The Card

Visually, the RTX 2070 Super looks identical to the RTX 2080 with the exception of the green "Super" badge on a mirror-reflective background. The backplate seems identical, too, just another "Super" badge has been added. Dimensions of the card are 27.0 x 11.5 cm.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include three standard DisplayPort 1.4a, one 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 with 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.

At CES 2019, NVIDIA announced that all their graphics cards will now support VESA Adaptive Sync (aka FreeSync). While only a small number of FreeSync monitors have been fully qualified for G-SYNC, users can enable the feature in NVIDIA's control panel regardless of whether the monitor is certified or not.


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


Unlike the regular RTX 2070, the RTX 2070 has support for SLI through the NVLink interface, which is because the card is based on the TU104 GPU (like the RTX 2080), whereas the RTX 2070 is based on TU106.

Disassembly

Disassembly is just as complicated as on the RTX 2080, which does make it a little bit easier compared to disassembling the RTX 2070. Our original RTX 2080 review has more details on that.


An aluminium base plate touches a vapor-chamber plate, which in turn is soldered to an aluminium fin stack that is ventilated by the pair of fans. Quite impressive how a single piece of cooler can cool all the components on the PCB.


The backplate is made out of metal and protects the card against damage during installation and handling. It slightly wraps around the back of the card to create a stellar curved look.

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