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

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load, as well as the GPU temperature with the card idling on the desktop. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra stress test 20 times. An idle reading comes after leaving the system on the Windows desktop for 30 minutes.

I was always expecting thermal performance from the Strix 2060 to be good – but not this good. With the performance BIOS, the card didn't run hotter than 55C under load which is simply fantastic. Even when using the quiet BIOS, which runs the fans significantly slower, the temperature topped out at 61C. That just goes to show, if you stick a big cooler with a triple fan setup on a RTX 2060, you are going to get very impressive thermal results.

The low temperatures continue when we look at the card with our thermal imaging camera. Here, the hottest spot on the card itself didn't even reach 54C, which only goes to show how well the Strix cooler is able to disperse the heat produced by the card.

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