Custom-cooled RTX 2060 and RTX 2070 Super graphics cards land in UK

Last week we saw the official launch of NVIDIA's new RTX Super series of graphics cards. Reviews for Founder's Edition versions of the RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super went live but we have been waiting on news for custom-cooled cards from board partners. Now, the second embargo has lifted and custom RTX Super cards are being made available.

We have already reviewed one custom RTX 2070 Super- the MSI Gaming X Trio, which is priced at £569.99. However, looking at Overclockers UK, there are much cheaper options available. The ASUS RTX 2070 SUPER DUAL EVO OC for instance has the highest out of the box clock speed available at Founder's Edition pricing (£475). The Gigabyte Windforce RTX 2070 Super also has a decent price tag, currently sitting at £499.99.

If you want something a bit higher-end, then we have been informed that the Asus Strix and Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2070 Super cards are actually based on the RTX 2080 PCB, so these ones can seemingly overclock better than some other models.

The RTX 2060 Super starts at £375 for a custom-cooled card, with more expensive models like the RTX 2060 Super ROG Strix coming in at £479.99. There are plenty of options sitting in between those two price points though, including the £379.99 ASUS RTX 2060 Super Dual EVO OC, the Inno3D RTX 2060 Super Twin at £379.99, the Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super Windforce at £409.99 and the MSI RTX 2060 Super Gaming X at £449.99.

Each custom variant of the RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super will come with slightly different specs but as a refresher, here is what the reference, Founder's Edition GPUs come with:

GPU	RTX 2080 (FE)	RTX 2070 SUPER	RTX 2070 (FE)	RTX 2060 SUPER	RTX 2060 (FE)
SMs	46	40	36	34	30
CUDA Cores	2944	2560	2304	2176	1920
Tensor Cores	368	320	288	272	240
Tensor FLOPS	85	72	63	57.4	51.6
RT Cores	46	40	36	34	30
Texture Units	184	160	144	136	120
ROPs	64	64	64	64	48
Rays Cast	8 Giga Rays	7 Giga Rays	6 Giga Rays	6 Giga Rays	5 Giga Rays
GPU Boost Clock	1800 MHz	1770 MHz	1710 MHz	1650 MHz	1680 MHz
Memory Data Rate	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps
Total Video Memory	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR6
Memory Interface	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/sec	448 GB/sec	448 GB/sec	448 GB/sec	336.1 GB/sec
TDP	225W	215W	185W	175W	160W

Depending on the card, you will get different out of the box overclock speeds. The MSI Gaming X Trio for instance has a factory overclock that pushes RTX 2070 Super speeds up to 1800MHz and additional tweaking will allow you to push clock speeds higher while the custom cooler maintains temperatures.

You can find the current list of RTX 2070 Super GPUs available in the UK, HERE. For the RTX 2060 Super, you will want to head HERE.

KitGuru Says: The first RTX Super series GPUs are now available to buy, with Founder's Edition cards coming straight from Nvidia and custom-cooled variants available at retailers. Are any of you planning to upgrade to a new GPU this year?

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