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the GeForce RTX 2080
Super’s performance
level. If you want to
drive a 4K/60 display
with minimal visual
compromises, the
GeForce RTX 2080
Super is your best bet.
Don’t confuse the
RTX 2080 Super with
its predecessor, the
non-Super RTX 2080.
You’ll still find non-
Super versions on sale
all over the place for prices close to the Super
version, but the older model is slower—and
barely faster than the $500 GeForce RTX
2070 Super (go.pcworld.com/sp70). Don’t
be a sucker.
OTHER OPTIONS
That GeForce RTX 2070 Super is also worth
considering for 4K gaming if you don’t have
$700+ to spare on an RTX 2080 Super. The
lower-priced sibling can also hit 60 fps at 4K
resolution, though you will need to drop
down graphics settings to High to achieve
that frame rate.
Very intensive games may require
dropping one or two particularly intensive
graphics options down to Medium, if 60 fps is
a must-have. If it’s not, and you’re fine with a
console-esque 30 frames per second in
exchange for maximum eye candy, the RTX
2070 Super should be able to hit that in
virtually every game with all visual bells and
whistles cranked to the max. The card also
supports real-time ray tracing.
The $400 Radeon RX 5700 XT (go.
pcworld.com/rdxt) doesn’t pack specialized
hardware for ray tracing, but it’s such an
outstanding value proposition that it might
not matter. AMD’s graphics card comes within
striking distance of the GeForce RTX 2070
Super’s performance (it’s only about 5
percent slower) for $100 less. It’s significantly
faster than the comparably priced $400
GeForce RTX 2060, which isn’t really a
contender for 4K gaming. Everything we said
about the RTX 2070 Super above holds true
for the Radeon RX 5700 XT as well.
If you’re considering the Radeon RXNvidia’s GeForce RTX 2070 Super.