Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Super JetStream review (Page 31)

Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Super JetStream review

Graphics cards 1049 Page 31 of 31 Published 2018-11-23 09:08 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

Conclusion

Final words and Verdict

We stated it before, the performance level of the RTX 2070 is not bad, not bad at all. The Raytracing and AI feature like DLSS remain interesting, but still are a proof of concept as just one game that supports it. The Super JetStream fan edition from Palit we just reviewed shows proper performance metrics, it, however, will not be a card suitable in the Ultra HD range combined with Raytracing. Up-to something 1080p resolution wise is the best bet and goal for this product with RTX features enabled in a game. Palit is offering a compelling product overall, nice looks, really proper cooling, and low acoustics are what you will get for the money.

Gaming performance

We mentioned it a couple of times already spread over several RTX 2070 articles, but the GeForce RTX 2070 series positions itself to sit in that Full HD and (W)QHD resolution in range. Performance wise you are looking at above GTX 1080 levels based purely on raw shader perf, added benefits are of course the RT and Tensor cores. If you stick to the aforementioned resolutions your games will run at proper framerates with the very best image quality. The 8 GB graphics memory is nice, making the product a bit more future proof. In terms of multi-GPU setups, NVIDIA did not allow SLI for this series. Again, the RTX 2070 do not have an NVLINK connector for you to run two cards in multi-GPU mode.

Aesthetics

With an all-black and white design, the cooler really isn't bad looking. The RGB lighting effects are funky to see. That LED inclusion that has been done subtly and can be configured in any manner you prefer with Palit's own software, the choice is yours. While I always will remain skeptical about backplates (they potentially can trap heat and thus warm up the PCB) Palit does have vents there. The flip-side is that they can look better and can protect your PCB and components from damage and, well, they can look nice as they can have a certain aesthetic appeal. I have to admit, this is looking very nice but looks are always personal, of course. So in the end, on looks, you certainly get that premium feel of detailed aesthetics and quality.

Cooling & acoustic Levels

Staggering results really, (in a good way). This product sits at roughly 61 Degrees C while gaming and that is great. It's not just that, the card remains completely silent as at its worst we measured only 33 DBa you'll not be hearing this card under normal circumstances card. We've heard no noticeable coil whine. But I do want to note that any graphics card at a high-enough FPS will make some coil-whine.

Concluding

From the entire RTX range with the three product lines released in my opinion, the GeForce RTX 2070 overall makes the most sense. Combined with Raytracing enabled we, however, doubt it'll be a fast enough card. Then again, if you drop regular AA, choose DLSS you'll benefit from an extra kick in performance, that you can trade in for RT. The future will, however, tell how that is going to pan out. For this conclusion, I am going to focus on what Palit brought to the table. Palit does well with the JetSTream series, the cooler has that all familiar design. It's a bit thick, granted but man is this thing silent and keeping that GPU nicely chilled down. Typically the more value products (RTX 2070 is intended to be a mainstream to high-end product series), could be doubled up in performance with the help of SLI, however, NVIDIA ripped that out of 2070, it has no NVLINK and you will not see any AIB cards supporting SLI. The RTX 2070 will perform roughly at and just above that GTX 1080 level, that in respect is not a bad proposition. Pricing is higher for this customized model and will sit in the 600 USD range. From a hardware point of view, Palit did well, the card ticks a lot of the boxes and comes with a very nice factory tweak. The Samsung GDDR6 memory used had no issues with a tweaked 16.0 Gbps data-rate, and that's good news. Overall we find this to be a truly lovely product, a top pick even, obviously I am separating that award from the current street sales price tag as it is about the near silent product that Palit offers here, and that's a good, even very good product. But remember, from top to bottom ranking SKUs, they all perform roughly the same and show near similar tweaking results. Everything is regulated by NVIDIA these days.