RX Vega 56 8GB vs RTX 2060 6GB in 2019?

[pptx]

I'm leaning towards the Vega 56 even though it's nearly 2 generations I think it still holds, up. Maybe 10% worse but at around £60-70 cheaper. 

Do you think that the 8GB of Vram in the Vega 56 will make it hold up better for future games, or do you think the RTX's performance boost, would last longer (with RTX off, of course).

And one more sub question: are there RTX 2060 drivers for Free Sync Monitors, because most G Sync Monitors are too expensive

 

Thanks,

[TrapKetchem26]

I just bought the vega 56 today for £260 after shipping from ebuyer, plus the 3 game bundle is really good. If your looking for 1080p 75hz free sync or 1440p 75hz the vega 56 is a really good buy for that price new especially if RTX isn't something you'll want. 

[Jurrunio]

Depends on which Vega 56 you're talking about and whether you get the games. You can't get a cooler so bad it can't cool an RTX 2060, but you can (and more often than not, do) get an awful cooler on a Vega card.

[thinwalrus]

16 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Depends on which Vega 56 you're talking about and whether you get the games. You can't get a cooler so bad it can't cool an RTX 2060, but you can (and more often than not, do) get an awful cooler on a Vega card.

Pretty much all custom Vegas come with decent coolers. And with a bit of tweaking most should run under 200W without crippling performance. I have the Gigabyte OC one and its relatively quiet in small atx(under 30l) case with not so optimal airflow. 1800rpm, under 70c with 1490MHz and 950mV.

 

Some manufacturers did push out rtx 2060:s with those bad block coolers. At least Gigabyte and KFA2 had those. Although apparently gigabyte fixed it quietly to rev2.0 version of the card. These kind of coolers are bad on 1660:s and horrible on 2060:s.

[Jurrunio]

2 hours ago, thinwalrus said:

Some manufacturers did push out rtx 2060:s with those bad block coolers. At least Gigabyte and KFA2 had those. Although apparently gigabyte fixed it quietly to rev2.0 version of the card. These kind of coolers are bad on 1660:s and horrible on 2060:s.

They are nothing compared to the blower Vega cards. You can fix these and weaker custom Vegas with undervolting, but not even this is enough for blower Vegas