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Nvidia announces RTX 2060, more powerful than GTX 1070 Ti at $350
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Soldato
Why do people keep saying this?!?! Am I missing something here??
Yes it sometimes matches a 1080. But the 1060 matched the 980 but it didn't cost $349! It was $249
I just can't see why this card is being praised so much
Soldato
Being marketed to, and price conditioning. They made it look like good value due to the other cards being heavily over priced, now this one is in a price bracket more people are willing to pay they look at the performance, not the overall package.
Caporegime
Next year we'll have RTX 3060 with 1080Ti performance for £600.
Nvidia are treating people like mugs and it appears to be working.
Nvidia are treating people like mugs and it appears to be working.
Soldato
Conditioned by marketing.
A new product offering familiar performance for a similar price, is seen as an amazing thing now.
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Ok, so get nigh-on two-thirds of the performance of a 2080 (and three-quarters of the vRam) for half the money. Makes sense....
Caporegime
And even that was over priced!Dull release
1080ti £599
BOOM
I don’t get it either mate. **** poor release imo.
But who wants a 6gb card now when we already have games using more than 4gb at 1080. The 3gb version is basically useless. More poor value from Nvidia.
It's NOT going to trade blows with the 1070ti once that 6gb is filled, which is likely to happen before the next round of Nrip-offs. It's going to struggle to trade blows with an 8gb rx570 at that point...
It's NOT going to trade blows with the 1070ti once that 6gb is filled, which is likely to happen before the next round of Nrip-offs. It's going to struggle to trade blows with an 8gb rx570 at that point...
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The 2070 is £150 more than the Vega that I bought for £299 of course it will be faster, not £150 faster.
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Something interesting to note ! Look at PC Games Hardware's recent video at 6min 47 sec. They test RTX 2060 vs GTX 1070 in Wolfenstein II in 4K at Ultra details in Vulcan mode and the RTX 2060 with just 6GB vram available for textures can barely keep 20FPS while the GTX 1070 with it's 8GB vram buffer absolutely smashes it with about 50FPS average!
The GTX 1070 was never intended to run games a 4K, but it can run some due to the Vram buffer. I think the RTX 2060 is an insanely expensive 1080p card. We see game engines using higher resolution textures constantly and that eats vram, it's not just one's screen resolution.
The GTX 1070 was never intended to run games a 4K, but it can run some due to the Vram buffer. I think the RTX 2060 is an insanely expensive 1080p card. We see game engines using higher resolution textures constantly and that eats vram, it's not just one's screen resolution.
Soldato
6gb on a £350 gpu in 2019 is pathetic.
Yeah I posted it was 2018...Its actually 2019!
Amazes me how many of the so called you-tubers getting free gear seem to pander to the Hardware giants just to get clicks...
Yeah it may be as fast as a 1070ti but that means jack when its gimped in the ram department.
That's the thing, a card will run at half speed or less once it reaches the vram limit. It's a massive bottleneck.
It's like putting a performance engine in a car, but only using a fuel pump which can supply enough fuel for half revs.
It's like putting a performance engine in a car, but only using a fuel pump which can supply enough fuel for half revs.
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The RTX2060 is not aimed at 4k gaming though, the 1070 can't keep a solid 60FPS either because that is also not a 4k card.
RTX2060 is for 1080P with Ray tracing switched on, which is can maintain 60FPs in BFV, or you can do 1440p and might need to play with some settings., that is a perfectly reasonable compromise given the relative cost.