ASUS GeForce RTX 2060S ROG Strix 8G Gaming
8 GB
ASUS GeForce RTX 2060S ROG Strix 8G Gaming
8 GB
5 years ago •
purchased this product
Very fast graphics card (switch from GTX 980).
The installation was not entirely problem-free; I had to take the intermediate step via the processor graphics of the Intel CPU.
I subsequently decided to additionally support the heavy card in my tower case, otherwise it hangs visibly (Universal VGA-Holder from Cooler Master, also available at Digitec).
The power consumption is considerable, the recommended power supply size of 550W is rather tight.
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This review was created for a different variant: GeForce RTX 2060S ROG Strix O8G Gaming (8 GB)
4 years ago •
purchased this product
It delivers the promised performance and offers a beautiful design and good workmanship. I bought it in a special offer because it is otherwise much more expensive than other 2060S.
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4 years ago •
purchased this product
CPU Bottlenecking:
For all of you who are wondering if the GPU upgrade is worth it because of bottlenecking on an old PC: It runs on a Maximus IV Gene-Z/Gen3 with a i7-3770k@4.5Ghz all-core with 32GB DDR3-2133 CL9 Corsair Dominator Platinum. This old CPU in this combination can still load this GPU without major problems, even when heavily overclocked. For games that prefer more cores over fast clock, this may change of course, but in essence the GPU upgrade is probably more worthwhile than a CPU upgrade if you already have a system with 4x4.5Ghz. I even claim that 4x4Ghz (e.g. an i7-3770) is still enough to not have to worry about bottlenecking, but I don't want to be liable for this statement :)
OC:
Of course OC differs from card to card, especially with open binning as it seems to be here (no OC edition), but in my case: the Auto-OC of Afterburner with target temperature 86° and 1.25V maximum voltage brings the card stable to 2150Mhz, with good fresh air supply the card still doesn't get warmer than 75°. These are of course not recommended parameters for an RTX, but it shows that the binning, the installed VRM and the cooling solution are very good, and you can run this card on 2Ghz below 1.2V without any problems, I am currently setting it up like this and finding out how low I can go with the volts so that it doesn't get warmer than necessary in the long run.
Price:
For 550.-, the price/performance ratio is unfortunately not right, for this money you can get a pretty decent RTX 2070S with 18% more cores (e.g. the KFA2 EX). However, it is still a rock-solid card that you will be able to enjoy for many years. At a price below 480, I can recommend it without reservation; I was able to get it for 380 on Black Friday, which I could almost call a "deal of a lifetime".
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