Asus GeForce RTX 2060 6GB Open Air

The GeForce RTX 2060 is based on NVIDIA's Turing GPU architecture. This generation represents only an incremental improvement in general graphics performance, making the RTX 2060 around the same performance as the previous generation GTX 1070. The big thing that this new GPU architecture brings to the table is forward-looking features not found on previous GTX cards: dedicated RT cores for ray tracing and Tensor cores for machine learning inference. The RT cores are brand-new, while the Tensor cores have existed on previous Titan and Quadro cards - but this is the first time they've come to the mainstream GeForce series. This specialized hardware will allow for new functionality in games and GPU-accelerated applications, but will require such programs to be written specifically to utilize them in order to see much benefit.

This particular variant, from Asus, is a short length version with a single cooling fan. The way the fan shroud is designed, though, means that it does not vent heat out the back of the card. Compared to other RTX series GPUs, though, the 2060 doesn't produce as much heat - so when used as a single card, it remains fairly cool and quiet.

Finally, in regards to connectivity, the RTX 2060 supports up to four monitors. Unlike the higher-end RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti, it still has one dual-link DVI output - along with two HDMI 2.0b and one DisplayPort 1.4.