REVIEWS / GRAPHICS CARDS
That’s a healthy count of 256
more stream processors than
its predecessor. Clock speeds
have also increased. The original
RTX 2070 has base and boost
clocks of 1410MHz and 1620MHz
respectively (1710MHz for the latter
on the Founders Edition), but the
RTX 2070 runs at base and boost
clocks of 1605MHz and 1770MHz.
Finally, unlike the original RTX
2070, the 2070 Super can also be
used in 2-way SLI configurations.Thecards
We’vereceivedtwocardsfromboardpartnerstotestforthis
review.Firstupis Zotac’sGeForceRTX 2060 SuperMini,a
smallcardthatcosts£380incVAT(thesamepriceasthe
RTX 2060 FoundersEditiononnvidia.com). It hasa widthof
just210mm– 18mmshorterthantheFoundersEdition’s
228mm.It’sa basiccard,withnoRGBlightingandstockclock
speeds,butit doeshavea wraparoundbackplatethatcovers
therearofthePCBandfoldsroundtocoverthefrontofthe
cardtoo.It takesupthespaceoftwoexpansionslots,andit
hastwofansshiftingairthroughtheheatsink’sheatpipe-
assistedaluminiumfins.
Meanwhile,ourRTX 2070 Supersamplecomes
fromPalit,andit’sthecompany’shigh-endGame
Rockmodel.It’sa largecard,measuring292mmwide
(comparedto267MHzforNvidia’sFoundersEdition).
Itscoolingisassistedbymassivecopperheatpipes
thatyoucanseepokingoutbeyondthePCB,along
withtwolargefansanda chunkybackplate.
There’salsosomelightingonthefrontofthecard,butnot
ontheedge,whichseemslikea missedopportunity– you’re
unlikelytowanttoputthis2.75-slotcardina verticalGPU
mountnexttoa glasssidepanel,asit willrestrictairflow.Nvidia’s TU106 chip has all its parts used in the RTX 2070. Remove two SMs and you get the RTX 2060 SuperTwo 8-pin PCI-E power connectors sit on the edge of the
card, and Palit has also given the GPU an overclock, with the
boost clock rising to 1830MHz on our sample.Performance
Both the RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super perform in line
with expectations. The biggest jump is seen between the
original RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super. When we first
tested the former in Battlefield V with High DXR ray tracing
enabled, it dropped right down to 22fps. We haven’t included
that result in our graphs, as we did that test before DLSS was
enabled in Battlefield V, so the results aren’t comparable.
Even with DLSS, however, we’ve still seen the RTX
2060 struggling with ray tracing at decent settings
at 2,560 x 1,440. That changes with the RTX 2060
Super, which handled our Battlefield V High DXR test
with a solid minimum of 48fps. The RTX 2060 Super
also storms through the rest of our benchmarks,
staying above 50fps in all our 2,560 x 1,440 tests.
It’s up against some serious competition here now
though. AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 XT is a fair bit quicker than
the RTX 2060 Super across the board, never dropping
below 60fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.