The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, the best mid-range graphics card we’ve seen in a long time, might be your best GPU buy yet. Read our Nvidia RTX 2060 review to see if the right graphics card for you.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 is one of Nvidia’s best graphics cards (despite the shadows of the RTX 3060 and the RTX 3060 Ti looming over it). Hardly the meager, plasticky middle child of Nvidia’s GPU lineup, this GPU brings quite a few things to the table. Not only has it mastered Full HD and QHD gaming, but it also lets you bask in the glory of Nvidia’s ray traced future while keeping things affordable. With every new generation of Nvidia graphics cards, there’s always one that gets a massive power bump over its predecessors. This time, it’s the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, doing what the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 has done before it. And, although the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 does come at a slight price bump over its predecessor, it’s a price we’d gladly pay. Especially in the face of the RTX 2060 Super and the RTX 3000 line. If you’re looking for a way into the 2000 line without spending a fortune, this is an appealing option. As we expected, the new Nvidia RTX 2060 comes at a higher $339 (about £270, AU$490) price than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 it’s replacing, which currently starts at $179 (about £140, AU$180). That’s a $200 price bump, although some might argue that this isn’t nearly as severe a price bump as we’ve seen on the company’s higher-end GPUs. Despite the higher price, the Nvidia RTX 2060 certainly punches well above its weight and feels more like a replacement for the Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti, which cost $449 (£419, AU$759) around the time of this review. It still falters behind its bigger brother, the $499 (about £380, AU$690) Nvidia RTX 2070, but puts AMD’s $399 (£379, AU$679) Radeon RX Vega 56 and $279 (£249, AU$425) XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy in their place. It’s worth mentioning, however, that AMD is gearing up to give Nvidia RTX 2060 a run for its money when it unleashes the AMD Radeon RX 5700, expected to offer comparable performance at 1440p on Max or Ultra settings, though bizarrely at $30 more. Additionally, Nvidia is set to roll out the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super to compete with the AMD Navi card.
