Nvidia RTX 2060 Founders Edition 6GB Review

1. Introduction2. Nvidia RTX 2060 Founders Edition 6GB3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)6. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Battlefield V w/ DXR (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Final Fantasy XV w/ DLSS (4K)12. Clock Speed13. Temperatures14. Acoustics15. Power Consumption16. Overclocking: 3DMark and Games17. Overclocking: Thermals, Acoustics, Power18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

Final Fantasy XV is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix as part of the long-running Final Fantasy series. It was released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016, and for Microsoft Windows in 2018. (Wikipedia).

We are testing FFXV as it is the first full title – and currently only title – that supports Nvidia's AI-assisted DLSS anti-aliasing technique. Currently the game only supports DLSS when playing at 4K, so we benchmarked a section of the game with TAA on, and then with DLSS on to see the performance difference. We used the ‘Highest' preset, but turned off other Nvidia technologies like HairWorks.

Given that FFXV only lets you enable DLSS at 4K, it's not the most viable of situations for the RTX 2060 – even with DLSS enabled, this isn't a 4K gaming card.

Still, we can see a definite uplift in performance, to tune of around 20% on average when we compare the frame rates with TAA enabled vs DLSS. When more titles support DLSS – Battlefield V is slated to incorporate the technology this quarter – it will be very interesting to see how it helps the 2060's performance, particularly at 1440p resolution.

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