Review: Palit GeForce RTX 2070 GameRock Premium

Conclusion

The GeForce RTX 2070 GPU is one that needs particularly careful pricing if it is to be adopted by the enthusiast. This is true because of the performance overlap between it and the premium end of the last generation.

Starting at £460 for base models, which make sense in today's high-end GPU stack, partners are still looking to eke out more via fully-custom designs that cost significantly more.

Palit falls into this category with the GameRock Premium that is as fast as any out-of-the-box RTX 2070 is going to be. A generous core clock enables it to put up to 10 per cent into a bone-stock model, without making a din and keeping at very reasonable temperature levels. The cooling and silicon selection, then, is not in doubt.

The downside to a hulking cooler approach is a three-slot-taking card that, in our opinion, doesn't look as handsome as others and has near-pointless lighting when mounted in the traditional horizontal orientation.

Going by the standard GameRock's price, at around £560, this version is likely to cost way closer to £600, or 30 per cent more than a regular RTX 2070.

Palit's caught between a rock and a hard place with the GameRock Premium. The search for top-tier RTX 2070 performance is laudable, but it comes at too greater a cost, literally.

Bottom line: the specs suggest it's a decent card, yet a number of foibles stop it from outright recommendation.

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