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Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to a 2060, I was previously thinking of a used 1070ti but I can get a brand new 2060 for the same price. I'm upgrading from a 1060 3gb, the reason is I want to get into the 144hz game and I dont think my 1060 makes the cut anymore, I will mainly be playing all games and I dont mind putting settings down to medium, is this a worthy upgrade?

Thanks

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RTX 2060 is ridiculously underpowered for the price. You can get a Vega 64 for the same price and it has much, much more processing power. 

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5 minutes ago, violentnumeric said:

RTX 2060 is ridiculously underpowered for the price. You can get a Vega 64 for the same price and it has much, much more processing power.

Not according to PCpp. What vendor has Vega 64 around $350?

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6 minutes ago, violentnumeric said:

RTX 2060 is ridiculously underpowered for the price. You can get a Vega 64 for the same price and it has much, much more processing power.

The Vega 64 is more expensive for about the same level of performance and without DLSS/DXR. This is entirely false.

"uhhhhhhhhhh yeah id go with the 2600 its a good value for the money"

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13 minutes ago, 2SidedPolygon said:

The Vega 64 is more expensive for about the same level of performance and without DLSS/DXR. This is entirely false.

You're wrong. I literally just bought a Vega 64 brand new from NewEgg for $370. That is cheaper than the cheapest 2060, and it has objectively much better performance. If you think the Vega 64 matches the 2060 then you're saying the 2060 is better than the 1080, because the Vega 64 is also better than the 1080.

 

Inb4 you post year old benchmarks with old drivers to back up your bogus claim tho 

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11 minutes ago, violentnumeric said:

You're wrong. I literally just bought a Vega 64 brand new from NewEgg for $370. That is cheaper than the cheapest 2060, and it has objectively much better performance. If you think the Vega 64 matches the 2060 then you're saying the 2060 is better than the 1080, because the Vega 64 is also better than the 1080.

 

Inb4 you post year old benchmarks with old drivers to back up your bogus claim tho

Wrong again. The cheapest RTX 2060s are actually $350, and the performance between the Vega and the 2060 are strikingly similar, the 2060 beating it out in many cases according to Hardware Unboxed's in-depth and recent benchmarks (

). And, as mentioned, you have DLSS and DXR on the 2060, something that is of course not on the Vega card.

"uhhhhhhhhhh yeah id go with the 2600 its a good value for the money"

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Unless you want ray tracing I’d just get a 1070 Ti tbh. Used cards start around/just over $300, and you should be able to get one that’s still under warranty. A 2060 would be new though /shrug

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59 minutes ago, violentnumeric said:

RTX 2060 is ridiculously underpowered for the price. You can get a Vega 64 for the same price and it has much, much more processing power.

Vega 64 on Newegg starts at $400 from what I can see, which is $50 more than the cheapest 2060 on Newegg. 2060 also matches Vega 64 in most things. They trade blows. Processing power doesn't really mean anything in games, and since he's gaming, processing power doesn't really matter for him.

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Worthy upgrade indeed. Watch out the power supply model though, bad ones need replacing even if wattage is enough.

 

1 hour ago, violentnumeric said:

RTX 2060 is ridiculously underpowered for the price. You can get a Vega 64 for the same price and it has much, much more processing power.

not like everyone do a lot of FP64 with their PCs

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12 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Worthy upgrade indeed. Watch out the power supply model though, bad ones need replacing even if wattage is enough.

 

not like everyone do a lot of FP64 with their PCs

I have a evga 500w certified bronze I think

Current PC and Peripherals

CPU: i7 6700

CPU cooler: Cryorig H7

GPU: Evga RTX 2070

Memory: 16gb Corsair RGB

HDD: 1tb WD blue

SSD: 120gb Kingston

Headphones: Hyper x Cloud

Keyboard: Logitech g810

Mouse: Logitech g502

Monitor: Aoc 60hz

 

Other tech I own

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Edifier Prisma

Amazon echo dot

Apple Airpods

Go Pro Hero 7

 

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14 hours ago, violentnumeric said:

You're wrong. I literally just bought a Vega 64 brand new from NewEgg for $370. That is cheaper than the cheapest 2060, and it has objectively much better performance. If you think the Vega 64 matches the 2060 then you're saying the 2060 is better than the 1080, because the Vega 64 is also better than the 1080.

 

Inb4 you post year old benchmarks with old drivers to back up your bogus claim tho

The 2060 is equal or better performance than the 1080.

I have a 2060 Aorus and it beats all vega 56's on this forum and is just beneath the fastest 64 and the fastest 1080. 

My 2060 performces really well. 

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38 minutes ago, SafeStrafe said:

I have a evga 500w certified bronze I think

So it's 500B? Not great this thing, the next upgrade if you ask me.

 

use tier C or higher

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14 hours ago, violentnumeric said:

You're wrong. I literally just bought a Vega 64 brand new from NewEgg for $370. That is cheaper than the cheapest 2060, and it has objectively much better performance. If you think the Vega 64 matches the 2060 then you're saying the 2060 is better than the 1080, because the Vega 64 is also better than the 1080.

 

Inb4 you post year old benchmarks with old drivers to back up your bogus claim tho

your are so wrong you have no idea what your talking about, rtx 2060 cards can be had for 350. And the rtx 2060 is better

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On 2/1/2019 at 4:36 AM, SafeStrafe said:

Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to a 2060, I was previously thinking of a used 1070ti but I can get a brand new 2060 for the same price. I'm upgrading from a 1060 3gb, the reason is I want to get into the 144hz game and I dont think my 1060 makes the cut anymore, I will mainly be playing all games and I dont mind putting settings down to medium, is this a worthy upgrade?

Thanks

I won't recommend you to go RTX 2060 as it has almost same performance as GTX1070ti has better you can go with RTX2070 or get a vega 64 

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5 hours ago, Jitendra said:

I won't recommend you to go RTX 2060 as it has almost same performance as GTX1070ti has better you can go with RTX2070 or get a vega 64 

Ok but what about drivers for vega 64 and i heard that the heat is really bad on it

Current PC and Peripherals

CPU: i7 6700

CPU cooler: Cryorig H7

GPU: Evga RTX 2070

Memory: 16gb Corsair RGB

HDD: 1tb WD blue

SSD: 120gb Kingston

Headphones: Hyper x Cloud

Keyboard: Logitech g810

Mouse: Logitech g502

Monitor: Aoc 60hz

 

Other tech I own

iPhone 8

Edifier Prisma

Amazon echo dot

Apple Airpods

Go Pro Hero 7

 

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