Tuesday, December 25th 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 to Ship in Six Variants Based on Memory Size and Type
NVIDIA drew consumer ire for differentiating its GeForce GTX 1060 into two variants based on memory, the GTX 1060 3 GB and GTX 1060 6 GB, with the two also featuring different GPU core-configurations. The company plans to double-down - or should we say, triple-down - on its sub-branding shenanigans with the upcoming GeForce RTX 2060. According to VideoCardz, citing a GIGABYTE leak about regulatory filings, NVIDIA could be carving out not two, but six variants of the RTX 2060!
There are at least two parameters that differentiate the six (that we know of anyway): memory size and memory type. There are three memory sizes, 3 GB, 4 GB, and 6 GB. Each of the three memory sizes come in two memory types, the latest GDDR6 and the older GDDR5. Based on the six RTX 2060 variants, GIGABYTE could launch up to thirty nine SKUs. When you add up similar SKU counts from NVIDIA's other AIC partners, there could be upward of 300 RTX 2060 graphics card models to choose from. It won't surprise us if in addition to memory size and type, GPU core-configurations also vary between the six RTX 2060 variants compounding consumer confusion. The 12 nm "TU106" silicon already has "A" and "non-A" ASIC classes, so there could be as many as twelve new device IDs in all! The GeForce RTX 2060 is expected to debut in January 2019.
Source:
VideoCardz
There are at least two parameters that differentiate the six (that we know of anyway): memory size and memory type. There are three memory sizes, 3 GB, 4 GB, and 6 GB. Each of the three memory sizes come in two memory types, the latest GDDR6 and the older GDDR5. Based on the six RTX 2060 variants, GIGABYTE could launch up to thirty nine SKUs. When you add up similar SKU counts from NVIDIA's other AIC partners, there could be upward of 300 RTX 2060 graphics card models to choose from. It won't surprise us if in addition to memory size and type, GPU core-configurations also vary between the six RTX 2060 variants compounding consumer confusion. The 12 nm "TU106" silicon already has "A" and "non-A" ASIC classes, so there could be as many as twelve new device IDs in all! The GeForce RTX 2060 is expected to debut in January 2019.
230 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 to Ship in Six Variants Based on Memory Size and Type
...nevermind...
not even going to try.
By releasing 6 different cards under the same name it’s the proof that nVidia lost it.
And lost it hard...
And pascal gtx 1060 3 gb i dit not reccomend to people that play games al ready when it came out.
And now they release a 3 gb variant again. Wtf nvidia. 3 gb ram is out in 2018 and that sure as hell aint gonna change in 2019. Unless you are a 720P gamer and how many does that in 2018/2019?
Whats next. They secretly put out a card with ddr4 ram, like they dit with gt1030 and totally cripples memory bandwrith.
if the 3GB RTX 2060 is going to be priced under 200$, I don't see a problem but anything higher than 200$ is unacceptable.
8GB VRAM on a 800$ card (RTX 2080) is more disappointing than 3GB on a budget card to me.
At most they should offer GDDR5 and GDDR6 variants of the 2060 6 GiB and they should call the GDDR5 variant 2060 MX to clearly indicate it's the lesser of the two.
Where Are You!?
Yeah, 3GB is not ideal and is not enough for maximum VRAM related settings in most AAA games but IF the price is right (something around 140$ sounds right to me which is unlikely) it's not gonna be a bad value card.
39 SKUs for RTX 2060 ready before launch
0 SKU for RX 590... even after few months of launch.
well done top 3 Brands(Gigabyte,Asus,Msi) for unofficially supporting GPP.
for some unannounced GPUs
You see these letters on photos of a naked
chipcircuit board.I don't know the actual meaning though.
I had to sell my ENTIRE pc because I got behind on the rent. In fact the only thing new in my current PC is this graphics card. Bargain basement Pc. Check my pc specs if you wanna know but 99% of it is either super cheap 2nd hand or freebies I got given by friends.