In China and the global board industry, ASUS is undoubtedly the leading company, its products cover every level from low to high, and the ROG series in the pyramid tip position has always represented the strongest performance and the highest level of workmanship. . And this tradition has continued from the flagship down to the lower positioning products. Almost every graphics card that starts with ROG is the most luxurious and expensive product in its class. The ROG STRIX RTX 2070 O8G GAMING from ROG is a very typical example.

Specifications

The ROG STRIX RTX 2070 O8G GAMING, which is part of the ROG STRIX series, is currently the most positioned of the three RTX 2070 graphics cards introduced by ASUS, and the price has reached an astonishing 5,999 yuan. So is its specification and frequency as amazing as the price?

GPU-Z shows ROG's Boost frequency of the RTX 2070 reaches an astonishing 1815MHz. In comparison, NVIDIA officially issued a non-public version of the RTX 2070 graphics card with a starting Boost frequency of 1620MHz, and most of the first graphics cards have followed this frequency, while the NVIDIA public version of the RTX 2070 Founders Edition frequency is only 1733MHz. . This shows how such a frequency exists. In addition to the gratifying frequency, the 12nm process TU106 display core has 2304 CUDA units, and the 8GB GDDR6 memory is exactly the same as the RTX 2080, with an equivalent frequency of 14000MHz.

Appearance: the same design of the flagship product

Appearance uses the STRIX series of standard design language, the angular black pure three-fan radiator shell is highly recognizable, and the front of the radiator is distributed with two rows of RGB faith lights that can support AURA lighting synchronization. Light dynamics and color adjustments are available through the official AURA software.

灯光效果展示

If you look closely, you can see that there is no new fan in the ring design like the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080Ti, but keep the patented fan blades consistent with the previous generation GTX 10 series.

The power interface part adopts the 8+6Pin design. Compared with the 175W standard TDP of the RTX 2070, such a power supply interface is considered extravagant, but we must know that the frequency of our RTX 2070 reaches 1815MHz, and the power consumption should have been a certain degree. More than 175W.

The video output interface adopts ASUS's unique maverick design. The dual HDMI 2.0 and dual DP1.4 interfaces and one USB-C interface form a powerful and feature-rich output interface array, all of which can achieve 4K resolution ultra HD output and VR head display support.

A large "eye of the defeated" LOGO is placed on the integrated metal backplane, which also supports AURA SYNC RGB lighting synchronization and software control of 16.7 million colors.

Unpacking the radiator, we can find that this is an extremely luxurious radiator product, not only has a large number of cooling fins, but also uses a large mirror pure copper base +6 heat pipe ultra-luxury cooling configuration. Overall, it is quite close to the heat sink used in the previous generation of GTX 1080Ti.

The PCB section still maintains the exquisiteness and exquisiteness of ASUS's fully automated process technology. The fully automated process line avoids the impact of manual participation on the uncertainty of yield and greatly improves the quality control.

The scale of the 10-phase superalloy power supply module is not very exaggerated, but it is enough to meet the power supply requirements of the RTX 2070 level, and the reliability of the super alloy inductor is also quite guaranteed.

The memory is not unexpected. The GDDR6 from Micron has a single capacity of 1GB, a total of 8 and an equivalent frequency of 14000MHz.

GPU core code TU-106-400A-A1, manufactured by TSMC 12nm process, has 2304 CUDA cores, Boost frequency up to 1815MHz.

Test platform introduction

For the test platform, we used the same hardware configuration as the first test of the RTX 2080 series graphics card, to avoid the impact of unexpected factors on the performance.

Core i7-8086K processor with Coffee Lake architecture, with 6 physical cores and 12 threads, the highest Turbo frequency can reach an amazing 5.0GHz, is currently the most powerful processor products.

In order to better display the realistic game screen, we deliberately found a PD2700U display from BenQ, a 27-inch ultra-narrow bezel 4K HDR display. The standard 10:9 ratio 3840x2160 resolution native 10bit panel is used and supports the HDR10 standard. The gamut has reached 99% sRGB, and in addition to the game, professional retouching can also be competent. The bracket also supports rotary lifting, which is very convenient to use.

In order to monitor the power consumption of the system in real time, we used an E850 full-module power supply from NZXT with a rated power of 850W and a conversion rate of 80Plus Gold certification. Of course, the main reason we chose it is the built-in load software monitoring function. It is very convenient to view real-time power consumption data of hardware such as graphics card and CPU.

Benchmark performance test

In the benchmark performance test section we used 3DMark for testing.

It can be seen that the higher frequency ROG RTX 2070 leads the theoretical performance of the 1620MHz "standard frequency" version of the RTX 2070 by about 5.4%. In the DX11 test, the GTX 1080 has a significant performance advantage of nearly 10%, while targeting the DX12. In the TimeSpy test, the ROG STRIX 2070 has a performance advantage of up to 18%, which shows that the performance of the new generation of Turing architecture under DX12 has been further improved.

Game performance test

In the game performance test section, we chose Tomb Raider: Shadow, Rainbow Six: Siege, Far Cry 5 to test the highest quality, turn off vertical sync, and test at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 resolution.

1080P resolution

2K分辨率

From the game performance test point of view, ROG this RTX 2070 does have more game performance than the public version, and has a significant performance advantage for GTX 1080. The high main frequency band of 1825MHz has a very obvious performance improvement, and the advantages of the strongest non-public version products are obvious.

Thermal stress test

We used FurMark to test the oven for a period of time at room temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and recorded the peak temperature of the graphics card to measure its heat dissipation performance.

It can be seen that the luxury radiator of 6 heat pipe and three fans brings excellent heat dissipation performance to this RTX 2070 graphics card. The maximum temperature of the baking machine is only about 62 degrees Celsius, which is the best RTX 2070 graphics card with the best heat dissipation performance.

At the same time, the CPU is fully loaded with the grilling machine, and the built-in sensor of the NZXT E850 intelligent power supply is used to monitor the power consumption. It can be seen that the peak power consumption is about 350-360W, and a 500W full power supply can meet the needs.

to sum up

Undoubtedly, as the current highest-priced RTX 2070 graphics card, ROG gives a satisfactory answer with great strength. No matter the appearance, heat dissipation or performance, there are no doubts among the top players in the current RTX 2070 graphics card. Even many places have been slightly over-luxury, and the overall performance is completely worthy of the ROG fans' belief. The price of 5,999 yuan is the only question you need to think about before deciding whether to buy it.