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Galax NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER (1-Click OC) $499 Delivered @ PCByte
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Lspoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:02 pcbyte.com.au (314 clicks)

It's a funny time for buying a graphics card for a budget—middling PC. We've got the RTX 3000 series announced and launching next week, but the cheapest of those cards will be over $800. There's unlikely to be any budget range 3000 series for around a year, and so when building a rig now, what's one to do?

I've just pulled the trigger on one of these, as I think it's a pretty great pricepoint for getting ray traced 1080p gaming.

This make/model is selling for $550+ plus shipping around the traps. Other makes of the RTX 2060 Super are selling for upwards of $650.

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  • ln28909 on 10/09/2020 - 08:06
    +1

    it's a Galax though, not enough of a discount for this brand, they have the worst resale value from what I've seen recently

    and ROG Strix 2070 Super is $699 atm so that should be your benchmark in making decision

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:08
      +8

      And it's been well reviewed, and has a 2 year warranty. In a budget build, I'm more than happy to not pay pretty hefty premium for the other brands.

      • ln28909 on 10/09/2020 - 08:09
        +2

        has 2 years warranty

        pretty sure every other manufacturers has 3 years warranty, and if you're doing a budget build, buy a card that is used for less than 6 months that are better for less

        • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:14
          +3

          Really not seeing second hand cards cheaper than this either, at least not much cheaper, to warrant having no warranty

          • TheGoodPart on 10/09/2020 - 08:57

            @spoco2: Good deal considering a cheap 1660 is like $430 bucks. Nothing wrong with Galax cards either from my experience.

          • TheLurker on 10/09/2020 - 09:07

            @spoco2: I nearly bought this two weeks back but got a tip that most strong reviews are for the EX version of this card. This version is decent but noisy fans. Still best price around for this chipset… So far

            • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 09:32
              +1

              @TheLurker: Reviews I watched said that the fans gave very little noise, so I'm hopeful it'll be fine on that front!

              • sensys on 10/09/2020 - 09:51

                @spoco2: Heya, I bought this card a while ago and while it doesn't have a fans-off-at-idle feature (fan stop, 0-rpm mode, whatever) it is quiet and hasn't been intrusive at all in a case right beside me.

              • TheLurker on 10/09/2020 - 09:53

                @spoco2: I thought same, but double checked the reviews I saw and it's the EX model I found. Didn't pick that up till another comment pointed it out. Keen to hear what you find out IRL

        • xuqi on 10/09/2020 - 09:31
          -1

          Galax has only ever provided 2 years..

          The brand (Galaxy) wasn't known for its quality, so they renamed the company to Galax.

    • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 08:09

      Great performance cards for the price point, but if your into buying and selling tech well I guess you wouldn't be buying brand new would you?

      • ln28909 on 10/09/2020 - 08:10

        incorrect, buy new, price difference when they drop, use for a year or two, then resale, generally breakeven

        • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 08:13

          I'm sorry how do I buy new and break even? This is some magical selling method I definitely need to get on!

          • ln28909 on 10/09/2020 - 08:15

            @BenMHarvey: you buy new, use a credit card with price protection, then resale when you want to upgrade, you would lose like 10% of the value you paid at the most and that is exchange for the joy of using new stuffs

            • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 08:20
              +2

              @ln28909: Wait 10% isn't break even though?

              Even means if I spend $500 I sell it for $500 please explain this magic!

              Either way your magic sounds like a time consuming process and I commend you for being so free giving of your time. Unfortunately I value my work time too highly and my personal time is saved for my family but you sir are a saint of time management generosity!

              • ln28909 on 10/09/2020 - 08:34

                @BenMHarvey: So say you buy something for $1000, in 1 year times the price drops to $700, you claim $300 back from your credit card, then you resell your card to some random on FB for $600.

                Therefore, it costs you $100 a year to use a top tier item brand new, I think that's pretty good, since you are only paying a very small amount of money to constant enjoying the latest tech

                • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 09:10
                  -3

                  @ln28909: WOW! What credit card offers a 1 year price protection on technology purchases!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just show me 1 example simple enough?

                  Sounds like this magical process of breaking even requires a magic credit card!

              • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:37
                +5

                @BenMHarvey: This does sound like an exhausting process! Buy, watch the market, watch the market, waaaaatch. Then you have to go through selling, packaging, posting, all of which costs money.

                This 'break even' thing sounds a lot like internal justification.

                Some people like to always have the newest and shiniest things, cool… buy and sell… but they have to understand they're not 'breaking even'. They're losing money with each transaction.

                If they're happy with those losses, for getting to play with the latest stuff… cool. They just shouldn't be delusional and think they're somehow gaming the system. They're not!

                • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 09:17

                  @spoco2: Also a requires a degree of magic with these magical 1 year long price protections he speaks about.

                  I think this entire process definitely is inner self justification from a rather delusional individual.

                • FabMan on 10/09/2020 - 09:18

                  @spoco2: Why aren't they? Let's say you spend $1000 for something that lasts 10 years and then you throw it away, every year it is getting out of date and less shiny. If you do the above suggested method its 10 x $100 ($1000), same cost but you are always at or close to the cutting edge of technology with all the fun and headaches that comes with it. Though it takes much more effort.

                  I wouldn't do it because of effort, but it is certainly keeping them with the latest and greatest.

                  • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 09:37

                    @FabMan: Big if on so many parts of their equation though.

                    And on top of all the effort of the actual selling and posting and all of the fees there (which they seem to just ignore), add on needing to watch the market and work out when is best to sell and so on.

                    It's exhausting just thinking about it, and I seriously question the only $100 loss a year part.

                    But still, I just don't spend $1000 on a card. I don't even spend that on a whole computer build.

                    If the whole process is enjoyable to someone, cool. I'm just super questioning the actual finances, I'm thinking those figures are absolute best case, and also ignore all the other costs associated.

                    Also, it's pretty damn cool getting to the end of an upgrade cycle and doing the jump from what you had to the new and experiencing things all anew.

                    • ryf on 10/09/2020 - 11:01
                      +1

                      @spoco2: If you have a sunk cost of $500 for a card without considering to resell your card for its life, or potentially saving your $400 after the first year (but each year further would be $100 ongoing expense), would it be worth the hassle? You get latest tech, but you'd have to consider the initial outlay which is the big bit.

                      Personally, i'm in your camp and just be happy with what i've purchased, and it may not have the bells and whistles, but its a measured decision.

                      • fLaMePrO on 11/09/2020 - 14:54

                        @ryf: He's not crazy, and it's really not that hard. It definitely does depend on the market, and it's not a sure thing with COVID impacting prices, but it sure makes buying new tech (and the 'early adopter' tax) much less painful.

                        You don't break even, but you end up with a much better deal.

                        The golden situation (which happened to me a few years back) is to buy a card new, use it for a few years, and RMA it just before the warranty ends. This way I got:

                        • a GTX 1070 for several years
                        • $100-ish back in price protection
                        • sold the card I got back from RMA which came with its own warranty and was manufacturer refurbished, so not just a 'used card' therefore sold it for a higher price
                        • put the funds towards a new 1080

                        All told, probably ended up actually 'spending' 50 bucks to upgrade to a 1080. Good stuff.

    • MauTauAja on 10/09/2020 - 08:17
      +1

      True…. rog Strix 2070 super much much better than this

      • ValouSydney on 10/09/2020 - 08:19

        But is it worth the extra $200? not sure in my opinion

        • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 08:22
          +2

          Theres always something better if you spend abit more but if you only have $500 to spend then this is a fantastic deal

          • ValouSydney on 10/09/2020 - 11:24

            @BenMHarvey: I bought this card a few months ago for $460, haven't been happier. Although as of today I would definitely wait for the new 3000 series to get out.

        • MauTauAja on 10/09/2020 - 08:31

          Then wait until that Rog Strix price go down, personally i will pull my trigger on Black Friday sale 27 November

        • ln28909 on 10/09/2020 - 08:35

          use that as negotiation material, I've been able to get a few 2 months old 2080 super to come to $700 with that

          Top tier as well, like strix, or gaming x trio

        • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:46

          Yeah, that's a substantial increase in price. Not within budget at all.

      • TheLurker on 10/09/2020 - 09:10

        Is Strix 2070 only about 10% faster than 2060 Super? Better cooling yes, but not dramatically better with perfoming I thought?

        • ValouSydney on 10/09/2020 - 11:23

          I think the 2060 super is about the same performance as the 2070.
          Only the 2070 super is 10% faster.

          • TheLurker on 10/09/2020 - 12:48

            @ValouSydney: I think you are right, but I read the strix overclocked by about 200mhz on top models. Hence the premium for that brand

    • TilacVIP on 10/09/2020 - 16:26

      This brand? Seems you've never owned Galax & for some reason think its a second-tier brand. They are right up there with ASUS / MSI / Gigabyte.

      I would have no hesitation in a Galax brand card.

  • sharky_k on 10/09/2020 - 08:07
    +4

    Unless you really need it now I would hold off.
    Any of the previous gen cards that are around $500+ seem like a bad investment right now.
    Some reports indicate 3060 might not be far behind the 3070/80/90, but who knows really.
    Or else try the used market. Gotta be some good prices on 2070/2070s/2080 etc. coming soon with people upgrading to 30xx cards.
    Just my opinion.

    • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 08:10
      +1

      The used market is a fantastic options now with such deals popping up as a bargaining chip. This is still a deal if you can't wait.

      • MrMaestro on 10/09/2020 - 14:45

        I just bought a used 2080 Founders Edition. A month ago the card was worth around $1000, I got it for $650. It's a buyer's market atm!

        • tinduong on 10/09/2020 - 22:26

          $650 for 2080 FE is such a bargain mate :(

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:12
      +4

      This is for a build that's complete except for the GPU, and so kind of did need it.

      The waiting around for the other cards is absolutely a gamble. I ummed and ahhed and thought "What if they release the 3060s soon"… but history suggests they want to get their money out of the newly released cards, then when they slow a bit, release the cheap ones. This build can't wait for that to happen.

      I just won't go near used graphic cards. Almost exclusively the things that have died in past systems have been graphics cards (not cheap brands either), and so I want a warranty.

      Is it a gamble? Sure.

      Would I upgrade my current budget build that's running a GTX 1660 now? Nope… but for a new build that can't remain unfinished waiting around for unknown future card releases, I think this one is one that gives excellent bang for buck now.

      Of course it'll be superseded, but it'll also be able to play games at high details at 1080p for ages.

      • ln28909 on 10/09/2020 - 08:16

        buying this card is like buying a brand new Audi as soon as you hit the driveway, a 30% depreciation in value

        • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:22
          +3

          Except, I just don't resell cards. I've always used them until they've given their last, and sometimes moved them off to one of the other systems I have about the place.

          I have only onsold a graphics card once, and that was giving random crashes which I couldn't work out, and said as much in the description.

          I don't buy for reselling, I buy for using, and I would prefer a warranty :)

          • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 08:23

            @spoco2: Got to love the keyboard warriors who make a living buying and selling tech gear! I would love to see In28909 buying and selling history or ledger he most be rolling in the dough!

            • FabMan on 10/09/2020 - 09:22

              @BenMHarvey: Why are you being condescending? Its buying and selling GPUs, no big deal, its super easy with the internet.

              • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 14:02

                @FabMan: Maybe he is because of the comments saying this is a bad idea because it has depreciation.

                Which only makes sense if you buy cards with the intention of onselling them later.

                Which I'm going to say is a small subset of people

        • MauTauAja on 10/09/2020 - 08:47

          Same with Mercedes … suck

      • BenMHarvey on 10/09/2020 - 08:17
        +2

        Don't worry I bought a 2070 and a 2080 for myself personally all with the last 2 months don't regret it even with knowing the 3000 cards will be around. If we all live by the logic of waiting for the newest you'd never buy anything lol.

        But I also primarily use mine for work reason so it affects my income and yeah not going to mess around with that.

        I've purchased second hand cards mostly been event free but have had someone sell a fake card which was interesting and fun to see how far it went definitely a major concern. But there are definitely some decent tech forums out there with trust worthy people.

    • Noodles93 on 10/09/2020 - 09:24

      Yep, there are loads of used graphics cards on Facebook marketplace you can snag for cheap as a placeholder.

      I got a r9 280 for 40 bucks and it's basically a 1050ti which likes to suck 200w. Previous owner said they replaced it after the temps went bad and all it took me was 2 mins and some new paste to bring it back in line.

      Good enough to game on my secondary 1080p monitor for the time being but I already miss using my ultrawide :'(

      • sharky_k on 10/09/2020 - 13:25

        Damn. I really should sell my perfectly fine r9 380 that's just been sitting in a box since I upgraded to 5700xt a year ago

        • Noodles93 on 10/09/2020 - 15:12

          Someone will snap it up. Still a great card for budget builds if you can pair it with a reasonable PSU.

          Or keep it haha. It's a nice card to have around as a placeholder if you're trying to sell your main card and upgrade to the next big thing.

  • baldur on 10/09/2020 - 08:25

    Nah. Should be below 400.

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:28

      Considering GTX 1660 Supers are sitting at around $360, I don't see that happening.

      The RTX 2060 (non super) has been at $455 + shipping once I believe, but the Super seems to be a nice performance bump, and the +2GB of ram is a nice buffer also.

      • baldur on 10/09/2020 - 08:36

        And they should be below 300

        • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:38
          +7

          Sure, you can say what prices you think they should be.

          Point is… they're not, and so this stacks up very well.

  • scottySK on 10/09/2020 - 08:27
    +1

    People are offloading their few month old 5700xt's for the same price in local used markets

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:30
      -3

      Which doesn't have ray tracing, is pretty much on par performance wise (https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2060S-Super…) and is second hand, so no warranty.

      I know which I prefer here.

      • FabMan on 10/09/2020 - 09:25
        +3

        How effective is ray tracing on the 2060? Poor ray tracing isn't a good substitution for good standard rasterization.

        • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 09:30
          -3

          Based on a bunch of videos I've watched, at 1080p, really great. And that's my target for this build, 1080p@60fps gaming with all the whistles turned on.

          4k? Not a chance, be slow and shitty, but 1080p, yeah, looks pretty great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMibq_WhVcg

      • NikeGS on 10/09/2020 - 10:01
        +3

        Watch some actual reviews and benchmark comparisons. The 5700XT is closer to 2070 Super. Slightly above 2070.

  • latenight on 10/09/2020 - 08:28

    "Around a year for a budget 3000 series"…. dont think so, everything ive read has pointed to a possible November launch for the 3060. Granted you will most likely have to wait till Jan/Feb 2021 for local availability unless you get lucky.

    I just cant see Nvidia waiting much longer to attack the budget/mid range market with the new consoles launching in November and new AMD cards most likely around the same time. Im going to be seriously tempted by the low price point of the new xbox if my only other options are $800 - $1000 for a 3070 or $500-600 for a 2 year old 2060.

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:33

      Maybe sooner sure, and if I didn't have a pressing need to finish this build, I probably would hold on to see AMD's releases and Nvidia's responses… but the waiting game has to end at some stage, and for this build it could wait as long as the 3000 release to see what was announced, and that was about the end of it! :)

    • miarn on 10/09/2020 - 09:02

      Yeah probably not a year, but if the 3060 is as good as the 3070 and 3080 appear to be, stock will be very hard to find for a while after launch. Longer again before the good AIB cards are available at sensible prices.

      (that said, I'm still waiting to upgrade my GTX960…)

  • edfoo on 10/09/2020 - 08:38

    Only if this is the price for RTX 3060…

  • superforever on 10/09/2020 - 08:56

    The same response like I posted 2060 on last deal.

    Not a deal anymore because of 3xxx release.

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 08:59
      +1

      Which 3xxx release provides a card in this pricepoint?

      None, so it's kind of moot.

      When the lower tier 3xxx cards release, sure, but we don't know how long that will be. Can't keep sitting and waiting for 'the next thing'. Have to bite sometime, and this is a good price to bite now.

      • superforever on 10/09/2020 - 09:03

        People said 2060 price will gone down after 3xxx release.

        • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 09:04
          -1

          And they did, and here we are.

      • jasswolf on 10/09/2020 - 10:36

        3060 will launch before the consoles. It's actually critical for NVIDIA'S strategy that it does.

        AMD will be holding them to that with the RX6000 series as well.

  • [Deactivated] on 10/09/2020 - 08:57
    +5

    Nope, not good enough. Only 100 below RRP.

  • frankmanzhu on 10/09/2020 - 09:49

    The price point 500 for 2060S is still a little high given Navi cards are going out soon to push equivalent 5600 - 5700 a lot lower.

  • happychild100 on 10/09/2020 - 09:50

    Tough one to choose this week.

    Friend's son is after his first gaming pc but a 3060 would push it well over budget and likely just overkill for what he actually needs. Been looking at the 1660/super to just squeeze it in budget, but the 2060 is dropping low enough to definitely consider it too.

    Any guidance?

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 10:44

      I have a 1660 presently in my main PC. It's been great honestly. Can run pretty much everything at max or close to max settings at 1080p. Like, I just completed Far Cry 5, and had that set at Ultra, and it looked and played wonderfully.

      So I would say if they're not interested in ray tracing, it's a hard card to beat. And the super apparently gives a fairly good boost over that, so might be worth getting for some more headroom.

      I got the kids this 2060 Super so it would provide them with access to ray tracing and a bit more of the new tech to play with to keep them happier for a longer time with it.

      For my money (well, actually, wasn't mine) I think, at this price, it's worth the extra for even more performance, and the ray tracing cores.

      • happychild100 on 10/09/2020 - 10:56

        Thanks! That's comforting to hear as it's been a bit overwhelming trying to choose parts these parts couple days!

        I see mwave have the 2060 EX card for $469+shipping, do you know if the EX card is any better? Would be $483 with shipping so i suppose cheaper than this deal as is! But still unsure

  • crepuscular on 10/09/2020 - 09:53
    +1

    rumor has that the RTX 3060 will cost US$299, which is bout AU$410.71, then throw in a 25% Aussie markup tax, you are looking around ~$512
    https://www.gpumag.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3000-series/

    the pricing of RTX2000s has been stupidly expensive, the RTX3000s would be the upgrade path for majority of gamers.
    not only its performance is ridiculously a much higher jump compared to previous few gens, the pricing is so much better than RTX2000s

    one down side is I think is a lot of people will need a new chasis

    • MauTauAja on 10/09/2020 - 10:38

      Thanks dude! i am about to buy rog Strix 2070 on Black Friday sale in November but now i have changed of mind!

      some good points from the article:
      The RTX 2000 Series Cards Are Now Deprecated
      It goes without saying that Nvidia has stopped the production of the RTX 2000 cards and has told the vendors to empty out the shelves containing them to make room for the RTX 3000 series.The possible consequence of this is that the retailers won’t raise the prices of the RTX 3000 cards in order to sway the consumers to buy more RTX 2000 cards so that their inventory can be cleared.

      If you bought an RTX 2000 series card such as the enthusiast RTX 2080 Ti card and still have the option to return it, you should do it now and wait for the RTX 3090 or RTX 3080 for vastly superior performance.

    • jasswolf on 10/09/2020 - 10:47

      Instead of the random percentages you're putting in, try this instead:

      +10% GST, +$20 additional shipping and overheads, which will slide to $10 over time. That's $480ish.

      Also the speculation you just linked is someone saying "well the other cards were $100 cheaper than random rumours, so…?"

      I think it will be sub-$550, but it could be a GA106 chip and wind up at or just under $400, or it could be a GA104 cutdown and wind up at or slightly above this price.

      My money is still on it being higher priced, because there's room for another 4k performance slot in the launch lineup before moving to 6GB of VRAM and entry-level 4k performance.

    • spoco2 on 10/09/2020 - 10:50

      Yeah, for my computer, I'm definitely waiting on the RTX 3060, but that's not until next year, and my guess it'll be sometime in mid year you'll reliably be able to get you hands on them for $520 or so.

      And, my guess is that it will be a seriously powerful midrange card.

      But, if you need a card now, like I did, this one is a good price point to have gaming for some time at great details levels at 1080p, and by the time it starts feeling old there should be some seriously great budget RTX options… or some AMD ray tracing competitors

  • xyl on 10/09/2020 - 10:26

    It's better to hold the money now as many new cards will come soon, the old gen cards are going to clearance, it's quite like you join the Germany army in 1945 if you buy new 20 series cards right now. As far as I know the RTX3080's performance is doubled compared with RTX2080 and they have roughly same price, also RTX3070 is much better than 2080 as well, so you can see when the new 3060 is announced before Chrismas, the 20 series will worth nothing. That's just for Nvidia, AMD also will announce new 6000 series GPU very soon, Radeon 6600 or 6700 will definately kill the 20 series on both performance and price.

  • icarus255 on 10/09/2020 - 11:16

    If you can do the 2080 Super for this price then we'll have a deal so far this is plain bread.

  • Hazza on 10/09/2020 - 11:19

    Not bad. Another option is I went with a 1660S ($340) for my budget 1080 gaming rig a couple months ago to minimise losses/impact from the 3000 series. I am guessing it will likely be 6-12 months before a new next gen card is in this price range.

    • spoco2 on 11/09/2020 - 07:56

      Yeah, that was totally my first go to card. But the person I was buying this stuff for didn't want to have to buy anything for some time, and so this fit the bill of something that would give good gaming for some time to come

      • Hazza on 11/09/2020 - 09:48

        Yeah cool. That was my requirement too but I don't mind running less than ultra in a couple years time, so this will last me many years. Up until 2 months ago I was running a Radeon 6970 which still played everything I play at decent quality, so it was a massive upgrade as is. I was going to go the 1650S for $80 less but wanted a bit more longevity and the option of basic VR.

        • spoco2 on 11/09/2020 - 10:16

          Yeah, good call. And realistically, I have the 1660 in mine, and it plays Half Life Alyx with zero issues, so you get more than just basic VR with 1660s :)

          • Hazza on 11/09/2020 - 10:29

            @spoco2: Nice. Haven't done VR before, but I inherited/borrowed a free Playstation VR and Trinus app, so going to have a play with it.

  • ValouSydney on 10/09/2020 - 11:26

    Is it me or their o/c software is crap? I never know if the 1 Click oc is activated or not when I click on it. Doesn't seem to change anything.

  • G-rig on 10/09/2020 - 12:05
    -3

    Yeah Galax is a junk brand but getting cheap none the less.

    Glad I only spent 500 on a MSI RTX 2060 Super ventus 8gb from a mate near new, he only got got a 2080Ti, should still last for ages

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