PC World - USA (2019-02)

44 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2019

REVIEWS NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 FOUNDERS EDITION

sing) was one of the very first

DX12 games, and it remains a

flagbearer for the technology to

this day thanks to the extreme

scalability of Oxide Games’

next-gen Nitrous engine. With

hundreds of units on screen

simultaneously and some serious

graphics effects in play, the Crazy

preset can make graphics cards

sweat. Ashes runs in both DX11

and DX12, but we only test in

DX12, as it delivers the best results

for both Nvidia and AMD GPUs.

Surprise! The GTX 1070 Ti

actually winds up faster than the

RTX 2060 FE across the board,

albeit barely. The overclocked

GTX 1060 remains far behind,

eating the dust of these more

powerful—and more expensive—

graphics options.

GTA V

We’re going to wrap things up

with a couple of older games that

aren’t really visual barnburners,

but still top the Steam charts

day-in and day-out. These are

games that a lot of people play.

First up: Grand Theft Auto V ($30

on Humble at go.pcworld.com/

gta5) with all options turned to

Very High, all Advanced

AMVega 56D Radeon

Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

AMVega 64D Radeon

Nvidia GeForce

GTX 1080 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce

RTX 2070 (FE)

GTA V

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

80.28

86.83

84.93

90.26

97.43

95.16

98.67

110.13

105.06

96.6

101.2

98.43

1080p 1440p

AMD Radeon

Vega 56

Nvidia GTX

1070 Ti (FE)

Nvidia GeForce

RTX 2060 (FE)

AMD Radeon

Vega 64

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (FE)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (FE)

Rainbow Six Siege

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

147.7

119.8

140.2

159.3

147.2

178.6

233.1

222.2

254

220

179.2

208.1

1080p 1440p