GTX 1060 vs RTX 2060

anastasiu.andrei.paul

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Hello guys,

I have the following rig that i will not invest anymore in (beside the video card that i intend in using in the future pc as well).
I5 2400- 3.1;
8 GB DDR 3
GTX 750 ti - 2GB Vram.

It's an old pc but i can still squeeze from it a bit longer, maybe next year or in 2 year time i will start from scratch.
So, i bought Hunt: Showdown and at 1080p- low it stays ~50 FPS, but i would like to play it on medium-high because the game it's dropdead gorgeous. I also want to buy KCD and Monster Hunter.

GTX 1060 it's about 300$ in my country now, 2060 just launched and it's about ~450$(if i can sell the bundle games i can get the effective value down to ~400$ let's say).

I want the card for 1080P-60 FPS. I have a shitty monitor with 75hz and i don't want more. I am not interested in 2k/Raytracing or other stuff.

I would consider the 2060 over the 1060 only if my investment will "run" longer, let's say use the first one 4-5 years instead of 3 for the 1060.

What do you think? Will the 2060 bottleneck my current PC before i build a new one?

IMO the 2060 it's overkill for me, 1060 it's exactly what i need. But for more or less 100$ extra, keeping 2060 1 or 2 year more than 1060 might be worth it?

90% ill buy a STRIX 1060. Or maybe wait for a possible 2050TI or something....

Thanks.

 
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A 1060 would serve you just fine. You'll see an immense gain. The 1060 would even likely get bottlenecked but not as bad as the 2060.

If you have the other $100-150 burning a hole in your pocket and looking for gains, buy an SSD. I'm assuming you're not on one now for the OS. That one change will increase performance as well and you can transfer that to the new build as well. This way you have performance gains in 2 places instead of overkill on one.

BTW, keep an eye out for the newer releases of 1060s with the GDDR5X. That memory is a beast and overclocks easily for more performance.

Anarkie13

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A 1060 would serve you just fine. You'll see an immense gain. The 1060 would even likely get bottlenecked but not as bad as the 2060.

If you have the other $100-150 burning a hole in your pocket and looking for gains, buy an SSD. I'm assuming you're not on one now for the OS. That one change will increase performance as well and you can transfer that to the new build as well. This way you have performance gains in 2 places instead of overkill on one.

BTW, keep an eye out for the newer releases of 1060s with the GDDR5X. That memory is a beast and overclocks easily for more performance.
 
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anastasiu.andrei.paul

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As a matter of fact, I already own a SSD, most probably Hunt showdown works well because of that SSD.

In my country I wasn't able to find the 5x card. I will buy a normal 1060.