 MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS 6G OC Graphics CardThe MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC graphics card features a 1710MHz boost clock, 6GB GDDR6 memory, PCI-E 3.0, 1920 CUDA cores, OpenGL 4.5 support, DirectX 12 support, TORX Fan 2.0, Dual Fan Thermal Design, Sturdy backplate, HDMI 2.0b and 3x DisplayPort 1.4. Backed by a 3 year MSI warranty.
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RTX 2060 Ventus 6G OC Review
I chose this rating because it was an really good price for a mid/high end card, This makes it a great card to get people into gaming for the first time and with a card that can pull most AAA titles at 1080p ultra 60fps.
While RTX 2060 cards are probably the slowest of nVidia's RTX line in recent months, this card is still good value for money. While slightly more expensive than a 1660 ti, it gives you some future proofing with access to ray tracing and the like with more modern technology.
This XS model is identical in specifications to the regular Ventus model, but a few centimetres shorter in length. The smaller size makes it excellent to fit into smaller cases, but also gives you more room and possibly more airflow in regular builds. The downside being that the smaller cooler might not work quite as effectively as a larger sized cooler. Under heavy load, mine has risen to around 75 degrees C at most, which supposedly isn't unexpected for RTX cards.
The fans are very quiet, and barely noticeable even under load. However, the card does make a strange noise when working that was quite noticeable the first time I ran something with intensive graphics. It is not fan related. This is apparently an issue of modern graphics cards and doesn't affect performance. But it might annoy some users.
In terms of clock speed, though the Ventus XS comes factory overclocked to 1710 Mhz, it actually goes a lot higher. Under typical operating conditions, GPU boost raises clocks speeds to around 1900 Mhz all on its own. This is good if you just want to use the card as is, but if you want to overclock I believe this can make it more difficult. As someone not interested in overclocking I thought this was useful.
Overall, recommended if you want a new GPU and want to save a few hundred dollars by not getting the newer Super version.
