EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 XC Review: Compact And Overclocked

Name: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 XC
Brand: EVGA

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, January 28, 2019, 10:51 AM EDT

Next up, we’ve got some benchmark scores from FarCry 5, the latest installment in the storied franchise. Like its predecessors, FarCry 5 is a fast-action shooter set in an open world environment with lush visuals and high graphics fidelity. The game takes place in a fictional county in Montana, where a cult has taken over control of the area. We tested all of the graphics cards here at multiple resolutions using Ultra Quality settings to see how they handled this recently-released AAA title.

Far Cry 5

The Dunia Engine Lives On

FarCry 5

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 XC nudged past the RTX 2060, but actually finished slightly behind the GeForce GTX 1080 at 4K. At 1080P, however, the XC and 1080 put up identical numbers.

Final Fantasy XV

Freshly Updated With DLSS Support

Deep Learning Super Sampling, or DLSS, is one of the GeForce RTX series’ stand-out features. When employed, DLSS should offer image quality on par with or better than other anti-aliasing techniques, but with a much smaller performance hit.

Final Fantasy XV

Obviously, we only have DLSS scores on the GeForce RTX series cards, since the others don't support it, and there's an definitive cadence in the results. The EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 XC finishes ever so slightly ahead of the NVIDIA card, but behind the higher-end RTX 2070 and 2080 cards.

Tags: Nvidia, graphics, GPU, evga, (nasdaq:nvda), turing, geforce rtx 2060

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