PCWorld – August 2019

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54 PCWorld AUGUST 2019

REVIEWS NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER AND RTX 2070 SUPER


Again, everything goes as
expected—and as Nvidia promised.
The GeForce RTX 2060 Super and
RTX 2070 Super effectively shift the
RTX GPU stack up a performance
notch, leaving older RTX options and
the Radeon cards looking obsolete at
their current prices.

F1 2018
The latest in a long line of successful
games, F1 2018 ($60 on Humble at
go.pcworld.com/f118) is a gem to
test, supplying a wide array of both
graphical and benchmarking
options—making it a much more
reliable (and fun) option that the Forza
series. It’s built on the fourth version of
Codemasters’ buttery-smooth Ego
game engine. We test two laps on the
Australia course, with clear skies.
There’s a bit more of a gap
between the RTX 2080 and RTX 2070
Super here by the raw numbers, but
they’re delivering the same essential
performance in the real world. Same
with the Radeon VII. But again, the
RTX 2070 Super is $200 cheaper.

GTA V
We’re going to wrap things up with a
game that isn’t really a visual barn-
burner, but still tops the Steam charts
day in and day out. We test Grand

F1 2018
(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

86

79

88

115

112

122

157

56

49

58

68

66

71

95

129

115

132

150

147

159

190

1080p 1440p 4K

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (FE)

AMD Radeon VII

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super (FE)

GTA V
(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

93.57

84.93

95.16

97.51

98.33

103.61

112 .12

53.54

45.3

55.21

60.3

63.24

60.93

81.06

104.81

98.43

105.06

105.88

104.75

108.58

114.68

1080p 1440p 4K

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (FE)

AMD Radeon VII

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super (FE)
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