Msi rtx 2070 super gaming x review in Spanish (full analysis)

MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X is added to the manufacturer's Super GPU range to give users the maximum possible options. Up to a new generation of GPUs are slated to run for a while, so the abundance of models is a good thing. This card only differs from the Gaming X trio version in its TWIN FROZR 7 heatsink, and some PCB features such as VRM.

This time we have opted for our second test bench to see if there is any difference with the Gaming X Trio, so, without further ado, let's start with this Review of this RTX 2070.

But first, we must thank MSI for their trust in us, as soon as they gave us their new products for our analysis.

MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X technical characteristics

Unboxing

From my point of view, this MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X is prettier than the Trio version, for the simple fact of having two fans exactly the same. But as far as presentation is concerned, we are facing one that is almost the same, although this time the main box is made of rigid cardboard and we do not have a second packaging box itself.

To access the GPU, we must remove a second box, also made of hard cardboard, without a lid, leaving the card wrapped in an antistatic bag inserted in several thick polyethylene foam molds.

In the bundle we will find the following elements:

• Graphics card MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Metal clamping side plate Various merchandising and of little use Basic user installation guide

Neither in this model do we have any cable, and the merchandising that is included is identical to that of the Trio, some cardboard coasters and a comic in English. It would be better if they at least put something useful, like a bag to carry our mouse or something like that.

Exterior design

The external section of the Gaming X and Gaming Z series cards are the favorites of many, since they are quite compact but very wide models to install an impressive performance heatsink as we will see later.

The MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X is no different than other models in the same family, this is obvious, but it does not need to do, because the appearance for me is incredible. A few days ago we tested the Trio X version with three fans, which to tell the truth, does not mean a noticeable improvement in temperatures compared to today's version.

This time we have the 7th generation TWIN FROZR heatsink with a double independent fan. The measures it offers us are 300 mm long, 130 mm wide and no less than 55 mm thick, to occupy about 2.5 - 3 expansion slots. Keep this fact in mind, because the chassis that allow vertical GPUs to install normally support 2-slot cards, so it will be large in many of them.

This TWIN FROZR heatsink is mounted under a thick, hard plastic case with a very aggressive look and is also riddled with RGB LED lighting both on the side and in the front area, which unfortunately would remain face down in a normal mount. Of course we have MSI Mystic Light compatibility, so we can install our corresponding software and customize it as we wish. Then we will see that the result is the best.

Most important for performance are the two huge MSI TORX FAN 3.0 fans that are mounted on this case that provide axial flow bathing the two large internal heatsinks. These fans are 95mm in diameter and feature 14 purely optimized blades to provide maximum possible airflow in the least silence. The bearing system is by means of double ball bearings, more durable for example than those based on fluid, especially in the constant starts and stops that the system must do.

Both fans are independently connected to the PCB, so they can be managed individually. Its maximum speed is approximately 2700 RPM, although with its automatic profile they will almost never exceed 1300 RPM. MSI does not place its fans with alternating movement, perhaps not to copy the competition, but the truth is that in this way the air flow to the heatsink would be facilitated a little more.

When we say that it is very quiet it is not a joke, since at those automatic RPM we practically do not hear anything on the GPU, really surprising, just hearing a little noise when we turn them to maximum. And as it could not be missing, we have ZERO FROZR technology at our disposal that keeps the fans off as long as the core temperature does not exceed 60 ° C, that is, most of the time they will be off.

If you look at the heatsink, it occupies the same length as the component PCB, which makes the design as compact as possible. But if we go to the side areas, we can see that this 7th generation heatsink is much thicker than the previous ones with two huge blocks that are practically in full view. The side that will interest us most will be the one with the MSI logo and the GEFORCE RTX logo with RGB lighting to accompany the main case.

And we turn this MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X around to find a great backplate built in aluminum and with a quite noticeable and aggressive brushed finish. The design is exactly the same as that of the Trio and other new generation models. In this, we do not have lighting available but we do have multiple openings to let the air pass from the PCB and a large number of screws that we will later remove.

This plate allows us to hold the entire set very well, but if we want an extra security, then we must choose to install the metal support plate that is included in the bundle. In this way it is as if the GPU is held by both sides, although of course, it is better that the rear plate of the chassis is of good quality so that it does not give way.

Ports and power connections

Seen from the outside and the performance of the heatsink from the external point of view, it is time to see the port panel of the MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X.

In this case we have the following configuration

• 1x HDMI 2.0b3x Display Port 1.4

MSI has not even bothered to enable at least USB Type C in this Gaming X, at least it would be a differential aspect compared to other models. Since this PCB is a bit simpler than the Trio version, they could still have kept it. We must also give him the reason that this USB connector is rarely used.

In any case, the three DisplayPort 1.4 ports support a maximum resolution of 8K at 60 FPS and of course 4K, while the HDMI port supports 4K resolutions at 60 FPS. And really here we can use this 4K resolution to play, because being similar to 2080, we will have close FPS rates, and even that exceed 50 frames in 4K as we will see later.

In the front right area we find this time with a double power connector, one of them with 6 + 2 pins and the other with only 6 pins. This is something that does change compared to the Gaming X Trio, which has 2 of 6 + 2, due to the fact that it has a triple fan. We must know that the TDP of both GPUs will be exactly the same, of 215W and only the extras and their overclocking will change, let's say.

Of course we have the NVLink connector successor to the traditional SLI for multiGPU. With it, we will be able to connect two MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X in parallel for high performance configurations. Interesting detail is the fact that the fans are independently connected through 4-pin headers with PWM control, which will allow you to customize your speed regime. Likewise, the lateral lighting system is independent from the central one, so we can configure it as two zones.

PCB, interior and hardware

Being a customized model, we are going to conveniently disassemble the complete heatsink of the MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X, in this way we will be able to study the difference between the model with the highest performance. To do this, it was necessary to remove all the screws located on the rear backplate to release the PCB from the heatsink.

Heatsink and PCB

Let's start this time with the PCB, because the fundamental difference from the Gaming Trio is VRM. In this case we have a total of 8 feeding phases compared to the 8 + 2 that the highest model had. This reveals the reason why this GPU has a second 6-pin connector instead of 8. With this cutout, this card should have a somewhat fairer supply for overclocking, although we will see this later.

Regarding the dissipation system, MSI has chosen to divide them into two large aluminum blocks and, above all, very thick. On the one hand, we have the largest block, which has a nickel-plated copper plate that makes direct contact with the DIE of the GPU. Behind him are no less than 6 nickel-plated copper heatpipes that are responsible for capturing the heat from the plate and distributing it to the two blocks. If we take a look at the heatsink of the MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio, we will notice that it has 7 instead of 6.

Now we go to the second block, which is slightly narrower and also shorter, fully fitted to the beautifying plastic casing. A total of 5 heatpipes go towards it to deliver the heat generated by the processing system, and just above the fins we have a metal plate with a total of 3 silicone bands that make direct contact with the CHOKES, MOSFETS and Capacitors of the VRM, to cool it properly.

But we can still remove a second plate located on the 8 GDDR6 memory chips that is equipped with thermal pads to capture the heat of these. This board, let's say it independently cools the memories, without making contact with the main heatsinks.

GPU Features

At this point we are not going to extend, since the full specifications are in the Review of the reference model and that by now you will all have seen. If not, then we will discuss the most important aspects of the MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X.

We start with the chipset this graphics card, which is a variant of the TU104 installed by the previous discontinued RTX 2080 models, although a little cut in cores and frequency. In this case, MSI has made a clock setting of 1605 MHz of base frequency and 1750 MHz in gaming mode and 1800 in automatic OC mode, which is 60 MHz less than the RTX 2080 FE. Recall that there are a total of 2560 CUDA Cores, 320 Tensor and 40 RT to give 64 ROPs and 184 TMUs of performance. The cache memory has been increased to 2560 KB in L1 and 4096 in L2, so that Ray Tracing and DLSS work perfectly.

The memory configuration has remained the same as the RTX 2080, with 8 GB GDDR6 working at 14 Gbps with an effective frequency of 7000 MHz, which certainly allow a great overclocking as we will see later. We have a 256-bit bus at a speed of no less than 448 GB / s, although the PCIe 3.0 bus has been maintained, more than enough for current graphics cards.

Test bench and performance

We are going to carry out our battery of performance tests that include synthetic tests or benchmarks and tests directly with the games that we normally use in our analyzes. The test bench consists of the following elements:

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel Core i9-9900K
Base plate:	Asus Maximus XI Formula
Memory:	16 GB T-Force Vulcan Z 3400 MHz
Heatsink	Corsair H100i V2
HDD	ADATA SU750
Graphic card	MSI RTX 2060 SUPER Gaming X
Power supply	Corsair RM1000X

All the tests we have carried out with the filters as they come in the configuration of each program and game. The tests consist of tests that run in various resolutions, namely Full HD 2K and 4K, and also to test performance in Ray Tracing in the case of the Port Royal test. We have run all of them on the Windows 10 Pro operating system in its 1903 version with the latest version drivers available for this graphics card, downloaded as not from the official Nvidia site

What are we looking for in these tests?

First, the best possible image quality. The most important value for us is the average FPS (Frames per second), the higher the number of FPS the more fluid the game will go. To slightly differentiate the quality, we leave you a table to assess the quality in FPS based on the quantity we get in each game and resolution.

FRAMES PER SECOND
Frames Per Second (FPS)	Gameplay
Less than 30 FPS	Limited
30 ~ 40 FPS	Playable
40 ~ 60 FPS	Good
Greater than 60 FPS	Fairly Good or Excellent

Benchmarks and synthetic tests

First, let's look at the results of the synthetic tests performed on the MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X, which are made up of the following titles:

• 3DMark Fire Strike normal3DMark Fire Strike UltraTime SpyPort Royal (RT) VRMARK

Game testing

We are going to evaluate the real performance in games, under DirectX 12 and OPEN GL mainly, since with DirectX 11 Ray Tracing is not supported and it is something that more and more games have.

The tests will be carried out at the three most used resolutions in gaming, Full HD (1920 x 1080p), QHD or 2K (2560 x 1440p) and UHD or 4K (3840 x 2160p). In this way, we will have a complete range of results to be able to compare them with other GPUs with close benefits, such as the Gaming X Trio itself, the reference model and the AMD RX Navi. For each of the games, we have maintained the automatic settings selected in each and for each resolution, which will consist of the following:

• Final Fantasy XV, standard, TAA, DirectX 11 DOOM, Ultra, TAA, Open GL 4.5 Deus EX Mankind Divided, Alto, Anisotropico x4, DirectX 11 Far Cry 5, Alto, TAA, DirectX 12 Metro Exodus, Alto, Anisotropico x16, DirectX 12 (without RT) Shadow of the Tomb Rider, High, TAA + Anisotropic x4, DirectX 12 (without DLSS) Control, High, Ray Tracing High + DLSS @ 1920x1080p, DirectX 12

As expected from this custom version, we are in all or almost all records above or equal to the reference version. This is the case for example of the lower resolution, where for example the performance in FarCry 5 or Tomb Rider has stood out, perhaps due to the update of the drivers.

In the most demanding resolution, on the contrary, we do not have appreciable improvements with respect to the reference, we understand that they are lower FPS and everything is much closer between similar models.

Control Performance vs RTX 2060 FE

Instead of trying Metro Exodus with RTX and Tomb Rider with DLSS, we have chosen to introduce the new game of Remedy Entertainment CONTROL, whose Review and technical section will have it here. In this way we will see the performance in a reference RTX 2060 and in this MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X.

The frames have been collected during the mission "Unknown call".

	1920 x 1080p rendered at 1920x1080p	2560 x 1440p rendered at 1920x1080p	3840 x 2160p rendered at 1920x1080p
High RTX + DLSS rendered at 1920x1080p
MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X	85 FPS	85 FPS	50 FPS
Nvidia RTX 2060 Founders Edition	68 FPS	67 FPS	38 FPS
RTX and DLSS OFF rendered at 1920x1080p
	1920 x 1080p rendered at 1280x720p	2560 x 1440p rendered at 1920x1080p	3840 x 2160p rendered at 1920x1080p
MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X	96 FPS	89 FPS	86 FPS
Nvidia RTX 2060 Founders Edition	67 FPS	65 FPS	64 FPS

It is striking to have very similar FPS in all resolutions without RTX with the 2060, which we already discussed in the review of this game. But we see how performance goes up a lot in this RTX 2070 Super, which is evident when facing a GPU two steps above. Similarly, the results with Ray Tracing and DLSS are very good, although always recommending to use a rendering resolution of 1920x1080p otherwise the performance will drop a lot in 4K.

This game is a bit complex in graphic management, due to the fact that it integrates the concept of rendering resolution, being the first in which you can play with this aspect for DLSS.

Overclocking

As it could not be otherwise, we have overclocked this MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X to see how far it can go with its hardware configuration. In this case, we have opted for the EVGA Precision X1 software, as it comes standard with the option to set its voltage unlocked.

The simplicity of the interface of this software makes practically everyone know well what we have done. For starters, we have taken the maximum available power capacity of the VRM, which in this case is 112%, while we have done the same with the maximum temperature limit for the GPU. With this, we have managed to overclock + 120 MHz in the processor and +820 MHz in the memories.

In this specific unit, we have obtained a perfect stability of the card at these values, perhaps in part due to the excellent motherboard we have and the increase in the RPM of the fans for greater security. In this way, we have carried out a new benchmark with normal Fire Strike and a performance test with Deus Ex Mankind Divided in DirectX 12.

Deus Ex Mankind Divided	Stock	@ Overclock
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	127 FPS	131 FPS
2560 x 1440 (WQHD)	88 FPS	94 FPS
3840 x 2160 (4K)	46 FPS	50 FPS
3DMark Fire Strike	Stock	@ Overclock
Graphics Score	25, 901	27, 594
Physics Score	23, 786	23, 650
Combined	22, 334	23, 247

Despite seeing a high frequency increase in GPU and memory, the performance results are lower than in the case of the Gaming X Trio, although always above what the reference model showed us in its day. Obviously the feeding is not so good, which translates to possibly less processing capacity when it is above your means. However, we have gotten a big improvement in 2K resolution of +6 FPS and +4 FPS in 1080p and 4K, which is not bad.

Temperatures and consumption

In addition to measuring both its temperature with the HWiNFO program by stressing the GPU with FurMark, we have also simultaneously measured the power consumption of the entire equipment, to see how this affects the consumption of the reference version.

Final words and conclusion about MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X

One of the cards that has the best aesthetics of all those found on the market, MSI knows how to make aggressive and striking designs for gaming equipment. The lighting section has improved a lot compared to previous models with more lighting and a compact and very thick card.

The performance is what we expected, with excellent records as always in 1080p and 2K, with a playable experience in 4K and high graphics that are around 50-60 FPS except DOOM which is always above.

The temperature has been in very good records at all times, and only after several hours of stress we have obtained this average of 68 ° C with a relaxed ventilation system and far from reaching its maximum. We have a TWIN FROZR 7 heatsink with ZERO FROZR technology and TORX FAN 3.0 fans (we have done it on purpose) that works like a charm and is very quiet.

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Regarding overclocking, an important aspect always in custom models, we have been able to tighten the nuts a lot to this MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X, although it is true that it has been reflected in an improvement somewhat less than the Gaming X Trio version despite reaching a higher frequency. Let's consider that VRM has two less phases than this commented version.

Without a doubt an excellent option for high-end equipment where we do not want to opt for the most extreme version of three fans. For us, a GPU always recommended for the excellent performance it is giving with its TU1404 chipset and its performance / price ratio, the price should be between 540 euros for the Gaming and 599 euros for the Gaming X Trio

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ AS ALWAYS YOUR PERFORMANCE IN 2K AND 4K	- VRM FAIRER THAN THE GAMING X TRIO
+ DESIGN AND LIGHTING
+ HEATSINK AND TEMPERATURES
+ + GOOD OVERCLOCKING CAPABILITY

The Professional Review team awards you the platinum medal and recommended product:

MSI RTX 2070Super Gaming X

COMPONENT QUALITY - 91%

DISSIPATION - 95%

GAMING EXPERIENCE - 90%

SOUNDNESS - 90%

PRICE - 90%

91%

Most balanced between MSI RTX 2070, 1080p, 2K and 4K performance at a competitive price