GeForce RTX 2070 Review: Same Architecture, Lower Cost, No Ray Tracing Yet

[BigBoomBoom]

This generation of Nvidia is just ridiculous. RTX 2070 is basically slightly better 1080 but far below 1080 ti.

Some may say that this is to be expected as all next gen gpus meet their one level higher counterpart eg 1060 matches 970. However, what has gone horribly wrong is that 2070 has price of not 1070 but 1080! This makes this whole generation pointless for most gamers.

I always buy medium tier gpu on launch of next gen but this time I will skip it for sure.

This gentlemen, is why competition is good for the market as well as consumer. Classic monopolistic pricing.

That's because there is no competition and the performance gap between AMD and NVIDIA grows even more. Actually we should be all be happy there wasn't significant jump in performance and NVIDIA insane price are giving AMD a chance to catch up for some competition.

 

[ZackL04]

Not a video card, a new system. Using a i7 3rd gen, ddr3. I want a 8th gen proc, ddr4 and a m.2

Meh 3770k and 16gb if ddr3 2400 still rips. Your only real gain is nvme storage, and thats expensive and hardly a noticeable gain if your just gaming. Ssd is plenty, Id say continue to game on that platform until a 1080ti equivalent card gets into what I call reasonable affordability territory (like $250-350 range). Until then just be happy your old machine still kicks so much ***.

 

[harm9963]

Meh 3770k and 16gb if ddr3 2400 still rips. Your only real gain is nvme storage, and thats expensive and hardly a noticeable gain if your just gaming. Ssd is plenty, Id say continue to game on that platform until a 1080ti equivalent card gets into what I call reasonable affordability territory (like $250-350 range). Until then just be happy your old machine still kicks so much ***.

The only thing I upgraded from my old system, was my GPU
from Fry's for $629.00 still a lot of money ,but I get the 2080 experience, at 2070 high in price.
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
CPU: AMD FX-8370E
Samsung EVO 250GB
3 TB storage
Memory: 16 GB RAM DDR3 EVGA 2400
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_referrer=watch&video_id=XBL1ZSloaNE

 

[i3kingwizardop]

Meh. Keeping my 1080 and passively trolling ebay for a 1080ti under $500 so I can give the 1080 to my son. Maybe by next year AMD will show up and I'll actually upgrade.

 

[Stark]

"are we being too harsh on the RTX 2070"

..Watchoo talkin' bout Willis?

 

[ddferrari]

Meh 3770k and 16gb if ddr3 2400 still rips. Your only real gain is nvme storage, and thats expensive and hardly a noticeable gain if your just gaming. Ssd is plenty, Id say continue to game on that platform until a 1080ti equivalent card gets into what I call reasonable affordability territory (like $250-350 range). Until then just be happy your old machine still kicks so much ***.

The only thing I upgraded from my old system, was my GPU
from Fry's for $629.00 still a lot of money ,but I get the 2080 experience, at 2070 high in price.
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
CPU: AMD FX-8370E
Samsung EVO 250GB
3 TB storage
Memory: 16 GB RAM DDR3 EVGA 2400
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_referrer=watch&video_id=XBL1ZSloaNE

What resolution and refresh rate?

 

[harm9963]

What resolution and refresh rate?

Its in the video.

 

[mcborge]

Nothing I've seen of these 20xx cards makes me want to upgrade at all. What is the point of paying a premium for features no one can use yet. These cards should have been dev only releases for at least a year before general release, that way the software would have had some time to catch up and they would have shifted remaining 10xx stock in the meantime.

 

[ZackL04]

The only thing I upgraded from my old system, was my GPU
from Fry's for $629.00 still a lot of money ,but I get the 2080 experience, at 2070 high in price.
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
CPU: AMD FX-8370E
Samsung EVO 250GB
3 TB storage
Memory: 16 GB RAM DDR3 EVGA 2400
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_referrer=watch&video_id=XBL1ZSloaNE

That 8370 need to be drop kicked out your door, seirously. A 1080ti and an FX chip? Are u nuts?

 

[harm9963]

That 8370 need to be drop kicked out your door, seirously. A 1080ti and an FX chip? Are u nuts?

At 4k CPU matter-less than you think , at 1080p its a different matter and who plays a 1080ti at 1080p , not me .

 

[ZackL04]

At 4k CPU matter-less than you think , at 1080p its a different matter and who plays a 1080ti at 1080p , not me .

You dont know what I think, and you know less than I know

 

[harm9963]

You dont know what I think, and you know less than I know

LOL Good night

 

[Stark]

That 8370 need to be drop kicked out your door, seriously. A 1080ti and an FX chip? Are u nuts?

Actually if all you need is 60 FPS @ 60 Hz @1080p/1440p or more even FX has plenty of grunt for it, its a quite capable chip with multi-core chops close to Broadwell i5. sure its not the best in terms of raw FPS but it does offer smooth performance where it can. Also Steve (sorry the article is actually by Dustin Sklavos ) has a very good peice on its power consumption in relation to performance with overclocking, its actually not that bad----->https://www.techspot.com/article/932-amd-fx-8350-fx-6300-power-performance/.

 

[Toju Mikie]

The only thing I upgraded from my old system, was my GPU
from Fry's for $629.00 still a lot of money ,but I get the 2080 experience, at 2070 high in price.
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
CPU: AMD FX-8370E
Samsung EVO 250GB
3 TB storage
Memory: 16 GB RAM DDR3 EVGA 2400
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_referrer=watch&video_id=XBL1ZSloaNE

That 8370 need to be drop kicked out your door, seirously. A 1080ti and an FX chip? Are u nuts?

I have a 1070 and an fx 8350 in my system. I only had enough money to change one component so I went from a GTX 960 to a 1070.

 

[Toju Mikie]

If AMD could release a card for $299 that can compete with the GTX 1070, people would be all over it. They just need to start on the mid-range segment first.

 

[Stark]

I also am running FX currently and waiting on Zen 2. I have overclocked it to 4.5 Ghz so its still pulling through fine for my use. Check it out at CPUz : https://valid.x86.fr/ydsi4s

 

[harm9963]

I have a 1070 and an fx 8350 in my system. I only had enough money to change one component so I went from a GTX 960 to a 1070.

Thank you , the one component that made sense to me , or a Motherboard/CPU/ Ram.

 

[Nightfire]

That 8370 need to be drop kicked out your door, seirously. A 1080ti and an FX chip? Are u nuts?

At 4k CPU matter-less than you think , at 1080p its a different matter and who plays a 1080ti at 1080p , not me .

At least drop $250 on a 2400g and a b-350. That would really extend the life of your system and you could use freesync as well.

 

[Nightfire]

Also, I could have done without the ear blasting gray techno music in your video.

 

[harm9963]

Also, I could have done without the ear blasting gray techno music in your video.

If it ain't broke ,don't fix it, my experience at 4k compared well to Intel and Zen from jayztwocents ,
Guru3D.com and other

No music

 

[harm9963]

I also am running FX currently and waiting on Zen 2. I have overclocked it to 4.5 Ghz so its still pulling through fine for my use. Check it out at CPUz : https://valid.x86.fr/ydsi4s

https://valid.x86.fr/erbms4 4.5Ghz is a sweet spot on air.

 

[Stark]

https://valid.x86.fr/erbms4 4.5Ghz is a sweet spot on air.

NiCEEE!!!!

 

[Sausagemeat]

This card doesn’t make much sense to me. I can see why people buy the 2080ti and sort of see the 2080 but not this, I’d rather have a 1080ti which sell for not much more at all and is faster. I’d probably pick this up over a 1080 though.

As everyone is saying, it’s all about ray tracing and DLSS. I’m not sure about DLSS but I don’t think ray tracing is a gimmick. In fact I think Ray tracing looks awesome and can’t wait for it to start making its way to consumers.

 

[Nathan Bain]

You can get a used 1080ti for $550 on eBay, and a used 1080 for $350. There's no competition here; you would have to reallyyyyy want RTX support to get a 2070 over options like those.

Edit: I get that some people do not like buying used cards, but you can take measures to ensure you get a good card. Have the seller send a video of him testing the card, then test the card when you get it. eBay does have a good return Policy.

 

[harm9963]

You can get a used 1080ti for $550 on eBay, and a used 1080 for $350. There's no competition here; you would have to reallyyyyy want RTX support to get a 2070 over options like those.

Edit: I get that some people do not like buying used cards, but you can take measures to ensure you get a good card. Have the seller send a video of him testing the card, then test the card when you get it. eBay does have a good return Policy.

Before I bought my new Gigabyte gaming oc 1080ti ,in 2014 I bought on eBay two AMD R9 290X and 290a for CFX , just make sure to research .