Update 1 – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060: Mid-range graphics card with 6 GB GDDR6?
Original post – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060: First rumours about the Turing mid-range segment
Update 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060: Mid-Range Graphics Card with 6 GB GDDR6?
Computerbase.de (external link) has just published new rumours on the GeForce RTX 2060 – or the GeForce GTX 2060. These rumours are apparently based on the mid-range TU106 GPU, which was previously used in the GeForce RTX 2070. However, the GeForce RTX 2060 will be a cut-down version with 1.920 Cuda Cores. Whether the RTX 2060 will also come with ray-tracing compatibility and Tensor cores remains unclear. It also remains unknown as to whether the new gaming graphics card will use the expecting nomenclature.
Additionally, the GeForce GTX 2060 is rumoured to come with 6 GB GDDR6-VRAM. If this is the case, it could mean that the GTX 2060 comes with a 192 Bit memory interface. This would result in a memory throughput of about 336 GB/s. Computerbase.de cites a TDP of 150 Watts, unfortunately no information on GPU frequencies has yet appeared.
Original Post: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060: First Rumours on the Turing Mid-Range Cards
As one graphics card launch ends, another begins – and to precisely no one’s surprise, the rumour mill is bubbling away once more. This appears to relate to a NVIDIA’s Turing-based graphics cards, or more specifically the GeForce GTX 2060. Or the GeForce RTX 2060. Sources differ on the nomenclature. It remains unclear as to whether the GTX/RTX2060 will use Turing- or Pascal-based GPU architecure.
pcbuildersclub.com (external link) draws on a quote from NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang that supports the rumour that Turing architecture will act as the basis for the mid-range of their 2000-series of GPUs. However this information doesn’t really offer any useful pointers as to potential names for the GeForce 2060, especially as the RTX prefix is synonymous with ray-tracing. Yet whether the 2060 even supports ray-tracing also remains unclear. This is primarily due to the high demands this new technology places on the GPU.
Yet depending on how one interprets Jensen Huang’s pronouncements on the matter, it certainly remains a possibility that the GTX 2060 will be based on the GP104-Chip (external link) Pascal generation of tech. A possible advantage of using the old chip technology could be a significant price reduction. The Turing architecture, with its use of ray-tracing and Tensor cores, are markedly more expensive when compared to the previous generation’s Pascal architecture. A budget graphics card with a cut-down high-end Pascal GPU would make a lot of sense.
wccftech.com (external link) have already leaked benchmarks regarding the potential performance of a GeForce RTX 2060. These supposedly come from the Final Fantasy XV database, although it remains unclear whether this is the desktop or mobile variant of the RTX 2060. The performance however seems to be significantly higher than that GTX 1060 and quite near to that of the GTX 1070.
In terms of possible pricing, the GeForce GTX 2060 remains a mystery. The sources cited above do mention the possibility of a released of the GTX 2060 around the second quarter of 2019 – that, or the RTX 2060 at any rate. One of the reasons relayed for the late launch of the GTX 2060 may be the continued surplus inventory surrounding the GTX 1060 series.
We’d just like to mention once again that all the above information is freely available public information. As soon as any further rumours or findings emerge regarding the GeForce GTX 2060, this blog will of course be updated as they arrive.
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