Monday, January 21st 2019
ASUS Intros GeForce RTX 2070 Turbo EVO Graphics Card, Ditches VirtualLink
ASUS today introduced an "affordable" GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card and a variation of its cheapest RTX 2070 product, the Turbo EVO. This card looks almost identical to the RTX 2070 Turbo ASUS launched last September, but comes with a handful physical changes. To begin with, its 80 mm lateral-blower fan comes with a double ball-bearing motor, and an IP5X-compliant dust-proof impeller. The build quality is also improved since ASUS is building the card on a fully-automated process it calls "Auto Extreme," coupled with a 144-hour stress-test for each card. Also, while the original RTX 2070 Turbo draws power from a combination of 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors, the new RTX 2070 Turbo EVO only needs a single 8-pin PCIe power input.
There is a catch, though. Unlike the original RTX 2070 Turbo, the new RTX 2070 Turbo EVO lacks a USB type-C VirtualLink connector. The clock-speeds of both cards are identical, with 1620 MHz GPU Boost, and 14 Gbps (GDDR6-effective) memory. You can tell the two cards apart on a store shelf by paying attention to the box. The EVO's box features an "Auto Extreme" graphic on the front face, and carries the model number "TURBO-RTX2070-8G-EVO," while the original RTX 2070 Turbo goes with "TURBO-RTX2070-8G" (no "EVO"). The company didn't reveal pricing, although it wouldn't surprise us if both the cards are sold at the same baseline price of USD $530.
There is a catch, though. Unlike the original RTX 2070 Turbo, the new RTX 2070 Turbo EVO lacks a USB type-C VirtualLink connector. The clock-speeds of both cards are identical, with 1620 MHz GPU Boost, and 14 Gbps (GDDR6-effective) memory. You can tell the two cards apart on a store shelf by paying attention to the box. The EVO's box features an "Auto Extreme" graphic on the front face, and carries the model number "TURBO-RTX2070-8G-EVO," while the original RTX 2070 Turbo goes with "TURBO-RTX2070-8G" (no "EVO"). The company didn't reveal pricing, although it wouldn't surprise us if both the cards are sold at the same baseline price of USD $530.
15 Comments on ASUS Intros GeForce RTX 2070 Turbo EVO Graphics Card, Ditches VirtualLink
My friend got one of these for his VR ITX Shoe box that he carries around to parties.
Blower cards are the only kind of cards that wouldn't choke in his little shoe box, unless you go for some really low end stuff like 1030.
I am glad that both AMD and nVidia moved away from Blowers on reference cards, they make no sense in big gaming rigs.
Boy, oh boy.
I actually liked the asus turbo design for 10 series...
and I sure hope that plastic shroud doesn't feel how it looks,
otherwise shroud melting might be an actual concern here lol
TBH in this day and age multi-GPU makes no sense out side of benchmarks.
Other useful Info, It uses RTX 2080 founders PCB, so RTX 2080 waterblock compatibility
edit: www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_turbo_geforce_rtx_2070_8gb_review,1.html
I've even seen 2080Ti with blower style cooler
aren't they louder and run hotter than regular multi fan open coolers?
Personally I only ever bought blower style cards due to heat - the RAID controller and SAS expander card that I use get really hot and are difficult to cool in non server chassis, I don't want my GPU to dump extra heat onto them.