The Card

Palit's cooler comes with a bulky design that is dominated by its shiny black surfaces, and two fans ensure the card stays cool. A metal backplate is included with the card, which measures 29.5 x 13.0 cm.


Installation requires three 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, no matter whether the monitor is certified or not.


The board uses a 6-pin and an 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 RTX 2070 GameRock Premium comes with a dual-BIOS feature—the second BIOS has fan-stop in idle enabled, with a minimally quieter fan curve, but also a slightly reduced power limit adjustment range.


Palit has placed these voltage measuring points on their card, which makes it easier for voltmodders to get measurements.

Disassembly

Palit's cooler uses five heatpipes paired with a copper baseplate to soak up heat from the GPU. The heatsink assembly also provides cooling for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.


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

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