NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB Review: Overclocking, Ray-Tracing, Thermals
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2024
- This review looks at the new NVIDIA RTX 2060 Founders Edition card vs. RTX 2070, GTX 1070, 960, Vega 56, and more.
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Reviewing the RTX 2060 Founders Edition card takes aim primarily at gaming benchmarks, with particular effort dedicated to thermals, overclocking, power, and noise. The overclocking results are the most interesting, considering how they interact with RTX 2070 positioning, and are worth a close look when considering buying the RTX 2060 vs. RTX 2070. Vega 56 also gets testing, of course, and represents the more enthusiast OC style.
As for thermals, power, and noise, the RTX 2060 undergoes this testing with the Founders Edition cooler and reference PCB, which is the same as a reference RTX 2070 PCB except with fewer memory modules.
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Is it just me or do the Vega cards seem to consistently have better 0.1% lows?
@@jjames267 it's not just you. The fact that Vega is still a viable purchase now considering it's low value at launch, says alot for the RTX value. If AMD fires back this year with 7nm, the entire market could shift.
Holy! The other tech TH-camrs posting 9 minute videos then you’ve got GN posting a 28 minute video. Bravo, you win this one Steve & Co.
I mean I was told there wouldn't be reviews until the 14th January, the day before official release. Is this review mistakenly uploaded early or was what I heard wrong?
And as always, GN is packed minute to minute with information.
@@1invag No. This is embargo lift.
Dont they do this always?
@@GamersNexus awesome 😊 great content by the way as always. Thankyou
Like the other RTX cards, it's only a midrange card in name. It's not a 60 card, for the price it's a 70 card, but marketing is powerful and some people have already accepted the stupid price hike
1060 released at 300 and dropped to 250. 250 to 350 for 60% more performance is a fairer price / performance hike
@@InsuredFrames The FE 1060 was $300, the standard one was $250.
Not that it matters because it's not 2016. You compare current prices to current products. The fact of the matter is, you're getting 60% more performance for a 40% increase in cost. A mere ~15% increase in perf/$, when it should be a ~75% increase at least (aka 1080 perf for ~$250), two and a half years after the 1080 launched.
@@InsuredFrames who cares, you are still getting less vram for the price, even if its faster. This is only screwing over the consumers, typical nvidia. I really hope those navi rumors pan out now as if one can achieve GTX 1080/ RTX 2070 performance for $300 then it really makes this card a joke.
@@InsuredFrames The 1060 launched at $250. Steve said so in the video and a quick google search confirms it.
@walentaz Didnt it match the gtx1080 in SotTR, while techincally the 1080 had a higher ave. fps but 0.0135 vs 0.0129 second frametime difference really isnt that distinguishable
I've said it before, and I will say it again. Thank you for including F1 titles in your reviews. Some of us pretty much only play racing titles and benchmarks for open world games don't exactly equate.
350$ is still too much for xx60 cards.They used to be 200-250$ cards.Cant wait to buy one in EU for sweet 500€
Those days over my friend sadly
The RTX2060 FE is €375,- in Holland , that is still $419,- for the cut-down version !
JUST FUCK NVIDIA !
Better buy used 10xx or if you really want a new card, cross your fingers for AMD because even if this was not as bad as the 2080 and 2070, AMD still has the door right open before them. *anything* better than 64 would just sweep the current market.
@@gertjanvandermeij4265 just buy a vega 64 for 400 with samsung memory oc it to match the 2070 ( as a bonus atm get free games and save $200 on your monitor ;p )
xx60 is a name. Literally a name.
XX60 series are always around 200 to 250 range. Now it's 350, this is ridiculous beyond me.
but 1300€ for a 2080ti isnt already?
i loved the 300 FE price on 1060 and the current 300 USD price of it on newegg
@@MaggotCZ imo far too expensive. looking at a 580 8gb for around 200€ its no comparison. picked a 1060 3gb up for 150€ used around a year ago or so. that was ok considering mining craze and that it was the 3 gb variant
Yep. Because of nvidias constant price raises, i'm definitely buying AMD the next time i upgrade.
For the performance you're getting out of this card, it being $200-$250 was a pipe dream lol. Even more so due to lack of competition from AMD. Maybe that will change this year but we will see how AMD responds.
Watching this 2021 as I bought a 2060 to get Steve’s opinion.
‘The market is full and complex’
Oh how I laugh and cry now.
How much did you pay? Got mine March 2021 for $800… yeah a dumb move some may say but I had a Radeon R9 200 so it was time and I wanted to play Cyberpunk and other games decently. Have been pleasantly surprised. With Alex’s recommended settings from Digital Foundry I can turn RT reflections on and stay at 60fps so it’s been worth it.
@@fensoxx I bought the RTX 2060 Super 8GB Strix ROG version from Asus for about $650 in 2020.
@@anelhovermale2317 nice you got away with it cheaper than I. But the 2060 in general has been such a fantastic gpu don’t ya think? Especially watching the review of the new 3050 and we are still crushing that card.
I bought a evga rtx 2060 ko ultra for $510, so yeah the market is just bad xD! But I love my 2060! Just wish there were free ray tracing games because I only know Minecraft ray tracing at the moment!
@@dominicshortbow1828 if you haven’t played Control on the 2060 yet I highly recommend it. You can max out every setting, raytracing included once you turn on dlss. It’s on gamepass too.
350$ is a lot for mid-range card. If it was like always 200-250$ I would buy it immediately.
I am waiting at Navi at this point like a lot of people.
Btw did you see the prices for RTX notebooks? Just wow.
or the 1160
I haven't seen any of the prices. How much are we talking? $2,000? Macbook Pro (full spec'd) prices?
@calistorich bruh.....I just saw some prices. RTX2060 laptops are going for $1800 - $2500 and RTX 2080 models are $2500-$4000 (with Base specs).
What the fuck. If AMD launches some Navi (discrete gpu) laptops for all under $1500 and similar performance, they will literally obliterate in the mobile market. I knew RTX was gonna be pricey on Laptops but hot damn.
rtx 2060 is more than midrange card performance wise. especially when overclocked.
Nvidia has officially killed the mid range. $350-$400 for cut down, bottom of the barrel 106 class silicon. I don't care that it matches 1070 Ti/1080, the 1060 BEAT the 980 in many games at the normal (X)X60 class price category (and had 50% more VRAM to boot). Nvidia has consistently been increasing prices while simultaneously moving lower quality GPU dies/silicon into higher card tiers (e.g. 2070 now uses 106 class GPU die vs 104 of previous generations).
This. No thanks to garbage 12nm silicon.
it kinda matches 1070-1080 only if you OC it and get the silicon lottery . Which many users do not. It is better value than the other models but still, 350$ is too much for mid-range.
You can also thank AMD for that. Once again, all they have to compete with them is years old technology that uses a lot more power.
The 980 and 1060 isnt the normal upgrade performance but the outlier. We normally expect the x60 to equal the previous x70 for the same price with no additional tech.
Now we have the 2060 OC matching the 1080 with additional tech and an increase in cost. But still less than the 1070Ti which it beats without using the additional tech
Let’s hope for the 1150
This makes the 2070 look like poor value
Thats because it is
@@pandabuttonftw745 I know, i should have said more poor value*
Excalis Ogre lord a 1080 for the same price of a 1080 but with more features and current generation? Why is that poor value? I can see people’s gripes with the 2080 and 2080Ti but I never got people’s hate for the 2070
Well you outta skip every other release if your into that.
The price difference is too big but the 2GB more VRAM could become a huge advantage over time, there are already games that need 8GB to play at max settings at 1440p.
The most expensive generational cost jump, during the longest generational gap, for the smallest real world generational performance gain.
These three things should NEVER coincide. 1, maybe 2, ok. All three? Can we just start calling them iGPU's yet? Have they changed their name to apple finally?
@Grand Admiral Thrawn Was being sarcastic. iGPU, like iPOD? Get it?
@Grand Admiral Thrawn Cause they are treating their customers more and more like Apple every gen....
And the zealots lap it up. Memory is so short, they can't even remember one gen ago.
There are genuinly people going around saying: "Expecting this level of performance for 250 was a pipe dream".
smh
Mbn for Nvidia to have such loyal customers.
A 60% performance bump isn't negligible...
so 250USD GTX/RTX 2030 is going to be Nvidia's mid-range card?
probably
my guess is 2050=1060 and 2030=1050ti
There will be no RTX on any products below the RTX 2060. Entry, Mid, and High level peoducts will always be the same... entry level: GT XX30 and GTX XX50. Mid: GTX/RTX XX60 High-End: GTX/RTX XX80 and Titan Series. You get the idea..... Not sure where the XX70 cards fall into. My guess is in the Mid-range...
@@Alastasius im sorry but 300+ isnt midrange, i dont care what part numbers and marketing they put behind it.
RT 2010 = GTX 1050
RT 2000 = GT 1030
I purchased a 1070ti for 350 not too long ago. Got to say I'm impressed that the 2060 performs as well as it does. But this does show me that I'm probably good for the next 4 years before worrying about an upgrade.
Lol 4 years , um no unless you play at 1080p for four years .
ericimi yeah when you have about a 24 inch monitor playing on 4k is just dumb...
I do play at 1080p. Why would I bump to 1440p when 1080p is just fine.
@@ericimi
You do realize that the majority of people play at 1080. Going beyond that on a small screen is just pissing your money away.
Not really if 3xxx is coming next year which probably depends on what amd can do this year. Nvidia basicly kept the mining prices while introducing a gimmick that bottlenecks every card it is implemented on.
my overclocked 2060 is still going strong 2 years later boosting to 2.1Ghz easily, basically matching 2070 stock performance. Very good performance overall still and the card aged very well imo. I got mine for like $280 as well. I will sit on it until 4060. That should be a good upgrade :)
I hope all the games add DLSS2.0 support in the mean time, it gives this card a lot of lasting potential. It runs Cyberpunk really well because of it while gtx1080 struggles a lot.
I just bought helios 300 laptop with rtx 20 and i hope it will going for 3 years since rtx 30 laptop got high demand from miner :^)
guessing you also aint getting a 4060 and sticking with a 2060 huh
at what voltage are you reaching 2.1GHz, also how was you luck with memory OC?
So picking up a new Vega 64 for $350 or so the other day was a good deal afterall
depends on what amd is going to announce in 2 days ;-)
you can get three games with that
@@EduardPech Dont get your hopes up.. Nothing amazing has happened since the 7970 and 290x release..
@@DarkLinkAD you are right, that you shouldnt hold the hopes up high, but maybe there comes a banger. who knows?
Was looking at the $399 sapphire Vega 64/3 games.
Think I'm gonna get it.
The green goblin has done it. A "midrange" card for 350-400$.
Really hope Navi doesn't flop.
350 to 400 in the us... here in sweden there showing up for 4300 sek for the cheapest ...about 460 dollars,,,seriously this is kinda crazy,,, and the second hand market in sweden is total gabage
But the 2060 is no longer placed against the RX580/590, but the Vega56 in terms of out of the box performance. The price tag is also closer to the Vega56 than the RX590. And there is of course the Nvidia premium just because they can..
Navi needs to be a winner for AMD. Everybody was kind of hoping that the Vega64 would be much closer to GTX1080TI than it actually did. AMD needs a GPU that is at least an improved over the GTX1080TI. Mining saved AMD big time..
They need at least an RTX2080 comparable GPU. If they would price it at the $750, it is still a lot cheaper than the RTX2080 and at the same time it allows AMD to finally make some profit in order to boost their R&D..
Mid-range is supposed to be $350-$400. This is a low end card for $350-400.
@@2Fast4Mellow yes but a V56 bios modded to 64 and clocked 1700/1100 demolishes a 2060... actually demolishes a stock 2070 and matches a clocked 2070.
@@2Fast4Mellow This is what happens when there is no competition in the market. Nvidia had no real competition for most pricing brackets or literally any competition in this "new tech" that's basically just throwing dedicated muscle at a problem until it's not so bad. They bumped everything up a pricing bracket to match their lastgen performance-counterparts, and there is nothing AMD can do to really compete until Navi. The only competition Nvidia has right now is practicality in the sense that you don't need any of these new cards for much of anything really unless you want an antialiasing prototype that situationally looks and performs better.
I also don't think Navi is going to reach the 1080TI. If anything I suspect we'll probably see 2070 performance for 1070 prices, the way it should be. Maybe if we're lucky we'll get 2080 performance for 1080 prices, but I'm highly skeptical AMD would push Navi into that sector of the market when Vega2 is becoming a thing.
I am really hyped...
.... for AMD Navi.
Honestly the RTX 2060 was better than I expected but all in all I expect propably the same improvement in performance from the 1000 series to the 2000 series but while the prices stay the same. Hopefully AMD will be nearly as good as rumored. What makes this whole RTX like a test project of Nvidia is that Nvidia propably will release a new generation of gpus by late 2019 or early 2020 on 7nm
Hype train.....
CHOOOO CHOOOO...
Its scary how many people buy fucking gpus for over 1200€ only for gaming
Woooooooooooop
@@robinkonig5828 I mean I would too if I had the money. Also the price doesn't kill sales too badly if there's no competition at all.
@@HAHA.GoodMeme AMD sucks ass.
Up until now I have always bought mid-range GPUs. 350 is what i considered entering into high-end ones and the new NVidia line seems out of reach for me. I hope AMD will deliver new good tech with lower prices.
Sales will definitely bring this 2060 down to $300
This is a highend card. All rtx cards Are highend. Wait for gtx cards for middle range or get 1060 now, or better 580 From amd.
Can we please stop doing Nvidia favors and only compare $ to $ and not the 1060 to the 2060. Nobody went shopping and went "I need a XX60 card!", we all find out how much money we can spend and chose what is better at the price range.
@@MrMatthewb9876 No you don't. There is no upper limit in how much you can spend on electronics. RTX Titan is still just a retail item, it is by no means the best Nvidia can make without regard for cost.
@@MrMatthewb9876 The point is that there is no upper limit. Nvidia has no problem making a GPU 20 times as fast as a Titan, they just a have problem selling it because it will most likely cost in the millions with current tech.
@@MrMatthewb9876 I used to rip off/con people like you when I was young. Easy money but it wasn't sustainable unfortunately, something Nvidia/Apple and gaming industry will learn the hard way.
Matthew B. You're really stupid.
@@quentinels3698 It's probably inverted lol
... cant wait for the RTX 3040 DDR4.. $299
3gb? 😂
@@JayyBlaze216 4GB but that last .5gb lacks L2 cache, reducing it 1/7th speed of the other streaming mulitprocessors :)
RT 3040 DDR4*
Just don't buy it, it will go away.
First, I would like to congratulate you guys in advance for reaching the 500K subscribers mark. As far as the RTX 2060 is concerned, the $349 MSRP won't last even for an hour after launch, forget days. Btw, can we have brand new GTX 1070ti for $300< now?
Yea those "rumors" were funny when these dudes had the videos done already
What do you expect? they still can't just come out and confirm everything. They get the products early when they agree to an NDA, they can only release info on the date NVidea gives them
0 mention of 1070 or 1070 ti in the conclusion? Makes far more sense to compare with these than 960/1060/590. Pricing/performance is a completely different league, only similarity is in the name.
its make it useless when this card is released
Linus compared to 1070 defo not worth the upgrade
@@NderFN its not a card that you buy to upgrade a 1070 but its a card to consider to buy instead of a 1070
@@Jimemy so completely pointless card then
@@NderFN most people don't upgrade every time a new card comes out. So people looking to buy a card today with current prices the 2060 is a better value then 1070.
6 GB Vram is too low for some games on highest settings even in 1080p. There are some publications that pointed that out. You even noticed an inconsistent run in BV5 in 1080p. Without the ram limitations 6 GB are not always enough. And things won´t get better in the future. Except that it´s a nice review. Thanks!
Robert Neumann that’s funny because 4 you tubers made videos called is 6gb of vram enough and would you look at that they all said yes :) don’t get me wrong it’s not future proof but your also stupid if you don’t think it’s not enough right now
Let's hope Nvidia is planning their 1160 launch sometime in March without ray tracing. The 2060 series is no longer a budget option.
2 years after the initial release and I'm still rocking with this bad boy :))) There's just no complain about this card
How it perform still good?
@@youknowwhoiam1412 yeah, the card can still hold up to these latest games at 1080p fairly well
@@trananhson9455 at max graphics settings
@@youknowwhoiam1412 I would recommend high or mix of high and mediums in more demanding games like AC Vahalla or Cyberpunk
In that case it would be very interesting how the card, espacially the frametimes behaves if you reduce the amount of RAM to 16GB or even 8GB - cause 6GB VRAM seems very low for a 1070ti/vega 56 like card to me; therefore there could be an issues with less RAM.
This is also something the breadth userbase is likely to acounter, cause of it more "budget friendly" price!
Thanks for the great review!
Yeah i would like to see that too.
Btw nice to see you Don. ;-)
@@zerospampls3980 Haven`t seen you in a long time. :)
And that's what makes your reviews good. Thanks GN and a Happy New Year to you all.
GamersNexus content is the only content worth watching.
the guys over at hardware unboxed are worth watching as well
Linus is just out of ideas again.........
@@will3641 We want professional content, not some dude on meth.
@@Alastasius I won't agree on that in the past, but now, I completely agree with you......
I watched Jayz video before this one, and all he did was showcase the 2060 pretty much and talk it up. Really put me off, comparing a 2060 to a 590 when they are different price points is bad too. Vega 56 was 400 at launch, 64 was 500. Vega 64 is on sale on Newegg for 400. Idk if this site is good, but here are some comparisons. www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=4051&gid2=3957&compare=geforce-rtx-2060-6gb-vs-radeon-rx-vega-64-air-xt-8gb Considering the hbm2, and the cryptocurrency vega craze. And that Vega was a fail for price/performance at launch. If amd fires back with 7nm gpus at good value, they are going to steal alot of market share. And I for 1 hope they do. Nvidia has lost their minds.
Thank you for addressing price increase. I'm seeing far too many articles and videos where people only address performance over the 1060 instead of addressing the fact that the rtx2060 costs as much as a gtx 1070ti or even a used gtx 1080 (I actually happened to get the latter for $350).
So two year old 1070 performance minus 2GB of ram for $350, seems like a bargain lol
1070ti performance, and 6 gb of gddr6 should perform better than 8gb of gddr5
You forgot that it just works
The clue is in the minus 2GB of Vram. You know the stuff you load textures and stuff in.
@@Moin0123 Difference in R6 and R5X VRAM will be negligible at *best*, it's like you're going out of your way to ignore the fact that 2 more GBs of VRAM is objectively better.
crown most games dont even use more than 3 gigs
This have been the best GPU benchmark type video ive seen on youtube
So it's 50% better performance than a 1060, for a 50% higher price.
What happened to progress.
The RTX shit made it more expensive sadly
50% of the time... Every time.....
Physics.
@@TheCPMartin
Nope we ain't there yet.
given that the RTX series is on a smaller node, we should be expecting the gains from that half node shrink and any frequency and architectural improvements.
We went from 1280 to 1920 cuda cores but over twice the die size on a smaller node due to the 2060 being a cut down 2070.
Physics has nothing to do with it as it's more than feasible for them to have fitted 1920 cores on a much smaller die that would have been only slightly larger than a GP106 (200mm). Interestingly there's little to no frequency gain but there is a 50% cuda core gain that is corresponding to the performance increase.
Node shrink = more cores (that's physics), it's purely the decision of management that has caused this.
ngreedia made it more expensive
I'm glad you show 4K performance. Sick of reviewers assuming that "4K capable" means max settings on least optimised games at highest settings. Even 1060 is 4K capable on games from 2016 and earlier for example.
RTX is a travesty. I bought my watercooled 1080 18 months ago for 550. Still feeling good about that buy, no need to upgrade this gen and if i do it will be Radeon VII if it's good enough. I'm fed up with Nvidia.
Excellent review!
I still have to say a big FU to nVidia though. It's great that performance is up compared to the 1060, but it should be at 50%+ more in cost. No thanks. I'll keep on using my GTX 760 for a while longer.
What could, and should, have been:
2080ti- $800
2080- $600
2070- $400
2060- $250
this just makes the 2070 look bad tbh
Thats because it is
still spicey pricey
You know the situation is shit when the vega 56 seems to be a nice choice.
Wait for driver fix. It will fix ur thinking.
Just paid $450 for my 2070 and absolutely think it's worth it. For the extra $100 I get a 10-15 fps average increase at 1440p, 2GB's of VRAM and extra headroom for 4k and Ray Tracing. While the 2070 is all I can realistically afford, 4k is a big deal for me as I have a nice 4k TV.
For example, I just played the RE2 Remake demo at 4k/60 and it only really dropped below 60 in a cutscene with heavy DOF usage. I had almost no GPU headroom, though. If I was on a 2060 I'd be dropping below 60 FPS consistently. 2070 also has extra ray tracing headroom thanks to a minor increase in rt cores and tensor cores.
I had no idea the reviews were coming today LOL, got bombarded with RTX 2060 videos xD
If you're in India are looking into buying a gtx 1070 ($500) a rtx 2060 FE ($440) is a better deal overall. These prices may be terrifying for people from NA but that's how the import taxes and laws are in India. Btw gtx 1060 6gb is about $340(underclocked zotac mini) to $410(MSI gx).
People who are complaining about the GTX 2060 being priced at $350 are seriously daft. The VAST majority of gamers out there according to many statistics play their games up to 1080p resolutions. Look up on store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey under display resolution. 1080p and below amounts to a total of 91% of gamers out there. And probably 90% of those play on monitors that are standard 60Hz. 1080p 60FPS IS STILL THE STANDARD for gaming.
And here we're talking about bloody 4K performance, where the GTX 2060 is able to consistently deliver playable framerates of over 40FPS, up to 60FPS! At maximum details! For 1080p max details, a GTX 1060 will average out at over 100FPS in Sniper Elite, for crying out loud! A GTX 1060 is capable of flat out 1080p 60FPS on every AAA game out there (with some tweaking of details here and there). THAT is the mid range for 91% of the gamers out there and the 1060 delivers in spades.
GTX 2060 is already in a premium mid range league here, delivering 50% more performance. For the same 50% or so of extra cash. How is that a problem? Those 3.9% that play games at 2K according to Seam will also get a bloody good value out of the GTX 2060 at $350. What is your point with these complaints?
This amount of whining is beyond ridiculous.
Too bad everyone is still buying 10-series cards. If this was $250, it would be worth considering.
Excellent video as always, the only thing that I would like to point out is that you constantly use the word "playable" to describe 60+ FPS, but in really 30 FPS is pretty playable, sure it's not the best but definitely playable
Wow rtx 2060 oc is nipping on both the 2070 and 1080 in 4k..looks like the future is bright with the custom aib 2060,looking fwd to upgrade to this once reasonably priced to play witcher3 on my 4k tv
yeah i think the rtx 2060 witcher 3 1080p performance is about double compared to the old gtx 970
@@larryteslaspacexboringlawr739 in 4k high i think 2060 wont be hard to get 50-60fps
@@HuntaKiller91 cool cool cool now i just need to save more money to afford 4k monitor
Awesome review! Considering this card as part of a pre-built gaming rig! :)
1080p here, freesync monitor, rx580 8gb custom one for 180€, more than enough for casual gaming and 60+ fps with reasonable picture quality. For more I'll just wait for new amd cards. Even freesync support won't help them now with these insulting prices. Gonna end up smacking their head against the wall like intel did.
you have no idea how many ppl consider this is at reasonable price...
they are masked at the high price of the 2080 range, and in comparison, 350 is dirt cheap
but i for one, will not buy into their dirty tactics
Great video GN it's why I always come here for reviews others have 10min reviews sure they are quick to give you the stats you need to know. But I prefer my in-depth reviews GN the place to be for that
Imagine paying 350$ (400$ board parters card, most likely 500 $ in my country) when you can buy a PS4 PRO for that money.
Imagine buying super expensive pc parts when you can buy a PS4 pro for the price of just one pc component. Imagine playing boring, casual, unoptimized, unfinished politically correct, shite games full of microtransactions/ cosmetics/ pay to win/ grind like Fallout 76, Pubg, Atlas, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Battlefield 5, COD Black Opps 4, Star Citizen, No Mans Sky, We Happy Few, Assasins Creed Unity on super expensive components when you can play awesome games like Last of Us, Shadow of Colossus, The Last Guardian, Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider Man, Death Stranding, Days Gone,Ghost of Tsushima, LAst of Us 2 on hardware that costs much, much less.
So glad i bought a PS4 PRO. Next is a 4k TV and the games. In the end i'll pay half the money i would pay on a gaming pc and play awesome games. Sayonara pc gaming.
NGreedia, Shintel, Ubisoft, EA, Betshitda can just go fuck themselves.
I was mere hours away from buying a 1070 and I opened TH-cam this morning to see the 2060 videos. Glad I hadn't pulled the trigger yet.
I guess GDDR5 was really holding back last gen graphics. Really hoping for a big GPU from AMD at CES.
AMD will never catch up with Nvidia lol
There's not much difference in games between G5 and G6
@@theendurance i wouldn't so sure about that, people said AMD will never catch up with intel but now they're pretty close and who know what kind of performance they will bring with their upcoming 7nm CPU.
@@roikhanulyahamidan9978 Agreed, imo Intel was further ahead of AMD during the Core vs FX days than Nvidia is ahead of AMD now.
FX CPU's were never a great buy, even at low prices, whereas AMD GPU's do have a place in the market for their price.
580 trades blows with the 1060, 590 is slightly faster, both reasonably priced.
Vega 56 trades blows with the 1070, can easily match the 1080 through overclocking,
Vega 64 trades blows with the 1070ti/1080/2070, depending on the game.
As someone with a 1070ti and a Vega 64 I can say, I actually prefer AMD's software (Radeon drivers+ReLive) for most games.
They don't really need to have the fastest card to stay competitive.
They absolutely do need to deliver with Navi though, because they certainly are behind in raw performance and efficiency.
There's absolutely NO NEED to watch ANY other video now, Gamer Nexus just owned all the other reviewers!!! ahahah :)
Meh, the performance is not enough to upgrade.. maybe the next gen 60 model will be the card to go to?
Might be the GTX 760 (or i5 2500) kind of upgrade we all look for.
P.s. I know, i expected too much.. but i guess 2020 might be the year of upgrades. New CPU's are coming, new GPU's too.. soo it might be a good time for a fresh windows install (plus a new 1 TB SSD)
For the record, this whole new gen looks disappointing, just look at the 2070 price and then the performance. Uhhhg, wake me up in a year /goes to sleep.
@@Starfals Well lets see what AMD does with Navi first.
@@themadoneplays7842 Yepp, im super excited for the new AMD CPU and GPU's! Lets hope they finally bring some competition to the market
@@Starfals Indeed, I mean they have certainly got some attention with ryzen and that is doing quite well. But now they need ammo in the GPU market, sure they had some with both Polaris and Vega but we need killer cards from them. If they can achieve GTX 1080 performance for $300 then we have something, they dont have to beat the GTX 1080Ti or RTX 2080Ti to gain back ground.
Its the midrange where we need them as it seems Nvidia is tossing the midrange out the door.
Don't let the zealots and shills tell you that you expected too much.
This launch just sucks.
FYI: F1 Benchmark - Just watch with the F1 2018 benchmark video section, as Liberty Media the owners of F1 have today been issuing copyright strikes to gameplay/streamers videos on TH-cam. If you need any verification, see 'F1 Copyright' in a search on Twitter. I just thought id tell you as a fan of both F1 and you guys, as i know that you use F1 as a DX11 game in your benchmarks. Some Channels have has 150+ claims against them.
I know you are at CES, so keep producing the great content.
Reviewers need to stop testing GTA 5, honestly.
It still has one of the highest playerbase of all games on steam. It wouldn't make sense to discard it even though I also would like to see it gone from charts.
Yeah its not even a great benchmark. It was fine when it was quite new but its aged now and there are better titles.
@@invalid8774nd its also not a very heavy demanding game except the crazy grass and vegetation
RepsUp100 thank you
The problem with GTA V is that the soft framecap makes testing artificial. I guess a 2060 is low tier enough where you might be curious about 1440p and/or 4K performance but otherwise you're likely to be jacking up AA and/or supersampling to keep the framerate under 150 or whatever the limit is.
Man I never noticed you guys did overclocking reviews too. Other reviewers should take notes. I just realized this because I was actively looking for OC results on this card.
So Nvidia just killed their 2070 line
Ready to buy 2070ti?
It's basically a 1070ti vs a 1080, except the 1070ti was $50 less but the 2060 is $150 less than the 2070
As usual a really in-depth review, unbiased and based only on numbers. Price is what makes this card not worth in my opinion.
Since you talked about unimpressive power/performance scaling why not, if possible, shunt mod a 1060 to see how much the performance gains are due to architecture and optimization, and how much are due to more power used.
Isn't this shit supposed to apparently be faster than the 1070ti
I cant wait for the 2060 to show up. This 970 is on its last days, struggling under load and experiencing random black screen crap outs. the 970 sister card i got for sli died several months ago.
So, it's a 1070ti at 1070ti prices... we should upgrade to this... why exactly?
1070 Ti MSRP at release was $450.
Excellent review (as usual).
Just to expound a little on (cooling fans') dB measurements as they relate to our perception of volume:
3dB = perceptible difference
6dB = significant difference
10dB = twice apparent volume
The 1060 cost 350usd where I live, this it's gonna cost like 650usd... Yeah I wasn't wanting to upgrade anyways...
Wow they are 1060s in the states for 200$ to 250$ price range
@@caribbaviator7058 Yeah, if you want to import one to my country you got to pay like 50% of taxes, add the cut of the reseller and you end up with that price, and that's the cheapest one, a tiny single fan EVGA card, if you want something like an Asus with triple fan you got to talk about +450usd for a 1060 6gb. Fortunately I managed to get one for ~300 a year ago on a sale but you don't see them at that price anymore. And with the prices of RTX thanks but I'll keep my GTX for a long while... and
Steve you would have to be the best in depth PC tech reviewer, no BS just outright honest and unbiased, thank you!
Just me or this makes the 2070 look super bad? I expected bigger difference between those two.
Wow, wasn't expecting the review so soon. cool
Look Nvidia if ya wanna blow smoke go have a dart!
it's cool that the benches are done using EVGAs. I got my 1080 ftw on a EVGA bundle sale, and i spent about 400ish euros for the card, about two months ago...
lol wtf not sure why i thought the 2060 was weeks away.. this was a nice unexpected surprise!
@@HAHA.GoodMeme *high end price
Hey Steve~ Love your new teardown; I gotta get some work done this morning but I'll finish your video at lunch! Happy CES!
Poor 2070 looks bad rn
Optimization along with DLSS will make it worth it. Just look at the performance increase at CES right now. Another couple months and they'll figure out what works and what doesn't.
So one can buy the performance one could get two years ago for a proportionally scaled cost. Waste of time. Again, if you buy a 2060, you're telling NVIDIA this pricing madness is ok. And then there's also the other lesser versions expected which NPC buyers will just assume is the same as the top tier 6GB. The only good thing is the freesync support, but the pricing still stinks. This card is really a 2050.
The RTX 2060 gives you the performance of a GTX 1070ti which launched at $449 and overclocked matches the RTX 2070 which launched at $499....So the same performance at $100 to $150 less at launch and thats without including Ray Tracing or DLSS and whatever you think of real-time Ray Tracing or DLSS, it is a new tech which may or may not be worth the extra...not bad and no doubt a 2050 or something similar will launch at some point at the $200 to $250 mark and be better than the GTX 1060....We can only hope that AMD or Intel can release a GPU that can actually compete with the RTX 2080ti....
The copper mugs look really awesome! Not sure about putting them in a dishwasher, though. I have a request for the GN team: Please add a posting/shipping calculator somewhere on the website. I don't like creating accounts before I can see how much it will actually cost to post an item. US -> UK postage varies massively from company to company.
RIP for those having the 2070
CrackongPC how dumb ass. Same price as a 1080 with better performance and new technology, better drivers, etc. Get your head out of your ass.
@@gteco3018 triggered
@@gteco3018 Dude, it's not better than a 1080. If you overclock it it barely matches the 1080 non oc. But keep in mind the 1080 is also overclockable, i think if both are overclocked the 2060 will be 15-20% slower.
Thanks for including older cards like a custom 980 ti :)
much closer to 2070/1080 than I expected.
Gamers Nexus, your channel is easily the most sophisticated and intelligent PC Gaming channel, especially compared to LTT, BitWit, HardwareCanucks and a few others. JayzTwoCents and PaulsHardware are the only guys who can stand up to Steve's knowledge base. I come to you, Paul, and Jay for all my questions regarding overclocking, cooling, and so forth. Awesome job. Time and again you guys never disappoint!
rtx 2070 willl be very embarrassed
So about July 2018 the general consensus was that you should buy a used 1080Ti for about $500ish (after the bitcoin crash folks claimed the cards were flooding the market).... I found that price point *REALLY* optimistic and managed to procure two EVGA 1080ti FTW for right at $700 (incl s/h) (They both appeared to have been nearly new, no dust, no dings, pristine box. everything included. even the ad-in papers and stickers were uncreased)..... I thought: "Well I might have paid a premium but at least it is quite a bit less than $1100-1300 that the 2080Ti is going for"
Six months later and I now count myself not just lucky but VERY fortunate to have spent the money to ensure that I am set for the next three years at least as these things run perfectly for 1440p ultra settings on EVERYTHING. SC2, Witcher 3 and every single other game including my old Command & Conquer games run with zero issues at 80+ frames and about 55C - 59C temps even in furmark and stress tests.
I checked and 1080Ti cards now go for $1000+ and 2080Ti are listed at $1300 .... HOW is it that this makes the tiniest bit of sense?
Just count me tickled pink to have dodged this graphics card generations bullet.
I would be interested to see if the visuals that the RTX2060 at say 1080p or 4K are equal to a Vega 56 or 64 running at the same resolution and in game visual settings across a range of games, I currently use a GTX1060 and the visuals at 1080p in terms of detail seems to lack when compared with a much older and less performance AMD HD7870 at the same resolution setting
they washed out the visuals for performance
I've noticed this too. This effect is also noticeable when comparing AMDs 2500u/2700u vs Whatever mobile Intel integrated graphics solution you look at. Even with Nvidia's MX150 it looks washed out compared to AMDs Laptop APUs. IDK why, but it's really strange.
@@Alecxace I am glad I'm not alone in noticing this, my laptop uses an Intel CPU paired with a Nvidia Quadro GPU and even my laptop at 1080p output to the same monitor looks 'Lacking' when compared with the AMD GPUs I have used such as the R7 370, HD7000 series and HD6950, at the same resolution output settings and game settings, it's really shady, cutting back on video quality in order to gain more performance doesn't make your GPU or the technology it's based on superior to previous iterations/competitors technology, I want uncompressed 1080p video output from my GPU, not compressed or pixel binned resolutions or compressed colour profiles, Nvidia needs to be more honest about how exactly it makes gains in GPU performance and provide more details to inform customers about exactly what they are buying, I wonder if HDR in-turn effects Nvidia GPUs more than AMD GPUs, unless Nvidia also does heavy compression of colour and pixels with HDR formats too.....
Tech Yes City did a video on this, the 580 consistently had better image quality (sharper image/better colours) than the 1060.
I've noticed this since the HD2xxx and HD4xxx. It's the reason why design studios go with radeons and why macs use radeons. Our whole graphic design team noticed it even while in desktop. Biggest change though is from Intel to Radeon. Since then we'll use even the lowest end Radeon card like a 4350 or a 3450 which is enough for non-3D graphic design.
For me geforce picture quality looks like a washed out unsharp non-native-resolution jpeg compared to Radeon's PQ. To most people, they won't notice it especially with crappier monitors.
I personally started noticing it since I used Radeon since the 9600 Pro model and noticed the shift in clarity and color when I had to borrow a 7300GT since I sold my Radeon card and I haven't gotten my new card yet.
The only real review on the internet of the 2060 . Thank you .
FREESYNC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i already regretted buying a gsync monitor. now even more 😁
@@HAHA.GoodMeme They will support all freesync monitors. The only thing they can have monitor manufacturers pay them for is using their branding and having VRR enabled by default in their driver, which not even AMD does. source: blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/01/06/g-sync-displays-ces/ "For gamers who have monitors that we have not yet tested, or that have failed validation, we’ll give you an option to manually enable VRR, too."
I don't usually write comments , but really really good video!!
Overpriced,as per usual,and the sheeple will still slobber over it.Edit:Oh YES,it will go for $400-450,in the "wild".Will miss flipping the lovely GTX 1070`s,so i *may* be biased against these ;-).
But it has the best perf/$ on the market..!
great review going over the highlights and weak spots of the 2060! Myself, I'm relieved with 2060: Good conventional rendering, and I'm surprised it can do even entry-level RTX enabled. I didn't expect it... even at 1080p, I didn't expect it. I thought it was going to be another dumpster fire. On another review I think they even said it could meet 60fps, on low RTX, at 1440p? I'd didn't see that option here... But anyway, So: great one-size fits all, below the luxury/high-tier. Look forward to future titles developed from square 1, with RTX in mind. Even the Everyman might be able to afford it sooner than later.
570 is 150 dollars, 2060 is 350. Is the performance jump worth over double the price?
Nop it isnt and it isnt worth the jump over a 580.
But to be fair its not terrible - vega 56 / 64 is about the same value, but still the have freesync and better compute performance (for now)
@@dongurudebro4579 in my country and a lot of European countries, the Vega cards are cheaper than their Nvidia counterparts
Also good news is Nvidia has added support for freesync in a tsundere kind of way at ces. "you can enable it maybe it will work maybe it won't, but you'll have to dig through your driver settings to find it" can't wait for overpriced gsync to die for good
@@wile123456 yeah, thats basically what i just said?
It depends, the 570 is a 1080p 60 FPS GPU, the 2060 is in a completely different league of GPU. The 2060 is more of a 1440p 60FPS+ GPU - there is a considerably difference in performance
@@dongurudebro4579 lol, your answer completely negates any mention of resolutions & refresh rates. GG
holy sh*t, your testing is on point and incredibly detailed, very scientific and professional. It really amazes me
How can Linus have more likes than views? Heh.
bug
witchcraft
Some people on youtube write: I liked the video before i watched it, because I knew it was going to be good.
Maybe that is the problem.
Pretty good product. Last gen didnt really have a value GPU but this is excellent. It makes 4k gaming on a budget feesable.
RTX is a meme
1070 ti on
Soon after the RTX 2080/2080 TI launch, I picked up a one owner like new/not abused GTX 1080 FE for $340. Still happy with the purchase.
To be honest the 2060 actually performs better than I expected.
AMD have their work cut out for them
It's a 400-450$ card as mid-range. I'd choose a 340$ vega 64 over it, any day lol (edit: nvm the price for Vega 64 jumped up 30% just now)
@@MarcABrown-tt1fpSaphire slashed Vega prices straight after the 2060 launch, but then made a statement that it was an error & put prices back to normal again.
In my country a Vega 64 is over $600 which is ridiculous.
The 2060 is not a $450 card tho, we will never see those prices as there are already 2070 models for $480. The 2060 performance is very close to 2070 performance, by making the 2060 only $50 cheaper will definately kill the 2070 completely.
In my opinion we will see $349-$399 2060 prices.
I was hoping to get a Navi GPU, but it seems unlikely those GPUS will be released anytime soon. If AMD fail to release them very soon, theyre basically gifting Nvidia a free reign on the 2060.
I actually think nvidia know very well when Navi will be launching & thats why they launched the 2060 now, they know Navi isnt ready yet & now is the perfect time to introduce the 2060
it's 350$/€
Definetly best buy of 2019
@@MarcABrown-tt1fp vega 64 doesn't fully support DX11 or DX12. DXR is part of DX12 now.
I love my 56. It was a blast to OC. HBCC is a nice touch too. Blackops 4 uses HUGE amounts of both ram and vram, I'd love to see some HBCC benches
Three fiddy
vram
That ain't no RTX card, it's the Lochness Monster!
I bought an FE edition on launch, £329 is a comfortable price for me, coming from an R9 290 so a HUGE performance increase and this will probably do me another 5 years, Ray tracing wasn't part of the decision making process, bit gutted that it will be a hassle to put Kryonaut paste on there though.
2060 is like v56
'Just get this and oc it'
Then you got cheap 2070 on your pc
How on earth is that cheap!? Its still as expensive as vega 56 / 64!?
Oh I see now its NVDIA and suddenly its "cheap"
Oh wait nop it isnt, even 1070 were at that price!
@@dongurudebro4579 I'd still much rather buy Nvidia if it's the same price, waaay better cooling temps and power draw.
@@theendurance Well the better temps is only partialy true cause AMDs architecture allows about 15C° hotter temps than NVIDIAs.
So thats an unfair comparison as long as you wont ad 15C° onto NVIDIAs cards.
Yep power draw is better but you can get more out of you card if you like to and it has a way better compute/professional performance. If it realy bothers you you can still undervolt it, even with AMDs auto undervolter!
But yeah *if* the 2060 comes out at that price and *if* freesync is suddendly supported it makes it a slighty better buy.
Still i would recommend everyone to buy the underdog to push competition & not the leader which were suit multiple times over shady business tactics and still roling on with those!
I only recommend them if they have a meaningful better bang for the buck - but they dont.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS HAHA THE PICTURE FITS WITH THAT SHIT :DDDDDDD
+ DLSS WHEN LAUNCH EVEN HIGHER PERFORMANCE HAAAHAHA
So fast! I thought it is going to release on 15th?
Rename a GTX 1070 Ti, add on useless raytracing capabilities and you get a RTX 2060
And chop off 2GB of VRAM! I dont know why everyone suddenly tends to ignore it, but most of ubisoft copy-paste games and womb raider games exceed 5GB of VRAM usage at 1080p already! Rottr, 2015 title consumes all 8GB of VRAM at 1080p!
and look at now many ppl see this card as their godsend.
such idiots
@@Vsevolod3788 you can solder 2GB more if you know how
@Transistor Jump ... so you think a GPU is a magical unicorn made by GOD himself, sent by angels, delivered by Santa LOL
UltraMind wtf r u saying, ur comment is nonsensical
1) Wait for AMD CES 2019. 2) If no GPUs are releasing, buy a Vega 64 and then Overclock and Undervolt it. 3) Get a FreeSync monitor. I have several recommendations. MPG27CQ, MAG271CQR, and lots more.
rtx 480p Battlefield 30 fps :v
@The Perfectionist Don't get serious bro, it's just a meme
@The Perfectionist Just lower texture off the uncompressed ultra setting and it stays over 60 FPS with everything else maxed. Soon with DLSS it will do 1440p 60 FPS.
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