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- Today on the desk, we have here, two graphics cards, the R-T-X 2060 versus the R-T-X 2070. Now, this is a brand new car. It's actually not as new as that gaming P-C in the background there, which we just did a video on. I'll quickly remedy that. (wrappers crumpling) (upbeat music) So, now, back to the topic at hand. Two graphics cards here, that represent, in my opinion, the better value of the R-T-X lineup. We have the 2060 and the 2070, now. In some comparisons I've seen, these cars come in close. In the testing that I've done, they have had a bit of a gap. So, I've decided to test them out heed to head, where I'm gonna be both, overclocking these samples as well as comparing them at their stock settings in a variety of different titles. So, what are we waiting for? Let's just roll the benchmarks and talk about these graphics cards. (upbeat music) So, now, after testing both these graphics cards, overclocked and non-overclocked, they both came in around the same levels when it came to overclocking. As we can see here with the core clocks and also the memory overclocks, they came to very similar levels. Which makes this comparison even better when you guys wanna think about purchasing either of these cards, and which you should go for. And before we go on with this and looking at the numbers in-depth, I will say that both the cards in different countries cost different amounts. So, I'm gonna focus on this main point. In the U-S, on amazon.com, you can currently get the R-T-X 2060 for around 350 U-S delivered. And then, looking at the R-T-X 2070, you currently get that for around 500 U-S. So, there's a difference of a $150. And that's actually quite a sizable difference, especially if you're on a budget and you're looking to save some money. But if you're in Australia, the difference as of now is a 151 Aussie dollars if you go on E-Bay, 'cause they got the sales on at the moment. Basically, if you're in Australia versus the U-S, it's actually cheaper to get an R-T-X 2070. And if you're in America, the difference is bigger than it would be in Australia, if that makes any sense. And we'll talk about that later, for which I'm going to recommend. But let's look at the numbers here, first. As we can see, with Anthem, here, the R-T-X 2070, even when it's not overclocked versus an overclocked R-T-X 2060. Who's comfortably ahead by roughly 20% in this particular title? When we overclock it a little bit more, it didn't really help it a whole lot. Just like it didn't really help the R-T-X 2060. And then, (mumbles) Apex Legends saw this trend continue. However, there was some variance in this benchmark. It is a multi-player title and I do like to test it out, the multi-player settings versus single-player. Because it just really introduces a real-world scenario playing this game. And I find, that is a big gap in-between the F-P-S numbers. So, 1080 P, on both cards was absolutely fine. But I did decide to throw in a test for you guys at 1440 P, max settings. Because it does recommend you have eight gigabytes of VRAM on this particular game with these particular settings. And this is where the R-T-X 2070 did fair a lot better, especially when we look at those 0.1% lows. The R-T-X 2060 did see a slight amount of stuttering which was noticeable to my eyes. So, basically, if you're looking to get a card for 1440 P, Ultra settings, and you know that's what you wanna get. The 2070s extra two gigabytes of VRAM may be an important factor in your purchasing decision. But we also decided to test out Shadows of the Tomb Raider on higher settings at 1440 P. And it didn't really see any problems on the R-T-X 2060s six gigabytes of VRAM. So, basically, what does this mean, (mumbles) into the benchmarks, here. Means that the 2060 has six gigabytes of VRAM right now. And most titles are gonna be absolutely fine. But some titles at 1440 P Ultra, for example, may incur that limit, which then will effect your gaming experience. But on the flip side, looking at Shadows of the Tomb Raider, 1080 P settings, for example, showed a little difference. Especially between the R-T-X 2060 overclocked versus the R-T-X 2070 not overclocked. And I think, we started to hit a bit of a C-P-U ceiling, here. And I was using the 9900 K, here. At five gigahertz, overclocked. So, if this C-P-Us incurring a little bit of a limitation, here. Then, other C-P-Us that aren't as expensive will definitely incur more of a limitation. So, if you're a 1080 P gamer, looks like, the R-T-X 2060 may be a better choice, based on these numbers. But then, moving over to Metro Exodus, 1080 P, Ultra settings here, showed that we had 53 F-P-S and 60 F-P-S, one is overclocked. But then, the 2070 just simply outclasses G-B-U by quite a lot. Getting 80 and then 86 average F-P-S when it was overclocked. So, it's literally in a different league when we're looking at these numbers. But moving back to Far Cry five, we saw numbers that sort of followed the trend here, of roughly at 20% gain, when we compare the 2070 to the 2060. And then, some synthetics for you guys. Fire Strike sort of followed this trend as well as Time Spy Extreme. Now, another thing to point out for you guys, too, is that the 2070 will use up a bit more power than the 2060. So, that may be another factor when it comes to looking for a power supply and also a cheaper case, if you can't get enough airflow through that case. And you wanna keep things on a strict budget but you still want that performance. In that case, you may wish to also check out the 1660 T-I, which I'll put a link for, up here. Which had some excellent power consumption numbers. But now, taking a closer look at these two cards in particular, for this comparison. The Galax R-T-X 2060 has a 650 gram cooler that measures at about 23 and a 1/2 centimeters long. And we're testing in 25 degree ambience in today's comparison. And what we saw was, this cooler did a great job out of the box. With its auto fan-speeds, they went to about 57%. We got noise levels of about 45 decibels. And the temperatures hit about 71 degrees, which is absolutely fine. It's not the best I've seen here, but it's definitely far from the worst. But moving through, 60%, 80% and 100%, saw the noise levels increase as well as the temperatures decrease. I think, a 100% is kind of unbearable. And pretty much on every graphics card that comes here with a 100%, is pretty much unbearable. But 80% might be worth a look, if you've got a good case with sound dampening and you don't mind a little bit of noise creeping out of that case. However, onto Nvidia's Founder's Edition, R-T-X 2070. This thing is just phenomenal, in my opinion. The cooling solution they've implemented is really high-quality. This card weighs-in at roughly 977 grams, measures 23 centimeters long and the fan-speed's at 54%. That's the auto fan-speeds, scored 40 decibels. The temperatures went up to 76 degrees. And then, at 60% fan-speeds, I think, this is the sweet-spot. You got 42 decibels but also 73 degrees max temps. 80% scored 51 decibels, 66 degrees. And then, a 100% which is pretty unbearable. 57 decibels and 62 degrees C. So, in a nutshell, both Galax and Nvidia have done a great job of implementing good cooling solutions on the graphics cards used in today's comparison. If you go with the Nvidia card, you're gonna get a D-V-I-R, as well as two DisplayPort 1.4s, H-D-M-I 2.0 out, as well as a U-S-B Type C, display out as well. If you go with the Galax solution, you get one D-V-I, one H-D-M-I 2.0 out and one display 1.4 out. In terms of power connectors, they both require eight pin P-C-I-E connectors. And the Nvidia has the input on the rear of the card, versus the Galax, which has it on the side of the card. The Galax also features R-G-B line, which control in the software. And they've also introduced their One Click O-C, which does a decent job, if you just want a little boost in performance. Not as good as the custom overclock. And then, moving onto the Nvidia card, that has the logo which lights-up green on the side. Which you can turn off with the visualizer software. But now that we're through all those intricate details with these two graphics cards, which should you get? I'd say, if you're a new viewer to the channel here, you've probably come here with a recommendation of, okay, Brian, which should I get, the R-T-X 2060 or the R-T-X 2070? And honestly, these are my two favorite cards out of Nvidia's new lineup. They're not the best value ever, but they're decent value at face-value for both of them. I'd say, in Australia, I would definitely go with the 2070. I think, it's better value. You get the two gigabytes, extra VRAM, you get more CUDA Cores. You also get more Tensor and also more D-L-S-S power at its disposal, since it does have more of that enabled. But of course, the games that can really utilize R-T-X features and you actually wanna turn them on, is very little. I think, the original, Quake II, being the exception where it's actually one good game that you'd wanna go back and play, with Ray Tracing on. But now, the R-T-X 2060, who should buy this card? It's basically for someone who wants to play at 1080 P. They want to get a budget monitor that's maybe a higher refresh-rate at 1080 P. They don't care too much about playing at high settings versus ultra settings. If they want to step it up to 1440 P. Or they're not too concerned about the future. But they also wanna save a 150 U-S dollars. So, basically, if you're in the United States, I'd take a look at both these cards and say, do I want the extra features of the R-T-X 2070 for a 150 U-S dollars more? And to top that off, it is gonna consume more power. And it is gonna add a bit more heat inside your case. So, if you're in the U-S and you're looking at pure price performance based on today's results, I'd go with the R-T-X 2060. If you're in Australia and you're looking at pure price performance, but you also want a better card, I'd go with the R-T-X 2070. And with all that said, I hope you guys enjoyed today's video. If you did, be sure to hit that Like button for us. 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