PC World - USA (2020-03)

MARCH 2020 PCWorld 79

lacks DLSS, and we’ve tested it with ray-traced
shadows set to both Medium and Ultra. Metro
Exodus supports DLSS.
We tested it using the RTX preset in
the benchmark, which sets its ray tracing to
High and activates DLSS. A more intense
Ultra setting is also available, but we didn’t
test it here.

POWER DRAW, THERMALS,

AND NOISE

We test power draw by looping the F1 2019

benchmark for about 20 minutes after we’ve

benchmarked everything else and noting the

highest reading on our Watts Up Pro meter.

The initial part of the race, where all

competing cars are onscreen simultaneously,

tends to be the most

demanding portion.

Here’s where the switch

from TU106 to a cut-down

TU104 GPU makes a slight

difference. The EVGA GeForce

RTX 2060 KO sucks down

slightly more power than the

Nvidia Founders Edition. Not

by much though. It’s

interesting to note, but it isn’t a

practical consideration in the

real world.

We test thermals by leaving

GPU-Z open during the F1

2019 power draw test, noting

the highest maximum

temperature at the end.

Despite its small stature

and reused cooling design,

the EVGA RTX 2060 KO stays

nice and cool, never going

above 73 degrees even in its

overclocked form. It’s not all

roses though. Subjectively,

the EVGA KO gets louder than

F1 2019

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

90

83

83

83

114

105

111

110

111

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

83

93

Radeon^118

RX 5700

Ray-Tracing Performance

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

40

Metro/RTX preset SOTR/RTX Medium

Geforce RTX 2060 (FE) 51

35

SOTR/RTX Ultra

EVGA GeForce GTX^40

2606 KO 35 52

EVGA GeForce GTX^41

2606 KO Ultra 36 53