Nvidia Sets October 17 Launch Date for Affordable RTX 2070 Graphics Card
Nvidia officially confirms the GeForce RTX 2070 will hit store shelves on October 17th, bringing Turing architecture features to a more accessible $499 price point.
Nvidia officially announces the GeForce RTX 2070 release date as October 17th, ending speculation about when the mid-range card will arrive. This GPU serves as the most affordable entry point into Nvidia's new Turing architecture lineup, offering advanced features at a more accessible price compared to the higher-end models.
The standard RTX 2070 carries a starting price of $499, while the premium Founders Edition costs $599. Under the hood, the graphics card packs 2,304 CUDA cores and 8GB of fast GDDR6 video memory, with a base clock speed of 1,410MHz that boosts up to 1,620MHz.
While Nvidia keeps quiet on exact performance comparisons against the older GTX 1070 and GTX 1070 Ti, early expectations run high. Based on the impressive performance leaps seen in the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti, industry watchers predict this new Turing-based card easily outpaces its Pascal predecessors.