GeForce RTX 2060 review (founder)

HardwareCaps

2019-01-07 18:52

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

#5624454

Mundosold

2019-01-07 19:46

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.

#5624458

Moto_Life

2019-01-07 19:51

People keep mentioning the $350 price but no one is going to sell it for msrp.

#5624459

schmidtbag

2019-01-07 19:51

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.

#5624467

Robbo9999

2019-01-07 19:58

Mere:

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'd buy the 2060 rather than the 1070ti - it's newer tech for longer & better driver support, plus it has the ray tracing & DLSS capabilities, it's also faster than the GTX 1070ti by quite a margin when running DX12, also Vulkan runs exceptionally well on Turing cards (RTX cards). The difference in amount of VRAM is not that important, because this card is aimed at 1080p and maybe 1440p, and so 6GB is enough VRAM for these resolutions, and the GTX 1070ti only has an additional 2GB VRAM so it's not that different anyway. I'm not gonna buy either though, because I already have a GTX 1070, I'll probably be buying a 7nm NVidia GPU in 2020! This launch of this RTX 2060 is effectively making the GTX 1070ti & GTX 1080 redundant unless they lower the price of GTX 1070ti & GTX 1080.

#5624473

Mannerheim

2019-01-07 20:04

Fail 😉

#5624480

warlord

2019-01-07 20:10

Alright, rtx 2060 is equal to rx 590 for amd fanboys. I was expecting nothing else. And Vega is 50% faster. I won't discuss the subject any further. Give likes and bash Nvidia offerings for life.

#5624482

Killian38

2019-01-07 20:12

Good job Nvidia. First RTX card that will actually sell. GTX 1080 level card for 350 bucks. Not bad.

#5624487

Mere

2019-01-07 20:22

GamesnExu

warlord:

And Vega is 50% faster.

Ru mental or is it Huang ray-rays radiation affecting you? No one said Vega is 50% faster lul

Killian38:

350 bucks

Dream on.

#5624508

Raider0001

2019-01-07 20:45

Mere:

GamesnExu Ru mental or is it Huang ray-rays radiation affecting you? No one said Vega is 50% faster lul Dream on.

it cant be more expensive, AMD is already pushing Sapphires Vega 56 for 329

#5624517

Undying

2019-01-07 20:56

K.S.:

BUT....Will it sell at $350?

No it wont, thats the thing. Something custom like Aorus, strix 2060's will probably be close to 400$.

#5624522

george1976

2019-01-07 21:02

warlord:

Alright, rtx 2060 is equal to rx 590 for amd fanboys. I was expecting nothing else. And Vega is 50% faster. I won't discuss the subject any further. Give likes and bash Nvidia offerings for life.

The fanboy in me is not bashing Ngreedia just yet, he is waiting for the new AMD cards lol.

#5624542

alanm

2019-01-07 22:51

Nvidia now has 3 cards in the same perf/price range. Unless they suddenly cleared out most 1070/ti inventory.

#5624558

Darksword

2019-01-07 23:40

Undying:

No it wont, thats the thing. Something custom like Aorus, strix 2060's will probably be close to 400$.

Yup. $400 is the new AIB mid-range. 🙁

#5624575

Agonist

2019-01-08 00:42

Fox2232:

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.

Just ignore Warlord. He is a complete duntz.

#5624576

chainy

2019-01-08 00:44

Way too expensive, **60 should be around 200 euro's, u can get a vega 56 for 330 now and then, and when undervolted this card can't beat it, u can CF a vega, u can't sli this nor *70, nvidia is just become a very greedy firm and doesn't deserve any kind of support let alone defending.

#5624584

rl66

2019-01-08 01:08

chainy:

Way too expensive, **60 should be around 200 euro's, u can get a vega 56 for 330 now and then, and when undervolted this card can't beat it, u can CF a vega, u can't sli this nor *70, nvidia is just become a very greedy firm and doesn't deserve any kind of support let alone defending.

The pre-sale's price of the RTX 2060 is more or less the price of a RX 590 and for the price you have better than Vega... i agree with you on the price (despite i would like it more in the 50 euro range 🙂 ) but the price is very fine for this kind of GPU, and it will go lower after a few month as always. Then i agree you can OC Vega but the RTX can OC too: so it doesn't change anything (Also Vega is very very ungry even undervolted). Then the CF SLI point: having two GPU card is useless for 99% of the use now as with DX12 there is more bad than good points (AMD and Nvidia too).

#5624586

Undying

2019-01-08 01:14

Agonist:

Just ignore Warlord. He is a complete duntz.

Maybe he'll take it down a notch when he finally buy an nvidia card. 😀

#5624592

Kaarme

2019-01-08 01:21

Unless Nvidia does Intels and releases very soon cards that will make the RTX 2000 line obsolete, I reckon this particular card, with any luck also 2070, ought to be competing with Navi. AMD 500 series is kind of outdated already. Vega with the price drops is more interesting, but also kind of strange because they are supposed to be somewhat high-end (as far as AMD can make anything high-end), but are reduced to competing in the mainstream arena, while still being currently manufactured cards, not only some relics. So, AMD needs to get Navi out in a timely manner. I wouldn't consider something like 590 unless I suddenly lost my current card and had nothing else available (quite an odd hypothetical situation). I'd rather take a Vega, though, with even 64 below 500 euros, 56 much less.

#5624593

warlord

2019-01-08 01:22

I don't care about likes or ignoring, I am on my level in my own world. I will say whatever I like. https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_rtx_2060_review_(founder),32.html I enjoy seeing a mid range beating gtx1080/vega64 here. I am seriously crying out loud! Yeh!