AbsolutSurgen Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Looks like HardOCP was able to break the embargo by sourcing a retail unit. MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING Z Performance Review "The Bottom Line We talked about potential "it" factor and bang-for-the buck above. The GeForce RTX 2070 definitely has the "it" factor. The RTX 2070 out-performs the GeForce GTX 1080 in all of our tested games. However, it does need to be a highly clocked factory overclock to do so. Thankfully it is capable of attaining clock speeds well above the Founders Edition, so cards like the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING Z are the way to go for the best performance out of RTX 2070. At $599 the MSI RTX 2070 GAMING Z is less expensive than the ASUS ROG STRIX RX Vega 64 OC Edition’s price of $649.99. The MSI RTX 2070 GAMING Z also performs 20-30% faster, and therefore is a no brainer bang-for-the buck buy over a factory overclocked Radeon RX Vega 64 video card. The MSI RTX 2070 GAMING Z is also faster than our MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X, but that 1080 is actually less expensive at $509.99 after $20 rebate. The big question is a $100 premium worth the performance. If you are playing at 4K, then absolutely yes, go for it. At 1440p though the money savings on a highly overclocked GeForce GTX 1080 may be preferred. It just isn’t fast enough to warrant the price difference of $100 for a 10-20% performance difference. You are better off saving some bucks and going with a highly overclocked GeForce GTX 1080 for 1440p right now. The only reason you may want to consider the new RTX 2070 then is if you are upgrading from a much older video card, and the jump in performance is worth it, or you want to play with RTX features when they are enabled in games. We would not consider a reference clocked GeForce RTX 2070 at all for gaming, we think the 2070 GPU needs the boost of a high factory overclock to make it worth the money and certainly the MSI card serves this up in spades. The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING Z video card is a remarkable video card for gamers! MSI has done a great job engineering this video card with custom components and robust cooling. We are very impressed with the high consistent GPU clock speed while gaming, which the GeForce RTX 2070 certainly needs to perform at its best." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 You can get a Vega 56 for $400 right now. If you want bang for your buck 2560x1440 144Hz adaptive sync (you will save $150-200 on a freesync vs gsync monitor), there isn't a better deal right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Or... test your luck for 1080 b-stock from EVGA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 PC Gamer doesn't like the price: https://www.pcgamer.com/geforce-rtx-2070-founders-edition-review/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 On 10/16/2018 at 12:59 PM, Massdriver said: PC Gamer doesn't like the price ... nobody does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 I've decided to sit this gen out, waiting to see if DLSS/Ray-Tracing provide any gaming benefits.... If prices make sense, I plan to jump in whenever the next gen cards come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Linus doesn't seem to like it as much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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