The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 EX – Galax (y) graphics card test is back

Among the producers of ready-made graphics cards, there is a terrible stagnation, there are few new players and the world market is dominated by some of the most advertised entities. Previously, we could enjoy a wider variety of products, including Sparkle, Galaxy, Diamond and TwinTech, often ahead of today 's innovation leaders. Currently, many small but decent suppliers are widely open to the public, including Inno3D, PowerColor, Manli and Colorful … Could an entry threshold be too high to prevent newcomers? Fortunately, there are still daredevils willing to take up the challenge – have you heard of KFA2?

Author: Sebastian Oktaba

The history of KFA2 is much longer than some readers might think, because the brand belongs to the Taiwanese company Galax, selling graphics cards also under the mentioned name. Wait a minute … Galax looks strangely familiar, right? He should! Once the company was operating under the name of Galaxy, operating dynamically in the local market in 2003-2006, where it has honestly developed the status of undisputed legend among computer hardware manufacturers. It's Galaxy that has launched the era of the revolution in cooling systems, favored overclockers and offered very cost-effective devices. Personally, I was the proud owner of the Galaxy GeForce 6800 Glacier and the Galaxy GeFoce 7600 GS, two memories that I fondly remember and feel when I think back to that crazy time (including unlocking software with Riva Tuner). Today, Galaxy can be primarily badociated with the high-performance structures of the Hall of Fame, while European stores are trying to master the lesser-known KFA2, although the Galax offer includes virtually identical models under the name. .. Galax. A strange commercial decision, but the most important is the quality of manufacture, the possibilities and the cost-effectiveness. Interestingly, both brands belong to the Palit group specializing in budget constructions.

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 EX is discreet compared to all kinds of extreme games, ultra and maximum. This is a proposal for users who prefer a more moderate style.

GeForce RTX 2070 uses a 445 mm² TU106-400A processor and includes 10.8 billion transistors, created in 12 nm FFN lithography (FineFET NVIDIA) dedicated to NVIDIA cores. On a maximum of 72 Streaming Multiprocessor (SM) blocks forming the Turing silicon core, only 36 SM blocks remained, ie 2304 CUDA units, 64 rendering units and 144 texturing units. The difference in configuration of the GP104-200 graphics chip driving the GeForce GTX 1070 is relatively small, which is a very good opportunity to compare the efficiency of both architectures. However, you can not forget twice the L2 cache (2048 → 4096 KB), a more efficient memory subsystem, and improved calculations from FP16 to Turing. GeForce RTX 2070 also has additional processing units: 288 tensor cores and 36 RT cores. The first support calculations concern the technique of real-time ray tracing, the second involves deep learning and artificial intelligence for advanced image processing (the DLSS is a kind of upward conversion).

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 EX (27NSL6MPX2VK – V2 version) seems discreetly compared to all types of extreme games, ultra and maximum. This is a proposal for users who prefer a more moderate style. An uninformed eye might describe the product described as being closer to the Palita, ASUS and MSI budget series, but this is just an outward appearance, as we essentially interact with a refined two-fan model. The base rate of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 EX graphics system is 1410 MHz standard, while the declared Boost graphics processor must reach a minimum of 1620 MHz. The actual value is around 1740-1800 MHz depending on the current load and the GDDR6 memory operates at the recommended frequency of 14000 MHz. The manufacturer has prepared for his constructions a dedicated software – Xtreme Tuner Plus – which edits marked 1-Click OC allows you to overclock automatically using the built-in control algorithm. I am very curious to know how the heir to the galaxy will inherit the overclocking. Well … I install on the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 EX platform and we start.