Conclusion
...it overclocks rather well, too, matching the abilities of dearer pre-OC cards.Gigabyte does plenty of things right with its cheapest GeForce RTX 2070 card. The £460 WindForce, sweetened by having Battlefield V as a free, redeemable game, adopts tried-and-trusted three-fan cooling on top of a large heatsink that makes good contact with the core. An extra baseplate takes care of associated cooling while a backplate provides board rigidity and extra help in wicking away heat.
Having a strict two-slot form factor is another plus point, and it overclocks rather well, too, matching the abilities of dearer pre-OC cards. There's even a semblance of RGB lighting, if that's your thing.
In fact, the only real negative, and it is a big one right now, is how the fans react when moving between 0rpm and full-on gaming, triggered at 60°C. This card exhibits the worst revving we've heard, though a simple BIOS fix ought to mitigate the issue.
The bottom line is that Gigabyte has created a solid RTX 2070 that's currently compromised by one flaw. Remove that, which should be easy enough, and it definitely deserves to go on the RTX 2070 shortlist.
Battlefield V is free
Overclocks well
Two-slot form factor
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The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 WindForce is available from Scan Computers.
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