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RTX2060?

Angel_Rex

Angel_Rex

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Ok, forget the name. Look at the performance.

Am I missing something? This thing is basically the (back in the day bang for buck) GTX970, all be it £40 more. Yet I've seen hardly any posts anywhere on it?

It's quicker than a vega 56, 1070, 1070ti, vega 64 and 1080 when overclocked (for the most part).

It runs cooler and in my opinion is a no brainer over the 2070?

So, wassup? Any negatives? (Aside from the poor naming - inferring that it's a 1060 replacement).
 
Agreed, forget RTX, they shouldnt have put that in TBH.

I hear 6GB VRAM - but after reading that I wasn't too bothered - https://www.techspot.com/article/1785-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-vram-enough/

I see the Vega 64 is £400 and the 1080 is £500 if you can even find it. The 2070FE is clocked higher than AIB and is £550 odd. 2070 AIB are £450, making it £120 more? So OC a 2060 @ £329 to a 2070 AIB level to me seems a good call.

I've not played with a VEGA 56, so couldn't comment but at £300 if it runs cooler and overclocks better, you're talking the same speed between a 2060 OC & OC 56.

I'm not trolling here, genuinely interested as everyone seems to be bashing them!

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TheRealDeal said:
Some games at 1080p are bordering on needing 6gb Vram. It's hard to recommend the 2060 at £300 due to this. It's certainly pretty fast but could be hindered very soon so a Vega 56 makes more sense. I think it's peoples principals as well as we have had 8gb cards in this price section for around 4 years now. The 1060 was cheaper and had 6gb so people would be wanting more in there minds as well.
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So, are the tech spot result wrong?
 
All good points! I opted for the 2060 (as fast and cooler). I game at 1440 medium settings in fast paced games, so I'm not bothered by eye candy as such. Apex and pubg I'm getting 144fps - I was planning on the card lasting 2 years - overclocked it to the stock 2070 speed.
 
I would have gone vega7 or 2080 if I had the money!

I bought from OCUK and always do, so either way you got my money

Its annoying that the Vega cards were horrifically expensive and only just being binned off now at a lower price.

The heat and power draw of vega doesn't bother me, but I saw one post asking the extra electricity cost over two years of vega Vs Nvidia.

My gtx970 from OCUK was bought in 2014 and I've only just upgraded now. I recon it will last a good 3 years and sensible settings

That hardware box also did a review of the 2060 and said he would take it over the Vega 56 but not at £300, it then comes to personal preference.

Thanks for the info and replies, it's interesting to see the general consensus. Will be interested to see what Navi brings!


As for the cooler, the zotac keeps it at 66c full load after 3 hours of gaming.
 
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From a business perspective I understand that. EOL product, push it out now before Navi later in the year. There are far fewer Vega's available now, heck the price will probably creep back up to £330 in the coming months, then cut again around Navi in October.

Unless you game at Ultra settings and need that extra Vram, I don't see how at medium settings two identical speed cards (one with 6gb and one with 8gb) would be that different. When things slow down - like my gtx970 did - Pubg medium settings were 70-80fps. Now its 170fps all medium. If my GTX970 had 8gb ram, not the silly 3.5gb it had, I wouldn't see a massive improvement. If I tweaked a Vega 56 and ran the same settings - I don't think it would be faster just because of the vram - at the same settings. Sure when it kicks into higher textures they are needed!

As long as everyone is happy, that's great. I'm pleased we still have AMD for the competition and can't wait to see what navi brings!
 
MyBrains said:
Who pays £350+ for a GPU to only play at medium settings? :confused:
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In FPS games high frames is key.

In pubg I can run everything maxed out and I get 100fps odd

I have a 144hz monitor so that's more important than the pretty flowers 100 yards away. Lower settings also allows better spotted enemy.

That aside, it's now obvious that the main gripe is the vram, which isn't so important to me and a few others here, but as a general consensus seems to be.

If I could afford and I wanted to game at ultra settings and 144fps, the 2080/ti would have been the way forward.

The overclocked 2060 is almost as fast as a stock 1080/v64/2070 so seems good bang for the buck at high textures 1440p at 80-100fps.

As discussed the Vega cards, now they are £100 cheaper are a good option too. Maybe if it had been that price a year ago, I too would have bought a 56 or 1080.

Let's keep this friendly, no one is right or wrong, I just found it interesting that the 970 was such a hit in the day and this to me seems the new 970. It's also a bonus that the 2060 is twice the speed of my 970!

Thanks to all for taking the time to share thoughts and opinions
 
easyrider said:
2060 rubbish card for the price.
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I love comments like this. Forget Vram for 2 minutes, as that's debatable because we already established that right now and the next 12 months on ultra settings, 6gb is enough. Come 2-3 years, yes you MAY need to drop to medium settings.

So, the rubbish card is cheaper and faster at stock than a 1070/1070ti/vega56 (vega 56 have only just come down to £300 - they were £330) and factory overclocked it comes up to 1080/vega64, all for circa £100 cheaper. It runs cooler (60-66C), quieter and uses less power.

RTX is a joke on this card, if you're buying this card to use RTX you're a mug :D

Sure - it's a rubbish card^^
 
The Old School Gamer said:
Yup watched that Hardware Unboxed video on if 6Gb of VRAM cuts it for gaming.
(Excellent tech channel btw, right up there with Gamers Nexus and JaysTwoCents).


And at the moment... for the most part 6Gb is ok.

But I certainly feel a little more ' future proofed ' by having 8Gb (or more).
That was one of the reasons I decided to pay a little extra for the 2070.
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Agreed, however the £120 I saved on the 2070, I figured I'd put towards a 2080 in 18 months should I need too (or whatever is good then)
 
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