ASUS Intros GeForce RTX 2060 EVO 12GB DUAL Series

[btarunr]

ASUS joined the GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB party with a pair of graphics card models under its DUAL series. NVIDIA earlier this month launched the RTX 2060 12 GB, a new SKU based on the "Turing" graphics architecture. This is more than a doubling in memory amount over the original RTX 2060. The new SKU features 2,176 CUDA cores, as compared to 1,920 on the original. NVIDIA is looking to target the Radeon RX 6600 with it.

The ASUS RTX 2060 EVO DUAL and DUAL OC graphics cards feature the company's latest iteration of the DUAL cooling solution, which features an aluminium fin-stack heatsink with heat-pipes tha make direct contact with the "TU106" GPU at the base; while a pair of the company's latest-generation Axial-Tech fans ventilate it. The DUAL OC SKU runs the GPU at 1680 MHz boost, while the DUAL sticks to NVIDIA-reference clock speeds of 1650 MHz boost. A software-based OC mode unlocks higher clocks on both SKUs. For the DUAL OC, this means 1710 MHz, and for the DUAL (standard) it means 1680 MHz. Both cards rely on a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. Display outputs include one DisplayPort 1.4, two HDMI 2.0, and one dual-link DVI-D. The cards are expected to be priced around 550€.



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[bonehead123]

Yep just what we need, moar vaporware cards that nobody can find in the wild, let alone actually buy & take home

 

[N3utro]

550€ for a 2060? No thanks

 

[MentalAcetylide]

I don't get it. These knuckleheads are crying chip shortages & the inability to keep up with demand, yet they don't seem to have a problem with cranking out all these new different versions of cards. I'm beginning to think there's some kind of large scale ass grabbery going on in the supply chain and I don't think the pandemic has as much to do with it nowadays...

 

[TheHughMan]

I don't get it. These knuckleheads are crying chip shortages & the inability to keep up with demand, yet they don't seem to have a problem with cranking out all these new different versions of cards. I'm beginning to think there's some kind of large scale ass grabbery going on in the supply chain and I don't think the pandemic has as much to do with it nowadays...

All the business sites report on Nvidia mining related GPU sales especially when Bitcoin goes down Nvidia stock price goes down. That's their bottom line.

 

[MentalAcetylide]

All the business sites report on Nvidia mining related GPU sales especially when Bitcoin goes down Nvidia stock price goes down. That's their bottom line.

That's my point. There's some major ass grabbery occurring in the supply chain that is just aggravating the situation and making it a lot worse than what it should be. Its blatantly obvious that these card manufacturers are selling whatever they're producing, which raises the question of where the hell is it all going? If so few of these cards are getting into the hands of gamers, then like I said before, there's a lot of manipulation going on. I just refuse to believe there's so many idiots out there that would try investing in mining rigs and dozens of cards at this stage.

 

[SSGBryan]

At some point, gamers need to understand that they don't actually drive the train.

I can use this card; I do 3d art, and that 12Gb would really be helpful in Cycles and iRay.

 

[MentalAcetylide]

At some point, gamers need to understand that they don't actually drive the train.

I can use this card; I do 3d art, and that 12Gb would really be helpful in Cycles and iRay.

2176 CUDA cores certainly isn't a hell of a lot of cores to work with for 12 Gb VRAM when it comes to rendering(iray in particular). Sure, it beats having to do it with the CPU, but anyone serious about iray rendering isn't going to be buying these "near-bottom of the barrel" cards if they don't have to. There was an opportunity(albeit, an expensive one that not everyone could choose) to buy the better cards, but its too late now.

While some would consider me stupid, wasteful, or whatever, I paid almost double for an RTX 3090 Kingpin(brand new) & like 50% more for an RTX A6000(brand new) around 5 months ago. Guess what? Now you can't find ANY of those cards anywhere and you probably won't for at least another year(or longer). Despite the ridiculous price, I'm glad I got them when I did, because looking at the market right now, it doesn't look at all promising.

 

[Ruru]

So it has the same amount of shaders and TMUs but less ROPs as 2060S but with a cut-down memory bus and more VRAM. Wonder what the pricing will be like as the cheapest 2060 cards start from 600EUR here in Finland..