AUGUST 2019 PCWorld 57behind the Vega 64 and Radeon VII,
respectively, but that simply isn’t true in
real-world game benchmarks.
We test power draw by looping the F1
2018 benchmark for about 20 minutes after
we’ve benchmarked everything else, and
noting the highest reading on our Watts Up
Pro meter. The initial part of the race,
where all competing cars are onscreen
simultaneously, tends to be the most
demanding portion.
We test thermals by leaving
HWInfo’s sensor monitoring tool open
during the F1 2018 five-lap power draw
test, noting the highest maximum
temperature at the end.
Unsurprisingly, the Super cards
consume more power and throw off
more heat than their
namesakes. Instead, they’re
comparable to the pricier GPUs
that the Super cards are
replacing in the RTX 20-series
product stack. Makes sense!BOTTOM LINE
Yes, especially if you game at
1440p resolution or want ultra-
fast refresh rates at 1080p. But
wait a week!
The $399 GeForce RTX 2060
Super and $499 RTX 2070 Super
redefine the current GPU
landscape, delivering
substantially more power at or near the same
price as before. They obliterate the value
proposition of all cousins and competitors in
their path, rendering the non-Super versions of
the RTX 2070 and 2080 as well as all of AMD’s
high-end Vega-based cards obsolete. There’s
still an argument to be made for the $699Maximum GPU temperature
XQGHUbORDG(Degrees Celsius)SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE67737376787682Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (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)