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Not just Intel, but also NVIDIA has been seeing quite a bit of competition from AMD lately and with the 5600 XT inbound sitting at a 300 USD marker, NVIDIA now lowers the price for its GeForce RTX 2060 cards.
The timing is, of course, notable, as next week the 5600 XT (279 USD) with its with 2304 shader processors should become available, and ever since this week you will notice the price drops to 299 USD for 2060. The card with its 1920 activated shader processors originally has been introduced at 349 USD for the reference models. BTW do not confuse the card with the SUPER model at 399 USD and 2176 active shader processors.
It is an interesting move, and also not something that we see often from NVIDIA as once they define pricing, they usually stick to it. This news also is indicative of the fact that the RTX 2060 should be pretty close towards that Radeon RX 5600 XT series of products. You should see the 50 bucks cut-off soon enough in stores.
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#5751690 Posted on: 01/17/2020 02:55 PM
That means one thing: the RX 5600 XT offers a noticeable increase in performance over GTX 1660 Ti that Nvidia can't negate with a refresh.
Healthy competition is so beautiful.
Not unless they make a 1660 Ti Super...
That means one thing: the RX 5600 XT offers a noticeable increase in performance over GTX 1660 Ti that Nvidia can't negate with a refresh.
Healthy competition is so beautiful.
Not unless they make a 1660 Ti Super...
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#5751692 Posted on: 01/17/2020 02:57 PM
That's nice.
Lower prices means healthy competition.
That's nice.
Lower prices means healthy competition.
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#5751693 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:01 PM
Well as long as you can ray trace and use dlss where properly applicable for just under 300€, it's a better/superior value even from used vega56/64-gtx1070ti/80. Very attractive...!
Well as long as you can ray trace and use dlss where properly applicable for just under 300€, it's a better/superior value even from used vega56/64-gtx1070ti/80. Very attractive...!
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#5751695 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:03 PM
There is a gap now between 2060 and 2060S (299-399$) where radeon rx5700 sits alone.
There is a gap now between 2060 and 2060S (299-399$) where radeon rx5700 sits alone.
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#5751699 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:08 PM
I have no intention of upgrading at the moment, but I am very excited to see anything that makes prices go down. The 5600XT is gonna be a huge hit which will put some serious pressure on Nvidia's Ampere mid range cards.
I have no intention of upgrading at the moment, but I am very excited to see anything that makes prices go down. The 5600XT is gonna be a huge hit which will put some serious pressure on Nvidia's Ampere mid range cards.
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#5751700 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:11 PM
Well true, but all it's about technology. I can find 5700xt at 399. I wouldn't touch it as long as I see more and more games supporting rt. And if you do enable this in amd hardware, Vega is more powerful than current midrange Navi. It's a strange gpu to invest even for the near future.
There is a gap now between 2060 and 2060S (299-399$) where radeon rx5700 sits alone.
Well true, but all it's about technology. I can find 5700xt at 399. I wouldn't touch it as long as I see more and more games supporting rt. And if you do enable this in amd hardware, Vega is more powerful than current midrange Navi. It's a strange gpu to invest even for the near future.
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#5751701 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:14 PM
These midrange cards are not made for rt. Lets be honest 2060 6gb cant handle it unless you have 50% res dlss and lower settings. You should not be worrying about it for now.
Well true, but all it's about technology. I can find 5700xt at 399. I wouldn't touch it as long as I see more and more games supporting rt. And if you do enable this in amd hardware, Vega is more powerful than current midrange Navi. It's a strange gpu to invest even for the near future.
These midrange cards are not made for rt. Lets be honest 2060 6gb cant handle it unless you have 50% res dlss and lower settings. You should not be worrying about it for now.
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#5751702 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:17 PM
I think this was true with launch games but newer titles are getting better RT performance. The DF video on Youngblood shows the 2060 doing 60 at QHD on the highest settings. Also the DLSS implementation in that game is crazy good.
These midrange cards are not made for rt. Lets be honest 2060 6gb cant handle it unless you have 50% res dlss and lower settings. You should not be worrying about it for now.
I think this was true with launch games but newer titles are getting better RT performance. The DF video on Youngblood shows the 2060 doing 60 at QHD on the highest settings. Also the DLSS implementation in that game is crazy good.
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#5751703 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:32 PM
It was a 2060Super which is much more powerful. He also said game using more than 8GB vram on highest settings or you missed that. I give the credit to Id tech engine which it had great performance in the first place.
I think this was true with launch games but newer titles are getting better RT performance. The DF video on Youngblood shows the 2060 doing 60 at QHD on the highest settings. Also the DLSS implementation in that game is crazy good.
It was a 2060Super which is much more powerful. He also said game using more than 8GB vram on highest settings or you missed that. I give the credit to Id tech engine which it had great performance in the first place.
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#5751705 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:47 PM
That's exactly what I want to see in the oficial reviews.
Well as long as you can ray trace and use dlss where properly applicable for just under 300€, it's a better/superior value even from used vega56/64-gtx1070ti/80. Very attractive...!
That's exactly what I want to see in the oficial reviews.
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#5751707 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:51 PM
Ah yeah, I didn't know it was the 2060 Super - but i'd still argue the 2060 Super is a midrange card and can handle it quite well. I think it definitely cuts off there though as far as RT, I can't see lesser cards doing it without architecture level improvements.
The other thing too though, when consoles get RT I'm sure devs will start utilizing it for other features. Sound, for example, was mentioned a few times in the past as not requiring a significant amount of rays but definitely benefiting from the acceleration when calculating bounces. Will be interesting to see what things get created when the hardware is more ubiquitous.
It was a 2060Super which is much more powerful. He also said game using more than 8GB vram on highest settings or you missed that. I give the credit to Id tech engine which it had great performance in the first place.
Ah yeah, I didn't know it was the 2060 Super - but i'd still argue the 2060 Super is a midrange card and can handle it quite well. I think it definitely cuts off there though as far as RT, I can't see lesser cards doing it without architecture level improvements.
The other thing too though, when consoles get RT I'm sure devs will start utilizing it for other features. Sound, for example, was mentioned a few times in the past as not requiring a significant amount of rays but definitely benefiting from the acceleration when calculating bounces. Will be interesting to see what things get created when the hardware is more ubiquitous.
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#5751709 Posted on: 01/17/2020 03:57 PM
Let's not give them any more ideas lol.
Not unless they make a 1660 Ti Super...
Let's not give them any more ideas lol.
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#5751711 Posted on: 01/17/2020 04:00 PM
Why stop there? 1660 Ti Super Ti looks like a winner
On a more serious note about time nVidia reduce the price of the 2060. The price of the 2060 Super should be reduced too. nVidia should also keep the 2070 around at a reduced price somewhere in between a 2060 Super and 2070 Super. The price of the 2070 Super is just out of reach of most people outside of USA and the other options are not very enticing for gamers with 500 of their local currency to spend.
In Canada apples to apples (same manufacturer GB and same cooler/model Gaming OC) :
5700 484$
5700XT 543$
2060 516$
2060 Super 556$
2070 Super 719$
When you start adding the taxes the price of a good 3 fans oced and not too noisy 2070 Super is just ridiculous imo. We are talking around 800$ CAD. Some higher end models like FTW3 Ultra+ and Aorus after taxes can get close to 1k$ CAD.
At this point i'm willing to deal with AMD new drivers problem for a while. Perfectly happy with my 5700XT performance and it was almost 200$ CAD less than a 2070 Super after taxes when i bought it. I'll revise my position next gen but nVidia will have to get a clue when it comes to pricing.
Not unless they make a 1660 Ti Super...
Why stop there? 1660 Ti Super Ti looks like a winner
On a more serious note about time nVidia reduce the price of the 2060. The price of the 2060 Super should be reduced too. nVidia should also keep the 2070 around at a reduced price somewhere in between a 2060 Super and 2070 Super. The price of the 2070 Super is just out of reach of most people outside of USA and the other options are not very enticing for gamers with 500 of their local currency to spend.
In Canada apples to apples (same manufacturer GB and same cooler/model Gaming OC) :
5700 484$
5700XT 543$
2060 516$
2060 Super 556$
2070 Super 719$
When you start adding the taxes the price of a good 3 fans oced and not too noisy 2070 Super is just ridiculous imo. We are talking around 800$ CAD. Some higher end models like FTW3 Ultra+ and Aorus after taxes can get close to 1k$ CAD.
At this point i'm willing to deal with AMD new drivers problem for a while. Perfectly happy with my 5700XT performance and it was almost 200$ CAD less than a 2070 Super after taxes when i bought it. I'll revise my position next gen but nVidia will have to get a clue when it comes to pricing.
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#5751757 Posted on: 01/17/2020 06:51 PM
It's not a good trait for a new card that it comes better value than a used xy card only after a price cut.
Well as long as you can ray trace and use dlss where properly applicable for just under 300€, it's a better/superior value even from used vega56/64-gtx1070ti/80. Very attractive...!
It's not a good trait for a new card that it comes better value than a used xy card only after a price cut.
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That means one thing: the RX 5600 XT offers a noticeable increase in performance over GTX 1660 Ti that Nvidia can't negate with a refresh.
Healthy competition is so beautiful.