I purchased this EVGA RTX2070 for my son's birthday - he's an avid gamer. He previously had an AMD R270 that was purchased 4+ years ago which was underpowered for current/recent games he would host. I researched various video card reviews. The early reviews (when this RTX card was initially was released in 2018) cast shade on the RTX series stating they are overpriced and that Ray Tracing is hyped. Ray Tracing is coming on now and will be more prominent in games. And, leaving Ray Tracing aside for those games that don't support it, this is still a powerful/quality video card. I wanted to purchase something built for the future with a good warranty. I choose EVGA due to their warranty and good support and product quality reputation. My son currently games at 1080p, says he can have all the visual goodies maxed out on various recent games. (NOTE / PERSPECTIVE: My son is not big on first person shooters anymore, just occasional FPS use, he's more into strategy games. I don't game anymore, I used to in a different life. : ) This 2070 card will support WQHD (1440p) gaming quite well. From the reviews I have read, at resolutions above1440p (i.e. 4K gaming) the RTX2070 performance is nominal, just enough/adequate. However, 4K gaming is nothing my son is interesting in. Now before I get a mountain of opinions, I will say for my son's needs and purposes this card is excellent. No hassles, no artifacts, high quality, high framerates. He is in happy hog heaven. The experience delivered to him is more than enough for his purposes. This will most likely meet his needs for at least 2 - 3 years. P.S. We are brand agnostic. My main PC has an AMD card in it and I would and will buy AMD again if it's the solution for my purposes. The AMD CPU releases are currently on fire. I will say my son was relieved - or it was a plus to him - to receive an nVidia card.
Only minor complaint: It would have been nice to have video cable or two included. We had to get in the car and drive to local Best Buy to purchase a Display Port cable. (I own a mountain of HDMI, VGA and DVI cables but have not needed DP yet and son's current Dell monitor doesn't support HDMI.) The new WQHD monitor he may get for Xmas will certainly support HDMI). Other than that, no complaints. I suppose unless you buy the uber deluxe cards you don't get a cable bundle.
P.P.S. DRIVER ANECDOTE: Son's PC has Windows 10 OS. I had cautioned him to first disinstall the AMD video card drivers from his older hardware he was leaving behind before powering down and then advised to replace with a fresh download of latest nVidia drivers. (I was also willing to burn a disk of latest nVidia drivers for him). He waved off, didn't do that. I was expecting problems from this. But No! He boots PC up with new nVidia RTX 2070 card. It was flawless! He was able to begin using his setup immediately. The "native" nVidia drivers supplied in Windows 10 gave him a no drama experience and he could start using the PC and begin gaming. I was kind of surprised. In the "old days" that was a guaranteed recipe for problems. Your Mileage May Vary but that's what we experienced. I still encouraged him to obtain the nVidia site drivers "to be sure" but for now, things are fine.
| Memory Speed | 14000 MHz |
|---|---|
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 |
| Chipset Brand | RTX 2070 |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
