We have a few new leaks regarding NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 2060 and GeForce GTX 1160 graphics cards, courtesy of Videocardz. Not only the reference model for the GeForce RTX 2060 has been pictured but we also have the first AIB models leaking out from HD-Technologiaand few new details on the GeForce GTX 1160 coming in directly from an OEM.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Reference Model Pictured WIth Dual-Fan NVTTM Cooler - GeForce GTX 1160 Confirmed by Lenovo Too

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 will be the latest entrant in the Turing family of GeForce graphics cards. Aiming the mainstream market and a price target of $250 US - $300 US, the graphics card will become popular among the gaming community like its predecessor, the GeForce GTX 1060, which currently holds the top spot on Steam's hardware database since it launched.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 - The Specifications

Coming to the details in terms of specifications, we know that the card will be using the TU106 GPU core. This GPU SKU will be slightly cut down from the full variant on the RTX 2070, featuring 1920 CUDA cores, 240 Tensor Cores, 30 RT cores, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The card will feature clock speeds in the 1360 MHz (Base) and 1680 MHz (Boost) range while delivering up to 6.5 TFLOPs of Compute performance. Since the card has 6 lower RT cores than the RTX 2070, it may end up with around 4-5 Giga Rays per second worth of ray tracing performance. This would allow for RTX on 1080p with medium settings and a playable FPS.

An illustration of what the TU106-300 die on the RTX 2060 might look like. The differences between the RTX 2060 and RTX 2070 have been cut out.

When it comes to memory specifications, the card would feature 6 GB of GDDR6 memory along with a 192-bit bus interface, running at 14 Gbps. This would deliver 336 GB/s of bandwidth for the card which is higher than the GeForce GTX 1080 with 10 Gbps GDDR5X dies.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 - The Design

Now coming straight to the design, we can see that the card uses the same shroud as the GeForce RTX 2070 which is smaller than the ones featured on the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti. It still comes with dual axial fans and the aluminum die-casted metal frame. The RTX 2060 logo can be seen in the middle. The card has the shroud engulfing the entire length of the card and even the back with a separate backplate.

2 of 9

There's a single 8-Pin connector like the RTX 2070 but the card would end up using slightly lower power than the RTX 2070. Display outputs include 2x DP, 1x HDMI, 1 USB Type-C and a DVI-I port. The card also doesn't feature any NVLINK connector which is to be expected from a TU106 chip based product.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX/GTX "Turing" Family: