Msi rtx 2060 gaming z 6g review in Spanish (full analysis)

After the recent release of Nvidia's new creation for the mid-range, custom variants take center stage, such as this MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G and the impressive RGB Mystic Light heatsink that MSI implements in its Z models. Of course the speeds They have been increased compared to the reference model, and the memory is still the fastest GDDR6.

Let's see then what this variant of MSI can offer us in addition to a nice finish, will it outperform the Asus RTX Strix? Right now we will see.

The first of all is to thank MSI for trusting in Professional Review to give us this product.

MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G Technical features

MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G
Chipset	TU106
Processor speed	Base frequency: 1365 MHz Turbo frequency: 1830 MHz
Number of graphics cores	1920 CUDA, 240 Tensor and 30 RT
Memory size	6 GB GDDR6 at 14 Gbps (1750 MHz)
Memory bus	192 bit (336 GB / s)
DirectX	DirectX 12 Vulkan OpenGL 4.5
Size	247 x 129 x 52 mm
TDP	160 W
Price	475 euros

Unboxing and design

The curtain opens for RTX 2060 cards and all models have already taken the opportunity to bring out their own custom models, both in dissipation and overclocking and functionality. In this case we are facing the MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G variant, a card that joins the brand's Z range, which means that it is the version with the most features we will have.

Since it is traditional, we will start by talking a little about the caramel wrapper. It lives up to expectations, featuring a typical thick cardboard box setup and vertical opening packed with color and product information. A large logo of the RTX architecture, along with an image of this graphics card showing its Twin Frozr 7 RGB heatsink, is the product's cover letter.

As usual, the rear area is full of images of its ventilation system and the improvements that MSI introduces in this type of product. It gives us information about its Twin Frozr heatsink that has done so much good for the brand in its latest creations, along with its two 90mm diameter MSI TORX 3.0 fans.

We then open the box to find a product located vertically protected by an antistatic bag in the first instance, and a high-density foam coating where the graphics card rests. But inside we have a few more things:

• The graphics card MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G Documentation and quick installation guide CD-ROM with drivers and software The illusion of each one for brand new

As with the latest models that are launched on the market, we do not have any type of extra cable to establish the connection of the card with the monitor. For more than 300 euros, less than a help cable, but nothing.

We extract this beauty, and examine the construction of the main casing. The external finish around the fans and visible surface is plastic, although under this element, we have a metal plate to provide greater robustness to the set. We do not want a 957 gram card to bend while installed. The lighting elements are located on each side of the fan casing, and implements the well-known MSI RGB Mystic Light technology.

If we turn the MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G over, we have a complete, robust and careful backplate built entirely in aluminum with a huge logo, to give one more point of rigidity to the set. In this part, we do not have any type of lighting, although it does give us the possibility of uninstalling the main dissipation block using the four lathes that we see there. We clearly appreciate that the component PCB has smaller dimensions than the dissipation block.

Being a double fan card, we can guess that its dimensions are quite affordable, in total it measures 247 mm long, 129 mm wide and 52 mm thick, so clearly we are dealing with a configuration that occupies 2.5 expansion slots and with good possibilities to insert it in almost any current chassis of decent measures.

Speaking a little more in detail about its fans, the new MSI Twin Frozr system mounts two 90mm MSI TORX FAN 3.0. With new aerodynamic adjustments in each of its 14 fins, to achieve greater air flow and pressure, as well as greater dispersion of this so that it can bathe the entire finned exchange block. In addition, they have also been responsible for lowering their noise as much as possible when they rotate at their maximum speed. At a temperature below 60 degrees the ventilation system will be off.

In the profile photos we see that the dissipation block is clearly divided into two elements with numerous heatpipes to provide a good heat distribution. The block is of considerable thickness, since a shorter length of the block must be compensated with a greater thickness to gain effectiveness.

In general, the sides are quite bare, exposing elements such as fan connections or condensers. In the visible area, we also have a mark of the brand and its logo with RGB lighting.

Also in the side area facing the user, we have the 8-pin power connector. The manufacturer marks as consumption of this MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G a TDP of 190 W, which is higher than the 160 W of the base model. Even though it is 30 W higher, this configuration has been maintained, so we imagine that MSI has not seen it necessary to implement greater connectivity to power this model.

As in the rest of the variants of the RTX 2060, we do not have an SLI or NVLink interface in this mid-range. Nvidia has determined that a user who wants to opt for this range will never choose to use a dual card configuration. Which is logical and correct, it is also saving an additional cost in components, since we have enough with the expensive GDDR6.

MSI has implemented Mystic Light lighting technology in this MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G. We can customize this lighting using our own software to choose between different animations such as breathing, flash, flash, etc. Or if we prefer, we can also turn it off without further ado.

Before removing your block to see the old days, we have to talk about its connection ports, very important to see what possibility we have. In total we find:

• Two DisplayPort 1.4a connections Two HDMI 2.0b connections

With Turing technology next to the DisplayPort port, we can reach resolutions of 8K at 60Hz when DSC support on the card is activated. On the other hand, we miss the USB 3.0 connector quite a lot for the Virtual Link connection of the Founders Edition version. We do not understand very well the reasons for deleting this connection since even the factory version brings it.

Heatsink and PCB

Well, we proceed to remove the dissipation block to see what we find and how everything is distributed. We recommend removing the block after having previously heated the card, either by playing or with some benchmark tool.

The dissipation block is made up of two thick aluminum blocks with extremely abundant finning to raise the heat exchange surface as much as possible. The main block that connects directly to the graphic core, and is made of nickel-plated copper with abundant premium X thermal compound.

Four copper heatpipes exit from this block to the other smaller block to obtain a high percentage of heat. In the other zone, two other heatpipes exit towards the main block itself to produce a more balanced heat distribution. The result must live up to the demands of an overclocked GPU like this.

MSI has opted for a custom PCB with a total of 7 VRMs to power a Turing architecture TU106 GPU manufactured at 12nm FinFET with factory overclocked frequency from 1365MHz to max 1830MHz in Boost. This GPU has 1920 CUDA Cores, 120 TMUs and 48 ROPs, plus 240 Tensor Cores and 30 RT Cores. All this will provide us with Ray Tracing capability in real time also for the mid-range of RTX.

But these power phases not only power the GPU, but also the 6 GB of GDDR6 memory at no less than 14 Gbps. These modules have a 192-bit bus width, and a bandwidth of 336 GB / s.

To power all of this, we have an 8-pin connector and a 190W TDP. The manufacturer recommends that we use a power supply of at least 500W. With this consumption, perhaps it would not have hurt to introduce another 6-pin connector so that this card does not fall short under any circumstances, and thus be able to introduce a Virtual Link connector. In any case, we will not have consumption problems with this MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G .

We can also see the two connectors for the fans that the heatsink incorporates, and two other extras to connect the RGB lighting.

Test bench and performance tests

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel Core i9-9900k
Base plate:	Asus Maximus XI Hero
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB 16 GB @ 3600 MHz
Heatsink	Corsair H100i V2
HDD	Kingston UV400
Graphic card	MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z
Power supply	Corsair RM1000X

For benchmarks we will use the following titles:

• 3DMark Fire Strike normal. 3Mark Fire Strike 4K version. Time Spy.VRMARK.

All tests have been passed with the filters to the maximum unless we indicate otherwise. In order to have adequate performance, we have carried out three types of tests: the first is the most common at Full HD 1920 x 1080, the second resolution is making the leap for 2K or 1440P (2560 x 1440P) gamers and the most enthusiastic with 4K (3840 x 2160). The operating system we have used has been Windows 10 Pro 64 bit and the latest drivers available from the Nvidia website.

What are we looking for in the tests?

First, the best possible image quality. The most important value for us is the average FPS (Frames per second), the higher the number of FPS the more fluid the game will go. To differentiate the quality a bit, we leave you a table to assess the quality in FPS, but we will also have the minimum Fps in the tests that were thus possible:

FRAMES BY SECONDS
Frames for Seconds. (FPS)	Gameplay
Less than 30 FPS	Limited
30 ~ 40 FPS	Playable
40 ~ 60 FPS	Good
Greater than 60 FPS	Fairly Good or Excellent

Game Testing

Overclocking

Note: Remember that overclocking or manipulation carries a risk, we and any manufacturer are not responsible for improper use, use the head and always do so at your own risk.

We have been able to upload the graphics card + 30 MHz in the graphic core and +800 points (+ 200 MHz) in the memories. The result is as expected, since we went from 19814 to 20066 points in Graphics Score in Fire Strike. One of the best RTX 2060 we have tested at the overclock level. For the most curious we have gone from 1950 MHz in the turbo to 2070 MHz.

Temperature and consumption

The MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z is a very cool graphics card. At idle we have 44 ºC because we have the fans stopped, but if you don't feel like having the 0 DB profile active, you can modify it with a profile in MSI Afterburner quickly.

At maximum power we have 63 ºC at full power. We think it is very good results and that does not imply having the best cooling chassis on the market. When we overclock we obtain a maximum of 66 ºC. Very good work by the MSI team!

It is time to show you a couple of images taken with our FLIR thermal camera. In it we can see that the most critical points of this graphics card are found behind the backplate: memories, power supply phases and chipset.

We find the cooling zone of the 8-pin power connection to be improvable. In other models we have not seen so many temperatures. The rest of the temperatures are within expectations.

Consumption is for the entire team *

As we can see in the graph it consumes like a lighter. At low load we have 44 W and at maximum power it rises to 269 ​​W only the graphics card. When we stress the processor with Prime95 we get a maximum of 345 W. We believe that they are very competent results.

Final words and conclusion about MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z

The MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z graphics card arrives stomping. At the moment it is one of the two best Customs we have tested, both for build quality, components, cooling, overclockability and excellent temperatures.

We recommend you read about our guide to the best graphics cards

The Twin Frozr 7 cooling system is recreated with two 90mm fans, a spectacular design with RGB lighting and great efficiency to cool the entire graphics card from top to bottom. We also liked its compact and compact size, this comes great to install on tiny chassis. Remember that it has a length of 24.7 cm.

At the moment we have only seen it in Germany for a price of 447 euros and without purchase availability. We believe that it is a fair price but having the Founders Edition version for just 369 euros, we can improve another component of our PC: Processor, RAM or SSD. What do you think of the MSI RTX 2060 GAMING Z? We want to know your opinion!

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ EXCELLENT HEATSINK	- PRICE IS HIGH TO NVIDIA REFERENCE MODEL.
+ 5 + 2 PHASES OF VERY QUALITY
+ VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE
+ OVERCLOCK CAPACITY
+ LITTLE INTRUSIVE LIGHTING.

The professional review team awards you the platinum medal and recommended product.

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