Nvidia has launched the RTX SUPER Series of desktop
graphics cards. It currently includes the RTX SUPER 2060, the RTX SUPER 2070
and the RTX SUPER 2080. The RTX SUPER is an upgraded version of the company's existing RTX
series of graphics cards, which was launched late last year. The newer models
feature slightly improved performance and come in at the same price as the
models they are replacing.
Starting with the RTX SUPER 2060, it features up to
22% improved performance in some titles and around 15% average improvement
overall in frame rate compared to the standard RTX 2060. Nvidia claims the new
model is also faster than the GTX 1080 from the previous generation. The RTX
SUPER 2060 also comes with 8GB of GDDR6 memory, compared to 6GB on the standard
model.
The RTX SUPER 2060 is priced at US$ 399 and will be
available starting July 9. It will be available alongside the existing RTX
2060, which is still priced at US$ 349. The RTX SUPER 2070 is said to be
up to 24% faster and on average 16% faster than the RTX 2070. Nvidia claims it
is faster than the GTX 1080 Ti from the previous generation, which is quite
impressive.
The RTX SUPER 2070 will be replacing the current RTX
2070 and is priced at the same US$ 499. It will be available starting July 9. Lastly, the RTX SUPER 2080 has
its memory speed increased to 15.5Gbps from the 14Gbps on the current RTX 2080.
Nvidia claims this makes the new card faster than the TITAN Xp from the
previous generation.
The RTX SUPER 2080 will replace the current RTX 2080
and will be available at the same US$ 699 price point. It will be available
starting July 23. The RTX 2080 Ti does not get a SUPER version and remains unchanged
from before. It still starts at US$ 999. As usual, all prices listed here are the
starting prices.
The Nvidia RTX SUPER Series may be the company's
answer to AMD's newly announces Radeon RX 5700 series. It could also be the
company trying to wring more performance out of these existing GPUs that they
announced last year to address the complaints of poor value from gamers. It
would have been nice to see these models launch last year but if for some
reason you managed to hold off until now and AMD's admittedly just as poorly
priced options didn't catch your interest then these may be just the thing you
were waiting for.
