The American company EVGA, based in the USA, specializes in the manufacture and marketing of various motherboards and graphics cards. In this article, we will test and review its EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super , first released on July 2, 2019. This card is available online for approximately $779. The manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) is $399.
Introducing the EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super graphics card
The EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a high-end graphics card built on the Turing architecture . It features 8GB of GDDR6 memory running at 14GHz. The memory bus is 256-bit with a bandwidth of 448Gbps . It uses a PCIe 3.0 x16 interface to connect to the motherboard. It measures 23cm and has a TDP of 175W. The minimum recommended power power supply is therefore 600W. The EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super delivers good performance, reaching 60.40% of the performance of the most powerful card we have tested: the GeForce RTX 3090.
The Turing TU106 GPU features 2176 CUDA cores . Its 10.8 billion transistors operate at 1.470 GHz under normal use. In boost mode, the frequency reaches 1.650 GHz . The GPU was manufactured using a 12-nanometer process. This card has a texture speed of 224.4. The EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super has five outputs: one DVI, one HDMI, two DisplayPorts, and one USB-C. Regarding APIs, this card supports, among others, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 1.2, Vulkan 1.2, and CUDA 7.5.
The cooling system was meticulously designed by EVGA. They implemented an efficient and quiet dual-fan system with 10 blades each. Improvements have been made to achieve over 58% better cooling efficiency compared to the previous generation. The "E" logos on the blades further enhance the smoothness of the fan rotation. This allows you to immerse yourself in the game without worrying about overheating or fan noise.
Advanced features of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super graphics card
The Turing architecture and the new RTX platform allow you to experience up to 6 times the performance of the previous generation. Among other things, it brings real-time ray tracing technology and Artificial Intelligence for immersive and realistic gaming sessions.
Ray tracing is a true revolution in the gaming industry. It allows for lighting effects that closely resemble reality. A major leap forward has been made with this technology. Ray tracing itself isn't new, but advancements in hardware now make it possible to use and implement it in gaming. This approach allows for breathtaking, real-time, realistic graphics rendering with a beauty previously unimaginable. The effects of light, reflections, and shadows on surfaces such as water, glass, windows, floors, and walls have become remarkably realistic. Nvidia now uses RT cores to perform ray tracing calculations on each game scene. This is now a hardware calculation, not a software one. Although these calculations are quite resource-intensive, the evolution of the hardware and the manufacturing process has led to viable and efficient solutions.
EVGA provides comprehensive software for your EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card. You can have complete control over your graphics card with EVGA Precision X1 Software . It also allows for overclocking and RGB lighting management. This software lets you set fan speeds and create custom profiles. With this software, you can monitor your graphics card's real-time performance, view essential system parameters, and control GPU and memory frequencies and voltages. You can save up to 10 different profiles on your machine and use them on the fly. EVGA Precision X1 Software also lets you take in-game screenshots and much more. This software requires at least windows 7 64-bit, windows 8 64-bit, or windows 10 64-bit to install.
EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super Graphics Card Benchmarking
Tested on Fortnite, the EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super card displays a frame rate of 255 FPS at 720p, at 1080p we measured an average frame rate of 185 FPS. And at QHD/1440p, we obtained a frame rate of 13 FPS.
When comparing the performance of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super to other similar cards, it outperforms the following: the GeForce RTX 2070 (98.34%), the GeForce GTX 1080 (90.36%), and the Radeon RX Vega 64 (88.79%). However, it falls short of the following cards: the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary (104.14%), the Radeon RX 5700 XT (104.98%), and the TITAN Xp (105.96%).
Comparing its scores on G3D Mark, the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, with its G3D Mark score, is less efficient than the Radeon RX 5700 XT (G3D Mark score 16,743) and the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (G3D Mark score 18,089). However, it outperforms the following cards: GeForce RTX 2060 (G3D Mark score 13999), GeForce GTX 1070 (G3D Mark score 13330), Radeon RX 580 (G3D Mark score 8767), Radeon RX 470 (G3D Mark score 7945), Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X (G3D Mark score 5257), Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 (G3D Mark score 4775), Radeon R9 270 / R7 370 (G3D Mark score 4269).
Tested on 3DMark, the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER card obtained a score of 8793. It thus beats the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q with its score of 8632 and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 with the score of 8416. However, it is less powerful than the AMD Radeon VII (3DMark score 8864) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (3DMark score 9107).
In short, the RTX 2060 card delivers excellent performance, reaching 60.40% of the RTX 3090, currently the fastest card on the market. Ray tracing and DLSS supersampling technologies enable realistic and highly immersive graphics. You can also customize all the features supported by this EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 Super card with Precision X1 Software. This software allows you to overclock, control fan speeds, and manage the RGB lighting system, among other things. This card launched with an MSRP of $399. It is currently available online for approximately $779. You can find this card on Amazon for a generally more attractive price.
