Review: KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames

by Tarinder Sandhu on 24 April 2020, 14:01

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Conclusion

KFA2's done well with what it has to work with. Excellent thermals and a distinct lack of noise are most appreciated...

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super remains a solid card at a £500 price point. Impressive numbers at, particularly, FHD and QHD resolutions makes it well suited to being paired with a quality adaptive-framerate monitor for premium gaming thrills and spills.

KFA2's Work The Frames Edition prioritises size and lighting over sleekness and minimalism. The end result is an imposing card redolent with gaming attributes still sought by many coming into the serious PC games space for the first time.

The real question is whether the >£100 price premium over the RX 5700 XT is worth it? Both cards are about the same speed, so what you're really shelling out for is RTX-specific features.

That said, KFA2's done well with what it has to work with. Excellent thermals and a distinct lack of noise are most appreciated, so we feel as if the WTF does carve a small niche for itself in the wider gaming spectrum.

Bottom line: a colourful, supremely quiet RTX 2070 Super card that's a bit different from most.

The Good
  
The Bad
Excellent thermals
Very quiet at all times
Solid build quality
Lighting galore
  
Memory not overclocked
Not any faster than cheaper 5700 XT



KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames

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Posted by Xlucine - Fri 24 Apr 2020 22:32
I like how there's substantially less heatsink than fan area. It stops about halfway across the outer fans in the images - excusable for the IO end, as they need to fit a heatpipe bend, but on the other end the fan is just blowing into empty space. A two fan setup on that heatsink should perform the same and be a bit cheaper, but that would have meant less RGB
Posted by lon3wolf2002 - Fri 24 Apr 2020 23:37
Xlucine
I like how there's substantially less heatsink than fan area. It stops about halfway across the outer fans in the images - excusable for the IO end, as they need to fit a heatpipe bend, but on the other end the fan is just blowing into empty space. A two fan setup on that heatsink should perform the same and be a bit cheaper, but that would have meant less RGB

It looks like there is another heatsink under the 3rd fan, it is behind the power connectors that's what I'm seeing on the introduction page photos?
Posted by Xlucine - Sat 25 Apr 2020 01:14
lon3wolf2002
It looks like there is another heatsink under the 3rd fan, it is behind the power connectors that's what I'm seeing on the introduction page photos?

The power connector end has a clear void:


The IO end has the heatpipe bend visible here:
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Posted by Bambooz - Sun 26 Apr 2020 15:58
Xlucine
I like how there's substantially less heatsink than fan area. It stops about halfway across the outer fans in the images - excusable for the IO end, as they need to fit a heatpipe bend, but on the other end the fan is just blowing into empty space. A two fan setup on that heatsink should perform the same and be a bit cheaper, but that would have meant less RGB

The WTF series cards from KFA2 are well known to be for those “all for show” and “let's overdo everything” RGB clowns, as evident by the pointless 3rd fan and the plastic backplate which isn't going to do anything for either the temps or rigidity. On a card this expensive , heavy and long. Aptly named I'd say.
The regular EX series come with “only” 2 fans and a fairly thick aluminum backplate. Those are for the folks that still have some brain left. Noticeably cheaper too. And the only real difference between the two is 15MHz boost clock.