Zotac, Asus, Gigabyte Announce GeForce RTX 2060 Super, GeForce RTX 2070 Super Graphics Cards in India

Highlights The prices announced are subject to fluctuation in the market The GeForce RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super go on sale from July 9 Prices in India are lower than those of the GeForce RTX 20 series

Hot on the heels of Nvidia’s launch of its GeForce RTX Super series GPUs and its own graphics cards based on them yesterday, the company’s partner brands have begun announcing their own versions with custom coolers and factory overclocking in some cases. Listings for new graphics cards based on the GeForce RTX 2060 Super and GeForce RTX 2070 Super have begun to appear online, and companies have shown off their products ahead of the expected July 9 sale date. Zotac, Asus and Gigabyte have announced multiple models each, and we can expect to see more in the coming days from Inno3D, Galax, MSI, and others.

Starting with Zotac, the company has announced three new models each based on the two GPUs. The entry-level Zotac GeForce RTX 2060 Super Mini is designed to be compact and will fit into nearly all common PC cabinets and features two fans, a metal backplate, and always-on white LED accents. It is priced at Rs. 35,590 in India.

Next up, the Zotac GeForce RTX 2060 Super Amp and Zotac GeForce RTX 2060 Super Amp Extreme feature two and three fans respectively, plus customisable RGB LEDs. Both are factory overclocked with boost speeds of 1680MHz and 1710MHz as opposed to 1650MHz at stock. They are priced at Rs. 37,990 and 39,190 respectively.

GeForce RTX 2080 Super, 2070 Super, 2060 Super GPUs Launched: India Prices

The Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 Super Twin Fan, Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 Super Amp, and Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 Super Amp Extreme follow the same pattern, priced at Rs. 43,790, Rs. 45,890, and Rs. 47,290. The first two have dual-fan coolers while the last has three fans, and all three are designed with RGB LED accents. Boost speeds are 1770MHz, 1800MHz, and 1830MHz respectively. 

The company has also announced the Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Super Twin Fan, Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Super Amp, and Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Super Amp Extreme which will be available from July 23 onwards. The latter features three fans while the other two models have dual-fan coolers. Prices for these models have not yet been released. 

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Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 7 and Intel Core i7-7740X ‘Kaby Lake X’ Review

Highlights Kaby Lake-X CPUs aren’t very different from mainstream Kaby Lake ones You get higher speeds and overclocking headroom but still only four cores The X299 Aorus Gaming 7 has almost every feature you could want or need

Intel’s high-end desktop (HEDT) strategy has been overhauled after a long time. For the past few years, Intel has taken the architecture that served for the previous generation of processors and beefed it up with more cores, more connectivity and higher power and thermal thresholds. However, the increasing gap between mainstream and high-end launches, and fresh competition from AMD’s Ryzen and Threadripper lines, has forced Intel to make a change. The result is that we not only have last year’s Skylake architecture coming back in the form of Skylake-X as expected, but also this year’s Kaby Lake turned into Kaby Lake-X at the same time. Both have been clubbed into one family of products called Core X-series.

We’ve covered the differences and similarities between the two in our exhaustive guide to Intel’s Core X-series, which you can read right here. You can also check out our review of the 10-core Skylake-X Core i9-7900X for more detail. In short, Skylake-X is the more powerful of the two, following the standard template, while Kaby Lake-X is a curious new twist that’s sandwiched in between mainstream CPUs and the new many-core models. Its value proposition is somewhat confusing, and its target market is incredibly niche. Today, we’re looking at the more powerful of two models, the Kaby Lake-X Core i7-7740X to see what the other side of Intel’s new strategy is all about.

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