Middle Earth Shadow of War, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, World of Tanks
Continuing our look at in-game benchmarks with Middle Earth: Shadow of War we find the RTX 2060 moving up with the RTX 2070 and 2080 cards at the top of the charts at both resolutions, with performance exceeding even the GTX 1080 here.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is next, and while this will eventually be a prime ray tracing data point we are looking at conventional performance here. Note that at 1920×1080 there is odd behavior from the AMD cards, with the RX 590 neck and neck with the Vega 64 in what is a seemingly incongruous result; but this was replicated in new testing performed after a clean install of the latest Radeon drivers. I have left this benchmark in to compare the GeForce cards to one another, but I will have to revisit this benchmark to find out what is happening with the Radeon cards here at the "high" preset, as "medium" shows expected scaling.
The proximity of the RX 590 to the Vega 64 is odd, suggesting a bottleneck at this "high" preset. The 3840×2160 result with the "medium" preset is a more accurate look at the performance of the Radeon cards relative to one another.
The RTX 2060 is just behind the GTX 1080 at 1080p in this test, and takes the lead moving up to 2160:
This impressive performance with the RTX 2060 is indicative of how formidable the card becomes at higher resolutions compared to the previous generation, and it will be interesting to see where the cards place in the 2560×1440 testing to come. And yes, the Radeon cards scale as expected at UHD resolution, but the "medium" preset is more likely the reason.
And finally we have a look at World of Tanks enCore, which is a bit less demanding compared to some of the other games tested so the "ultra" preset was used for all tests.
This benchmark at "ultra" was a little harder on the RTX 2060 relative to the Pascal cards, and by the time we move up to UHD the RTX 2060 is closer to performance of the GTX 1070 Ti, faring even better when we look at frame time performance.
Next we'll cover power draw as well as cooling and noise performance with this Founders Edition card.
This actually looks
This actually looks interesting. Will have to see what the prices end up at once it reaches me here in Sweden, but given it keeps on the lower side of 4000SEK it actually might be the card I buy to replace my 970. That card is over 3 years old now, but still mostly good for 1920*1080 gaming.
Given the numbers in this review it seems the 2060 has roughly 2X performance for only slightly more money.
It looks good at the moment
It looks good at the moment but 6GB will limit RTX2060 to 1080p in just a year or so. For 1080p gaming 350USD seems a bit too much.
Citation needed. There are no
Citation needed. There are no indications that 6GB of RAM will limit this card at 2.5k resolutions any time soon.
If the next gen consoles are
If the next gen consoles are released, it could start being an issue in games sooner than later.
Hammering requested, so…
Hammering requested, so… Highlight the 2060 in the charts.
(pls)
Yes! Highlighting or a
Yes! Highlighting or a different color to make it easier to spot, and better colors for the charts in general. It will be done.
That is good to hear. It’s
That is good to hear. It’s literally why I registered at this site.
BTW, Congratulations on taking over the site. I wish you all the best!
“it also helps keep things
“it also helps keep things looking tidy in that trendy tempered glass enclosure you have your eye on (you know the one).”
Hit the nail on the head. I’m shopping right now between 2-3 itx white tempered glass chassis’ to hold a new VR-on-the-go setup.
I heard nvidia has unlocked
I heard nvidia has unlocked adaptive sync on this card, I’d be very curious to some tests on freesync monitors if that would be possible.
There will be a driver in a
There will be a driver in a week or so that will let GTX 10-series and RTX 20-series cards support certain monitors for adaptive sync. They have a list, out of 400 tested screens 12 did qualify. There will also be an option to turn it on for any screen, but no promises how it will work out.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/g-sync-ces-2019-announcements/
I like this review format so
I like this review format so far, maybe you won’t ruin the site after all… (kidding…(not kidding…))
So… we need to wait for an
So… we need to wait for an eventual RTX 2050 for a real mid-range card at real mid-range price.
That’s basically my thinking:
That's basically my thinking: 1050/1050 Ti sucessors will be very interesting if we see similar gains. This feels like a step above "midrange" for sure.
Price, yes. Performance,
Price, yes. Performance, maybe.
It’s just a clear sign that there isn’t enough competition for Nvidia. Not good for consumers.
I was hoping for a 2060 GTX. I would MUCH prefer a $250,- 2060 GTX over a $350,- 2060 RTX.
I have a MSI GTX 1070 Gaming
I have a MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X that I bought for around $290 when the mining craze ended after selling my Aorus Extreme GTX 1060 for the exact same amount.
Would there be any advantages for me to upgrade? I’m gaming on a full HD 60hz monitor.
Will you be performing
Will you be performing testing using Ryan/Ken’s frame rating technique or will you rely on in game benchmarks and other API tools? I always liked the frametime and variance graphs since it helped visualize screen stutter.
I have been using OCAT, which
I have been using OCAT, which will allow for frame rating testing similar to the FCAT results of the past. I will continue to work on a solution that is easy to follow visually when I get back from CES.
At $350 it’s NOT a mainstream
At $350 it’s NOT a mainstream card. A mainstream card is at $200 – $250. This is an expensive card, out of the price range of the mainstream category. The fact that offers performance at GTX 1070/Ti level is an excuse for it’s price, NOT for putting it in the mainstream category.
Anyway, I see many sites and bloggers playing Nvidia’s song. Nvidia is trying to move all prices up and unfortunately tech sites are helping. Soon we will be reading about 2030 at $150 being a low end card and the excuse would be “look, it scores better than the 1050.
PS GTX 970 was a hi end card at $330
a gallon of gas used to cost
a gallon of gas used to cost 25cents. cell phones used to cost $300.
trolling aside, point well made and well taken. my 7970, the king of cards at the time, most expensive one could purchase…$500. woof
hey, at least ssd’s and ddr4 is coming down. mydigital bpx pro 480 gb ftw look at them speeds and endurance ratings mr samsung 970 pro hehe 😉
It’s more cheaper than other
It’s more cheaper than other cards
Sebastian, isn’t making sure
Sebastian, isn’t making sure you’re not CPU bound, the first step in testing a GPU accurately? It seems like you’re severely CPU bound on Ashes of the Singularity @ 1080p and Final Fantasy XV @ 1080p. How is a Vega64 faster than a 2080? Maybe it’s time to start testing with a overclocked 9700k/9900k. RAM speeds have a great impact on certain engines as well so using a DDR4-3400 or DDR4-3600 should help in those situations as well.
Sure, 1080p presents some
Sure, 1080p presents some issues testing with CPU bound games, and I could just drop lower res testing for them. The alternative is to use higher detail settings for games that present those issues and verify that GPUs scale as expected. I'm planning to re-test because of that. Hard to retest from the airport when I made those charts.
I don't really think a Core i7-8700K with 3000 MHz DDR4 is going to be a bottleneck for most gamers, and this setup is intended to be more realistic, even though we could use a super high-end platform instead.
This is exciting. Was really
This is exciting. Was really holding off from buying another 10XX card and did not want an expensive 2070 or 2080. 350 doesn’t seem so bad. Cannot wait to order. Wish they allowed for pre-orders or something.
I totally agree. People are
I totally agree. People are so funny in here. Seems like a very solid card. Enjoy!
This is far too expensive.
This is far too expensive. Approaching three years since the release of the GTX 1070, Nvidia have released a follow up that offers… the same price and performance of a GTX 1070. This represents a complete halting of any kind of measurable progress, like the entire Turing product line.
This is incorrect, it is not
This is incorrect, it is not the same card as 1070 as they can’t do raytracing, DLSS, VRS, etc and these will all either improve quality, or speed, or in some cases both.
You don’t seem to understand the difference between GTX cards and RTX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mxjV3cuB-c
Watch that vid from digitalfoundry and you’ll see massive speed improvements for VRS, DLSS etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2pMxJV4xr4
Can’t do this with a 1070 right? Another 2060 vid, DXR testing, note he says another patch is coming with potentially more perf for new RTX features.
“I totally agree with anyone
“I totally agree with anyone who suggests that we need to run tests as 2560×1440 as well, and this is something that will be addressed.” -Sebastian
I totally agree with you totally agreeing with me.