MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming Z TRIO review

Posted on: 10/24/2019 07:23 PM

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@buhehe
its because the heatsink is longer (vs dual fans units).
not sure if i like it, smaller/more fans usually mean more noise..

Posted on: 10/24/2019 07:31 PM

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I'm still struggling to understand if this 2070 super is worth it over my so old 1080. The GPU market is such a joke right now...

Posted on: 10/24/2019 08:45 PM

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I don't think so, it's only about 30% faster, in my book that's not worth it. The way I look at it I only upgrade to something that's 100% faster (twice as fast), and in the interim turn down a few settings if necessary - probably every other GPU generation.

Posted on: 10/24/2019 08:52 PM

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I'm sure you can stick to it without issue. I could probably say the same about my 980 TI, it's been going strong, and still is - And its only because of a certain upcoming title that made me decide to upgrade to the RTX series.

The decision is also helped by seeing my 980 TI slowly, but surely going further down the performance charts in comparison to the newer gpus' :p

Posted on: 10/24/2019 11:33 PM

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It's not.
The original 2070 was actually slower in some games, the Super version is always faster, but not by much.

I upgraded from 980 to 1080 (both non Ti), and what a difference that was ! (And still managed to sell the 980 for a decent price). But that was the exception, as Pascal was one of the greatest leaps in GPU performance in recent years (+75% or more), due to dual-node jump 28nm->16nm.
Right now the only card which would really make a difference for 1080 owners is 2080 Ti... but boy, that costs a ton !

So no, best thing to do right now is to hold on a few more months and see what comes up.
All current titles run fine on 1080, even at 4K with reduced details, and RTRT is not yet a thing anyway.