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Zotac RTX 2060 AMP

It had been well over 2 years since the launch of Pascal when Nvidia finally dropped its successor to their very popular 10 series. Rumors lingered for months about the potential launch of Volta. We all got our hopes up when Nvidia announced the Titan V. However, it turned out to be a $3000 GPU designed for professional use and deep learning. Needless to say, this upset several people in the enthusiast community as we waited impatiently for the next generation of GTX cards. Then, after over two years of waiting, Nvidia finally announced the RTX 2080, 2070 and 2080 TI with the 2080 ti said to be the fastest GPU Nvidia had ever produced. However, people were less than thrilled about the $1200 price tag on the 2080 TI Founder’s Edition. But the real-time ray tracing looked amazing. So, the average gamer was still forced to play the waiting game, but not anymore. At CES 2019, Nvidia unveiled their RTX 2060. With 1920 Cuda cores, 240 tensor cores, 30 RT cores and 6 GB of GDDR6, Nvidia claims the RTX 2060 will out perform the GTX 1070 TI. When compared to its previous generation counterpart, the 1060, they claim the 2060 is on average. 60% faster. It even launched at around $100 USD cheaper than the 1070 ti at $349.99 for the Founder’s Edition. Now, reference cards are great and all. But as gamers and enthusiasts, we always strive for the best money can buy, or the best we can afford. Needless to say, most people who do buy a 2060, are going to go for the partner card with custom PCBs. When it comes to custom cards, Zotac makes some of the best cards on the market, especially their AMP cards. Featuring their Icestorm 2.0 cooler with three, 6mm copper heat pipes, the 2060 AMP from Zotac has the potential to be one of, if not the best 2060 on the market. Specifications GPU GeForce RTX 2060 CUDA cores 1920 Video Memory 6GB GDDR6 Memory Bus 192-bit Engine Clock Boost: 1800 MHz Memory Clock 14.0 Gbps PCI Express 3.0 Display Outputs 3 x DisplayPort 1.4 (4096x2160@60Hz) HDMI 2.0 (3840x2160@60Hz) HDCP Support Yes Multi-Display Capability Quad Display Recommended Power Supply 500W Power Consumption 170W Power Input 8-pin DirectX 12 API feature level 12_1 OpenGL 4.5 Cooling Dual fan Slot Size Dual Slot SLI No Supported OS Windows 10 / 7 x64 Card Length 209.6mm x 119.3mm x 41mm (8.3in x 4.7in x 1.61in) Accessories User Manual Packaging

The front of the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP box has the Zotac Gaming logo on the top left-hand corner, and the AMP branding to the right. To the bottom left, there are several of the features of the Zotac AMP 2060. Some of these features are the 6 GB of GDDR6 memory, the Zotac Icestorm 2.0 cooler, DirectX 12, Ansel and Ray-Tracing. To the right along the bottom are the GeForce RTX and Nvidia logos, as well as the 2060 branding.

On the rear of the box, there is the GeForce RTX and Nvidia logos and the 2060 branding across the top left, and the Zotac Gaming logo to the right. Below that there is an image of the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP and a brief description of the card. Along the bottom, they list the key features of the 2060 AMP, as well as a few features of the GeForce Experience. They also have the minimum system requirements for the card, as well as the card specifications. The inner box has the Zotac logo in the center. Inside, the Zotac 2060 AMP is wrapped in an anti-static bag and packed in a cardboard try. Personally, I prefer cards to be packed in soft foam. However, I do feel that a cardboard tray is better than hard Styrofoam. A Closer Look at the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP

The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is based on the Turing TU106 GPU from Nvidia. The RTX 2060 AMP has 1920 Cuda cores,240 tensor cores, 30 RT. The reference RTX 2060 has a base clock speed of 1365 MHz and a boost clock speed of 1680 MHz. However, the Zotac 2060 AMP has a nice factory overclock, boosting to 1800 MHz out of the box. The Zotac 2060 AMP had 6 GB of GDDR6 running at 14 Gbps on a 192-bit bus and a 336 GB/s memory bandwidth. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is a dual 90 mm fan featuring the Icestorm 2.0 cooler from Zotac. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is a dual slot card and measures only 209.6mm x 119.3mm x 41mm, 8.3in x 4.7in x 1.61in. This is slightly smaller than the 9 inches of the reference 2060.This makes the Zotac 2060 AMP a great size for an HTPC that is also capable for serious gaming beyond just CSGO or Minecraft. In fact, Zotac says the RTX 2060 AMP will fit in 99% of systems. It’s also rather light weighing only 0.74Kg or 1.63lbs. So, unlike its bigger brother, the 2080 ti AMP Extreme, you won’t run into any sagging issues. The Zotac 2060 AMP has a simpler design than most cards you see these days. But I don’t mean this is a negative way. The shroud and back-plate are designed with black, gray and silver. The use of neutral colors will allow the 2060 AMP to fit well in just about any color scheme. The back plate cutout is opposite the GPU die on the other side of the PCB. To one side of this cut out, near the IO, the words Live to Game are displayed prominently. Near the back of the card and taking up about a third of the backplate is a big Zotac Gaming logo.The Zotac Gaming logo is illuminated by a white LED and not RGB lighting. The back plate is one of the more unique I’ve seen to date with a wraparound design. This gives the back of the card a grill like design to it. This not only looks good but helps to protect the fins on the cooler that would usually be exposed. It also gives the card a more enclosed look and feel to it. Almost like the shroud and back-plate are one piece. As for connections on the Zotac 2060 AMP, its powered by a single 8-pin connector which is rated to draw up to 225 watts of power. However, the Zotac 2060 AMP only consumes about 170 watts out of the box. Zotac recommends a minimum of a 500 watt power supply for the 2060 AMP. The Zotac The display connections consist of a single HDMI 2.0 with a maximum output of 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz. In addition, there are three DisplayPort 1.4 with a maximum output of 4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz. Overall, the Zotac 2060 AMP can output a total of 7680 x 4320, or 8k at 60 Hz. Unlike the reference 2060, the Zotac 2060 AMP does not have the USB Type-C connector. There are no SLI fingers on the Zotac 2060 AMP since Nvidia did away with SLI on on cards below the xx80 series. With graphics card reviews, we always do a teardown of the card. This allows us, and our readers, to see how the PCB and cooler are laid out. This also allows us to get a closer look at the components that make up the card such as the capacitors, MOSFETs, and chokes. First, you start by removing the four screws on the back of the PCB around where the actual GPU is placed. When putting the card back together, it's important to reassemble in a criss-cross pattern as to not put too much pressure on one side of the GPU. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP has thermal pads that connect the heatsink to the memory and MOSFETs directly. This is one of the many factors that help to keep the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP so cool, even under a heavy load. The memory is GDDR6 made by Samsung. Specifically its Samsung's K4Z80325BC-HC14 GDDR6 memory with a speed of 14 Gbps. For full specifications on the memory, click here: https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/dram/gddr6/K4Z80325BC-HC14/ The Zotac 2060 AMP uses their Icestorm 2.0 cooler. The Icestrom 2.0 cooler is made up of three 6mm heat pipes and a wide array aluminum heat sink. A massive copper plate completely covers the GPU. The memory and VRMs are covered by thermal pads to help facilitate heat transfer. Along with the wide fin array, the Icestorm 2.0 cooler has two, 90mm fans that help to dissipate heat. Each of the two static pressure optimized fans has 9 fan blades to move more air and circulate the air longer.

Test System and Testing Procedures

Test System Intel Core I7 8700k @ stock settings (3.7 GHz Base) Z390 Aorus Pro Zotac RTX 2060 AMP 32 GB of G. Skill Trident Z DDR4 3200 Cas 14 (XMP Profile #1) Intel 512 GB SSD 6 NVMe M.2 SSD (OS) 1 TB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD (Games and Utilities) Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige 360 mm AIO Cooler 1600 Watt EVGA Super Nova P2 80+ Platinum Power Supply Primochill Praxis Wet Bench Games Battlefield V Deus Ex: Mankind Divided FarCry 5 Final Fantasy XV Ghost Recon: Wildlands Shadow of The Tomb Raider Shadow of War Witcher 3 Synthetic Benchmarks 3DMARK Firestrike Ultra 3DMARK Time Spy Extreme Unigine Superposition VRMark - Orange Room VRMark - Cyan Room VRMark - Blue Room Utilities GPUZ Hardware Monitor Zotac Firestorm FurMark All testing was done with both the CPU (8700k) and GPU at their stock settings. For the I7 8700k, it was left at its stock speed of 3.7 GHz. However, this particular chip usually boosts between 4.4 and 4.5 GHz. The one exception was when we tested the overclocking capabilities of the Zotac 2060 AMP. Although ambient temperature does vary. We do our best to keep the ambient temperature around 20°c or 70°f. Each game we tested was run three time each, and the three results were averaged out. Each benchmark was run for 120 seconds, or 2 minutes. For synthetic benchmarks, each was run three time as well. However, instead of averaging out these results, we picked the best overall result. The charts in the gaming section show a comparison between the GTX 1070 TI FTW 2 at its ultra-preset and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP at the games ultra-preset. The one exception was Battlefield V was tested on the games High Preset on the Zotac 2060 Amp. This was due to the game running below 30 FPS on one of the test runs. For all testing, I use the highest preset that allows the game to give a result over 30 FPS or what we would consider playable. Synthetic Benchmarks 3DMARK 3DMARK is the go-to benchmark for all enthusiasts. It covers tests for everything from tablets and notebooks to gaming laptops and the most powerful gaming machines. For this review, we tested the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP on both the DX11 4k benchmark, Firestrike Ultra and the DX12 4k benchmark, Time Spy Extreme. For both tests, the CPU and GPU at their stock settings. On 3DMARK Firestrike Ultra, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP achieved an overall score 4316 and a graphics score of 4124. This was slightly lower than the overall score of 4929 and graphics score of 4865 of the 1070 TI FTW2. However, in Time Spy Extreme, the DX12 benchmark, it was a different story. The 2060 AMP achieved an overall score of 3522 and a graphics score of 3511. This beat out the overall score of 3229 and graphics score of 2171 that the 1070 TI FTW2 scored. VR MARK VR Mark consists of three separate tests, each more intensive on your system than the last. These tests are The Orange Room, the Cyan Room and the Blue Room. The Orange Room test is the least intense and is meant to test a system that meets the minimum hardware requirements for VR Gaming. The Cyan Room shows the user how the use of an API with less overhead can provide the user with an great VR experience, even on less than amazing hardware. The Blue Room test is designed for the latest and greatest hardware. The Blue Room renders at a whopping 5k resolution and is designed to really push your system to the limits for an amazing VR experience. In all three tests, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP easily out the GTX 1070 TI FTW2. In the Orange Room benchmark, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP achieved a score of 10876. This was over 1200 points higher than the score of 9583 achieved by the GTX 1070 TI FTW2. The Cyan Room test was closer, but the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP still beat out the 1070 TI FTW2. The 1070 TI FTW2 scored 6023 compared to the 6593 of the 2060 AMP. The Blue Room was more of the same. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP achieved a score of 2464 and the 1070 TI FTW2 scored 2098 on the Blue Room Test. Superposition Superposition is another GPU intensive benchmark put out by Unigine, the makers of both the very popular Valley and Heaven benchmarks. Superposition is an extreme performance and stability test for graphics cards, power supplies and cooling systems. Superposition was the only synthetic benchmark where the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP fell behind the GTX 1070 TI FTW2. Although there are several different tests in Superposition, we ran the 4k optimized and the 8k optimized tests for this review. In the 4k optimized test the Zotac 2060 AMP achieved a score of 6152, just behind the 6240 of the 1070 TI FTW2. In the 8k optimized test, it was similar. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP scored 2571 in the 8k optimized test in Superposition. This fell short of the 2723 of the 1070 TI FTW2. Gaming Benchmarks Battlefield V Battlefield V is a first-person shooter EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield V is the latest games in the Battlefield series. Battlefield V takes place during World War 2. It has both a single player and an online portion. For this review, we tested part of Battlefield V single player, War Stories. The section that was tested was the second act of the Nordlys War Story. You play a young woman who is part of the Norwegian resistance whose mission it is to save her mother and help destroy a key component the Germans need to complete their atomic bomb. Battle Fiend 5 was one of the first games to support the new Ray Tracing feature from Nvidia. This game was tested with both DXR on and DXR off. The charts show a comparison between the GTX 1070 TI FTW 2 at its ultra-preset and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP at the games high preset. The charts show a comparison between the GTX 1070 TI FTW 2 at its ultra-preset and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP at the games high preset. Battlefield V was the one game that the testing wasn't apples to apples. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP was tested on the games high preset where the 1070 TI FTW2 was tested on the games ultra preset. This was mainly due to the game being unplayable in 4k on the ultra preset with DXR and I try to benchmark each game at its highest possible setting to be playable in all resolutions we test. Also, I no longer had access to the 1070 TI. All testing for Battlefield V was done in DX12 mode. So, as you can see from the charts, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP did very well in all resolutions on the games high preset. In 1080p, the game averaged 118 FPS and 85 FPS in 1440p. In 4k, the game averaged 46 FPS. This is under the magic number of 60, but still very playable. With DXR turned on, it was a different story. We tested Battlefield V on the games high preset in 1080p with DXR on. We tested all four DXR presets as well. The DXR settings are low, medium, high and ultra. As you can see from the chart, DXR really puts a strain on your system. The average FPS dropped to only 56 with DXR on low. With DXR on ultra, in 1080p, the the average was only 30 FPS. So, DXR does make the game look amazing, put it really puts a strain on your system. As for DLSS, the results were all over the place, so these results weren't included. The only reason I could come up with is the fact DLSS is done by AI which learns over time. This is the only reason I could come up with as to why the several runs I did with DLSS enabled were so far from each other. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an action role-playing game with first-person shooter and stealth mechanics that released in 2016. Set two years after Human Revolution in 2029, the world is divided between normal humans and those with advanced, controversial artificial organs called augmentations. You take up the role as Adam Jensen, a double agent for the hacker group Juggernaut Collective, who is equipped with the latest and most advanced augmentation technology. This game is beautiful and still very demanding on your system. The section benchmarked was near the beginning of the game, after the tutorial. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a beautiful game that is very demanding on your system. Like Battlefield V, this game was also benchmarked in DX12 mode. However, this game was benchmarked on the games highest preset. In 1080p, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP averaged 92 FPS and on 1440p, it averaged 74 FPS. Both, well above 60 FPS. However, when we switched to 4k, the average dropped to just 37 FPS. This didn't seem right, so I tested Deus Ex in 4k resolution 5 times. All were close to the same. As the charts show, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP easily beat out the 1070 TI FTW2 in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided which averaged 70 FPS in 1080p, 48 FPS in 1440p and only 26 FPS in 4k. Far Cry 5 Far Cry 5 is the latest is the far cry series. It takes place in the fictional Hope County Montana. You play the role of the un-names deputy who’s sent to arrest Joseph Seed, the leader of the dangerous Edens Gate Cult. However, thing do not go as planned and you spend the game trapped in Hope County attempting to take out Joseph and the rest of his family as they attempt to take over the entire county. Far Cry 5 was released in 2018. Ubisoft has developed a beautiful open world with amazing visuals. However, the game is very demanding on even the most powerful systems. This game was tested with the in-game benchmark, as well as near the beginning of the game, when you first leave the bunker owned by Dutch as you attempt to clear his island of cult members. I was very impressed with the performance of Far Cry 5 on the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP. All resolutions were tested on the games ultra preset with HD textures enabled. The 2060 AMP and the 1070TI FTW2 were very close in performance with the 2060 AMP just barely beating out the 1070 ti in this game, They were so close, the results were in the margin of error. In 1080p, the 2060 AMP averaged 108 FPS. This was only 3 FPS above the 105 FPS average of the 1070 TI FTW2. In 1440p, the two cards were even closer with the 2060 AMP averaging 77 FPS and the 1070 TI averaging 75 FPS. In 4k, both cards averaged 40 FPS. Final Fantasy XV Fans of the Final Fantasy series waited well over a decade for this game to release. Final Fantasy XV is an open-world action role-playing game. You play as the main protagonist Noctis Lucis Caelum during his journey across the world of Eos. Final Fantasy XV was developed and published by Square Enix as part of the long-running Final Fantasy series that first started on the original NES back in the late 1980s. The section that was benchmarked was the first section near the start of the game, where there was actual combat. Final Fantasy XV was one of the few games or benchmarks tested where the 1070 ti beat out the 2060 AMP. Both were tested on the games ultra preset. But again, the two cards were very close. In 1080p, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP averaged 85 FPS. In 1440p, the 2060 AMP averaged 66 FPS and in 4k, the game averaged only 37 FPS. The only resolution that you can turn RTX on for Final Fantasy XV is in 4k. With RTX on, the game wasn't playable. However, with DLSS, it was. However, there was a noticeable downgrade in quality with DLSS enabled. So, the increase to an average of 44 FPS, to me, wasn't worth it. I'd rather just play in 4k without RTX and DLSS. Gaming Benchmarks Continued Ghost Recon: Wildlands Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is a third-person tactical shooter game. You play as a member of the Delta Company, First Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, also known as Ghosts, a fictional elite special operations unit of the United States Army under the Joint Special Operations Command. This game takes place in a modern-day setting and is the first in the Ghost Recon series to feature an open world with 9 different types of terrain. The benchmark was run at the beginning of the first mission in the game. In Ghost Recon Wildlands, the Zotac 2060 AMP was the clear winner over the 1070 ti. In 1080p, the Zotac 2060 AMP averaged 89 FPS, a full 30 FPS over the average of 59 put out by the 1070 TI. In 1440p, the 2060 AMP averaged 69 fps to the 46 fps average of the 1070 TI. In 4k, the 2060 AMP averaged only 40 FPS. However, it was still playable. Especially when compared to the 27 FPS average of the 1070 TI. Shadow of the Tomb Raider Shadow of the Tomb Raider is set to be the third and final game of the rebooted trilogy developed by Eidos Montréal in conjunction with Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, you continue your journey as Lara Croft as she attempts to finish the life work of her father. Her in a journey that takes her from Central America to the hidden city of Paititi as she attempts to stop Trinity in their attempt to gain power. The section benchmarked was near the beginning of the first section that takes place in the hidden city. This was compared to the in-game benchmark which seems to be an accurate representation of the game play. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is another great game to benchmark, like the two Tomb Raider games that came before it. Shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested on the games ultra preset. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP did a great job in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. In 1080p, the 2060 AMP averaged 95 FPS, 10 FPS above the 85 that the 1070 ti averaged. In 1440p, the Zotac 2060 AMP averaged 62 FPS to the 56 FPS average of the 1070 TI. Even in 4k, the Zotac 2060 AMP kept Shadow of the Tomb Raider playable with an average of 32 FPS. This was just above the 29 FPS that the 1070 TI averaged. Shadow of War Shadow of War is an action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the sequel to the very successful Shadow of Mordor that released in 2014 and is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. The games are set between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in Tolkien's fictional Middle Earth. You play again as Talion, a Ranger of Gondor that was brought back to life with unique abilities after being killed with his entire family as the start of the last game. Monolith Studios has created a beautiful open world with amazing game play and visuals. Shadow of War is the sequel to the very successful Shadow of Mordor. Like the original, Shadow of War experiences very high spikes in FPS and very low dips. However, they aren't that often and the game does run very smooth. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP averaged 98 FPS in 1080p, 60 FPS in 1440- and only 40 in 4k. It was still enough to beat out the 1070 ti in every resolution though. The Witcher 3 The Witcher 3 is an action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt. Based on The Witcher series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. This is the third game in the Witcher Series to date and the best so far. You play as Geralt of Rivia on his quest to save his adopted daughter from the Wild Hunt. At its release in 2015, The Witcher 3 has some of the most beautiful graphics ever seen in a game, as well as some of the most demanding. Even today, almost 4 years later, the Witcher 3 still holds up very well and brings even the most powerful systems to their knees. The game was benchmarked during the hunt for and battle with the Griffin near the start of the main story. Since its launch in 2015, the Witcher 3 has been a great benchmark, as well as an amazing game in general. We tested the Witcher 3 on the games ultra preset. The results were close for the two cards. But the Zotac 2060 AMP still came out ahead. In 1080p, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP was able to average 85 FPS. In 1440p, the 2060 AMP stayed above the magic number and averaged 63 FPS. Even in 4k, the RTX 2060 AMP was able to keep the Witcher 3 playable at an average of 39 FPS. If I remember correctly, the 980 TI FTW I had only averaged about 30-35 FPS on the Witcher 3 at its release. When the game released, a 980 ti had trouble doing that. That just shows you how far GPU technology has come in four short years. Overclocking, Noise, and Temperatures

For overclocking, we used the Firestorm utility by Zotac. Firestorm is like other overclocking utilities. However, it has a feature that other don't. Firestorm has an OC Scanner feature that will overclock your graphics card at the touch of a button. Your card has to support this feature and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP does. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to test this feature. Every time I tried, it just sat at the same screen for as long as I left it. I'm not sure if it was I didn't give it long enough, if it were something I did wrong or a bug in the program. However, when the OC scanner works properly, its a great feature for those who want to overclock their card, but are a bit nervous about doing so. Overclocking is a long and tedious process that some may not like and the OC Scanner is a great idea to save some time and get the most out of your Zotac graphics card.

The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is already a factory overclocked card. The 2060 AMP has a boost clock of 1800 MHz, 120 MHz over the 1680 MHz of the reference RTX 2060. That being said, we were able to get an additional +120 on the core and +800 on the memory. After using the Zotac Firestorm utility to overclock, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP was able to boost to 2145 MHz. To validate the overclock, we used FurMark GPU Stress Test. We ran the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP through FurMark for about 10 minutes. We did this at stock, as we all overclocked as far as we could push the card. The Zotac 2060 AMP, at its stock settings, idled at about 40°c and hit a max temp of 67°c. While overclocked, the Zotac 2060 AMP idles at about 42°c and maxed out at only 69°c after 10 minutes of FurMark. This seemed low to me, so I let FurMark run about another 5 to 6 minutes with the card overclocked. Still, the card never went above 70°c.

For noise testing, I used the Sound Meter Android app by ABC Apps found in the Google Play app store. So, it the noise testing wasn't done with an actual decibel meter. However, I've found this app to give pretty accurate. At its stock settings, the fans ran at 40% and averaged about 28 decibels which is about as loud as a mosquito. At 75% fan speed, the Zotac 2060 AMP ran at about 32-34 decibels, about as loud as a whisper. Even at 100% fan speed, the Zotac 2060 AMP never went above 50 decibels or as about as loud as casual conversation. Final Thoughts and Conclusion

There are many things I can say about the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP, none of which are negative. Starting first with the aesthetics. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is a compact card for sure. Its size makes the Zotac 2060 AMP the ideal card for small form factor builds. Zotac advertises that the 2060 AMP will fit into 99% of cases, and I fully believe it. With its neutral colors of black, gray and silver, the 2060 AMP can easily fit into any build that has a specific color scheme in mind. The back plate looks great and I love that it wraps around the rear of the card This gives the PCB and the heat sink 360° of protection. It also adds to the already great look of the card. Although RGB lighting has started to grow on me, I still prefer non-RGB lighting. So, the fact the Zotac 2060 AMP has only a white LED may be a negative for some, its a huge plus for me. Again, this goes well with the neutral color scheme of the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP. The performance of the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP was great and far exceeded my personal expectations. Where its considered a budget or mid-ranged card, I had expected it to perform as a solid card for 1080p gaming, on high to very high settings. With the exception of Battlefield V, I tested all games on their highest presets. The Zotac 2060 AMP destroyed all games at 1080p and turned out to be a solid card for 1440p gaming, even with games at their highest presets. If you're ok with gaming at 30 frames per second, the 2060 AMP could even handle light 4k gaming. However, if you're anything like me, you'd prefer higher frame rates at lower resolutions. Overall, I was very impressed with the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP. I love the size of the card, especially with the performance the card put out. The combination of form factor and performance makes the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP the perfect card for a home theater PC that doubles as a very capable gaming PC. As the VR Mark results show, the 2060 AMP is also a very capable card for VR gaming. I've heard several people say that the 2060 is a pointless card because you can get a 1070 TI cheaper. However, our results show the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP steadily beat out the 1070 TI FTW2 which launched at a higher price than the 2060 in general. Even at the time of this review, the average 1070 ti is selling for about $350 USD, used on eBay. This is only about $20 cheaper than the $369.99 USD the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is selling for on Amazon when this review was written. Top that off with the fact you get ray-tracing features and the newer GDDR6 memory with the RTX 2060 AMP, and its a not really a hard decision. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is an amazing card and how Turing should have originally launched. Read the full article

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RPT Phoenix Report: Back to Back!

Part 2: The Tournament

My flight is an early Thursday Morning (7AM) and arrives around 9:45 AM Phoenix Time. I was upgraded to First Class and the flight was smooth sailing.

I uber over to The Breakfast Club next to the Convention Center to eat, and then wander over to try and complete my deck.

I ordered most of the cards I needed ahead of time, but the few last-minute changes left me scrambling for a few cards. Luckily between a couple of the vendors I completed my deck no problem.

Unfortunately, registration is not until like 4PM and not a lot of my friends are in town yet.

Luckily, Tom Ross and Jarvis Yu show up and are looking for food. 2nd brunch it is.

We eat across the street at Majerle’s and when we walk back we realize people already have the signature PT PHOENIX Bags, so registration must be open earlier than we thought.

We go register and get our bags and I get in the que!

We quickly fire an 8 man with a nice group. I know I was feeding Hunter and my 2 Opponent’s were Kevin Jones and Ben Weinburg.

I drafted a Ru Deck that was wide open and 2-0 in some great games.

While they finish up the draft, I begin looking to book a massage.

I find a bunch of places around the Convention Center, but they are mostly like out-booking to your home/hotel type places.

I finally get an answer from this girl Katie, she can take me but not until 6:30 which is like almost 2 hours away. But I really want to get the massage and she had great reviews; booked!

I just wander around the site clowning for a few hours before leaving for the massage.

Katy was wonderful; one of the best massages I’ve had, and it was only 85$ (I’ve paid like 2-3x as much at nice hotel/spas etc. for much weaker massages).

This is another big thing for me.

At any big event, especially Pro Tours, I try to be fully relaxed and rested to clear my mind and then once it starts,

I am thinking ONLY about the tournament.

I always try to see a movie/get a massage the day before and I like to eat nice filling dinner’s of exactly what I feel like.

When I walk out of the massage, I am looking for food and there is a spot called Dust Cutter in the building adjacent to me that looks like it has good reviews.

I notice Tom in the group saying he is just leaving the site, so he and Kevin end up meeting me at the restaurant.

I get this Arizona Cheese Crisp barbeque chicken pineapple thing, and it’s basically like in between a quesadilla and a flatbread/thin crust pizza and it was gassssy.

We Uber to our BNB and Tom loses the first game of the weekend lets goooooo.

We somehow find our place in a maze of similar looking complexes, and the rest of our group is already here. It’s Allen Wu, Hunter Cochran, Jarvis Yu, Nate Knox, Me Tom Ross and Kevin Jones. ‘

Sickass squad IMO.

The rest of the group tells us that the cleaning team hasn’t yet arrived to pickup from the previous guests…. And it’s like almost 10 PM.

But they end up showing up shortly after and clean it up quickly as Allen and Hunter jam Breach mirrors while Kevin 6-0’s me in G1’s of his Bant Spirits vs my UW control.

Nice Confidence booster going into the PT!

Losing every single game to drunk Kevin Jones playing one of the most popular decks.

We have 3 bedrooms with a total of 2 large beds, and 2 smaller beds. So basically with 7 people 2 people get shafted into having to share a smaller bed.

I shotgun one of the bigger beds with Tom and go pass out while people are still up bustling around.

I wake up fresh right before my alarm, and I realize most people are already up.

I woke up to Allen bustling around me and Tom’s room seemingly finishing up getting ready to go, and think nothing of it.

After showering and getting in my 50 Jumping Jacks I quickly get ready to catch the uber with the first group headed to Breakfast Club.

In the Uber I learn Allen swapped with Tom and was now my roommate, so indeed it was he sharing the bed with me.

I can’t help but think his superpowers may have rubbed off on me.

Also, 4700 ELO in one Queen bed is A LOT of ELO in one Queen bed!

We are extremely late.

I let the group know it should be ok, as the Breakfast club was quick for me yesterday, and it’s only a 5min walk to the convention center.

But the problem is Friday traffic has us arriving around 8:30.

We go to the bar and order to go, but at 8:52 we still don’t have our food lol. The draft fires at 9. I ask the bartender to please go check and he quickly returns with our food.

We scamper over to the site, Jarvis and Allen hitting somewhere between a jog and a full sprint during the last stretch of convention center floor.

Pods are just going up and I sit right around 9am ready to go. I open my French toast and bacon and begin casually eating my food. My tablemates are both jealous and surprised.

I have an overall nice-looking pod, the only players I recognize are my teammate and friend Ty on my direct left, and then David Pargh 3 to my left.

At around 9:02 pargh calls a judge and asks if he has time to run to the restroom, the judge tells him we should be starting within like 2 minutes so he should wait. I snap off the “ I will take the over on 2 minutes”. My table laughs but then I reassure Pargh; No really… You can go to the restroom. We have at least 5 minutes and if they are about to start without you I will stop them.

He gets up and starts running!!!!

As he arrives back at his seat out of breath; they announce that they are dealing with some registration issues and should have them all resolved very soon.

2 minutes looooool; too bad the WOTC lawyers are such nits and we can’t wager on these things.

At 9:14 or whatever it is I finally crack open that first pack

Protean Thamaturge 1/1 Copy 1U copy rare vs Mire’s Grasp

I believe thamaturge is slightly better, but my draft pod looks weak to me so I just take a safe pick of Mire’s Grasp that I ultimately regret a bit.

I’m passed a really bad pack with omen of the forge and 2/4 dryad rare as only options.

I take the Ilysian Grove Nymph (Not a Dryad)

3rd pick I take Heliod’s Pilgrim out of another weak pack. I have a Grasp already and there is just no card on a close level anyway.

4th and 6th I take Daybreak Chimera’s and I assume I am going to setup to be some sort of white aggro deck. I fill out with like a 7th pick favored of Iroas and an indomitable will, I also have a mogis favor I guess I 5th picked.

I open Mire’s Grasp and Daxos, and I take Daxos due to having no cheap plays and 2 chimera’s

I am passed Reverant Hoplite and another mire’s grasp; take hoplite

3rd I get a final Death over nothing, and I fill out this pack with a lagona band ¾ return an enchantment to the top, 2 white omens and a blackomen, and maybe like a flicker and a unicorn.

Going into P3 I am dying for cheap plays and white pips, and also an apathy to get with my pilgrim.

I open apathy and quickly check that box, but the cheap plays are a struggle. I end up taking like a nyxborn courser 2nd or 3rd pick, and a soulreaper of mogis like 4th. Not ideal and I am really worried, but I find a 6th pick hero of the pride, 7th pick pious wayfarer 8th pick hateful eidelon to at least end with a playable curve.

My deck looks like a 4/10 to me but I am still confident in my chances.

I end up registering 16 lands 9/7 when I should really be playing 17 bc I just decide I don’t want to lose to flooding and I will live if I get stuck on lands for a bit with this deck.

R1 vs Andrew Matthews:

This player was feeding me, and I hate how the R1 Matchup is random. I don’t understand why we can’t just play R1 Across, but alas.

My opponent starts off with a mulligan to 5.

You don’t go 50-10 in your last 60 high level matches without a lot of luck!

He still almost beats me because my draw is awkward, and my deck is not great.

But once again some luck for me; he makes a game losing mistake.

I say go with dreadful apathy on his 7/7 typhon, and he has a 6/7 as well, end of turn I activate apathy. In response he return to nature’s my apathy…….

I say ok and bin my apathy, then let him know the trigger can resolve now. And he says well it isn’t enchanted anymore.

So we get a judge and he confirms that it obviously is still getting exiled, and I untap lagonna band the apathy back to my deck and use it on his 6/7 the following turn and barely win.

He is GB with a bunch of mire’s grasps and multiple 6/7 colossus’

Game 2 I die horribly

G3 is somewhat interesting after thinking I was wayyy ahead and going to win, my opponent plays a klothys design. He had a 5/3 forerunners giving trample that I had apathied, and he had a hateful eidelon and a nyxborn colossus, so he is attacking me for 15 trample.

Luckily I had daxos and like 26 life, but I take 15 and now have to play extremely carefully around another designs. I draw flicker of fate for my turn to make it trivial as I just activate and move the apathy to the 6/7 and kill him over the next couple turns. Turns out he did have second designs :0

1-0

R2: Teammate Ty Thomason

Ty was on my left in the draft and is RG. I don’t really know much of his deck except that I passed him R omen and furious rise along with an assortment of green creatures and incendiary oracles.

In G1 I think I mulligan and have to keep a land heavy hand, and I draw my 5th land early and by turn 4 think I am a huge underdog in the game, but I draw like 5 or 6 spells in a row 2 of which are daybreak chimera and I fade his furious rise hitting removal for them over 3-4 turns as I tear away his life total from the sky.

In G2 I think I am doing ok, and I let him untap with renatta hoping he plays just one big thing, but he has 2 2 drops, and also has like warbriars blessing at a bad time for kill my unicorn. My removal is awkard and expensive making it hard for my little shitters to get thru his multiple renata beefed 2 drops.

I still think I am even and have good chances, but the storm’s wrath I forgot I passed him kills any hopes I had fast.

G3 is an epic one that I don’t believe I can do justice from memory. I keep a 2 lander on the play with a t2 daxos and some assortment of expensive cards one of which is hoplite.

I miss my land for a turn but I hit my 3rd plains on t4 and then nail a swamp on t5 which keeps my right in the game.

Unfortunately, he sort of stabilizes the board and despite hoplite for 6 or whatever and having 30+ life, I don’t have great attacks just yet. To make matter’s worse he has an oread rummager in play to go a fresh renatta, and his deck contains a storm’s wrath that should end the game on the spot at any point, and wings of hubris that will be really problematic at any point on renatta.

I finally have an ok window to attack and also have no choice because he just drew wings an attacked me with renatta for double digits.

My life total is now somewhere around 20 and I make a huge attack but making sure to leave back a couple tokens to not die to a counterattack if Ty blocks optimally.

He blocks perfectly this turn and I chipped him down to like 11 or so while gaining a few life in the process and lowering his green pips some small amount, then he untaps and hits me again down to like 9.

I untap and peel an omen by the sun and decide I can attack with everything as I have omen plus another blocker and also gaining 5 life. I play my blocker to gain 1 from daxos and then my omen to get a tap with unicorn and send the squad. He blocks perfectly again I only gain 2-3 life from tokens dying and he goes to 1 putting me at like 13 + 4 from the omen so 17 I think but I can’t remember exactly.

So I have 3 blockers my 3/3 chimera and two tokens facing down renata a 5/5 typhon and 6 other small creatures. But his hand is a nylea forerunners that he casts and after quick math my stomach drops because I am dead on board. I try to feign a bit of confidence as he counts the total number of creatures…

By the grace of God almighty, or maybe from the Allen Wu aura that I acquired from sharing the bed with him, Ty and I have exactly the same number of creatures.

So despite being at 1 Life Ty can say go because he has a chance to survive if I don’t draw an enchantment.

In his head his carytids were staying back to pump his 4/5 menace thing, but really carytids were 2/2 from renata and would’ve pushed him 1-2 damage past lethal if they just attacked.

In my upkeep I scry with my white omen sac and see plains then flicker. Flicker is easily lethal as I flicker my black omen with 1 mana left tapping a blocker for lethal, but I also have hateful eideilon to get back and play with my last mana to tap another blocker and play around any removal which he very clearly doesen’t have anyway.

2-0

At this point I am feeling on top of the world. 2-0 with a medium deck beating the best player in my pod, knowing my constructed deck is as bladed as ever.

While using the restroom after this round a guy from my pod asks how I did, and tells me he lost to the busted deck. It is Pargh who will be my opponent. He is UB and got the thaumaturge 4th and also all of the late U omens and things to go with pharikas spawn and thirsts and shimmering chimera etc. I just accept that it will be a tough match and I won’t be dissapointed if I lose.

R3 vs David Pargh:

G1 I keep a hand of like Daybreak Chimera Daybreak Chimera Dreadful Apathy 2 plains swamp lagona band trailblazer.

Unfortunately my first 2 draws are swamps and i feel obligated to play dreadful apathy t3 on his eidelon of philosphy just to be able to t4 chimera.

I do t4 chimera but t5 i draw yet another swamp leaving me with all white cards and no way to double spell. T6 is another single spell turn for me, and despite him flooding and me landing a hoplite for 6, i can only chip him down to 1 life before he has seen so many cards with omens and thirst that he finds gray merchant to stabilize and virtually lock the game.

I am frustrated going to SB bc it was a game i could easily have stolen If i just drew plains or spells instead of swamps. But i realize it’s part of why my deck sucks and I need to get over myself.

G2 is another drawn out affair where i think I have some chances early, but I begin to flood and it slips away fast. I die to the combination of pharika’s spawn shimmerwing chimera tymaret and some counterspells plus a final death.

2-1 and still feeling great.

We find out over the loudspeaker during this round that there will be no lunchbreak. I am suprinsingly happy with this. I am not hungry and ready to play some constructed to shake this loss off.

R4 vs Mark Lepine on UW Spirits

I don’t know Mark, but I do know he is an old school pro who got DQed recently for peeking in drafts. I will just say now that in our match he was extremely pleasant and did not seem even remotely sketchy at any point. That being said, I was aware of the DQ and on edge to make sure and watch close for anything fishy. We exchange decklists and i quickly see he is UW spirits, except he has 2 essence flux? and 1 Bygone Bishop???

I get the oracle on those and we get into a game 1 where everything goes right. He floods a bit and my first wrath comes down when he only has 2 mana open and no selfless spirit, and then my 2nd is cleaning up most of his resources with my life total still high. After azorious charming something to the top with t5eferi in play I know it’s over and after a dig he soon quits.

G2 is a bit odd, in that he floods and attacks me with mutavault a bunch, i at some point seal away it and he doesn’t have rattle chains and i know it’s over. We play a few more turns, and i have a spot to slam trawler, but instead go for dig EOT bc it’s so likely he has a dispute/stroke for how little he has done in the game.

Except as i cast dig he immediately says ok. And i say it resolves?? And he shakes his head and says yeah, you wouldn’t expect it to huh?

He has been friendly all match, and it just seems like more of that.

I am not sure if he’s leveling and holding a counter for trawler, but anyway i untap and have even better plays to not even have to sweat it. Then the following turn when i play trawler he was just actually being geniune and had no counter and dies to it lol

3-1

R5 vs Johnathan Lum on Sultai Delerium

G1 goes quite smoothly. I think i Censor a courser and then clean up a courser and wayfinder with a wrath, i censor a Nissa at some point, and i draw lantern to exile an URO and then later his graveyard preventing myself from ever getting Emrakuled before i can just close the game with elspeth.

G2 is another smooth sailing game early, except he eventually does build up to emrakul and i can sense it happening, but can’t really stop it anyway. The turn before he emrakuls I play trawler with a sabatoge up, so i sabatoge the emrakul and have a hand of opt only. I untap and he is taking my turn. He says draw.

My one detention sphere. He immediately spheres trawler (Bad sequencing there of course) then he opts, revealing a land. He keeps it and doesn’t play it saying go back to me again. So i have 9 mana and a glacial fortress facing down no hand but an uro that can come back next turn my life is like 17 so I’m not that worried but def a close game.

I draw dig thru time and hit 2 teferi’s and a sabatoge lol I take little teferi bounce my detention sphere freeing dream trawler with counter backup.

I managed to win a few turns later.

4-1

R6 vs Charles Wong on Sultai Invertor

Charles seemed to be a good player to me, but I didn’t know him before this match.

In G1 he had multiple carytids and a wayfinder, but i countered his URO on the way back down and I feel like he had 6-7 lands in play at a point where i had cycled 2 farmlands 2 charms a censor and 2 opts, and i have literally only lands than don’t do anything still. At any point if i draw a dig teferi narset or whatever I just win easily I assume, but instead he just resolves a topdecked jace, then untaps and resolves invertor and kills me.

Frustrating to lose to flooding in a deck that is so good at preventing that, but it happens.

G2 is just not close. My opp TS me and then t3 tracker resolves and he disputes my next 2 spells as i fall behind even further to a resolved Jace. He untaps after disputing my t5eferi or whatever and says oh u are dead, dig invertor.

30+ min in the round is not bad tho. Thats a jimmy johns run lets goooooo.

4-2

I clear my head during this walk and grab my sandwich and head back to the site ready to crush the last two rounds.

I’m just finishing my sandwich as pairings go up, Paul Reitzl is my opponent.

I am a bit annoyed at 4-2 to be playing someone so good, but that’s how the PT goes sometimes.

R7 vs Paul Rietzl on MonoB Vampires

His list looks mostly pretty standard.

In g1 he thoughtseizes me on either t1 or 2 I can’t remember exactly but my hand is just like 2 opts a farmland an elspeth and some other lands. I say this hand is gasssss against TS as i reveal it. He says it definitely is. And then i mention that I think my deck just may be really good against thoughtsieze as he’s thinking.

I tell him that elspeth is insanely good when he asks if he should take an opt. he says you are just going to see so many new cards. I say yeah but you can’t stop me anyway, he must agree as he does take elspeth. In this game i play those few opts and am flooding a bit but have 1 key spells t4-5 maybe a counterspell I don’t recall exactly.

He now has black castle and just uses it mainphase to draw a card up to 6 cards lol, down to like 13 life or whatever.

I untap and just have all lands and wrath so i escape elspeth make tokens. Then he goes like play knight of ebon into champion draw 3 or something bc he had a dusk legion zealot. Then i wrath and make 2 more tokens say go. He untaps and plays 2 dusk legion zealots down to like 8. I pump my tokens and attack and he double blocks one down to 5. i still have all lands but i drew a lantern and have that ready to cycle and say go, he untaps and murderous riders my elspeth down to 3 playing rider.

I cycle lantern as the third card in my yard besides elspeth and hit a land. So on my turn I need to draw a banger and censor does qualify as it is just an elspeth plus a card. I cycle into nothing and play elspeth for the 3rd time and pump my tokens forcing him to block both with rider + his last zealot.

He untaps and scoops showing me like 3 more swamps in his hand (he drew like 10+ lands, but apparently that happens often to this deck according to Tom Ross who played a lot of it).

G2 is another slow paced game where he hits me with mutavault a few times but I’m able to seal away it and then land teferi. He had the end of turn grasp but i have trawler and know If he has no TS it will be over. He untaps and draws a card with either castle or champion then plays a swamp and says i know you have what just the wrath?? Hmmmm and taps the black mana; i hold my breathe as the duress hits the table. lets goooooooooooo

He can’t take dream trawler so who cares what he took. I have exactly 6 lands and a teferi time raveler on 1. I put my hand on the table for duress and it was like trawler wrath censor. He took wrath and says go.

Without even picking up my trawler or untapping my lands I just pickup my censor draw a card without looking at it instantly tick my teferi to 2 and say go leaving the trawler in play and my lands tapped lol.

He untaps and does some irrelevant things like sorin pump champion attack for 5 i take it untap cycle something kill sorin gain 6.

He untaps again and says he has outs. He has to hit that one or that one. And I say woah having multiple things is a lot more than i expected. He says well it has to be right now, and plays dusk legion zealot. Then he says we did it! And slams Rankle and attacks making me sac and discard. But he now has no hand and I have wrath + field of ruin for his castle so it’s me at a high life total and 8 lands vs his 6 swamps and me getting the first draw step.

I’ll take the teferi/dig/trawler tribal side of this game. I untap and draw t5eferi so i wrath and say go, he just draws sorin with no board or muta so it does nothing. I draw t5eferi again, play one and plus hitting dig so gg yo untap 2 go.

He untaps and plays mutavault he drew and starts tanking and tanking. I grab sorin to see what the deal is if maybe it gives deathtouch somehow when sacking a vamp? But no he is just considering sacking mutavault putting tef to 2 and then drawing a vamp next turn to kill it from 3.

But i tell him I have dig thru time and another T5feri so it doesn’t matter at all, but just put a counter. When i say this he laughs and immediately throws mutavault at my teferi. I laugh and say I told you not to do that. He says I have to hope you’re lying as I am casting my dig.

I hit spells like counter spell charm and then draw another trawler and yeah, i win from there.

5-2

R8 Vs Justin Porchas on UB Invertor

I recognize Justin but don’t remember from what, and it was that we IDed into T8 of the GP Dallas I won. So we’ve never played, but we have shaken hands!

He has a pretty stock list that I think I’m favored against, but he plays very well and seems to know his deck + the matchup well.

G1 goes really long which really favors me, but I cast multiple digs and am just not finding hard counters so there are plenty turns I am in big danger of getting combo’d. He eventually does invertor with 2 jace in his yard and i think 2 other cards? And then he plays oracle keeping one of them on top.

He untaps and plays a jace with 3 cards in the deck and I believe I succesfully counter it, but when i cycle my charm and untap and draw a land I am dead if his next card is jace and he goes for it. It’s basically 33%, but it feels like 50% bc when he played oracle he seemed to snap throw 1 to the bottom as if it was Jace+ another, not just 2 jaces who cares. That was my read anyway. We’ll he untaps and says go so i have one more chance. I draw an Opt I believe. At this point I’ve run sort of poorly with seeing the bottom 15+ and knowing my deck still has 3-4 hard counters another dig and teferi in only like 15-20 cards. Justice prevails as I cycle into I believe the absorb or veto I can’t remember. He untaps and goes for Jace and when I counter he concedes.

G2 is somewhat interesting but he resolves jace, and i do deal with it with t5eferi, but he kills my teferi and also lands the new 5 mana ashiok. That cards is actually busted and it runs away with the game as I am disctracted trying to deal with it while he sets up invertor jace to kill me.

Going to G3 we have a little under 20min I believe and as I am presenting Justin notices one of his sleeves is different for some reason. He has black Matte sleeves but this one is just solid black. He asks if I want him to just flip the card over. I said no you don’t need to do that, just look at it and see what it is yourself and if you can tell what happened?

He just flips it anyway and it’s a Jace Wielder of Mysteries. OK? That is a bit weird but before I can start questioning he calls a judge on himself. The judge comes over and Justin hands him the card and says “This is Matt Costa’s” LOLOLOL

He Thief of Sanity it from Matt in a previous round and didn’t realize it until now. So the judge rules that bc it’s between games and he never got caught presenting an illegal deck basically, the fix is just to return the card to Matt and carry on. This rule sounds right to me in limited, like say you have a dreadful apathy that was actually your previous opponents, and you find it during sideboarding. You call a judge and this is the fix, just give it back move on. But this is a bizzare circumstance.

I just played two games in a constructed match where my opponent happened to have an extra copy of the single best card in the matchup?????

Is the fix really just “I know you fought hard both of those games against the onslaught of jace’s, but for now we just move on?”

And to be fair the head judge said, it’s on you to count if he has 60 and if you do so and it’s 61 he would’ve gotten a gameloss for this.

So idk, i remember back in 2008 it was cool and normal to pile count your opponents deck, but i thought these days everyone was off that. I certainly haven’t done it in years, but maybe I should start again?

Anyway, I feel a bit bad for Costa who may get a gameloss midgame here. Snook is sitting next to me Costa’s good friend and he looks sick. And i look at him and say let’s just hope Matt is done with his match. And snook nods and said that is the only thing I am thinking.

Turns out Matt was done so mise.

But anyway Justin and I are now going to a G3 with a fair number of jaces in his deck.

I hate that I can’t remember much about this game, but I know I had a good hand and ended up winning a super super tight one at the end.

He went for invertor when i was short counterspells and i was worried he was holding an oracle to go with the one in his yard. But whenever he does go for the oracle i dispute it, and he pays going down to 1 mana which lets me use my last piece of interaction, another dispute, and he concedes. If he just had another oracle/jace for next turn I had nothing and would’ve died, so that was a nailbiter to finish it off.

6-2

This one is getting really long and not much interesting happened this night anyway. We did go to a really nice Thai restaurant, but I will pick back up here on the final part 3.

There we will go over day 2, and then my

spoilers:

Top 8 match against Huey!

Thanks for reading, see you back tomorrow for the rest.

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The OSG Fantasy Report Week 10

This week is a detailed position by position break down. Though every roster spot does not have to feature a player from each one, I am interested in heavily targeting the Arizona Tampa game, New Orleans, Baltimore, Kansas City/Tennessee and Carolina/Green Bay game. Weather should not be much of an issue across the country. The tundra could be a little frozen in Green Bay. Regardless the Week 10 2019 OSG REPORT!!!

Quarterback

Jameis Winston.

He just throws and throws and throws. He has a very limited target tree in Evans and Godwin and makes the stacks easier to build and predict.

Drew Brees

Great matchup at home in the dome vs a very shaky defense in Arizona. I do worry about a slight lead being built, and the Saints return to ground and pound with two great RBs at their disposal. The argument to this is that Brees built that lead with 2-3 TDs in the first place.

Lamar Jackson

His floor and ceiling are one of the best on the slate with his rushing ability. He is facing the league’s worst rush defense in Cincy. This game whether by air or ground sets up quite nicely for Lamar to succeed.

Patrick Mahomes

The NFL’s strongest arm returns in a great matchup vs a battered Tennessee secondary. Malcolm Butler is bad and has been ruled out, so his backup has to be even worse. With a full array of targets, Mahomes is sure to fired 2-3 TDs. I do worry very slightly about his mobility with his recent injuries. It’s not for his rushing, but his scrambling and passing ability, which he frequently utilizes.

Ryan Tannehill

On the other side, Tannehill has performed quite nicely since replacing Mariota. Offensive pieces for the Titans have once again become viable. Expected to play from behind, Tannehill offers a lower price floor and value to pass vs a beatable Chiefs secondary. Playing at home slightly boosts Tannehill here.

Aaron Rodgers

He is to be played with Davante Adams stacks only. He can also be paired with Aaron Jones as well. Most good offenses after being shut down as Green Bay was in LA, bounce back quite nicely with the “it can’t get any worse” narrative. I somewhat believe the GB/Carolina games gets going back and forth, and if Rodgers catches fire, you’ll want to have a piece.

Running Back

David Montgomery

It’s a smash spot for Montgomery vs Detroit as we just saw Josh Jacobs whom we touted last week. With the pass game in limbo, Mike Davis gone, and Tarik Cohen being a gadget and occasional receiving back, the backfield and pass targets are all for Montgomery. He gets a boost if Matthew Stafford is ruled out. Playing a home favorite RB is always optimal if we can project 20 touches.

Alvin Kamara/Latavius Murray

In a healthy stretch, this is a great spot for Kamara. I worry about his ceiling slightly just because the large Vegas spread (12.5). If a lead is built, we could see a heavy late dosage of Murray. Similar to the Brees argument, we could predict that Kamara had something to do with the price tag. You hope for 4 quarters out of players you pay up for. The Saints have the best OFFENSIVE LINE VS DEFENSIVE LINE mismatch in favor of the New Orleans offense.

Mark Ingram

He is always risky because he never gets to 20 touches. The Baltimore running games is very efficient, and Ingram “loses” work first of all to Lamar Jackson when it comes to rushes, and to Gus Edwards who could be a very deep tournament play in large field contests. Cincy offers the best run game for opposing RBs as they collectively average well over 30 touches per game. However, Ingram could easily to 75 yards and 2 TDs in this plus matchup.

Christian McCaffrey

Every week the question is to pay up or not to pay up for C-Mac. Carolina may finally be slowing down C-Mac for the long stretch of the cold remaining season. If he continues at this rate, and Carolina has a playoff push, will he have anything left. At his price, building lineups is very challenging. I would never suggest fading the best RB in the league. On paper it is a very good matchup vs GB. His passing game role is slightly decreasing, and this may be the week I jump off as I had not been overweight on him much of the season, opting for cheaper options. This week, I may be living in the mid-range with the Montgomery, Samuels, Singletary’s of the world. With that said, 150 yards and 2TDs are very much in the realm of possibility.

Marlon Mack

He’s a 20 plus (maybe 25) touch RB who gets the absolute best matchup vs Miami, at home in a dome as a double-digit favorite. He is another reason to not spend up to C-Mac this week. Value is thin this week, and with a backup yet serviceable QB in Hoyer starting this week, the ground and pound game could be in full effect.

Aaron Jones/Jamal Williams

Either can be stacked with Rodgers this week and C-Mac in game stacks as I see this game shooting out for some reason. Tennessee/Carolina did somewhat last week, and I do believe Green Bay comes out aggressive this week.

Devin Singletary

He offers 20 touch potential in a middle of the road matchup vs Cleveland. I know “why” Cleveland is favored on paper, but have we seen anything out of Cleveland to favor them vs anybody except the Jets or Dolphins of the league? Yes, the game in Cleveland vs a turnover prone QB. Cleveland is allowing 4.85YPC and given up 5 rushing TDs to opposing backs. Gore is all but eliminated as he only appeared in 34 percent of the snaps. This is a great spot for Singletary in a very neutral game script despite being a 2-point road dog.

Derrick Henry

Never a fun roster, but he just keeps running, pounding, and scoring. The Chiefs are always a fun target allowing 4.74 YPC and the leagues second most receiving yards to opposing backs. He’s gone over 16 touches every game and is in command of the backfield outside of some passing work to Dion Lewis.

Jaylen Samuels

He will once again be one of my favorite RBs this week. He caught 13/13 targets. It was concerning he only ran 8 times, but that could go up, a week removed from an injury and questionable status going into las weeks game vs Indy. He lost touches (12) to Trey Edmonds which could repeat itself, but I see Samuels falling into the endzone this week. I love the Pittsburgh defense (AGAIN!) and presents a great stack.

Ronald Jones

Finally a RB has taken over the backfield in Tampa Bay, and to his credit Bruce Arians announced such was the case. With a high-volume passing attack, it just ONLY MAKES SENSE TO FEATURE A RUNNING GAME TO KEEP OPPOSING DEFENSES OFF BALANCE. Simple but for whatever reason we see so many coaches abandon the run. If you look at Jones game logs, his elevated rushing attempts came vs the Rams on the road, and Seattle on the road. Miraculously, Winston threw 1 INT (a pick 6 yes) vs the Rams, and with Jones 20 touch game (2 rec) vs Seattle, he threw 0 picks. Yes, the QB we love the bring up turnovers with, had a very good decision-making game. That happens when you have a balanced attack. With that said, he’s risky, but his in the mid-range I love this week for the price and gets a good matchup and could fly at low ownership with so many flocking to the passing game here.

Kenyan Drake and David Johnson

They were originally not a part of the write-up, but Drake looked great vs SF. If you can perform vs Sf (yes it was a Thursday Night) then anything is possible. Even vs this tough Saints run defense. Johnson could be used more for passing than rushing so it will be interesting to see how they divide work. We saw both Johnson and Chase Edmonds produce on the field together with Johnson in the slot. Drake is too good of a player to have on the sideline. It’s a 52 total.

Wide Receiver

Christian Kirk

We target Tampa Bay’s secondary week in and week out. He’s a much better play in the slot and is the best bet to stack with Kyler Murray if you like Murray this week. This game has the highest Vegas total on the board at 52. Definite shootout potential.

Michael Thomas

Here is the best/safest/ WR play of the week. His numbers have sustained no matter who is playing QB. He has 89 yards, and/or a TD in every single game this week. Mr. Consistency. He’s every week play, and now gets the worst secondary he may face all season in Atlanta at home in the dome. Locked and loaded on Thomas.

Evans/Godwin/Perriman

At this point you flip a coin with Evans and Godwin. Or every Winston stack you build, you flip flop the lineup with the other. Evans still outpaces in targets over Godwin 83 to 71. I feel Peterson will shadow Evans whom has struggled in coverage so far this year allowing 14/17 204 yards, and 2 TDs. Godwin gets the better 1 on 1 matchup, but either is playable. Perriman is running over 30 routes by far the last few weeks and saw 8 targets last week. He could be a sneaky deep dart play for a TD at low price in a shootout. When you have totals and matchups such as these, every player gets a look.

Tyreek Hill/Sammy Watkins

Mahomes is back, and it just boosts every piece of the offense. Quietly, Watkins targets have remained up ever since Week 1’s explosion. He’s just missing the big play and score, but he is the clear underneath possession receiver who has the athletic ability to break a slot slant to the house. Hill can outrun everybody, even his own teammates! Chiefs/Titans stacks are in full blown play this week with any viable combo you can create. It’s a 49.5 total which could easily go over.

Next, we take a step down into a core of WRs that should be worth a look. Consider whom is anchoring your lineup at QB or from an opposing to team to correlate your lineup as there is reason to play every single WR listed. They are not lineup starters per say, but if 1-2 spots remain, and the price fits, then you plug them in.

Golden Tate/Darius Slayton

The Jets are surprisingly good against the run, limited the potential ceiling of Saquan Barkly who is the only stud RB on the slate behind C-Mac with no Cook, Zeek, Carson etc. on the main slate. Tate has shown excellent chemistry with Danny Dimes as he leads in Jones’ targets with 27 since he returned from suspension for weeks 7-9. He even put up 100 yards vs New England. The Jets are very vulnerable in the slot offering up 28/36 on targets over the last month of the season. Slayton offers red zone TD appeal with Engram and Sheppard both ruled out. Targets are limited for the Giants, yet they are favored in the neutral stadium for the New York (or New Jersey) state title.

Marquis Brown

We have been chasing the big week 1. He is playable in stacks with Jackson, as there is just no better matchup for his big play potential vs Cincy since his week 1 draw vs Miami.

Davante Adams

Green Bay has to bounce back vs Carolina, and when healthy, Rodgers just locks in on Adams. If you predict Rodgers to toss 3 TDs, 1-2 have got to go Adams way, with 100 plus yards upside. He returned and saw 11 scoreless targets in the massacre in LA. Look for a much better game this week.

DJ Moore/Curtis Samuel

The running game draws a better matchup vs Green Bay, but Allen has shown the ability to move the ball to his WRs. Moore 44 Samuel 43 C-Mac 35 have been the targets from Allen this season. Moore probably has the better matchup but not by a long shot. Green Bay is favored by 5, so come from behind production is what we are predicting here.

Devante Parker

Preston Williams is done for the season. Despite the woes in Miami, Parker has had steady fantasy production and should be a clear lead target for Fitzpatrick who has the ability to maintain a WR fantasy appeal and deliver 2-3 scoring drives. He’s on the road as a huge dog, but gets a dome setting which is always a plus for air raids.

Jamison Crowder

Perhaps just as ugly as Parker, but last week we said you have to pull a WR from the Jets Dolphins game. Williams and Crowder both delivered big, and Parker too was involved. This weeks draw vs the Giants is unimposing for the Jets wideout. The total is a low 43 but the 2-point spread suggest a tight matchup in the New York (Jersey) state title game.

AJ Brown/Adam Humphries

The Titans are down Corey Davis which leaves Brown, Humphries, and Jonu Smith (TE) as their main targets. Brown has maintained his targets and Humphries will operate as the annoying slot WR getting easy targets over the middle. I love the game environment vs KC, and if they Titans are passing to keep up, Brown should have a decent game. I like him over Humphries quite a bit, but their target share is very tight since Tannehill took over. Davis 22 Brown 20 Humphries 18 Smith 16. Again, Davis is out, so that lands Brown as the leading WR here to face a beatable Chiefs secondary.

Julio Jones/Calvin Ridley

I have a ton of interest in the Saints defense, but we can’t help but think the Falcons will keep throwing from behind as 12-point dogs as they have done all season. Sanu is gone, and we have yet to see Matt Ryan’s chemistry with Russell Gage who saw 9 targets in Sanu’s absence. The dome setting always presents game stacking elements with a game total over 50.

Zach Pascal

Ever the scary roster, Hilton, and Parris Campbell are both out, and Pascal is now the WR1 for Indy facing the Dolphins in the dome. Hoyer is a capable backup as Indy just has a good TEAM. That goes a long way. Good team, good coaching, good line, good running game. I’m not sure if I can get to him personally but I would not be doing you justice to not mention him here.

Tight End

Travis Kelce and Austin Hooper

We will just lead off with the best plays/players. It seems no matter the charts, Hooper just produces. He’s really the #2 WR and is now operating heavily out of the slot which is where New Orleans’ weak spot lies. He has produced even when the team has been bad, including the Rams game. Kelce’s targets have been there, just not the endzone. While it’s still not the best of the best matchups, the whole offense gets a boost with Mahomes return.

Mark Andrews

Play only with Lamar Jackson stacks, though his routes and targets are steadily on the decline. A matchup with Cincy can eliminate any offensive players slump.

Jared Cook

Targeting TE’s vs Atlanta is always in play. The dome, Brees, a 12-point spread, every lead weapon is in play. I think Cook is the sneaky pivot from Kamara and the ever so popular Thomas. Cook can maybe even be playable with Thomas in the same lineup.

Less production, Good spots, hoping for a Touchdown:

Cameron Brate

The flow chart lands on the Tampa TE core vs Arizona. Howard is not involved and could be a possible 4-5 target and TD spot for Brate.

Mike Gesicki

A very good athlete coming off of a 6/6 95-yard week, he gets the best matchup on paper for any skilled player for Miami. In fact, most sources have the Colts at 3rd worst to 8th worst vs opposing TEs. Dare I say Miami has shown signs of life and competency and the will to compete in recent weeks. They’re on the road yes, as always huge dogs, but get the dome setting we love.

Jonu Smith

It’s getting ugly here, but his production is on the rise and any player with a competent QB would be. He gets a top 10 matchup for TEs vs KC in a good game environment. If the salary fits, he’s playable here.

Gerald Everette

I love the Steelers defense, but Everette is still the 3rd option with Cooks out in the passing game over the likes of Josh Reynolds. The running defense and secondary for Pittsburgh is good, and they get a plus DLine vs OLine matchup, which is scary for Goff. Yet that could increase intermediate short throws to the RB and TE. The TE matchup is the only top 10 matchup (7th-8th best) vs Pittsburgh on paper. Any offense for the Rams will move thru Kupp and Everette.

Defense

As always, we start with the Defensive Line mismatches. We do not just want to target potential low scoring offenses. We need points. Sacks, strip fumbles on the QB which is a sack and a fumble counted, and rushed throws that turn to INTs and pic sixes)

New Orleans Saints

The biggest DL mismatch. The last time the Falcons were on the receiving end of this mismatch was the Rams game where it seemed to all fall apart. The Falcons will NOT be able to run vs NO, and Ryan will be under pressure.

Tampa Bay Bucs

It’s hard to target a defense with this bad of a secondary. Yet they could put some pressure on the rookie QB that could turn into mistakes. The Bucs are cheap and risky yet have a plus matchup.

Pittsburgh Steelers

They have been a steady source of fantasy points despite the points allowed column. They’re getting sack and turnovers at a high rate. Their defensive line is far superior than the current Rams offensive line and Jared Goff does not perform well under pressure, nor does he perform well on the road.

Indianapolis Colts

They are facing the Dolphins. But the dumpster fire that was once the offense is no longer the case. The last few defenses we have targeted against Miami have underachieved. FitzMagic is always good however for a pick 6.

Cleveland Browns?

Simply a price play vs turnover prone Josh Allen who has undersized hands on the road in Cleveland. He does play in Buffalo, so there aren’t many worse places to play than his own stadium, however.

Baltimore Ravens

The uncertainty of a backup QB usually goes one or two ways. No in between. Either it’s a dumpster fire and the opposing defense breaks the slate, or the opposing defense operating on zero film (outside of irrelevant preseason and/or college) gets the surprise of a lifetime and gets lit up by the opposing QB. With that said I like the Ravens defense here, especially in game stacks with Lamar and/or Ingram.

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Kaep

Mike Glennon: In 2013 he started for the TB Bucs GM 4 when the team was 0-3. They finished the season 4-12. He won one game. He finished with an 84% rating 59% completion pct, 2608 yds and 19 tds 9 ints The Bucs then sign McCown but still claim Glennon is the "QB of the future" 2014 Glennon starts wk 3 I think? Bucs go 2-14. 2015 they draft Winston and Glennon?...he goes to the Bears and inks a 3 yr $45 Milly deal. I establish In short, Glennon's trajectory or lack thereof because I think that it doesn't establish worth but does indicate the market. So if that's the market (and I think most of us agree it's disproportionate) then we have to look at Kaep's career carefully to see if his resume commands the same contract (or at least similar) that Glennon got. To be clear about my opinion of Glennon's contract I think the Bears org seriously screwed up the economics of signing a FA QB as now you've put Kaep in a situation where to ask him to accept anything less than $9 milly per is to either price himself out, or short change himself. I agree with Carlos Singer that $9 Mill is excessive. But the market says we are both wrong. So let's take a little closer look at Kaeps resume. 2011 Kaep, if memory serves, plays in week 4, the 9ers finish 13-3, meet the NYG in the NFC Championship game and come up short. Sidebar: it's worth noting that the NYG would go on to win the SB 2012: Kaep gets his first NFL start on MNF against a good Bears D and goes 16-23 for 246 yds and 2 TDs. Now we have a QB controversy. At this point Alex Smith has a career of-104 rating, 70% Comp pct and a record of 19-5-1 Hey, that's pretty damn good. But Kaep was a semi-wild, dynamic scrambling QB with a big arm and potentially high ceiling. I felt like Smith was the guy. Harbaugh felt differently and the 9ers had very good momentum and he wanted to keep it. I was wrong yet again and Harbaugh (in hindsight for me) was right. Kaep helps take his team to the SB where they fall short 31-34. It's also worth noting that Kaep threw for a TD and ran for one in that SB. Outstanding SB performance? Maybe not. Did he give his team a chance to win putting up 14 pts? Absolutely. 2013: Kaep returns and in his first game against GB he puts up 412 yds passing and three TDs. Q Boldin had 208 yds receiving. Kaep goes back to the NFC Championship game against the Seahawks (one of the best Ds to ever step on the field) and he doesn't exactly blow anyone's mind but he does rush for 130yds and pass for 153 and lead his team on their last drive down the field where his pass is deflected by who was arguably the best CB in the league at that time. I was impressed at what I saw in that game. He never gave up and if it's a different playcall? Who knows what happens (I do agree with Sherman that targeting him in the end zone was a foolish call) not sure but I believe that was the play drawn up? I'm sure Deon Harvey knows for sure. So please bare with me again as I move for just a minute In a direction which at first may seem off course but it's necessary before I reach Colin's 2014,2015,& 2016 seasons which will be a much shorter synopsis for obvious reasons. I believe and understand (as I think most of us do) the importance of the chain of: Owner GM HC QB This chain, when dialed, creates the cohesive unit that establishes a winning locker room and culture and if you look across the league all of our current winning franchises have that in place. Patriots (Belichick is both GM & HC cutting out the middle man) Steelers Seahawks GB Just to name a few and that tree of executives and coaches if held together can make or break an organization that can take yrs to recover from. Ok, back to Kaep. 2014: Kaep gets a 6 yr extension worth up to $126 mill Frequent reports surface of strain and tension between Harbaugh and the 9ers front office and its close to being beyond repair. This is the beginning of the end. The 9ers go 8-8. Exit Harbaugh and several other pro-bowl/team captains and locker room glue leaving Kaep with a new coach, new locker room, new playbook and vastly diminished team in talent on both sides of the ball. Kaeps total for 2014? 3,369 yds passing 18 TDs, 10 ints rushes for 639 yds and 1 TD Not great, but certainly not terrible. 2015: Kaep struggles with the new HC and system (which I think is to be expected) loses the starting gig at week 9. Kaep injures shoulder (and honestly I think the majority of people thought he was bluffing) turns out he's not bluffing, goes in for surgery. Tomsula is fired 2016: Kaep again has a new HC, new playbook (and a radical one at that) and new locker room culture (that's two HCs two play books and still diminished team talent for anyone keeping track...it's a lot. Apologies. I'm almost finished. In a ridiculous back and forth between Kaep and Gabbert for the starting gig, neither QB is allowed continuity or growth under the new system resulting in struggles and instability in arguably the most important and complicated role on offense. Here are a few things Kaep did in 2016. Against Buffalo his numbers were 13-29 187 yds passing 1 passing TD and 66 yds rushing in a loss. In a loss against Miami he put up 296 yds passing, 3 passing TDs and rushed for 113 yds. To put these numbers in proper perspective the only other players to achieve 3 passing TDs and 100 yds rushing in a game: Michael Vick Cam Newton Randall Cunningham Marcus Mariota. In a career low Kaep passes for 4 yds and is benched again for Gabbert. If anyone's argument is Kaeps inconsistency I'd have a hard time arguing against that and could only counter with I think he needs more time to build. But yeah, there are certainly arguments to be made about his consistency. But the potential is their in my humble opinion and it's unquestionable for me. So having now looked at his overall resume, and comparing his asking price (which I wholeheartedly agree with Peter Mann and the article he shared here is premature at this point) how does he stack up in your opinion to QBs that have been signed so far which...well obviously Glennon, and Geno Smith and whomever I may be missing ? I'd say before Glennon and Smith got signed he's the best FA QB available and a better pick up than any 2017 NFL draft QB prospect (mostly because we have a resume to review at the pro level) But in that resume I see a SB appearance, playoff wins and 2 NFC Championship appearances. Again, it's worth noting that the NFC Ship loss to the Seahawks? Hawks went on to win its first Ship. A special team indeed in my opinion. So if you are of the same mind as myself, can remove yourself from any bias as to your feelings about Kaep and are just looking at resumes then you may be asking the same question as Deon Harvey asked and I am also wondering myself. Why doesn't Kaep have a job? Now Peter Mann has shared and backed up both in the article posted here and Peter and myself have what we believe to be an irrefutable, collective opinion that black balling has to be ruled out if for no other reason than the definition of the term itself. But if Kaep has a stronger resume than any other FA QB or QB in the upcoming draft....well..then I have to assume that he is not signed because of a non-football related issue. And I'm inclined to believe that issue is his decision to sit first and then kneel to raise awareness to the insanely accelerated and unpunished murders (be it accidental or otherwise) of inner city black citizens in several cities across the US and in our penal system. The outrageous proportion of black prisoners and that ratio of proportion to white citizens. Now there are some I am seeing that are criticizing his new stance and have claimed that it is because he is now looking for a new job. He is still very active in the community and raising money and awareness. Some will say he doesn't want to be a distraction to his new team. I fail to see that as a negative. You can go to his website at www.kaepernick7.com to see the activity and magnitude of his position. I've tried here not to discount the article, it's author, or Peter Mann. Instead I wanted to contribute to what Peter has shared, for that to be looked at as a whole , and for you to draw your own conclusions but in that drawing, you have as much information as possible. But for me, until proven otherwise which I am certainly open to, this is still about race. And I'm wrestling with a concept that I cannot understand, in fact infuriates me that a man stood up and used his voice to speak about the injustices that are happening in the communities that are the very same ones that provide a majority of the athletes that we all gather around our TV sets with our families and friends every Sunday to watch. I hope you are all right about him getting another gig. I will never wear any others teams jersey but if and when Kaep does get signed I will purchase his jersey, frame it, and mount it on the wall of the room I watch every game with my family. The reasons for which will be multiple. I will have followed Kaeps example of putting my money where my heart and mouth is. I will have not forgotten a man who refused to forget us. Epilogue: I have either coached or attended all of my daughters elementary school teams/GMs and middle school. This year was her freshman year of high school and when I attended her Volleyball game I took a knee during the anthem and pledge. I was the only one who did. Cheers. -MC

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Then, after over two years of waiting, Nvidia finally announced the RTX 2080, 2070 and 2080 TI with the 2080 ti said to be the fastest GPU Nvidia had ever produced. However, people were less than thrilled about the $1200 price tag on the 2080 TI Founder’s Edition. But the real-time ray tracing looked amazing. So, the average gamer was still forced to play the waiting game, but not anymore.

At CES 2019, Nvidia unveiled their RTX 2060. With 1920 Cuda cores, 240 tensor cores, 30 RT cores and 6 GB of GDDR6, Nvidia claims the RTX 2060 will out perform the GTX 1070 TI. When compared to its previous generation counterpart, the 1060, they claim the 2060 is on average. 60% faster. It even launched at around $100 USD cheaper than the 1070 ti at $349.99 for the Founder’s Edition.

Now, reference cards are great and all. But as gamers and enthusiasts, we always strive for the best money can buy, or the best we can afford. Needless to say, most people who do buy a 2060, are going to go for the partner card with custom PCBs. When it comes to custom cards, Zotac makes some of the best cards on the market, especially their AMP cards. Featuring their Icestorm 2.0 cooler with three, 6mm copper heat pipes, the 2060 AMP from Zotac has the potential to be one of, if not the best 2060 on the market.

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Specifications

GPU

GeForce RTX 2060

CUDA cores

1920

Video Memory

6GB GDDR6

Memory Bus

192-bit

Engine Clock

Boost: 1800 MHz

Memory Clock

14.0 Gbps

PCI Express

3.0

Display Outputs

3 x DisplayPort 1.4 (4096×2160@60Hz) HDMI 2.0 (3840×2160@60Hz)

HDCP Support

Yes

Multi-Display Capability

Quad Display

Recommended Power Supply

500W

Power Consumption

170W

Power Input

8-pin

DirectX

12 API feature level 12_1

OpenGL

4.5

Cooling

Dual fan

Slot Size

Dual Slot

SLI

Supported OS

Windows 10 / 7 x64

Card Length

209.6mm x 119.3mm x 41mm (8.3in x 4.7in x 1.61in)

Accessories

User Manual

[section_title title=Introduction]

[section_title title=Packaging]

Packaging

The inner box has the Zotac logo in the center. Inside, the Zotac 2060 AMP is wrapped in an anti-static bag and packed in a cardboard try. Personally, I prefer cards to be packed in soft foam. However, I do feel that a cardboard tray is better than hard Styrofoam.

[section_title title=A Closer Look at the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP]

A Closer Look at the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP

The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is a dual 90 mm fan featuring the Icestorm 2.0 cooler from Zotac. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is a dual slot card and measures only 209.6mm x 119.3mm x 41mm, 8.3in x 4.7in x 1.61in. This is slightly smaller than the 9 inches of the reference 2060.This makes the Zotac 2060 AMP a great size for an HTPC that is also capable for serious gaming beyond just CSGO or Minecraft. In fact, Zotac says the RTX 2060 AMP will fit in 99% of systems. It’s also rather light weighing only 0.74Kg or 1.63lbs. So, unlike its bigger brother, the 2080 ti AMP Extreme, you won’t run into any sagging issues.

The Zotac 2060 AMP has a simpler design than most cards you see these days. But I don’t mean this is a negative way. The shroud and back-plate are designed with black, gray and silver. The use of neutral colors will allow the 2060 AMP to fit well in just about any color scheme. The back plate cutout is opposite the GPU die on the other side of the PCB. To one side of this cut out, near the IO, the words Live to Game are displayed prominently. Near the back of the card and taking up about a third of the backplate is a big Zotac Gaming logo.The Zotac Gaming logo is illuminated by a white LED and not RGB lighting.

The back plate is one of the more unique I’ve seen to date with a wraparound design. This gives the back of the card a grill like design to it. This not only looks good but helps to protect the fins on the cooler that would usually be exposed. It also gives the card a more enclosed look and feel to it. Almost like the shroud and back-plate are one piece.

As for connections on the Zotac 2060 AMP, its powered by a single 8-pin connector which is rated to draw up to 225 watts of power. However, the Zotac 2060 AMP only consumes about 170 watts out of the box. Zotac recommends a minimum of a 500 watt power supply for the 2060 AMP. The Zotac The display connections consist of a single HDMI 2.0 with a maximum output of 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz. In addition, there are three DisplayPort 1.4 with a maximum output of 4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz. Overall, the Zotac 2060 AMP can output a total of 7680 x 4320, or 8k at 60 Hz. Unlike the reference 2060, the Zotac 2060 AMP does not have the USB Type-C connector. There are no SLI fingers on the Zotac 2060 AMP since Nvidia did away with SLI on on cards below the xx80 series.

With graphics card reviews, we always do a teardown of the card. This allows us, and our readers, to see how the PCB and cooler are laid out. This also allows us to get a closer look at the components that make up the card such as the capacitors, MOSFETs, and chokes. First, you start by removing the four screws on the back of the PCB around where the actual GPU is placed. When putting the card back together, it’s important to reassemble in a criss-cross pattern as to not put too much pressure on one side of the GPU.

The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP has thermal pads that connect the heatsink to the memory and MOSFETs directly. This is one of the many factors that help to keep the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP so cool, even under a heavy load. The memory is GDDR6 made by Samsung. Specifically its Samsung’s K4Z80325BC-HC14 GDDR6 memory with a speed of 14 Gbps. For full specifications on the memory, click here: https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/dram/gddr6/K4Z80325BC-HC14/

The Zotac 2060 AMP uses their Icestorm 2.0 cooler. The Icestrom 2.0 cooler is made up of three 6mm heat pipes and a wide array aluminum heat sink. A massive copper plate completely covers the GPU. The memory and VRMs are covered by thermal pads to help facilitate heat transfer.

Along with the wide fin array, the Icestorm 2.0 cooler has two, 90mm fans that help to dissipate heat. Each of the two static pressure optimized fans has 9 fan blades to move more air and circulate the air longer.

[section_title title=Test System and Testing Procedures]

Test System and Testing Procedures

Test System

Intel Core I7 8700k @ stock settings (3.7 GHz Base)

Z390 Aorus Pro

Zotac RTX 2060 AMP

32 GB of G. Skill Trident Z DDR4 3200 Cas 14 (XMP Profile #1)

Intel 512 GB SSD 6 NVMe M.2 SSD (OS)

1 TB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD (Games and Utilities)

Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige 360 mm AIO Cooler

1600 Watt EVGA Super Nova P2 80+ Platinum Power Supply

Primochill Praxis Wet Bench

Games

Battlefield V

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

FarCry 5

Final Fantasy XV

Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Shadow of The Tomb Raider

Shadow of War

Witcher 3

Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMARK Firestrike Ultra

3DMARK Time Spy Extreme

Unigine Superposition

VRMark – Orange Room

VRMark – Cyan Room

VRMark – Blue Room

Utilities

GPUZ

Hardware Monitor

Zotac Firestorm

FurMark

All testing was done with both the CPU (8700k) and GPU at their stock settings. For the I7 8700k, it was left at its stock speed of 3.7 GHz. However, this particular chip usually boosts between 4.4 and 4.5 GHz. The one exception was when we tested the overclocking capabilities of the Zotac 2060 AMP. Although ambient temperature does vary. We do our best to keep the ambient temperature around 20°c or 70°f. Each game we tested was run three time each, and the three results were averaged out. Each benchmark was run for 120 seconds, or 2 minutes. For synthetic benchmarks, each was run three time as well. However, instead of averaging out these results, we picked the best overall result.

The charts in the gaming section show a comparison between the GTX 1070 TI FTW 2 at its ultra-preset and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP at the games ultra-preset. The one exception was Battlefield V was tested on the games High Preset on the Zotac 2060 Amp. This was due to the game running below 30 FPS on one of the test runs. For all testing, I use the highest preset that allows the game to give a result over 30 FPS or what we would consider playable.

[section_title title=Synthetic Benchmarks]

Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMARK

3DMARK is the go-to benchmark for all enthusiasts. It covers tests for everything from tablets and notebooks to gaming laptops and the most powerful gaming machines. For this review, we tested the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP on both the DX11 4k benchmark, Firestrike Ultra and the DX12 4k benchmark, Time Spy Extreme.

For both tests, the CPU and GPU at their stock settings. On 3DMARK Firestrike Ultra, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP achieved an overall score 4316 and a graphics score of 4124. This was slightly lower than the overall score of 4929 and graphics score of 4865 of the 1070 TI FTW2. However, in Time Spy Extreme, the DX12 benchmark, it was a different story. The 2060 AMP achieved an overall score of 3522 and a graphics score of 3511. This beat out the overall score of 3229 and graphics score of 2171 that the 1070 TI FTW2 scored.

VR MARK

VR Mark consists of three separate tests, each more intensive on your system than the last. These tests are The Orange Room, the Cyan Room and the Blue Room. The Orange Room test is the least intense and is meant to test a system that meets the minimum hardware requirements for VR Gaming. The Cyan Room shows the user how the use of an API with less overhead can provide the user with an great VR experience, even on less than amazing hardware. The Blue Room test is designed for the latest and greatest hardware. The Blue Room renders at a whopping 5k resolution and is designed to really push your system to the limits for an amazing VR experience.

In all three tests, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP easily out the GTX 1070 TI FTW2. In the Orange Room benchmark, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP achieved a score of 10876. This was over 1200 points higher than the score of 9583 achieved by the GTX 1070 TI FTW2. The Cyan Room test was closer, but the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP still beat out the 1070 TI FTW2. The 1070 TI FTW2 scored 6023 compared to the 6593 of the 2060 AMP. The Blue Room was more of the same. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP achieved a score of 2464 and the 1070 TI FTW2 scored 2098 on the Blue Room Test.

Superposition

Superposition is another GPU intensive benchmark put out by Unigine, the makers of both the very popular Valley and Heaven benchmarks. Superposition is an extreme performance and stability test for graphics cards, power supplies and cooling systems.

Superposition was the only synthetic benchmark where the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP fell behind the GTX 1070 TI FTW2. Although there are several different tests in Superposition, we ran the 4k optimized and the 8k optimized tests for this review. In the 4k optimized test the Zotac 2060 AMP achieved a score of 6152, just behind the 6240 of the 1070 TI FTW2. In the 8k optimized test, it was similar. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP scored 2571 in the 8k optimized test in Superposition. This fell short of the 2723 of the 1070 TI FTW2.

[section_title title=Gaming Benchmarks]

Gaming Benchmarks

Battlefield V

Battlefield V is a first-person shooter EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield V is the latest games in the Battlefield series. Battlefield V takes place during World War 2. It has both a single player and an online portion. For this review, we tested part of Battlefield V single player, War Stories. The section that was tested was the second act of the Nordlys War Story. You play a young woman who is part of the Norwegian resistance whose mission it is to save her mother and help destroy a key component the Germans need to complete their atomic bomb. Battle Fiend 5 was one of the first games to support the new Ray Tracing feature from Nvidia. This game was tested with both DXR on and DXR off. The charts show a comparison between the GTX 1070 TI FTW 2 at its ultra-preset and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP at the games high preset. The charts show a comparison between the GTX 1070 TI FTW 2 at its ultra-preset and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP at the games high preset.

Battlefield V was the one game that the testing wasn’t apples to apples. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP was tested on the games high preset where the 1070 TI FTW2 was tested on the games ultra preset. This was mainly due to the game being unplayable in 4k on the ultra preset with DXR and I try to benchmark each game at its highest possible setting to be playable in all resolutions we test. Also, I no longer had access to the 1070 TI. All testing for Battlefield V was done in DX12 mode. So, as you can see from the charts, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP did very well in all resolutions on the games high preset. In 1080p, the game averaged 118 FPS and 85 FPS in 1440p. In 4k, the game averaged 46 FPS. This is under the magic number of 60, but still very playable. With DXR turned on, it was a different story.

We tested Battlefield V on the games high preset in 1080p with DXR on. We tested all four DXR presets as well. The DXR settings are low, medium, high and ultra. As you can see from the chart, DXR really puts a strain on your system. The average FPS dropped to only 56 with DXR on low. With DXR on ultra, in 1080p, the the average was only 30 FPS. So, DXR does make the game look amazing, put it really puts a strain on your system. As for DLSS, the results were all over the place, so these results weren’t included. The only reason I could come up with is the fact DLSS is done by AI which learns over time. This is the only reason I could come up with as to why the several runs I did with DLSS enabled were so far from each other.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an action role-playing game with first-person shooter and stealth mechanics that released in 2016. Set two years after Human Revolution in 2029, the world is divided between normal humans and those with advanced, controversial artificial organs called augmentations. You take up the role as Adam Jensen, a double agent for the hacker group Juggernaut Collective, who is equipped with the latest and most advanced augmentation technology. This game is beautiful and still very demanding on your system. The section benchmarked was near the beginning of the game, after the tutorial.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a beautiful game that is very demanding on your system. Like Battlefield V, this game was also benchmarked in DX12 mode. However, this game was benchmarked on the games highest preset. In 1080p, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP averaged 92 FPS and on 1440p, it averaged 74 FPS. Both, well above 60 FPS. However, when we switched to 4k, the average dropped to just 37 FPS. This didn’t seem right, so I tested Deus Ex in 4k resolution 5 times. All were close to the same. As the charts show, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP easily beat out the 1070 TI FTW2 in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided which averaged 70 FPS in 1080p, 48 FPS in 1440p and only 26 FPS in 4k.

Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5 is the latest is the far cry series. It takes place in the fictional Hope County Montana. You play the role of the un-names deputy who’s sent to arrest Joseph Seed, the leader of the dangerous Edens Gate Cult. However, thing do not go as planned and you spend the game trapped in Hope County attempting to take out Joseph and the rest of his family as they attempt to take over the entire county. Far Cry 5 was released in 2018. Ubisoft has developed a beautiful open world with amazing visuals. However, the game is very demanding on even the most powerful systems. This game was tested with the in-game benchmark, as well as near the beginning of the game, when you first leave the bunker owned by Dutch as you attempt to clear his island of cult members.

I was very impressed with the performance of Far Cry 5 on the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP. All resolutions were tested on the games ultra preset with HD textures enabled. The 2060 AMP and the 1070TI FTW2 were very close in performance with the 2060 AMP just barely beating out the 1070 ti in this game, They were so close, the results were in the margin of error. In 1080p, the 2060 AMP averaged 108 FPS. This was only 3 FPS above the 105 FPS average of the 1070 TI FTW2. In 1440p, the two cards were even closer with the 2060 AMP averaging 77 FPS and the 1070 TI averaging 75 FPS. In 4k, both cards averaged 40 FPS.

Final Fantasy XV

Fans of the Final Fantasy series waited well over a decade for this game to release. Final Fantasy XV is an open-world action role-playing game. You play as the main protagonist Noctis Lucis Caelum during his journey across the world of Eos. Final Fantasy XV was developed and published by Square Enix as part of the long-running Final Fantasy series that first started on the original NES back in the late 1980s. The section that was benchmarked was the first section near the start of the game, where there was actual combat.

Final Fantasy XV was one of the few games or benchmarks tested where the 1070 ti beat out the 2060 AMP. Both were tested on the games ultra preset. But again, the two cards were very close. In 1080p, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP averaged 85 FPS. In 1440p, the 2060 AMP averaged 66 FPS and in 4k, the game averaged only 37 FPS. The only resolution that you can turn RTX on for Final Fantasy XV is in 4k. With RTX on, the game wasn’t playable. However, with DLSS, it was. However, there was a noticeable downgrade in quality with DLSS enabled. So, the increase to an average of 44 FPS, to me, wasn’t worth it. I’d rather just play in 4k without RTX and DLSS.

[section_title title=Gaming Benchmarks Continued]

Gaming Benchmarks Continued

Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is a third-person tactical shooter game. You play as a member of the Delta Company, First Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, also known as Ghosts, a fictional elite special operations unit of the United States Army under the Joint Special Operations Command. This game takes place in a modern-day setting and is the first in the Ghost Recon series to feature an open world with 9 different types of terrain. The benchmark was run at the beginning of the first mission in the game.

In Ghost Recon Wildlands, the Zotac 2060 AMP was the clear winner over the 1070 ti. In 1080p, the Zotac 2060 AMP averaged 89 FPS, a full 30 FPS over the average of 59 put out by the 1070 TI. In 1440p, the 2060 AMP averaged 69 fps to the 46 fps average of the 1070 TI. In 4k, the 2060 AMP averaged only 40 FPS. However, it was still playable. Especially when compared to the 27 FPS average of the 1070 TI.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is set to be the third and final game of the rebooted trilogy developed by Eidos Montréal in conjunction with Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, you continue your journey as Lara Croft as she attempts to finish the life work of her father. Her in a journey that takes her from Central America to the hidden city of Paititi as she attempts to stop Trinity in their attempt to gain power. The section benchmarked was near the beginning of the first section that takes place in the hidden city. This was compared to the in-game benchmark which seems to be an accurate representation of the game play.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is another great game to benchmark, like the two Tomb Raider games that came before it. Shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested on the games ultra preset. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP did a great job in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. In 1080p, the 2060 AMP averaged 95 FPS, 10 FPS above the 85 that the 1070 ti averaged. In 1440p, the Zotac 2060 AMP averaged 62 FPS to the 56 FPS average of the 1070 TI. Even in 4k, the Zotac 2060 AMP kept Shadow of the Tomb Raider playable with an average of 32 FPS. This was just above the 29 FPS that the 1070 TI averaged.

Shadow of War

Shadow of War is an action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the sequel to the very successful Shadow of Mordor that released in 2014 and is based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendarium. The games are set between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in Tolkien’s fictional Middle Earth. You play again as Talion, a Ranger of Gondor that was brought back to life with unique abilities after being killed with his entire family as the start of the last game. Monolith Studios has created a beautiful open world with amazing game play and visuals.

Shadow of War is the sequel to the very successful Shadow of Mordor. Like the original, Shadow of War experiences very high spikes in FPS and very low dips. However, they aren’t that often and the game does run very smooth. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP averaged 98 FPS in 1080p, 60 FPS in 1440- and only 40 in 4k. It was still enough to beat out the 1070 ti in every resolution though.

The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 is an action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt. Based on The Witcher series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. This is the third game in the Witcher Series to date and the best so far. You play as Geralt of Rivia on his quest to save his adopted daughter from the Wild Hunt. At its release in 2015, The Witcher 3 has some of the most beautiful graphics ever seen in a game, as well as some of the most demanding. Even today, almost 4 years later, the Witcher 3 still holds up very well and brings even the most powerful systems to their knees. The game was benchmarked during the hunt for and battle with the Griffin near the start of the main story.

Since its launch in 2015, the Witcher 3 has been a great benchmark, as well as an amazing game in general. We tested the Witcher 3 on the games ultra preset. The results were close for the two cards. But the Zotac 2060 AMP still came out ahead. In 1080p, the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP was able to average 85 FPS. In 1440p, the 2060 AMP stayed above the magic number and averaged 63 FPS. Even in 4k, the RTX 2060 AMP was able to keep the Witcher 3 playable at an average of 39 FPS. If I remember correctly, the 980 TI FTW I had only averaged about 30-35 FPS on the Witcher 3 at its release. When the game released, a 980 ti had trouble doing that. That just shows you how far GPU technology has come in four short years.

[section_title title=Overclocking, Noise, and Temperatures]

Overclocking, Noise, and Temperatures

For overclocking, we used the Firestorm utility by Zotac. Firestorm is like other overclocking utilities. However, it has a feature that other don’t. Firestorm has an OC Scanner feature that will overclock your graphics card at the touch of a button. Your card has to support this feature and the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP does. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to test this feature. Every time I tried, it just sat at the same screen for as long as I left it. I’m not sure if it was I didn’t give it long enough, if it were something I did wrong or a bug in the program. However, when the OC scanner works properly, its a great feature for those who want to overclock their card, but are a bit nervous about doing so. Overclocking is a long and tedious process that some may not like and the OC Scanner is a great idea to save some time and get the most out of your Zotac graphics card.

To validate the overclock, we used FurMark GPU Stress Test. We ran the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP through FurMark for about 10 minutes. We did this at stock, as we all overclocked as far as we could push the card. The Zotac 2060 AMP, at its stock settings, idled at about 40°c and hit a max temp of 67°c. While overclocked, the Zotac 2060 AMP idles at about 42°c and maxed out at only 69°c after 10 minutes of FurMark. This seemed low to me, so I let FurMark run about another 5 to 6 minutes with the card overclocked. Still, the card never went above 70°c.

For noise testing, I used the Sound Meter Android app by ABC Apps found in the Google Play app store. So, it the noise testing wasn’t done with an actual decibel meter. However, I’ve found this app to give pretty accurate. At its stock settings, the fans ran at 40% and averaged about 28 decibels which is about as loud as a mosquito. At 75% fan speed, the Zotac 2060 AMP ran at about 32-34 decibels, about as loud as a whisper. Even at 100% fan speed, the Zotac 2060 AMP never went above 50 decibels or as about as loud as casual conversation.

[section_title title=Final Thoughts and Conclusion]

Final Thoughts and Conclusion

The performance of the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP was great and far exceeded my personal expectations. Where its considered a budget or mid-ranged card, I had expected it to perform as a solid card for 1080p gaming, on high to very high settings. With the exception of Battlefield V, I tested all games on their highest presets. The Zotac 2060 AMP destroyed all games at 1080p and turned out to be a solid card for 1440p gaming, even with games at their highest presets. If you’re ok with gaming at 30 frames per second, the 2060 AMP could even handle light 4k gaming. However, if you’re anything like me, you’d prefer higher frame rates at lower resolutions.

Overall, I was very impressed with the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP. I love the size of the card, especially with the performance the card put out. The combination of form factor and performance makes the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP the perfect card for a home theater PC that doubles as a very capable gaming PC. As the VR Mark results show, the 2060 AMP is also a very capable card for VR gaming. I’ve heard several people say that the 2060 is a pointless card because you can get a 1070 TI cheaper. However, our results show the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP steadily beat out the 1070 TI FTW2 which launched at a higher price than the 2060 in general. Even at the time of this review, the average 1070 ti is selling for about $350 USD, used on eBay. This is only about $20 cheaper than the $369.99 USD the Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is selling for on Amazon when this review was written. Top that off with the fact you get ray-tracing features and the newer GDDR6 memory with the RTX 2060 AMP, and its a not really a hard decision. The Zotac RTX 2060 AMP is an amazing card and how Turing should have originally launched.

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