COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 2060 Super Vulcan X OC-V Review

What we’re looking at here today is the COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 2060 Super Vulcan X OC-V – now bolder and thicker.

COLORFUL is making its way to the top, expanding its reaches to the far corners of the earth, our local market included. But even with that said, it’s still somewhat difficult to find a product carrying the iGame branding even after the company’s efforts. We’ve been hoping for COLORFUL to bring its full lineup here as well – the more competition, the better after all. And in that regard, what we’re looking at here today is the COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 2060 Super Vulcan X OC-V – bolder and thicker than the previous generation of Vulcan graphics cards.

 

DESIGN

We’ve encountered the COLORFUL iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Vulcan X from the Pascal days of yore, and it wasn’t as hefty as the company’s new generation of its Vulcan lineup. Straight up, the COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 2060 Super Vulcan X is thicker and beefier this time around.

 

Now, there’s a bigger and better LCD screen that showcases a lot of things you want it to. Using the iGameZone II app, you can display and control the usual stats such as GPU Frequency, Temperature, Memory Usage, GPU Load, Fan Speed, System Time, or your personalized GIF. You can even set a designated interval time or manually switch it with a hotkey. Or, if you’re going for a setup void of RGB, you can also turn it off.

PERFORMANCE

TEST SYSTEM SETUP

Motherboard	AORUS X570 ELITE
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
GPU	COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 2060 Super Vulcan X OC-V
RAM	ZADAK 16GB DDR4
Cooler	Noctua NH-D15
Storage	Plextor M9Pe(G) NVMe 512GB M.2 SSD + Seagate BarraCuda HDD 4TB + Western Digital Green HDD 2TB + Kingston A2000 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD
PSU	CORSAIR RM750 80 Plus Gold
Case	Silverstone RL06
OS	Windows 10 Pro
Monitor	ViewSonic VX2758 1080p 144Hz Monitor

3DMark Time Spy

3DMark Time Spy is a DirectX 12 benchmark test for Windows 10 gaming PCs. Time Spy is one of the first DirectX 12 apps to be built the right way from the ground up to fully realize the performance gains that the new API offers. With its Extreme counterpart rendering visuals in 4K.

3DMark Firestrike

Fire Strike is a showcase DirectX 11 benchmark for modern gaming PCs. Its ambitious real-time graphics are rendered with detail and complexity far beyond other DirectX 11 benchmarks and games. With Extreme and Ultra versions raising resolution in 25650 x 1440 and 4K.

Battlefield V

Battlefield V is the very first title to support NVIDIA's Ray Tracing. Our test involves a run on the War Stories – The Last Tiger section to at least standardize and test out its performance equally across the board. And of course, everything possible to adjust set to maximum/ultra. Drive it hard.

Settings:

DirectX 12

Ambient Occlusion: SSAO

Anti-aliasing Post-processing: TAA High

DXR: Off

Effects Quality Ultra

GPU Memory Restriction: Off

Graphics Quality: Ultra

Lighting Quality: Ultra

Mesh Quality: Ultra

Post-processing Quality: Ultra

Resolution Scale: Ultra

Terrain Quality: Ultra

Texture Filtering: Ultra

Texture Quality: Ultra

Undergrowth Quality: Ultra

Framerate Limiter: 200

VSync: Off

Future Frame Rendering: Off

The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 despite its age is still one of the most demanding titles as it holds up graphically. Our test is done on Oxenfurt.

Settings:

VSync: Off

FPS: Unlimited

NVIDIA Hairworks: Off

Number of Background Characters: Ultra

Shadow Quality: Ultra

Terrain Quality: Ultra

Water Quality: Ultra

Grass Density: Ultra

Texture Quality: Ultra

Foliage Visibility Range: Ultra

Detail Level: Ultra

Ambient Occlusion: SSAO

Depth of Field: On

Chromatic Abberation: On

Vignetting: On

Light Shafts: On

Gears of War 5

Gears of War 5 is the latest installment in The Coalition's Gears of War franchise. It's a third person shooter that features a cover-system mechanic and a mini-game reload mechanic. It also features an exact 1-minute benchmark that we're going to use for our data.

Settings:

API: DirectX 12

Ultra Settings Preset

Min/Max Frame Rate: None/Unlimited

Character Texture Detail: Ultra

Effects Texture Detail: Ultra

Dynamic Shadow Quality: Ultra

World Texture Detail: Ultra

Texture Streaming: Ultra

Capsule Shadow Quality: Ultra

Screen Space Reflections: Ultra

Ambient Occlusion Quality: Ultra

World Level of Detail: Ultra

Tesselation Quality: Ultra

Animation Quality: Best

 

Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers

The Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers official benchmark tool uses actual maps and playable characters to assign a score to your PC and rate its performance. A character creation tool is also included, allowing you to view a playable character as they will appear in-game.

Settings:

Graphics Settings: Maximum Preset

Real-time Reflections: Maximum

Anti-aliasing: FXAA

Transparent Lighting Quality: High

Grass Quality: High

Parallax Occlusion: High

Tessellation: High

Glare: Standard

Texture Filtering: Anisotropic x16

Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 features an in-game benchmark mode that loads an automated race to profile your PC's performance in various settings. It looks cool as heck, too.

Settings:

VSync: Off

Motion Blur: Off

Anisotropic Filtering: Ultra

Night Shadows: On

Shadow Quality: Ultra

Environment Texture Quality: Ultra

Static Geometry Quality: Ultra

Dynamic Geometry Quality: Ultra

MSAA: 2X

SSAO Quality: High

Reflection Quality: High

Windshield Reflection Quality: High

Mirror Quality: Ultra

World Car Level of Detail: Ultra

Deformable Terrain Quality: Ultra

SSR Quality: High

Lens Effects: Ultra

Shader Quality: Ultra

Particle effects Quality: High

Temperature

Our temperature tests are done with the system idle in the first 30 minutes after boot up, and afterwards a load test of 3DMark Time Spy on loop for another 30 minutes.

CONCLUSION

The new GeForce RTX 30 Series graphics cards are on already well on their way, so with that said are the GeForce RTX 2060 Super graphics cards still worth it? Well, to put it simply, the GeForce RTX 3070 is so good that it can blow last-gen’s top dog out of the water. And that’s looking at a $700 price difference during launch. 

Moving forward, we’re still looking at the COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 2060 Super Vulcan X OC-V as it is. For reference or whatever purpose this serves, COLORFUL’s Super midranger looks and performs admirably. You get some nice customizations exclusive to this series of Vulcan graphics cards with that LCD screen. That beefy cooler also spells wonders for, well, cooling. That nifty One-Key OC button at the back makes overclocking literally just one click away, although you can do it yourself for more fine tuning. 

When it comes to the price however, COLORFUL puts a premium on this card. At the time of writing, the cheapest we found it online it sits at around $420. Doing some quick Google-Fu we checked out how it stacked up against other premium offerings in this range. However, once again COLORFUL products are yet to head westward, so you’ll still have to cover for the taxes and duties that would likely put it close to or even above the competition. We can’t really tell since custom fees differ from one country to another.

All things considered, the COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 2060 Super OC-V is a beautiful graphics card that can perform wonder and look stylish at the same time. It’s just that the new RTX 30 Series cards are already on the horizon and you’ll want to see what’s next.