Nvidia RTX 2070 GPU release date, rumours, and performance

We didn't think it would happen, but Nvidia stuck to form and announced the new RTX 2070 alongside its high-end RTX 2080. We also got the RTX 2080 Ti too, for those with BIG pockets and oversized wallets. But if you want to harness ray tracing to augment your gaming, such as shadows and lighting, and don't have a bathtub full of money lying around to spend on a graphics card, the RTX 2070 is likely your best bet from Nvidia this generation. It seems unlikely at this point that Nvidia will fit the 2060, 2050 Ti, or 2050 GPUs with ray tracing RT Cores. The minimum performance for solid ray tracing in games is roughly 5-6 Giga Rays per second, with the RTX 2070 just hitting the 6 Giga Rays per second mark, and if a cheaper GPU were to release with fewer RT cores than the RTX 2070, the performance just wouldn't be worthwhile. Equally, the volume mainstream segment is incredibly price sensitive, and might not be able to stomach the premium of extra RT Core silicon.

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