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Nvidia announces RTX 2060, more powerful than GTX 1070 Ti at $350

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1070 has 8GB memory, launch price of $379 in June 2016. 2060 only has 6GB, RTX "feature" and launch price of $349 in 2019. So what exactly is the performance increase people waited 3 years and "saved" $30 for, 15%?

I thought I'd take a look at the latest GPU's ahead of my build next year and the entire GPU market is a wasteland of abject failure and price gouging. If navi isn't good I may not bother at all until Arcturus.

Edit - looking at benchmarks 15% performance improvement over the 1070 seems generous....
 
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Emlyn_Dewar said:
But it's more performance, so we HAVE to pay more, no?
A new generation shouldn't mean more performance for the same price! - Marketing departments & apologists.
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It used to mean this for about 25 years though.
Although there are many factors here, its is a very big departure to what people are use to. Unless your much younger... And then you're use to it.
 

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i wanted idle off fans too, as the htpc is pretty quiet. but im hoping that the fans arent that loud and there will be a bios flash/some work around in future, and theres a reasonable chance id end up in the on then off temp range anyways :/
 

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Hello all - quick opinion please. Will be ordering a system shortly for 1080p gaming, potentially 1440p further down the line.

I specc'd it up with a GTX 1060, but I could probably stretch my budget a bit due to a couple of little windfalls (did I really expect First Great Western to actually give me a refund on a late train? Kerching!).

So the question is, for what will initially and potentially quite long term 1080p play, should I go with the GTX 1060, a GTX 1070Ti or an RTX 2060?

Alternatively, I could be persuaded by an RX580 or RX590.

I was all set to go for a GTX 1060 but now I'm a little concerned by 6GB or VRAM, I'm thinking 8GB is worth the investment, hence I'm leaning towards the 1070Ti or one of the Radeon cards.

Help please!
 

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i did see a offer for a vega 56 for 309 quid, gigabyte model (dunno if thats the one to go for)

id say its worth going up a tier from the 1060 whatever u decide
 

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Got my 2060 today, Overclocked it and getting a timespy greater than a 1080!

Insane card for the money. Runs ray tracing at 60fps in BF5 on ultra however DX12 is still suttering for me and its super demanding 90% cpu usage on a 1600
 

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In timespy with a 2060 overclocked, am beating a huge amount of overclocked 1080s. Cards well worth the money.
 

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Techen said:
went for the palit, reading the reviews its one of the best overclocking cards out of the entire 2060 range.
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Palit are our no.1 seller by some distance on RTX they are no.1 on 2060, 2070, 2080 and 2080Ti they’ve already sold 100+ on 2060 whereas the next closest is Gigabyte at 30 units and then EVGA in 3rd.
 
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