Asus GeForce RTX 2070 8GB Blower Fan

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2070 is part of the first wave of graphics cards based on the Turing GPU architecture. This generation represents only an incremental improvement in general graphics performance, making the RTX 2070 a little faster than the previous generation GTX 1080 (and slightly more expensive as well). The big thing that this new GPU architecture brings to the table is forward-looking features not found on previous GTX cards: dedicated RT cores for ray tracing and Tensor cores for machine learning inference. The RT cores are brand-new, while the Tensor cores have existed on previous Titan and Quadro cards - but this is the first time they've come to the mainstream GeForce series. This specialized hardware will allow for new functionality in games and GPU-accelerated applications, but will require such programs to be written specifically to utilize them in order to see much benefit.

This particular variant, from Asus, has a single-fan "blower" style cooler. This won't be as quiet under load as a dual-fan design, when comparing individual cards, but since it exhausts most of the card's heat out the back of the computer it is much better for use in multi-GPU configurations.

Finally, in regards to connectivity, this RTX 2070 has dropped DVI output entirely. There are still enough outputs for three monitors, though: one HDMI 2.0b and two DisplayPort 1.4. VirtualLink - a specialized Type C port combining DisplayPort, USB 3.1, and power - is also included, for single-cable connectivity to next-generation VR headsets.