ASUS ROG RTX 2060 Strix OC (O6G) Review

1. Introduction2. ASUS ROG RTX 2060 Strix OC3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. 3DMark Port Royal (1440p DXR)6. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Battlefield V w/ DXR (1080p, 1440p, 4K)12. Final Fantasy XV w/ DLSS (4K)13. Clock Speed14. Temperatures15. Acoustics16. Power Consumption17. Overclocking: 3DMark and Games18. Overclocking: Thermals, Acoustics, Power19. Closing Thoughts20. View All Pages

Today marks a week since the launch of Nvidia's RTX 2060 Founders Edition graphics card, and the latest addition to the Turing family has been generally well received – at £329, it's still not a budget option, but there is finally a more affordable card in the RTX 20-series line up.

We've already seen what the Founders card can do, though, so what about a factory overclocked custom card? That's exactly what we're focusing on today, with a look at the ASUS ROG RTX 2060 Strix OC – a triple-fan aftermarket RTX 2060 solution with a boost clock of 1830MHz. Is this a better buy than Nvidia's Founders Edition card?

Unlike the other RTX 20-series cards, Nvidia's RTX 2060 Founders Edition is not a factory overclocked model – it ships with the reference boost clock of 1680MHz. That means it is up to Nvidia's partners to ship factory overclocked models which push the boundaries of what a 2060 is capable of. This ASUS ROG RTX 2060 Strix OC, for instance, has an 1830MHz boost clock – but you can increase this to 1860MHz by enabling ‘OC Mode' within ASUS' GPU Tweak II software.

On top of that, there are also plenty of features to talk about – including dual-BIOS functionality, the triple-fan cooler and even an on-board Aura RGB header for connecting other RGB devices. With ASUS' MSRP coming in at £455, though, are you getting a good deal?

GPU	RTX 2080 (FE)	GTX 1080	RTX 2070 (FE)	GTX 1070	RTX 2060 (FE)	GTX 1060
SMs	46	20	36	15	30	10
CUDA Cores	2944	2560	2304	1920	1920	1280
Tensor Cores	368	N/A	288	N/A	240	N/A
Tensor FLOPS	85	N/A	63	N/A	51.6	N/A
RT Cores	46	N/A	36	N/A	30	N/A
Texture Units	184	160	144	120	120	80
ROPs	64	64	64	64	48	48
Rays Cast	8 Giga Rays/sec	0.877 Giga Rays/sec	6 Giga Rays/sec	0.65 Giga Rays/sec	5 Giga Rays/sec	0.44 Giga Rays/sec
RTX Performance	60 Trillion RTX-OPS	8.9 Trillion RTX-OPS	45 Trillion RTX-OPS	6.5 Trillion RTX-OPS	37 Trillion RTX-OPS	N/A
GPU Boost Clock	1800 MHz	1733 MHz	1710 MHz	1683 MHz	1680 MHz	1708 MHz
Memory Data Rate	14 Gbps	10 Gbps	14 Gbps	8 Gbps	14 Gbps	8 Gbps
Total Video Memory	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR5X	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR5	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDRR5
Memory Interface	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/sec	320 GB/sec	448 GB/sec	256 GB/sec	336.1 GB/sec	192 GB/sec
TDP	225W	180W	185W	150W	160W	120W

As mentioned, the ASUS ROG RTX 2060 Strix OC is capable of an 1860MHz boost clock – enabled by choosing OC Mode in the GPU Tweak II software. This gives the Strix  an effective clock speed advantage of 180MHz over the Founders Edition, and this is the mode we used when testing the card.

Other than that, though, the core specs are all the same as a reference 2060 – meaning we have the same 1920 CUDA cores, 240 Tensor cores and 30 RT cores. It is also worth noting the 6GB GDDR6 memory hasn't been overclocked out of the box.

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