Zotac RTX 2060 Twin Fan VS Vega 56 (Pulse or Red Dragon) and Freesync support with my Samsung monitor
I want to upgrade my r9 380 and I'm between those two models(3 brands) at near the same price(290-310€).
I like the 2060 more because it's less power hungry, a newer model and I guess less noisy, despite the "crappier" brand I can buy, but I don't know if it supports the freecync feature with my Samsung C27F591FD.
I read that the new RTXs started supporting this feature with a recent driver but it's not 100% certain. I tried to ask in the Samsung forums but the place seemed a bit empty and hard to navigate to me.
Do you think those cards are overkill for gaming at 1080p 60-72 fps excusively? I am not going to buy a new monitor anytime soon. Should I spend way less and buy a 580/590 or a 1660ti if it supports freesync?
Thanks!
Posted Jul 9, 2019, 12:48 AM UTC
Straight-up, the Vega 56/64 are not (and really never have been) a good value for gamers at the prices they sold for. For workstation/compute, they are excellent cards.
Personally, I would say RTX 2060 and enable Freesync in the Nvidia driver.
Nvidia says that they cannot guarantee the quality of your Freesync experience. But I say it's worth rolling the dice on. Most people have had a decent enough experience.
If you can afford the brand new RX 5700. That would be the ideal option IMO.
Agree with all of this.
I'm bit worry of the blower type cooling system and all the brands of the RX 5700 are of the same type at the moment. I had a bad experience with an older AMD card of this type in the past.
If you think this is not a big problem I'm willing to spend 50-70€ more to get one. The cheaper brands I can see at the place I can buy one from(Amazon.de) are an XFX and a Sapphire one.
You have a point. I def wouldn't buy a blower style card anymore honestly.
Most likely, you will need to wait a bit for RX 5700 card with different cooler designs.
If you can't wait then go with the RTX 2060.
I can't wait that much because I'm buying the Oculus Rift S and my r9 380 doesn't meet the requirements.
Does the cheaper 2060 Zotak Twin Fan have any known issues or major nerfs? Should I spend more for the amplified version or the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus even though they have the same price with the RX 5700s;
The Zotac Twin Fan will be fine.
Don't spend a lot more on fancier coolers. The RTX 2060 is a pretty low power card. It will do just fine with that cooler.
Also, keep in mind that the RTX 2060 will drop to $300 once the RTX 2060 Super comes out.