PC Magazine - USA (2019-08)

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NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER VS. NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX
2070
As similar as the specs of the RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2080 are, the numbers
between the RTX 2070 reference cards and the RTX 2070 Super are pretty
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That said, how much does the identity of the actual GPU matter? Who cares, if
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TESTING: ENGAGE THE SUPER-CHARGER!
PC Labs ran the GeForce RTX 2070 Super card (and its RTX 2060 Super
sibling) through a series of DirectX 11- and 12-based synthetic and real-world
benchmarks. Our test rig is equipped with an Intel Core i7-8700K processor,
16GB of G.Skill DDR4 memory, a solid-state boot drive, and an Aorus Z370
Gaming 7 motherboard.


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this card, in addition to the rest of our standard benchmarks, which test a card’s
abilities to handle AAA games at the highest possible quality settings.


SYNTHETIC BENCHMARKS


3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: Synthetic benchmarks can be good predictors of
real-world gaming performance. Futuremark’s circa-2013 Fire Strike Ultra is
still a go-to for simulating 4K-based gaming. We’re looking only at the
Graphics Subscore (which isolates the video card’s contribution), not the test’s
Overall Score.

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