EVGA is always my top choice (followed by MSI) and the 2070 Super seems like a great choice for 1440p high graphics.
I have a 2080 Super and a watercooled 1080 ti. The 1080 ti is only about 7% faster than the 2080 super after a mild overclock. Luckily the quality RTX cards overclock really well. My dads 2080 Ti was able to squeeze 20%+ extra with a bit of time spent overclocking.
I've never got into overclocking. Is it worth looking into for someone who has never done it?
These days overclocking is on training wheels. The hardware has safeguards in place to keep you from frying it. (Unless you choose to manually set the voltage, which isnt necessary for average overclocks these days.)
These are the general steps with any manufacturer software
- Increase the stock power and temp limit sliders to the max (they are capped to keep it safe)
- Increase Core clock by 20Mhz at a time (50Mhz if you've got the balls)
- Run GPU benchmark of your choice
- Repeat Steps 2 & 3 until instability is apparent
- Set Core stock, Increase Memory clock by 50Mhz at a time (100Mhz if you've got the balls)
- Run GPU benchmark of your choice
- Repeat Steps 5 & 6 until instability is apparent
- Increase Core and Memory clocks to 80% of last stable, then increment them each slowly
- Repeat Step 8 until instability is apparent
- ???
- Profit!!!!
That doesn't sound hard at all. Good to know the card prevents you from destroying it, otherwise I would be afraid to attempt it.
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