The Card

Visually, the card matches the style of the other ASUS GeForce RTX cards with its "mostly black" theme. A high-quality backplate is installed on the back of the card, and the ASUS ROG logo on the back is RGB controllable. Dimensions of the card are 30.0 x 13.5 cm.


Installation requires three slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two standard DisplayPort 1.4a, two HDMI 2.0b, and a VirtualLink connector, which is basically USB-C with DisplayPort routing and USB-PD, so a single cable can power, display, and take input from your VR HMD.

NVIDIA has updated their display engine with the Turing microarchitecture, which now supports DisplayPort 1.4a with support for VESA's nearly lossless Display Stream Compression (DSC). Combined, this enables support for 8K@30Hz using a single cable, or 8K@60Hz when DSC is turned on. For context, DisplayPort 1.4a is the latest version of the standard that was published in April, 2018.


The board uses one 6-pin and one 8-pin power connector. This input configuration is specified for up to 300 watts of power draw.


The GeForce RTX 2070 does not support SLI.


The front-left of the card has several tweaking controls. The switch on the left toggles between the "performance" and "quiet" BIOS. The button lets you quickly turn off the LED lighting without any software. The mounts further to the right let you manually test the various voltage domains of this card by using a multi-meter and possibly making some tweaks through soldering.


We shine the light from a self-leveling line laser on to the card, which shows no sagging.


You also get two 4-pin PWM fan headers to sync your case fan to the graphics card's fans and an addressable RGB header to connect other RGB components.

Disassembly

ASUS is using six heatpipes on their cooler.


The backplate is made out of metal and protects the card against damage during handling and installation.


Once the main heatsink is removed, a black baseplate becomes visible, which provides cooling for the VRM circuitry and memory chips. Note how the memory chips aren't fully covered, so part of their cooling relies on the airflow from the fans right above.

On the next page, we dive deep into the PCB layout and VRM configuration.