Which 2070 Super?

[bobboberts]

Question as per title - are there any cards to be avoided or any highly recommended?

 

[Gibbo]

KFA2 at £435 is unbeatable for the money, next good one with good price is the Gigabyte Gaming 3X OC.

 

[bobboberts]

@Gibbo If price wasn't so much the issue, would that change which models come into play (up to, say, £600-ish)?

 

[melmac]

@Gibbo If price wasn't so much the issue, would that change which models come into play (up to, say, £600-ish)?

I wouldn't pay over £500 for any 2070 Super now.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

One ive gots a cracker, the MSi Gaming X-Trio.

 

[MissChief]

One ive gots a cracker, the MSi Gaming X-Trio.

I also have this one. Nigh on silent in use and good performance too. I’d recommend it but it’s a LONG card.

 

[koooowweeee]

@Gibbo If price wasn't so much the issue, would that change which models come into play (up to, say, £600-ish)?

If your willing to spend £600 you might as well spend a little more and get this


https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-35z-ms.html

 

[Bluntwrapped]

I’d be tempted to get the FE (looks the best IMO)

 

[Jay85]

Gaming X Duo! Had this before i moved to 2080. Ran virtually silent on default fan curve and got to temps of around 65c, very cool and quiet card.

 

[Gibbo]

@Gibbo If price wasn't so much the issue, would that change which models come into play (up to, say, £600-ish)?

Budget a max of £500 on a 2070 Super, they are simply not worth more than this!

If you can stretch to around £600 ISH then buy this:

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Super Ventus XS OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £629.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/MSI-...DDR6-PCI-Express-Graphics-Card-GX-35Z-MS.html



RTX 2080 SUPER VENTUS XS OC, Boost Clock: 1830MHz, Memory: 8192MB 15500MHz GDDR6, Cuda Cores: 3072, SLI Ready, VR Ready, PhysX/CUDA Enabled, NVIDIA Turing, 12nm Process, Real-Time Ray Tracing, 3yr Wa



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That offers a good boost over any 2070 Super and anyone dropping £600 on a 2070 Super when you can buy that 2080 Super for £30 more would be crazy to not get the 2080 Super.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

I have the 2080 version of the Ventus Gibbo posted, it's a great card.

 

[MikeTimbers]

KFA2 over the FE edition?

 

[bobboberts]

Are there any to avoid?

 

[ALXAndy]

KFA2 over the FE edition?

I'd say so.

The only time I wouldn't recomend the KFA2 is if you are on, or were planning water. You can't get a block for it as they've used larger caps.

The KFA2 is very very quiet. Possibly the quietest air GPU I've ever had. It also doesn't run too hot, so don't pay for cooling you don't need. It looks waaaay better in person than in the pics. It's actually very nicely put together.

 

[tamzzy]

5700xt -
90-95% of the performance of the 2070S
for 75-80% of the price

 

[MikeTimbers]

5700xt -
90-95% of the performance of the 2070S
for 75-80% of the price

depends what you want it for

I'd say so.

The only time I wouldn't recomend the KFA2 is if you are on, or were planning water. You can't get a block for it as they've used larger caps.

planning water at some point so thanks for the heads-up, I just checked on EK and they don't make a block for the KFA2.

 

[SE-Lain]

Do NOT go for a 5700XT. There are so many people complaining about driver issues.

There was even a guy on this forum recently who did his research into the driver issues, asking people for their opinions (lots of people said go for it), received the card, then almost immediately started having the black screen problems. So he's now returning the card and going back to Nvidia.

I feel bad for people who actually do some research, hoping to avoid the issues, and then run into them anyway. The card has been available for 5 months now so I don't understand why AMD are taking so long to fix the drivers.

 

[Zeebedy]

Do NOT go for a 5700XT. There are so many people complaining about driver issues.

There was even a guy on this forum recently who did his research into the driver issues, asking people for their opinions (lots of people said go for it), received the card, then almost immediately started having the black screen problems. So he's now returning the card and going back to Nvidia.

I feel bad for people who actually do some research, hoping to avoid the issues, and then run into them anyway. The card has been available for 5 months now so I don't understand why AMD are taking so long to fix the drivers.

Yep that was me. Back on NVIDIA, wont look back..

 

[ALXAndy]

depends what you want it for



planning water at some point so thanks for the heads-up, I just checked on EK and they don't make a block for the KFA2.

Aye, nobody does. It would need to be specific for that card and you would need to carve into the acrylic to make space for the caps. That's where it differs. Stock card.



KFA2.



You can see what they've done. Used Electrolytic capacitors instead of solid state ones. No doubt because 1. It doesn't really need them and Nvidia overbuild everything and 2. It brings the price down loads. Hence why it's the cheapest 2070S out there. I don't mind it tbh, it's a bloody great card but yeah, forget the water.

I hate saying this, I really do, but yeah avoid AMD. They are miles behind and their cards are clocked quite high and get quite hot just out of the box. My Vega 64 was a miserable experience tbh. It performed well, but god it wasn't pleasant to live with at all.

The 2070 Super (even the cheapest one) is night and day.

 

[bobboberts]

Just to bump this (and after looking around at stuff) I've narrowed it down to one of the following:

KFA2
Gigabyte Windforce X3
Gigabyte Gaming OC
MSI Super Ventus

Do any of these stand out? Any much quieter than the others?

Thanks!