NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

 

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The GeForce RTX 2060 is a performance-segment graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on January 7th, 2019. Built on the 12 nm process, and based on the TU106 graphics processor, in its TU106-200A-KA-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce RTX 2060. Additionally, the DirectX 12 Ultimate capability guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games. The TU106 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 445 mm² and 10,800 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked GeForce RTX 2070, which uses the same GPU but has all 2304 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce RTX 2060 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. Also included are 240 tensor cores which help improve the speed of machine learning applications. The card also has 30 raytracing acceleration cores. NVIDIA has paired 6 GB GDDR6 memory with the GeForce RTX 2060, which are connected using a 192-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1365 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1680 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 draws power from 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 160 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C. GeForce RTX 2060 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 229 mm x 113 mm x 35 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 349 US Dollars.

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

 

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The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti was an enthusiast-class graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 10th, 2017. Built on the 16 nm process, and based on the GP102 graphics processor, in its GP102-350-K1-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. The GP102 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 471 mm² and 11,800 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked TITAN Xp, which uses the same GPU but has all 3840 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti to reach the product's target shader count. It features 3584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 88 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 11 GB GDDR5X memory with the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which are connected using a 352-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1481 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1582 MHz, memory is running at 1376 MHz (11 Gbps effective).

Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 250 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 267 mm x 112 mm x 40 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 699 US Dollars.

 

 

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

 

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The Radeon RX 5700 XT is a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched on July 7th, 2019. Built on the 7 nm process, and based on the Navi 10 graphics processor, in its Navi 10 XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 5700 XT. The Navi 10 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 251 mm² and 10,300 million transistors. It features 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. AMD has paired 8 GB GDDR6 memory with the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1605 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1905 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 225 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 5700 XT is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 272 mm x 111 mm x 36 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 399 US Dollars.

 

 

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

 

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The Radeon RX 7900 XT is an enthusiast-class graphics card by AMD, launched on November 3rd, 2022. Built on the 5 nm process, and based on the Navi 31 graphics processor, in its Navi 31 XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 7900 XT. Additionally, the DirectX 12 Ultimate capability guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games. The Navi 31 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 529 mm² and 57,700 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which uses the same GPU but has all 6144 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon RX 7900 XT to reach the product's target shader count. It features 5376 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 192 ROPs. The card also has 84 raytracing acceleration cores. AMD has paired 20 GB GDDR6 memory with the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which are connected using a 320-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1387 MHz, which can be boosted up to 2394 MHz, memory is running at 2500 MHz (20 Gbps effective).

Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 300 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C. Radeon RX 7900 XT is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 276 mm x 110 mm x 51 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 899 US Dollars.