PC World - USA (2019-08)

48 PCWorld AUGUST 2019

REVIEWS NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER AND RTX 2070 SUPER

power connection

as the original, the

RTX 2070 Super’s

requirements

blossomed to match

the increased

performance. The

formerly tiny

Founders Edition

version has

expanded to

standard length, and

now demands a

6-pin and an 8-pin

connector on the

side edge of the

board, rather than a

single 8-pin

connector on the

rear. It’s a small price

to pay for the faster

speeds, but still

worth noting.

The move to the

TU104 GPU also

affects the RTX 2070

Super’s port selection. While Founders

Edition cards based on TU106, including both

RTX 2060 models and the original RTX 2070,

include a DVI connection, the TU104-based

RTX 2070 Super drops that for an extra

DisplayPort, matching the RTX 2080’s

configuration. (Both Supers also come with an

additional pair of DisplayPorts, HDMI, and a

VirtualLink USB-C connection.)

There’s another perk to the GPU upgrade:

Nvidia didn’t include SLI connectors on the

original RTX 2070, but added it to the

GeForce RTX 2070 Super Founders Edition.

(It’s still missing on the RTX 2060 Super.)

Speaking of the Founders Edition models,

Nvidia stuck to the same basic all-metal,

GPU GEFORCE RTX 2060

SUPER

GEFORCE RTX 2070

SUPER

Memory Data Rate 14 Gbps 14 Gbps

L2 Cache Size 4,096 K 4,096 K

Total Video Memory 8,192 MB GDDR6 8,192 MB GDDR6

Memory Interface 256-bit 256-bit

Total Memory

Bandwidth

448 GB/s 448 GB/s

Texture rate (Bilinear) 246.2 Gigatexels/sec 325.7 Gigatexels/sec

Fabrication Process 12 nm FFN 12 nm FFN

Transistor Count 10.8 Billion 13.6 Billion

Connectors 2x DisplayPort, 1x Dual-

Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x

USB Type-C

3x DisplayPort, 1x

HDMI, 1x USB Type-C

Form Factor Dual Slot Dual Slot

Power Connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin, 1x 8-pin

Recommended Power

Supply

550 Watts 650 Watts

Total Graphics Power 175 Watts 215 Watts

GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER

AND RTX 2070 SUPER SPECS CONTINUED