The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super & RTX 2060 Super Review: Smaller Numbers, Bigger Performance
by Ryan Smith on July 2, 2019 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
- GeForce
- NVIDIA
- Turing
- GeForce RTX
Power, Temperatures, & Noise
Last, but not least of course, is our look at power, temperatures, and noise levels. While a high performing card is good in its own right, an excellent card can deliver great performance while also keeping power consumption and the resulting noise levels in check.
| GeForce Video Card Voltages | |||||
| RTX 2070S Boost | RTX 2070 Boost | RTX 2060S Boost | RTX 2060 Boost | ||
| 1.043v | 1.05v | 1.043v | 1.043v | ||
Looking quickly at boost voltages, there aren’t any big surprises. Like the non-Super cards they’re based on, both of the new Super cards will max out at either 1.043v or 1.05v at their highest boost bin. In reality, these cards are typically not boosting quite so high due to TDP limits, in which case power consumption is often under a volt(a).
| GeForce Video Card Average Clockspeeds | |||||
| Game | RTX 2080 | RTX 2070S | RTX 2070 | RTX 2060S | |
| Max Boost Clock | 1900MHz | 1950MHz | 1875MHz | 1950MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 1710MHz | 1770MHz | 1620MHz | 1650MHz | |
| Tomb Raider | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1800MHz | |
| F1 2019 | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1770MHz | 1815MHz | |
| Assassin's Creed | 1815MHz | 1890MHz | 1785MHz | 1860MHz | |
| Metro Exodus | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1815MHz | |
| Strange Brigade | 1770MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1800MHz | |
| Total War: TK | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1815MHz | |
| The Division 2 | 1740MHz | 1845MHz | 1680MHz | 1755MHz | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1815MHz | 1890MHz | 1785MHz | 1860MHz | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1800MHz | 1890MHz | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | |
Meanwhile the average in-game clockspeeds largely echo NVIDIA’s official claims. The new Super cards tend to have higher clockspeeds, owing to their higher starting points within NVIDIA’s specifications. These higher clockspeeds allow these cards to punch a bit harder than they otherwise would, narrowing the gap with their RTX 2080/2070 analogs. The trade-off for this is that TDP becomes a very careful balancing act, as these higher clockspeeds are farther up on the voltage/frequency curve where the underlying GPUs aren’t quite as efficient.
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Icehawk - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
60 FPS just isn't needed by everyone, I'm happy with mid 40s if it doesn't dip hard so my 970 can handle 1440p and even 4k on some games. Some folks are more sensitive than others.Gastec - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
I play at 10 fps, in the sand, with my winny!eva02langley - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
Mid range, don`t lure yourself, this is midrange.V900 - Thursday, July 4, 2019 - link
To be honest, I don’t really care that much about 4K/60 hz.The difference over 2K/1440p is neglible (especially if you’re not immediately next to the monitor.)
Having a raytraced 1440p picture makes a bigger difference, and hopefully the industry is moving towards that instead of ever higher frame rates and ever higher resolutions.
TristanSDX - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
Great rebrand, with additional free 15-20% more perfThankfully NV is serious company
V900 - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
And so far ahead it isn’t even funnyYeah, sure... Big Navi is coming next year. But so is Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs AND their first cards on a 7mm node.
I reckon just a node shrink by itself would be enough to keep up with Big Navi.
Questor - Friday, July 5, 2019 - link
Blind.Gastec - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
Shill!Cellar Door - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
So the low-end midrange is now $399? Another $50 added just like that. Nvidia seeing how much they can push the average customer?Are they that confident that the 5700xt will be a flop?
jordanclock - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
The 2060 isn't going anywhere, so it is still $350 to get into the lowest RTX card.