PC World - USA (2020-03)

80 PCWorld MARCH 2020

REVIEWS EVGA GEFORCE RTX 2060 KO

most graphics cards in this price range to hit

those chilly temperatures, and it’s more

audible than the Founders Edition’s dual fan

setup or the whisper-quiet cooler on the

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT. Our

review sample had some slight coil whine

during especially intense gaming scenes as

well.

Still, the sound levels aren’t bad, and the

KO proves quieter than AMD’s recent blower-

style reference coolers. It’s a

reasonable compromise to hit

the $300 price point. The

EVGA KO’s wonderful idle fan

stop feature, which Nvidia’s

Founders Edition card lacks,

makes it much preferable to

use when you’re not gaming,

as it’s silent during desktop

use.

BOTTOM LINE

If you’re on the hunt for a solid

1440p graphics card, or one

capable of feeding an ultra-fast

144Hz 1080p monitor, the

$300 EVGA GeForce RTX 2060

KO should be on your shortlist,

especially if you’re interested in

real-time ray-tracing

capabilities. It’s a steal.

At $350, the normal price

for GeForce RTX 2060 models,

we tend to recommend the

Radeon RX 5700 (go.pcworld.

com/r57x) for 1440p gaming,

as it’s slightly faster and has 2GB

more memory, bringing it to

8GB of GDDR6 in total. But

Whole System Power Draw

(Watts)

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

53

54

53

53

244

216

237

250

253

Load Idle

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

53

56

Radeon RX 5700^247

Max GPU temperature under load

(Celsius)

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

65

72

67

72

73

Sapphire Pulse Radeon

R X 5600XT (new BIOS)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon

RX 5600XT

GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

EVGA GeForce GTX

2060 KO

EVGA GeForce GTX

2060 KO Ultra

Radeon RX 5700 78