The WINDFORCE 3X cooler is the first thing which comes into view when looking at the GAMING OC. This thermal design has been a permanent fixture for GIGABYTE for many years – it uses triple 80mm cooling fans, four composite copper heatpipes and a large triple heatsink. The middle cooling fan spins in the alternate direction which has been implemented to reduce turbulence and increase airflow performance.

This cooler sits on the TU106 GPU which has a mild factory overclocked applied to it. Reference settings have the GPU clock set at 1620MHz, GIGABYTE has nudged this up to 1740MHz. The fastest clocked RTX 2070 on the market reaches 1860MHz.

The outer shroud is plastic and features a two tone style – coordinating well with other hardware.

On the backside of the graphics card there is a large metal blackplate which prevents the PCB from getting flexed or damaged.

The overall dimensions for GAMING OC are: 280 x 116 x 40 mm, meaning it’s quite thin and long. This should be taken into account for installing into your chassis.



GAMING OC favours DisplayPort over any other video out but there are still a good assortment of options available on the rear IO. These include:

• 3x DisplayPort 1.4
• 1x HDMI 2.0b
• 1x USB-C

USB-C makes an appearance on other RTX graphics cards and is included to work in conjunction with next-generation VR headsets.

To effectively power GAMING OC a 550W is recommended and 8+6pin PCI-e connections are required. The connectors sit on the top edge of the card which should make installing into a smaller chassis much easier.

Along the edge there is an LED lit GIGABYTE logo which can have its colour modified via the RGB Fusion software – this is the only LED lighting available on the card.