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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Armor 8GB | GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35% | 1% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 41% | 10% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 43% | 13% |
| Hitman 3 | 16% | 28% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 9% | 39% |
| FIFA 21 | 67% | 50% |
| Far Cry 6 | 6% | 43% |
| Genshin Impact | 35% | 1% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 7% | 42% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 37% | 5% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Armor 8GB are significantly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition.
The RTX 2070 has a 338 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 780 Ti, but the GTX 780 Ti has 96 more Texture Mapping Units than the RTX 2070. As a result, the GTX 780 Ti exhibits a 54.3 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the RTX 2070. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RTX 2070 has a 338 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 780 Ti. This results in the RTX 2070 providing 38.7 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RTX 2070 was released over three years more recently than the GTX 780 Ti, and so the RTX 2070 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GTX 780 Ti when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The RTX 2070 has 5120 MB more video memory than the GTX 780 Ti, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the RTX 2070 also has superior memory performance overall.
The RTX 2070 has 112 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 780 Ti, which means that the memory performance of the RTX 2070 is massively better than the GTX 780 Ti.
The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Armor 8GB has 2304 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition has 2880. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2070 is 3732 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 780 Ti is 3275. The RTX 2070 having 457 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2070 delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 780 Ti.
The RTX 2070 transistor size technology is 16 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 780 Ti. This means that the RTX 2070 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 780 Ti.
The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Armor 8GB requires 175 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition requires 250 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 550 Watts for the RTX 2070 and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 780 Ti. The GTX 780 Ti requires 75 Watts more than the RTX 2070 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 780 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RTX 2070.
| Core Speed | 1410 MHz |  | vs | 1072 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | | vs | 1137 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing TU106 | Kepler GK110-425-B1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Poor | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Good | ||
| Release Date | 17 Oct 2018 | | vs | 12 Dec 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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vs | - | |
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 9.7
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vs | 8
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| 3840x2160 | 7.5
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vs | 5.9
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | 3072 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | | vs | | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | vs | | 384 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/sec | | vs | 336GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
1536 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2304 | vs | | 2880 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 144 | vs | | 240 | |
| Texture Rate | 203 GTexel/s | vs | | 257.3 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 48 | |
| Pixel Rate | 90.2 GPixel/s | | vs | 51.5 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 2 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 175 Watts | | vs | 250 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 550 Watts | | vs | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | 12.0 | |
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| Shader Model | 6.1 | | vs | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.6 | | vs | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 2560x1440 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Armor 8GB is a High-End Graphics Card based on the 12nm Turing Architecture and is considered a great 1440p video card. This is a dual-slot graphics card with a dual-fan thermal design, solid anti-bend backplate, and is certified VR-ready. This video card has poor overclocking potential. Architecture It equips a cut-down Turing GPU Codenamed TU106, more specifically the TU106-400-A1 variant which means factory overclocks are not permitted. This is a First Gen Turing GPU and has 16 SM activated, offering 2304 CUDA Shader Processing Units, 144 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing (RTX) technology. It is equipped with 288 Tensor Cores for AI purposes and 32 RT Cores for ray-tracing. GPU The central unit runs at 1410 MHz and goes up to 1620 MHz in Boost Mode, the same as the reference model. Memory The GPU accesses an 8GB frame buffer of Second Gen GDDR6 through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Total memory bandwidth is 448GB/s. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 175W, it requires at least a 550W PSU with one available 8-pin and one 6-pin power connector. Performance The GeForce RTX 2070 offers performance in between the GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, albeit also boasting ray-tracing and DLSS support. System Suggestions The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Armor 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a high-end processor and 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition is a special edition of the high-end GeForce GTX 780 Ti. This edition comes with a custom double fan cooling solution which by itself should allow a slight performance boost, as GeForce GTX 780 benefits from the GPU Boost 2.0 technology. Also, it has been overclocked out of the box from 875MHz to 1072MHz while its boost clock is now of 1137MHz. The memory clock was left untouched. Benchmarks indicate a 10% performance boost when compared to the reference card and so this card surpasses the mighty GeForce GTX 690. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||