PC World - USA (2020-03)

78 PCWorld MARCH 2020

REVIEWS EVGA GEFORCE RTX 2060 KO

F1 2019

The latest in a long line of successful racing

games, F1 2019 is a gem to test, supplying a

wide array of both graphical and

benchmarking options, making it a much more

reliable (and fun) option than

the Forza series. It’s built on the

latest version of Codemasters’

buttery-smooth Ego game

engine, complete with support

for DX12 for the first time. We

test two laps on the Australia

course, with clear skies.

Real-time ray tracing

Unlike AMD’s rival Radeon

cards, Nvidia RTX GPUs pack

dedicated hardware to

enable real-time ray tracing,

though the cutting-edge

lighting effect can put a big

damper on performance

depending on the

implementation. Nvidia’s

Deep Learning Super

Sampling (DLSS) technology

claws back some of those

frames in games where it’s

available, though.

To see if the EVGA KO’s

unique cut-down TU104 GPU

performs differently than the

TU106 GPU in standard RTX

2060 models, we’ve

compared its ray-tracing performance against

Nvidia’s Founders Edition in Shadow of the

Tomb Raider and Metro: Exodus at 1440p

resolution.

(Spoiler: The KO isn’t faster.) Tomb Raider

Total War: Three Kingdoms

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

41

43

44

44

62

56

66

66

68

1080p 1440p

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600XT

Sapphire Pulse Radeon R X 5600XT (new BIOS)

GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

EVGA GeForce GTX

2060 KO

EVGA GeForce GTX 2060 KO Ultra

37

45

Radeon RX^67

5700

GTA V

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

91

85

86

87

102

98

98

100

102

1080p 1440p

Sapphire Pulse Radeon

RX 5600XT

Sapphire Pulse Radeon

R X 5600XT (new BIOS)

GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

EVGA GeForce GTX 2060 KO

EVGA GeForce GTX 2060 KO Ultra

82

91

Radeon RX^101

5700