Nvidia ups the ante with new SUPER branded GeForce RTX graphics playing cards

In the wake of an E3 the place ray tracing was one of many main buzz phrases, Nvidia is already refreshing its vary of GPUs concentrating on the usage of the next-generation function.

Nvidia is to launch three all new GPUs geared toward high-end PC avid gamers on the lookout for the very best efficiency whereas making use of real-time ray tracing – with the three new graphics playing cards all outperforming their counterpart first-generation GeForce RTX playing cards that had been launched final September.

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, 2070 SUPER and 2060 SUPER all goal to supply improved efficiency over the standard-issue RTX playing cards with the identical numbering – they usually are available in at related pricing for higher efficiency. The current RTX 2060, 2070 and 2080 playing cards will obtain a value drop and can stay on sale alongside their souped-up variations.

We’ve had just a bit time to mess around with the RTX 2070 SUPER in a number of completely different games for the previous few days, and there’s a noticeable distinction in efficiency in comparison with the 2070, providing wherever between a 10% and 25% increase in efficiency over its direct predecessor relying on the game and actual scene being rendered. We totally intend to seek out out if the identical is true throughout the opposite numbered variants, and the way the playing cards maintain up basically and deeper testing. Here’s how Nvidia defines the playing cards, nonetheless:

• The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti stays probably the most poerful of the playing cards, and it’ll retain its present value of $999 ($1199 for the Founders’ Edition
• The new second-best is the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which beats the RTX 2080. Nvidia say it benchmarks quicker than a Titan Xp, and has a reminiscence pace of 15.5 Gbps. Its MSRP is $699 / £669.
• The GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is quicker than an RTX 2070 and a GTX 1080 Ti, costing $499 / £475.
• The common GeForce RTX 2070 slots in beneath this – so it’s nonetheless quicker than the 2060 SUPER, however solely simply.
• The GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER will get a lift to 8GB of reminiscence, a 2GB improve over the vanilla 2060. Nvidia say they imagine it’s quicker than the GTX 1080. It has a MSRP of $399 / £379.
• The common GeForce RTX 2060 will proceed on as an entry-level card for the RTX GPUs with their discrete ray tracing resolution – now at a value of $349.