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Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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April 16, 2019
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RTX2070 — Are They All the Same?

  • April 16, 2019
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I've had my 7900X system for well over a year now, and I am still using the GTX970 I bumped from my old system because I didn't want to spend dollars for a new card that might soon be superseded.  Truth be told, I am not seeing noticeable performance issues, but I spend a lot more time with Photoshop than Premiere Pro, and the Puget Systems tests do not seem to indicate massive advantages with newer cards for Photoshop at least.  But it is starting to feel crazy spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar, so I am finally going to replace the aging GTX970.

I can't justify a really high end RTX card, but I want to see a worthwhile improvement, so I am thinking RTX 2070.    What I don't understand is the difference between different manufacturers?  So the only criteria I can think to apply is looking for a card with similar outputs to my current card so I can use the same cables.

Q) Are there other things I need to think about and consider?  

The rest of the system is:

i9-7900X

ASRock Fatal1ty X299 Pro Gaming i9

64Gb RAM

Two Samsung 960 PRO 512Gb (plus a bunch of other SSD and HDD)

Corsair 1200W Platinum

In a Coolermaster Cosmos case

I use three screens via HDMI, Display Port and DVI.  

Main screen 2560 X 1440

Peripheral screens both 1200 X 1920 (portrait mode)

It is unlikely that I will ever replace these with higher resolution screens.

I don't play computer games, but it is not out of the question that I might try one just to see what the graphics are like nowadays.  The last computer game I played was the original Doom, so I'm sure things have moved on a way since then.

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    Qengineering
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    April 16, 2019

    All cards are based off the NVidia reference circuit board, so operationally they will all have similar performance.

    Where the different manufacturers try to distinguish themselves is in cooling systems, quieter fans, and over clocking.

    Trevor.Dennis
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    Trevor.DennisCommunity ExpertAuthor
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    April 17, 2019

    Thanks guys. I  like the user reviews on Amazon for products in general, because you can get a lot of them, and they are from people  who paid  for and use the product.   I believe not  all Amazon reviews can be trusted though, and that you can even buy reviews for your product.  I'll look for user reviews though, and try to find a card with convenient outputs, (having said that, I am sure that I have a draw full of every monitor lead variant on the planet.   Some are still in their original wrapping, so a total waste of dollars).

    Thanks again.

    Stan Jones
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    Stan JonesCommunity Expert
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    April 17, 2019

    I can't find my notes, but I found an article that explained the various qualifiers in the card listing: Black, Gaming, FTW3 etc. As Qengineering says, mostly about cooling and the like. I found that as important as the company.

    John T Smith
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    John T SmithCommunity Expert
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    April 16, 2019

    When I was building my last computer, and looking at video cards, I first looked for "review points" (eggs at Newegg) for the different brands & models at Amazon and Newegg and then read the comments behind the points

    I also did a Google on each brand/model I was considering to see if a good/bad review turned up that wasn't included at Amazon or Newegg

    That was in July 2014 so I don't remember the finer points of what I found... but I don't remember any large differences between brands

    At that time I bought an MSI brand GTX760 which does well for the work I do

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