Palit RTX 2070 GameRock Premium 8GB Review

1. Introduction2. Palit RTX 2070 GameRock Premium3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)6. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Clock Speed11. Temperatures12. Acoustics13. Power Consumption14. Overclocking: 3DMark and Games15. Overclocking: Thermals, Acoustics, Power16. Closing Thoughts17. View All Pages

The third RTX 2070 partner card to pass through our offices, the Palit GameRock Premium 2070 is a factory overclocked offering that bumps the core clock to 1815MHz. It's also got quite a hefty cooler, RGB lighting and dual BIOS functionality. For £569.99, could this be the best RTX 2070 yet?

With its RTX 2070 launch, Nvidia has focused on delivering a wider range of cards that are available at the card's base MSRP – £469. The MSI RTX 2070 Armor 8G was one such card, and although an overall basic package, it offered convincing bang-for-buck.

Palit's RTX 2070 GameRock Premium takes a different approach. This card ships factory overclocked at 1815MHz, immediately setting itself out as a higher-tier 2070, while it also boasts features including dual BIOS and a ‘zero dB' mode that would otherwise be lacking from an entry-level 2070. Priced at £569.99, £100 more than cards like the MSI Armor 8G, is this the 2070 to go for?

GPU	RTX 2080 Ti (FE)	GTX 1080 Ti	RTX 2080 (FE)	GTX 1080	RTX 2070 (FE)	GTX 1070
SMs	68	28	46	20	36	15
CUDA Cores	4352	3584	2944	2560	2304	1920
Tensor Cores	544	N/A	368	N/A	288	N/A
Tensor FLOPS	114	N/A	85	N/A	63	N/A
RT Cores	68	N/A	46	N/A	36	N/A
Texture Units	272	224	184	N/A	144	120
ROPs	88	88	64	64	64	64
Rays Cast	10 Giga Rays/sec	1.1 Giga Rays/sec	8 Giga Rays/sec	0.877 Giga Rays/sec	6 Giga Rays/sec	0.65 Giga Rays/sec
RTX Performance	87 Trillion RTX-OPS	11.3 Trillion RTX-OPS	60 Trillion RTX-OPS	8.9 Trillion RTX-OPS	45 Trillion RTX-OPS	6.5 Trillion RTX-OPS
GPU Boost Clock	1635 MHz	1582 MHz	1800 MHz	1733 MHz	1710 MHz	1683 MHz
Memory Clock	14 Gbps	11 Gbps	14 Gbps	10 Gbps	14 Gbps	8 Gbps
Total Video Memory	11GB GDDR6	11GB GDDR5X	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR5X	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR5
Memory Interface	352-bit	352-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	616 GB/sec	484 GB/sec	448 GB/sec	320 GB/sec	448 GB/sec	256 GB/sec
TDP	260W	250W	225W	180W	185W	150W

Reference RTX 2070 cards ship with a 1620MHz boost clock, while Nvidia's Founders Edition card ships with its clock speed at 1710MHz. This Palit GameRock Premium ups the ante with its boost clock rated at 1815MHz – though we have seen a faster 2070 in the form of the MSI Gaming Z which is clocked at 1830MHz.

Memory is left at stock speeds, though, as is the case with most aftermarket cards, giving a total bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

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