EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC ULTRA GAMING, 8GB GDDR6, Dual HDB Fans & RGB LED Graphics Card 08G-P4-2173-KR

Alright fine... I'll review the card since nobody wants to go first. :) Decided to get this card due to its price point compared to the big brothers (2080 and 2080ti respectively). I don't think I'll be the first or last when it comes to this reasoning. The RTX 2080ti is just too darn expensive and the 2080 is literally $300 more. I mean wow... just wow! Even at $570 the 2070 is a bit questionable. However, this card comes with a rigid back-plate and MASSIVE cooler/heatsink. In fact, the 2070, 2080 and 2080ti Ultra editions have the same huge heatsink. I know many of you might be wondering if the "Ultra" edition is worth it. YES! The noise/sound is significantly lower when on full load and well worth the extra $50-$70 you'll shell out. Do it! The 2070 is a good alternative to 1440p gaming, but I want to make it very clear. This card does not have the horsepower of its elder brethren. Don't get me wrong, this card will pull it's own weight and is much more justified in the price point than others; however, when compared to even a 2080 it's rightfully not in the same category. There is a noticeable difference between the two. I know what you're saying... there should be with a $300 difference in cost, but if you're looking for REAL power you may want to shell out the extra dough and go for the 2080. Wondering what this guy is talking about? I have both the 2070 and 2080... tested them both and the 2080 has raw power and is absolutely the perfect match for 1440p (144hz) gaming. So hard to justify the extra cost, but worth it (Figuratively speaking). The cost of the 2080 and 2080ti are simply a joke when you think about it, but if you're looking to game hard they are just better cards and NVIDIA/EVGA know it. I cannot tell you how beautiful and smooth Battlefield 1 runs with the 2080 in 2K. I know what you're thinking... the 2070 is just as good; it's just simply not! Yes, it will run things nicely and look fantastic... but you must understand the shear power isn't on par with the 2080 boys. Take that for what you will in a review format. The 2070 would be hard to justify for 1080p gaming as it's a beefy card. Instead, it's a good alternative to 1440p (No way it can handle 4k at high res). Notice I said a "good" alternative and not great to 1440p. The 2080 (Or old 1080ti) is the absolute perfect match for 2K (1440p/144hz) gaming and could do a decent job with 4K. However, I think we'll all agree the only way to play true 4K gaming is with the almighty 2080ti. Final thoughts... the 2070 is a great card all around. It will draw far less power than the 2080. On full load I never got above 63c (Compared to 72c with the 2080). If you're a true gamer, you're probably not too worried about power draw, but it's good to have this knowledge as power = heat. You'll sacrifice 20-30fps in most games when matched up against the 2080. Is that worth $300? You'll have to decide that for yourself. Just keep in mind you're making an investment here and if you're looking to future proof your computer... I hope this helps anyone on the fence wondering if the jump to 2080 is really worth it? Hard to justify with the cost... it really is. However, if you're a true gamer and want the best "experience" it just might be worth it to bump up to the 2080. :)

I wanted to make sure I waiting for a while before I submitted a review due to the concern of artifacting. I have had my card for about 3 months and I have zero issues. I have been very happy with my purchase. I decided to go with the Ultra model because I was interested in overclocking as well as hoping to have a better shot at the digital lottery for the chip set. It comes out of the box with a clock speed of 1725 MHz, and with minor use of the EVGA Precision X1 software I was able to get it to 1975 MHz. The oversize heat sink looks massive in my case, but it keep my card at some pretty reasonable temps while I play games at around 60 C with the fans at only around 50% speed and when I am just web browsing it sits at about 43 C with no fans going which is nice for the noise level. Games I play are Forza Horizon 4, Sea of Thieves, Anthem, WoW, and Fallout 4. Every game is performing at the top or near top settings and are playing great on my 27 inch 2k monitor at 1440p. Finally RGB lights, which shouldn't effect your buying decision, but dang they are fun as well as look good. I do have some downsides to this card. Thickness: This card is massive taking up 3 card slots, which is something I knew ahead of time. But if you need all 3 PSI slots on your motherboard you might want the slimmer version. RTX Format: As of right now there isn't much that can take advantage of this technology and the hit it takes on your fps is kind of disappointing. I am hoping that RTX gets better overtime. Price: I picked up this card at $570 sale which was somewhat nice since it helped offset the cost of tax that I would have paid if I paid full retail price. Otherwise if you don't want RTX (or RGB lights I guess) then you might be better off looking for a 1080 card. All in all I am very happy with my card and it was a drastic upgrade from my 1050 Ti EVGA card. I hope this review helps someone else with buying this card.

** Update 12/7/2018 ** I've been using this graphics card for almost a month. I've paired it with a 24" G-SYNC Dell S2417DG monitor. For gaming, I've used it mostly for Black Ops 4. I can run it on the highest video settings in 2560x1440dpi at about 100-110fps, but I tone down some of the graphics settings to High vs. Very High for a little better performance. The fps drops down to perhaps 80 at times when a lot of action is happening, but it's for a a second or two and varies depending on which weapon or character is being used. I like running at the higher dpi for browsing, looking at photos, etc. and this video card handles rending everything quickly. Overall, I am happy with my purchase and didn't want to spend any more money than this on a video card. I'm not sure if the ray tracing feature will make much difference and it didn't factor into my decision much, but I look forward to trying it on upcoming games whenever possible. **** I upgraded from a GTX 760. Reading text and YouTube reviews, this card specs out similar to a 1080 at around the same price (for the Ultra model, even less for black edition). Though it has less cuda cores than the 1080, it has a faster memory architecture which makes up the speed difference. The card didn't seem as massive in my system as the reviews make it out to be. My tower case fits it just fine with room left to spare. My 620 watt power supply is sufficient. The cooling system is well engineered and I don't hear the card fans at all even when gaming (playing Black Ops 4 lately). The two fans don't run much while you are not using it for gaming. I initially wondered if the fan system was broken when I first put it in with the case side cover off to check on it. :) Overall, this card is a good alternative to the 1080 which will probably be phased out and still seems somewhat scarce on Amazon. The 1080ti would be nice, but I didn't want to pay $800-900 for a bit more performance. Get yourself a higher performance monitor with a DisplayPort connector to match this video card power. HDMI caps out at around 75hz. This card can technically go up to 240hz with a DP connector. A better monitor is my next purchase.

No issues with this card at all so far other then it being virtually unable to overclock more then 100mhz. Anything over that and when anything graphically demanding happens itll close whatever app on your computer. Also make sure it will fit on your motherboard. This thing is huge and I had to unplug one of my Sata cables to get this thing in the slot. It can run most new end games at all high settings with an average of 100 FPS. (In terms of black ops 4 and battlefield) most of the time I get about 120 fps though. It does bottleneck my CPU which is a i7 8700. RGB is very cool and sleek looking though! Make sure you use the precision X1 program with it though or it won't work at all.

At the time of purchase, this was a great value. As most '70 series cards are with Nvidia. It strikes a balance between price and performance. If the 1080 Ti's came down in price then I may have opted for one of those over this since their performance is slightly better...But since it was roughly equivalent (or the 2070 was even cheaper in some instances), this was the better buy because the newer technology on the card. Ray tracing is indeed a very nice thing when you are playing (the admittedly few) games that support it. Will you forget about it in a shooter? Yea, probably. Is it still pretty? Absolutely. I typically skip generations of cards (or two) and always go for the '70 versions and this one hasn't disappointed me. I know there's a lot of controversy on the RTX cards but, this one has worked flawlessly for me and I enjoy it. It did force me to upgrade my smaller case because it's a 3 slot card. I have a small mini ITX board and had a smaller Corsair 250D case. It would not fit in there (only 2 slots). A version that does not have such a huge heat sink would fit though. So did the card cost me more in a case upgrade? Meh, yea...But that's ok. Still enjoying it.

Between this and the 1080 ti's. The RTX 2070's and 1080 TI's are pretty even in terms of performance. Some instances the 2070 outperforms the TI (in fps) and some times the TI outperforms the 2070. There's really no way to actually review the ray tracing since Battlefield V just got there's out. With Ray Tracing ON, there is a slight better visual effect (showing accurate reflections in a puddle of water as a character moves by it. Where as with Ray Tracing OFF, the reflection would be a slight black shadow with no real shape). But with Ray Tracing activated, it looks nice but it comes at the price of dropped FPS (roughly 20-30 FPS loss from my play through). Overall if you don't use or care about Ray Tracing, then this graphics card is a beast. Amazing for 1440p gaming (especially paired with my ROG SWIFT PG279Q monitor). Went with the RTX 2070 ULTRA over the 1080 TI cause the 2070 is slightly more budget friendly for pretty much the same performance and in most cases slightly better. Between the Black and the Ultra edition. The Ultra comes with a higher base clock speed and better cooling. I'd say the $65 difference is worth it.

This card is the best bang for the buck right now between the rtx cards. Paired with an i5 8600k and a 144hz monitor, I’m getting an avg of 135fps on pubg, 145 fps on black ops 4 (blackout) 180(multiplayer),180 fps on fortnite, 210 fps on wolfenstein at highest settings (1080p) without overclocking the gpu. Runs very quiet and pretty cool, Highest I’ve seen was 65 degrees. With that being said, I can’t justify upgrading from a 10 series card to this unless you have a 1050ti or 1060, with all the benchmarks I’ve seen put the 2070 between the gtx 1080 and 1080ti. Only 2 cons I can give this card is that it takes up 3 slots in your case do to the large cooler, and at the moment neither ray tracing or dlss are available which are the main selling points for this cards.

Great card for gaming when it works, i had mine for a month before it died and am in the process of rma-ing it. The screen would suddenly black out and after 2 min would come back on, and the mouse wasn't responding well. Overall, not a bad card and i could play re2 at 1440p at max settings around 90+ fps, but i would wait until they have worked out more of the kinks from this card if it's what you want.

Esteticamante se ve muy bien, en juegos ni se diga, yo juego PUGB , CS GO, HUNTERS, APEX, En fin variado, y todos a ultra sin ningun problema. Si de algo les sirve, para poder configurar sus leds, necesitan bajar la aplicacion precisionx1 (la encuentran en la pagina de EVGA) y desde ahi pueden poner los leds a su gusto, estan dos versiones una para pc y otra para STEAM, en mi caso baje la version de STEAM y muy facil de usar.

I used this for my flight Simulator. Wanted the 8GB for High Rez scenery. Box was damaged but I new that when I ordered it. Was listed as Used with Cosmetic damage, but I saw no signs of wear on the card itself. The bags and box had been opened. Worked out of the box, although drivers were needed to be installed. Normal. I've been using it for over 2 weeks. No coil whine. Idles and for the most part runs in the mid 50's C. I played around with the OC and easily had it over 1800. Great value card for the cost of 765 CAD including taxes. I upgraded from a GTX 770 and saw my FPS go from 30's to 60's. I'd recommend this card if it fits your budget.

Zuerst, Karte im WHD ergattert. Manchmal ist eine OVP, manchmal halt nicht. Ich fands egal. Treiber CD muss nicht bei sein, da ja jede 3te Woche seitens NVidia nen Update kommt mit Ü300 MB. Einbauen/Installieren lässt sich die Karte leicht, wobei an der Slotblende die typische leichte EVGA Biegung ist. Dieses Model KR2173 ist über 2,5 Slots hoch dafür nicht zu lang und unter 30cm. Qualitativ und in der Schnelligkeit absolut Top! Jeder gekaufte Karte sollte direkt registriert werden damit man lange Ruhe hat in Sachen Garantie/Gewährleistung.

Had this for a month or so , no problems so far . Games really well , probably one of the best 2070s . Ryzen 5 2600x no overclock (yet) seems to work well with it , maybe intel would be slightly better but im happy . Well worth a look , with nice rgb lighting as well .(im a 59 yr old p.c. builder new hobby ). battlefieldV looks and plays great , my fave game .

An absolutely wonderful GPU. This cards eats every recent games for breakfast quite easily, it is a very solid build and easy to install. The XC Ultra is quite bulky, taking up 3 slots rather than the usual 2 due to the larger heatsink. You will get slightly better temps with the Ultra as a result. By default, the fans also only start spinning once a certain temperature is reached, allowing it to be used at 0 RPM when doing other tasks that are less intensive. EVGA Precision X1, the software for modifying the LEDs on the card as well as monitoring or setting up curves, works fairly well and is easy to navigate. Do note that the card needs X1, and not XOC, as the latter will not allow you to change anything on the card. EVGA has always been my go-to brand for nVidia cards and they once again did not disappoint.