Graphics cards, which are one of the most important pieces of hardware for a smooth gaming experience, are offered to players at different prices according to their level. from NVIDIA In the latest statement, it was stated that the production of two affordable models was stopped.
NVIDIA bids farewell to RTX 2060 and GTX 1660
One of NVIDIA’s most popular graphics cards in the past weeks GTX 1660 and RTX 2060There were rumors that production of the . As a result of the research on these claims, it was announced that the rumors were true.
There is no explanation yet about the reason why NVIDIA has stopped the production of these popular graphics cards. According to IT Home’s claim, the reason for this is to ensure that the company’s graphics card users turn to new models and to make room for new series in stocks.
The second-hand market is on the rise! Will graphics card prices go down?
According to the published report, the graphics card market will face a financial crisis due to the increase in second-hand graphics card sales.
However, the cessation of production of the RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 does not mean that the updates will end. Driver updates are expected to continue for a few more years. Because Steam’s October 2022 hardware data also supports this. If we look at the report, we see that the RTX 2060 is the second most used graphics card, while the GTX 1660 is in the 8th place.
RTX 2060 features
RTX 2060 12GB Looking at the technical specifications of the model Turing TU106 GPUWe see that it is based on . In addition 1470 MHz base clock and 1650 MHz boost clock offers. At the same time 2176 shader cores contains it. Again NVIDIA As is often the case with cards, the card needs to support higher clock speeds as long as power and thermal conditions allow.
RTX 2060, 12GB GDDR6 memory, 192-bit bus over 14Gbps’working in total 336GB/s provides bandwidth. And this 256 bit via the bus 8GB RTX 2060 Super 448Gbps We can compare with
GTX 1660 specifications
Turing with GPU architecture GTX 1660, With the effect of its new design, it draws attention with its successful performance even in games with complex shaders. in 1080p resolution GeForce GTX 1660I have 1408 CUDA cores. The graphics card in question also draws attention with its 6 GB GDDR5 memory running at 192 Gbps and 1.8 GHz core speed that can be overclocked.
A significant portion of the existing players went on sale in 2014. GTX 960 and supports GPUs with lower performance. GTX 1660 model, on the other hand, has a performance that is approximately 110 percent higher than the level of the GTX 960.
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