Gone from 1070 to 2070 Super, Anyone?

[wilbur81]

Hey, everyone.

 

Quick question: I've been considering a GPU upgrade from my current 1070 SC to a 2070 Super in lieu of some Amazon gift card money. Has anyone here upgraded from that card to that card? If so, did you see a worthwhile performance enhancement? Please note I'm on a 8700K at stock speeds. Bonus point if you play at full 4K.

 

Just want to see if the 2070 Super would be worth the $500-ish upgrade price over my current card (which runs pretty decently).

 

Side note: I wonder if people realize that going to 4K in DCS actually doesn't hurt performance too badly because, at the higher resolutions, AA filtering is not really necessary.

 

Thanks in advance.

[panzerd18]

Although I do not have a 2070 Super, I play at 4K 43" monitor with a 2080Ti and turn off MSAA as I feel it is not needed. A 35" ultrawide or 32", 27" 4K monitor would have better pixel density and would not need MSAA in my opinion.

 

If you have the money for a 2070 Super, consider a used 1080 Ti as it is slightly faster and has 11Gb of VRAM. It might be cheaper and save you money too.

[CaptCanada65]

I'm running DCS at 4K on a 1070, 32G DDR and a 3700X.

 

I get around 45-50fps at High settings. I've had my card since 2016 and it runs all my sims pretty well.

 

I'm in the same situation as yourself and I'm tempted to get a similar card, but may just wait for the RTX 3000 series. At least, the last gen RTX will drop significantly in price by then

 

Thanks

 

 

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[wilbur81]

Although I do not have a 2070 Super, I play at 4K 43" monitor with a 2080Ti and turn off MSAA as I feel it is not needed. A 35" ultrawide or 32", 27" 4K monitor would have better pixel density and would not need MSAA in my opinion.

 

If you have the money for a 2070 Super, consider a used 1080 Ti as it is slightly faster and has 11Gb of VRAM. It might be cheaper and save you money too.

 

Thanks for the response, Panzer! I've had those very same thoughts.

 

A few things, though:

 

- I'm a bit leery to purchase a used card in general, and though they do sell used sometimes on

Amazon, my purchase has to be on Amazon and it looks like there aren't too many well

priced, used 1080 ti options there at the moment.

 

- I've seen some benchmark tests that suggest the 2070 Super is performing a

about as well as the 1080 TI (which is why I'd like to hear about performance specifically

within DCS). Have you seen any of these? I looked here in particular: https://www.techspot.com/review/1907-geforce-1080-ti-vs-rtx-2070-super-vs-radeon-

5700-xt/The 11 GB is certainly a plus for the 1080 TI.

 

- As far as people suggesting waiting until gen 3 gpu's come out for 1080 ti types to lower in

price... It appears that this card (and most higher end cards), no matter how old, only go up

in price or stagnate in price.

 

Thanks. :thumbup:

Edited April 19, 2020 by wilbur81

[derneuemann]

In another thread there were a few user benchmarks, including the 1080TI and the RTX2070S and the 2070S was not slower.

 

That's why I would always use the more current GPU. Even if the Vulkan API is ready, I think the RTX2070S will run a little better. You have the newer features and a significantly higher efficiency.

 

On the other hand, I'm also in the same place.

 

My 1070 will also have to hold out to the RTX3000 series, even if a 2070S looks like it. A 3070, with almost 2080TI performance at a price slightly above the current 2070S, looks much better.

 

I just hope it doesn't take too long.

 

In addition, my 1070 @ 2.05GHz is also enough for my 4K settings.

[wilbur81]

In another thread there were a few user benchmarks, including the 1080TI and the RTX2070S and the 2070S was not slower.

 

That's why I would always use the more current GPU. Even if the Vulkan API is ready, I think the RTX2070S will run a little better. You have the newer features and a significantly higher efficiency.

 

On the other hand, I'm also in the same place.

 

My 1070 will also have to hold out to the RTX3000 series, even if a 2070S looks like it. A 3070, with almost 2080TI performance at a price slightly above the current 2070S, looks much better.

 

I just hope it doesn't take too long.

 

In addition, my 1070 @ 2.05GHz is also enough for my 4K settings.

 

Thanks, Derneuemann. :thumbup: