Nvidia's midrange GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card produces only modest performance gains over its predecessor while consuming more power, just as AMD steps it up with a potent Radeon alternative.

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards won’t launch alongside other 5070s. Reviews of the new $549 graphics card just dropped today, but in an email to The Verge, Nvidia GeForce global PR director Ben Berraondo says the RTX 5070 Founders Edition will be available “later in March.

Nvidia has apparently delayed its RTX 5070 FE graphics card, with only other manufacturers' versions of the gaming GPU available at launch.

Instead, Nvidia says the card will arrive some time later this month. Meanwhile, Best Buy confirms that RTX 5070 sales will be online-only during tomorrow's launch.

Nvidia has unofficially confirmed that the Founders Edition variant of the RTX 5070 will only be available later this month.

Nvidia's RTX 5070 won't hit RTX 4090 levels of performance even with multi-frame gen, but it works well for those who have a 1440p setup.

New rumor claims NVIDIA has said its Founders Edition won't be out until later in March - but third-party models will still be on sale tomorrow, of course.

At $549, the RTX 5070 will also come up against AMD’s new $549 Radeon RX 9070 and $599 Radeon RX 9070 XT when they launch on March 6th. If AMD manages to beat Nvidia’s RTX 5070 or come close to the $749 RTX 5070 Ti, that’s going to put a lot of much-needed pressure on Nvidia’s pricing.

Nvidia's unmistakable Founders Edition brand identity makes this RTX 5070 look precisely like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. This housing gives the card a premium look and feel, though as I will discuss later, it also leads to suboptimal thermal performance.

The first budget Blackwell GPU from Nvidia - the GeForce RTX 5070 - is finally out today. It holds claim to the most attractive price so far of any 50 series card with a suggested retail price of $549.