us control over three customizable LED zones. If that's all Velocity X actually had
going on that would actually be pretty coo,l but PNY just doesn't want to power your GPU. They
want your PC to be powered by PNY. Remember that foreshadowing from earlier when I mentioned
devices plural. Did you also tuck away in that same brain space that PNY also has SSDs? Including
nvme drives, and RAM in their catalog as well. Essentially PNY wants to be a One-Stop shop for
all your system supporting players and bring all of the control together inside of Velocity X. Okay
so we drifted a little bit from GPUs, but that's okay. There's a lot they have to offer. So let's
bring it back to the ranch to put the finishing flourishes on this overview by answering one of
the questions of which GPU is right for you. And remember guys these are just suggestions, okay. If
you're a system builder that's on a budget, but if you want to get into that mid-range GPU tier
with an RTX 40 series Super GPU the Verto series will meet you at Nvidia's MSRP while providing you
with a small touch of added performance over the Founders Edition GPUs . These GPUs are also great
if you don't want to have RGB in your build. Now hold, hold on. Hey, put the pitchforks away. It can
be done and you can make some really beautiful builds without the extra lights. I know that's
practically heresy around here, but we'll allow it. If however, you're the type of builder that
is conscious of cost, but you want those pretty pretty lights. The XLR8 Verto Epic X RGB models
may be the right pick for you. Landing at prices at or around 5% over MSRP the XLR8 gaming
variants are still conservatively priced and they have an added bump in performance potential. Not to
mention exceptional support from PNY's Velocity X software. The last thing I want to add and it is
a bit of a bonus is that the card designs are nice and small compared to some of the larger cards
from other manufacturers. So if you're going to look for a card that is going to fit in those tighter
builds, but not sacrifice performance, Etc. This is also not a bad choice given the cost. Remember
these are just recommendations. There there really is no one-size fits-all for anybody and
it's always really good to have options. We just want to help you kind of classify these cards into
like tiers. So if you're trying to make a decision on what card to buy from what manufacturer. We're
hoping we're making this just a little bit easier. So there you have it. Our overview of PNY's RTX
40 series Super GPUs has come to an end. Hopefully you learned some historical facts and bonus
featurettes offered by PNY that had given you a better grasp of their GPU lines. We want to
give a huge shout out to PNY Technologies for providing us with the Verto and Verto Epic X RGB
GPUs to check out and for sitting down with us and talking about their brand and answering all
of our questions. We hope you enjoy this video format, because we love helping to demystify Tech
so that you can actually enjoy it. Let us know if you learned something from the video about
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