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GeForce RTX 2060 review (founder)
Posted by: on: 01/07/2019 03:00 PM [
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We review the 4th version graphics card in the NVIDIA RTX series, as the Founder edition GeForce RTX 2060 has arrived for a review. These cards start at 349 USD for the reference design from NVIDIA. But will they have enough oomph to make a difference in a saturated market?
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Undying
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 03:21 PM
Nice review. Overall card it does offers a 1070ti performance.
BF5 ray tracing performance was abysmal. I can imagine Metro will probably run even worse.
Nice review. Overall card it does offers a 1070ti performance.
BF5 ray tracing performance was abysmal. I can imagine Metro will probably run even worse.
warlord
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 03:24 PM
Nice review. Overall card it does offers a 1070ti performance.
BF5 ray tracing performance was abysmal. I can imagine Metro will probably run even worse.
It was Ultra setting. Without RT it was only 5fps behind 2070 in 1080p. If RT was low/medium perhaps it could achieve much more than 60fps. So it is a great card for the money.
Nice review. Overall card it does offers a 1070ti performance.
BF5 ray tracing performance was abysmal. I can imagine Metro will probably run even worse.
It was Ultra setting. Without RT it was only 5fps behind 2070 in 1080p. If RT was low/medium perhaps it could achieve much more than 60fps. So it is a great card for the money.
Undying
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 03:32 PM
48fps at ultra so low setting will probably run at 60fps but dont forget thats a 1080p.
Maybe HH will include lower RT settings in next benchmarks.
It was Ultra setting. Without RT it was only 5fps behind 2070 in 1080p. If RT was low/medium perhaps it could achieve much more than 60fps. So it is a great card for the money.
48fps at ultra so low setting will probably run at 60fps but dont forget thats a 1080p.
Maybe HH will include lower RT settings in next benchmarks.
Fox2232
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 03:34 PM
Well, As expected from parameters. Little OC to match 2070 in power consumption and it is almost same performer.
Almost $500 performance for $350.
Well, As expected from parameters. Little OC to match 2070 in power consumption and it is almost same performer.
Almost $500 performance for $350.
Kaarme
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 03:40 PM
The performance was where it at least should be, so no surprises there. Only time will tell if the RTX will be worth paying for in this card.
Btw, the "Star Wars Battlefront II Ultra HD" chart has accidentally the Vega 56 bar highlighted, not the RTX 2060 bar.
The performance was where it at least should be, so no surprises there. Only time will tell if the RTX will be worth paying for in this card.
Btw, the "Star Wars Battlefront II Ultra HD" chart has accidentally the Vega 56 bar highlighted, not the RTX 2060 bar.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 03:48 PM
Checking, thanks.
"Star Wars Battlefront II Ultra HD" chart has accidentally the Vega 56 bar highlighted, not the RTX 2060 bar.
Checking, thanks.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:01 PM
I can buy a 1070ti card for the price they are selling 2060 for in my country.
So..why would I need this 6GB card if I can get a 1070ti with 8Gb ram that has better performance? For crappy Huang rays?
Now undervolt (and OC) this vega 56.
Most if not all reviewers have no idea how to run Vega cards.
+ I bet they compared a crappy reference vega 56 that can't hold it's core clock high enough to a dual fan 2060 FE.
I can buy a 1070ti card for the price they are selling 2060 for in my country.
So..why would I need this 6GB card if I can get a 1070ti with 8Gb ram that has better performance? For crappy Huang rays?
faster than Vega 56.
Now undervolt (and OC) this vega 56.
Most if not all reviewers have no idea how to run Vega cards.
+ I bet they compared a crappy reference vega 56 that can't hold it's core clock high enough to a dual fan 2060 FE.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:02 PM
Sleeves up for the next great review, let the disappointment, from NVIDIA of course, continue!
Sleeves up for the next great review, let the disappointment, from NVIDIA of course, continue!
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:07 PM
350$ isn't mid range at all.
350$ isn't mid range at all.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:12 PM
Alright, this actually seems good, however we were told that $349 is the price for the highest version, the 6gb GDDR6, if that is so, doesn't this mean that the other options will be cheaper? Seems a bit strange to be honest, NVIDIA would have announced the lowest price, for the lowest model first, instead of the highest price. Something seems a bit off.
Alright, this actually seems good, however we were told that $349 is the price for the highest version, the 6gb GDDR6, if that is so, doesn't this mean that the other options will be cheaper? Seems a bit strange to be honest, NVIDIA would have announced the lowest price, for the lowest model first, instead of the highest price. Something seems a bit off.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:14 PM
This is the highest model. There will be 2060 6gb with gddr5, also 3/4GB variants with gddr5/6 that will be cheaper.
Alright, this actually seems good, however we were told that $349 is the price for the highest version, the 6gb GDDR6, if that is so, doesn't this mean that the other options will be cheaper? Seems a bit strange to be honest, NVIDIA would have announced the lowest price, for the lowest model first, instead of the highest price. Something seems a bit off.
This is the highest model. There will be 2060 6gb with gddr5, also 3/4GB variants with gddr5/6 that will be cheaper.
FrostNixon
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:32 PM
Exactly, this doesn't seem like NVIDIA, they usually announce the lowest price, not the highest.
This is the highest model. There will be 2060 6gb with gddr5, also 3/4GB variants with gddr5/6 that will be cheaper.
Exactly, this doesn't seem like NVIDIA, they usually announce the lowest price, not the highest.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:43 PM
I thought this thing would be closer to the 1070 but not bad performance for the price
I thought this thing would be closer to the 1070 but not bad performance for the price
warlord
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 04:59 PM
If the best AiB rtx 2060s are close to vega 64/gtx1080 and the normal versions are faster than 1070/1070ti/vega56.
The lower spec'ed 2060s will dominate under 299$. No one will buy ever again rx 570/580/590. AMD is in a bad situation if they do not push navi fast. I swear I didn't see that coming. Everyone was crying about expensive cards, but Nvidia, is getting even more money.
If the best AiB rtx 2060s are close to vega 64/gtx1080 and the normal versions are faster than 1070/1070ti/vega56.
The lower spec'ed 2060s will dominate under 299$. No one will buy ever again rx 570/580/590. AMD is in a bad situation if they do not push navi fast. I swear I didn't see that coming. Everyone was crying about expensive cards, but Nvidia, is getting even more money.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 05:22 PM
If the best AiB rtx 2060s are close to vega 64/gtx1080 and the normal versions are faster than 1070/1070ti/vega56.
The lower spec'ed 2060s will dominate under 299$. No one will buy ever again rx 570/580/590. AMD is in a bad situation if they do not push navi fast. I swear I didn't see that coming. Everyone was crying about expensive cards, but Nvidia, is getting even more money.
What are you talking about? RX-580 has some 25~35% lower performance than this top RTX 2060. And costs $175~225.
Those lower 2060 cards with 4/3GB of VRAM will not even hold psychological advantage over 4GB RX-580. And as they will be weaker than this 2060, their performance advantage over RX-580 will be pretty low.
If the best AiB rtx 2060s are close to vega 64/gtx1080 and the normal versions are faster than 1070/1070ti/vega56.
The lower spec'ed 2060s will dominate under 299$. No one will buy ever again rx 570/580/590. AMD is in a bad situation if they do not push navi fast. I swear I didn't see that coming. Everyone was crying about expensive cards, but Nvidia, is getting even more money.
What are you talking about? RX-580 has some 25~35% lower performance than this top RTX 2060. And costs $175~225.
Those lower 2060 cards with 4/3GB of VRAM will not even hold psychological advantage over 4GB RX-580. And as they will be weaker than this 2060, their performance advantage over RX-580 will be pretty low.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 05:33 PM
What are you talking about? RX-580 has some 25~35% lower performance than this top RTX 2060. And costs $175~225.
Those lower 2060 cards with 4/3GB of VRAM will not even hold psychological advantage over 4GB RX-580. And as they will be weaker than this 2060, their performance advantage over RX-580 will be pretty low.
Do your math better. Rx 580 is ~65% slower and rx590 is ~45% slower than 1070ti which is equal or slower than rtx2060. There is no comparison at all here.
What are you talking about? RX-580 has some 25~35% lower performance than this top RTX 2060. And costs $175~225.
Those lower 2060 cards with 4/3GB of VRAM will not even hold psychological advantage over 4GB RX-580. And as they will be weaker than this 2060, their performance advantage over RX-580 will be pretty low.
Do your math better. Rx 580 is ~65% slower and rx590 is ~45% slower than 1070ti which is equal or slower than rtx2060. There is no comparison at all here.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 05:49 PM
Hilbert's numbers:
Battlefield 5: RX-580 is 29% slower than RTX 2060
SotTR: RX-580 is 31% slower than RTX 2060
Deus Ex (MD): RX-580 is 26% slower than RTX 2060
SW BF2: RX-580 is 28% slower than RTX 2060
Strange Brigade: RX-580 is 23% slower than RTX 2060
Far Cry 5: RX-580 is 27% slower than RTX 2060
Formula 1: RX-580 is 38% slower than RTX 2060
Destiny 2: RX-580 is 40% slower than RTX 2060
Witcher 3: RX-580 is 41% slower than RTX 2060
Kingdom Come: RX-580 is 33% slower than RTX 2060
GTA 5: RX-580 is 28% slower than RTX 2060
SoW: RX-580 is 34% slower than RTX 2060
If you want to thank me, go and revisit 3rd grade of elementary school.
Do your math better. Rx 580 is ~65% slower and rx590 is ~45% slower than 1070ti which is equal or slower than rtx2060. There is no comparison at all here.
Hilbert's numbers:
Battlefield 5: RX-580 is 29% slower than RTX 2060
SotTR: RX-580 is 31% slower than RTX 2060
Deus Ex (MD): RX-580 is 26% slower than RTX 2060
SW BF2: RX-580 is 28% slower than RTX 2060
Strange Brigade: RX-580 is 23% slower than RTX 2060
Far Cry 5: RX-580 is 27% slower than RTX 2060
Formula 1: RX-580 is 38% slower than RTX 2060
Destiny 2: RX-580 is 40% slower than RTX 2060
Witcher 3: RX-580 is 41% slower than RTX 2060
Kingdom Come: RX-580 is 33% slower than RTX 2060
GTA 5: RX-580 is 28% slower than RTX 2060
SoW: RX-580 is 34% slower than RTX 2060
If you want to thank me, go and revisit 3rd grade of elementary school.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 06:05 PM
Anyone else think that GPU cards should be released in a cheap=>expensive manner?
This should have been released first, with the 2080 about "now". I don't understand why they release the most expensive cards first - my synapses simply don't care about RTX, not now, and unless the future brings me something worthwhile, probably never.
Anyone else think that GPU cards should be released in a cheap=>expensive manner?
This should have been released first, with the 2080 about "now". I don't understand why they release the most expensive cards first - my synapses simply don't care about RTX, not now, and unless the future brings me something worthwhile, probably never.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 06:16 PM
Perfs are good but the price is too high. No reason to sell my 1070 other than i could probably sell it near as much as i paid for it 1 year and a half ago which is kind of sad to be honest. AMD must release something good soon to put pressure on nVidia. I bought a Ryzen 7 1800x in 2017 for 440$ CAD. So i bought a high end consumer CPU for pretty much the price of this entry level GPU. Yeah i know it performs as well as the 1070 but it's still the cheapest 20xx series GPU you can buy so entry level.
Gonna keep my 1070 for a while even if it's not able to achieve 144fps at 2k most of the time without sacrificing image quality. At least nVidia woke up and will now support Freesync.
Perfs are good but the price is too high. No reason to sell my 1070 other than i could probably sell it near as much as i paid for it 1 year and a half ago which is kind of sad to be honest. AMD must release something good soon to put pressure on nVidia. I bought a Ryzen 7 1800x in 2017 for 440$ CAD. So i bought a high end consumer CPU for pretty much the price of this entry level GPU. Yeah i know it performs as well as the 1070 but it's still the cheapest 20xx series GPU you can buy so entry level.
Gonna keep my 1070 for a while even if it's not able to achieve 144fps at 2k most of the time without sacrificing image quality. At least nVidia woke up and will now support Freesync.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 06:52 PM
I don't understand Nvidia on this Gen.
Why not wait for RTX to mature, add extra cuda cores maybe just support DLSS since it actually improves performance and show big performance uplift compared to Pascal.
the process refinement and the architecture improvements are enough
I don't understand Nvidia on this Gen.
Why not wait for RTX to mature, add extra cuda cores maybe just support DLSS since it actually improves performance and show big performance uplift compared to Pascal.
the process refinement and the architecture improvements are enough
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 06:53 PM
Good card.
Good card.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 07:46 PM
Performance is actually where it should be but $350 isn't really midrange. People with a 1070 from almost 3 years ago (that initially cost $50 more at $399) have little reason to upgrade.
It's still much better price/performance than the rest of the RTX line and makes the 2070 stick out even more as a bad joke.
Performance is actually where it should be but $350 isn't really midrange. People with a 1070 from almost 3 years ago (that initially cost $50 more at $399) have little reason to upgrade.
It's still much better price/performance than the rest of the RTX line and makes the 2070 stick out even more as a bad joke.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 07:51 PM
People keep mentioning the $350 price but no one is going to sell it for msrp.
People keep mentioning the $350 price but no one is going to sell it for msrp.
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Posted on: 01/07/2019 07:51 PM
If the 1160 offers the same performance for a $75 price decrease an a lack of RT cores, I think that would make for a pretty solid mid-range GPU.
If the 1160 offers the same performance for a $75 price decrease an a lack of RT cores, I think that would make for a pretty solid mid-range GPU.
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I was correct since day 1. Equal to 1070ti and faster than Vega 56.
Thanks for the great review boss. Nice and quick work as always.