Gigabyte RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming OC 8G Review

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming OC Card3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. 3DMark Port Royal (1440p DXR)6. Battlefield V (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Metro Exodus (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)12. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)13. Battlefield V w/ DXR (1080p, 1440p, 4K)14. Shadow of the Tomb Raider w/ DXR (1080p, 1440p, 4K)15. Clock Speed16. Temperatures17. Acoustics18. Power Consumption19. Overclocking: Games Testing Part One20. Overclocking: Games Testing Part Two21. Closing Thoughts22. View All Pages

Today we are continuing our coverage of Nvidia's new SUPER graphics cards, with a look at Gigabyte's RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming OC model. Sporting a triple-fan cooler, factory overclocked core and single-zone RGB lighting, we've seen prices for this card start at £510, making it one of the more reasonably priced aftermarket models that we've reviewed. Should this be making your final shortlist if you're currently shopping for a new graphics card?

As we will detail on the next page, for this RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming OC 8G, Gigabyte is re-using the design from its RTX 2080 Gaming OC that launched last September. This means the card continues to use the Windforce 3X cooler, with one RGB zone on the card, though it is important to note Gigabyte is also using a reference PCB for this card. That is likely what has helped keep costs down for this model, however, as prices currently start at £509.99. The MSI RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming X Trio we reviewed a couple of weeks ago is still priced at £550 (or higher), so this represents a savings of around £40.

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

To quickly recap the specs for RTX 2070 SUPER, the card is based on the TU104 GPU – the same GPU that launched last September with the RTX 2080, albeit cut down slightly. The TU104 found on the 2070 SUPER uses a total of 40 SMs and 2560 CUDA cores, which is around 13% fewer cores than a vanilla 2080.

For its Gaming OC model, Gigabyte has factory overclocked the core by 45MHz, with a rated boost clock of 1815MHz. The 8GB GDDR6 memory has been left at stock speeds, however, meaning it runs at 14Gbps over a 256-bit bus.

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