#g: final fantasy x2

[aceflorins]

Tax season broke bank a bit, so I pushed myself to make these ffxiv buttons despite having neck pains. qwq

I do plan on making more designs, but I'm probably going to rest up a bit before I shrimp over my tablet again.

Link below! \o/

[archoneddzs15]

Sega Mega CD - Sim Earth

Title: Sim Earth / シムアース

Developer/Publisher: Maxis Software / Game Arts / Sega

Release date: 12 March 1993

Catalogue No.: G-6008

Genre: Simulation / Edutainment

Imagine for a moment that you're playing Sim Earth in your living room. The door opens, and a beautiful woman enters. She watches you play for a few moments, and then asks you, full of confusion, "What are you doing in this game?" For a moment, you don't know what to say, but you then respond, "Waiting for my grasslands to grow." Sadly, that's pretty much all there is to do in Sim Earth.

Sure, the game flaunts itself as giving a player the chance to develop an entire planet according to his liking, but it never really delivers on this promise. Instead, Maxis has created a system of overly complicated decision-making that leaves the player spending a great deal of his time simply watching a planet age rather than actually playing the game. Strangely enough, we also needed a console port, so Americans got it for the SNES and Turbo Duo (PC Engine CD) and why the heck not, let's release a Mega CD version but make it exclusive to Japan for whatever brain-dead reason. This was actually ported by Game Arts!

Although Sim Earth does not provide much gameplay, it does offer a variety of sliders for the player to adjust in creating his world. Changing these options will, over time, cause changes in the geology, biology, or ecology of the player's planet. It also provides the ability to cause, for a cost of mana (or something), several terrain-shifting natural disasters, such as volcanoes or meteor strikes. This concept may sound great in the theoretical realm, but when it is applied to a game grounded in reality it quickly runs into problems. The fact of the matter is that life exists in only limited circumstances, temperatures, and environments.

A player might have the option to create a burning hot volcano planet, but there's no point since nothing will be there besides rocks and dust, which aren't much fun to watch. As a result, the game is a chore in finding ways to change the scenario planets into copies of Earth. But how does the beautiful girl react to such a game? She looks at your play, puzzled. "That looks awfully boring," she says with a hint of disdain in her voice. She leaves the room shaking her head, but you are not embarrassed. Instead, you smile to yourself and think aloud "At least she didn't walk in on me playing Final Fantasy X2."

Oh, by the way, you are required to use the Mega CD Backup RAM cartridge to be able to save any data within the game. I'm sure each file is around 471 blocks or something.

[squinoas]

Right before my eyes?

[drinkthejuiiice]

Watch "Melodies of Life (Final Fantasy IX OST) KALIMBA cover + TABS | ファイナルファンタジーIX" on YouTube

I hope you liked my rendition of this song, Melodies of Life from the video game Final Fantasy IX and composed by Nobou Uematsu.

This is my longest cover yet!

🎶TABS🎶

tuning: in C major (no tuning needed)

intro

C G’ C’ D’ G’ E’ ([21key] C G!)/([17 key] G C) C G C’ D’ G’ E’

D’ E’ F’-A-F-D E’-C’-A-C D’-A-F C’-E-G

C’-A-F-D B C’ G’-G-B-D’

part 1

G E’-C E E’-E D’ C’ A E C’ B A-F

B C’ D’ G-E-C C B G A-F B C’ A A-C

G C’-E E’ F’-F E’ C’-A E G-B-D’ G D

E’ G’-E G G’-E A’ G’-E’-C’-A F’ F’-F

E’ E’-C’-A-F D’ D’-F E’ F’-F A C’

E’-E D’ D’-C C’ E G A C’ E A

part 1-end 1

C’ D’ E’-C’-A-F A F’ D’-(G-B) G B C’

G G-B-D’

PART 1

part 1- end 2

D’ E’ D’-C C’ E G A G F A B

E G B F A C’ A

part 2

F’ E’ D’ C’ G-B C’ D’ G G B C’ D’

E G B E’ G’-E F’ E’-G D’ C’-A D’ E’ A A

C’ E’ F’-D F E’ E-G-B-D’ E G B F E’

F’-A E’ E-G-B-D’ E’ B C’ F-A-C’-E’ F A’-(C’)

F A-C’ F G’ F’ D’-B-G G B D

G A B C’ D’ E’ F’ G’

part 3

C’-E G D’ E G-B E G B B-F C’ B G A

F C’ A F’-D E E’-C’-A-F D’ D’-D F

C’ A’ B-G C’ D’ G A G B C’ D’

C’-E G D’ E’ G’-E G E’-E B A-F

F C’ F C’ F A C’ D-F’ E’ E’-C’-A-F

D’ D’-D F A D’ G’-E’-C’-A-F F’ F’-F

E’ E’-C’-A-F D’ E’ F G’-G-B-D’

G B D’ G A B C’ D’ E’ F’ G’ G’-G-B-D’

part 4

E’ F’ E’ B D’ D’-C E G C’ C’-C-E-G

D’ E’ G’ B-G-E E G B D’ C’ B A G-E

E B E G E D’ C’ A C’ B A G F

part 5

A E’ G’ F E’ D’ D’-E-G-B C’ B B C’ D’

C’ B A F-A-C’ G-B A-F F G A

G F G E E A B A-C’ A C’ E’ F’-F

C’ A E G-B-D’ G B D’ C’ B A G

F C-E C’ C’ E G

C’ B C’ G C’ F C’ E

PART 1

PART 1 END 2

PART 2

PART 3 (x2)

PART 4

end (part 6)

G A B C’ D’ E’ F’ G’ A’-F A A C’-E G

F’-F D E’-E G G-B-D’ G B D’ G-B-D’

C E G C’ D’ G’ E’

(if using a 21 key kalimba, tune B! (base) to C4, it will make it easier to play)

(convert to NUMBERED NOTATION here: https://www.kalimbatabs.net/kalimba-letter-number-notation-converter/)

[mitsususu]

Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can! The Greatest Generation and Gen Z get along better than you think. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories: 

“Astronomy In Reverse” (T, 184k) by pansley

A year after the Winter Soldier failed his mission in DC, Bucky Barnes is doing his best to stay under the radar from both Hydra and Steve Rogers. His hope for a peaceful day-to-day life in limbo goes awry, however, when he meets Queens’ newest hero; a pure-hearted kid with a death wish and a ridiculous pair of red and blue pajamas.

The last thing Steve expects when he finally tracks Bucky down is that, not only has the man been living in Queens all this time, right under his nose, but also that, in the two years since they last saw each other, Bucky somehow acquired a kid.

Alternatively: How Peter Parker effectively fucks over Bucky Barnes, and also totally saves him.

+ Post WS. Found family.Bucky changes his lifestyle to be the best dad Peter Parker could ask for. 

-☆-

“got guns in my head (and they won’t go)” (G, 9k) by bysine

By comparison, being roommates with James Buchanan Barnes, formerly the Winter Soldier, has been a vast improvement. Notwithstanding the part where people openly take pictures of Barnes (and consequently Peter) on campus. Or random people poking Peter in the back during lectures to hiss, are you really the Winter Soldier’s roommate at him. Or remnant HYDRA operatives kidnapping Peter in order to lure the Winter Soldier out (which, really, is too many levels of stupid for Peter to handle).

"You know you're not supposed to call him the Winter Soldier any more, right?" Peter says, while they handcuff him to a pipe. A pipe. "Also this whole thing is kind of messing up my schedule. My two overdue papers won't exactly write themselves."

+ Alt endgame/everyone lives. Bucky and Peter are now college roommates. Peter fights crime, writes essays, and tries to keep trauma from messing with his powers.

-☆-

“Make It Till You Fake It” (E, 4k) by AggressiveWhenStartled

“Ned,” Peter said, like a drowning man sighting land. “Ned. Captain America and the Winter Soldier are fake dating right now and it is the most painfully awkward and obvious thing I have ever seen, all of us want to die, Ned.”

+ Post WS. The Avengers try to catch Steve and Bucky lying about dating, and Ned is a Stucky enthusiast

-☆-

“The Five Times Peter Got Help With Schoolwork and The One Time It Was Done For Him” (G, 19k) by DJ_unicornsrgr8

Peter needs more sleep. And time. But he definitely doesn't need help, or at least that's what he tells himself.

Aka Peter isn't a good self-advocate.

Aka the title is pretty self-explanatory.

+ Post WS. It’s hard to be in school and fight crime at the same time. The Avengers love Peter and make sure he’s fed, rested, and cared for.

-☆-

“The Trials and Tribulations of the Watermelon Werewolf” (E, 147k) by BlueSimplicity

It’s not easy being a werewolf, but Steve Rogers knows he’s lucky. Lehigh's doing well under his care, the humans and werewolves thriving. He doesn't have a mate, but a bonding like that is rare, and with all the members of his Pack already mated, he knows it’s not going to happen for him.

Until the day it does, the realization literally knocking him on his ass.

That’s fine; he can deal. He’s an alpha after all, and while there are rules to courting when one’s mate is human, he knows he can prove his worth. Except no one told him how hard it would be. And Steve is really bad at this. Really, REALLY bad.

After a couple of rough years, Bucky Barnes is back on his feet and ready to start a new phase of his life. He’s been given a second chance and while Lehigh might not be as big as NYC, he loves his apartment, chonk of a cat, new job and crazy neighbors.

Except things have started to get weird. Maybe it’s because of all the werewolves in town, although he’s never had a problem before. Yet he can’t help but notice things have changed, with people staring at him wherever he goes, asking him strange questions, and stealing his lunch.

And it all started when a watermelon was left on his doorstep.

+ Fantasy AU. Werewolf Steve finds his mate when human Bucky moves into town. Idiots in love, featuring found family/pack and adorable Peter Parker

-☆-

*More Peter Parker stories in the Road Trips (x2 fics), Weddings, and Teachers AU lists

[thedenfantasyleague]

The Den Fantasy League Weekly Recap: Year Six Draft Week

Gentlemen, 

We have finally made it. Draft week for year six of our league. Previous champions include: 

Ian (x2)

JP

Mike 

G

Will we have another repeat? Our first three-time champion? Or will we add a newcomer to the list?

Draft Order

As determined in a completely fair, un-biased, and agreed-upon draft order determination, we came to the following draft order: 

Viking Quest - Danza Kuduro

Team Timshel - Black

Hank Mardukas - Tom Sawyer

Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium - Summer of ‘69

Wilmore Cinderella - Getcha Head in the Game

The Perfect Ten - #1

Mixon It Up - Buckeye Swag 

Red Roosters - Into the Unknown

11-4-1 PVO - WAP

Kalabar’s Revenge - Halloween(town) Theme 

Tua Days - #1 Spot

Debbie Rowe - Your Love 

Draft Time

Draft is taking place Saturday, August 21st at 9pm. Be ready. Or auto-draft like G and win the whole thing.

Payment

Speaking of G, as last year’s winner, he will be the money man. Please pay him $50 USD via Venmo (johnwest09) by Saturday’s draft. Last one to pay get’s a swirly from G.

The winner breakdown is as follows:

First Place: $481

Second Place: $69

Regular Season Winner: $50

-- 

Good luck, everyone, and get your mock drafts in. 

Your beloved Commissioner, 

Jared R. Mosqueda

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Selection of screenshots! 📸 Credits: The Last of Us x2 by  oPengu https://www.flickr.com/photos/129724458@N03/ AC Syndicate by  Blaengr https://www.flickr.com/photos/159804064@N06/ Final Fantasy XV by  l a n g g i  https://www.flickr.com/photos/gilangdanu/

[videogamesdensetsu]

Jun Suemi / 末弥 純 - Part 1: 1984-1989 Part 2: http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/167234984220/jun-suemi-%E6%9C%AB%E5%BC%A5-%E7%B4%94-part-2-1992-1995-part-1-bio Part 3: http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/167271502030/jun-suemi-%E6%9C%AB%E5%BC%A5-%E7%B4%94-part-3-1995-1998-part-1-bio Part 4: http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/167309261755/jun-suemi-%E6%9C%AB%E5%BC%A5-%E7%B4%94-part-4-1999-2008-part-1-bio Part 5: http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/167485893875/jun-suemi-%E6%9C%AB%E5%BC%A5-%E7%B4%94-part-5-2008-2010-part-1-bio Part 6: http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/167554505125/jun-suemi-%E6%9C%AB%E5%BC%A5-%E7%B4%94-part-6-2011-2017-part-1-bio Althought it was originally created in North America, the Wizardry series became very famous in Japan in the late 80s and Jun Suemi's name is often attached to the licence (games, novels, dramas CD, tabletop RPGs). Random trivia: due to a ROM size issue, the Famicom version of Wizardry II has been developed and released after the adaptation of Wizardry III, hence the fact that Wizardry III was rechristened Wizardry II (and Wizardry II became Wizardry III). For some reason, one of the illustrations he created for Emil Chronicle Online was reused in the card game Aquarian Age. Culdcept Revolt and Brandish: Dark Revenant also features illustrations created for previous games from their respective series. To this day, he has worked on more than 60 games. Games pictured above: Okhotsk ni Kiyu / オホーツクに消ゆ (PC-6001, PC-88 - 1984) Seiken Achō / 聖拳アチョー (MSX - 1985) Dungeon Master / ダンジョンマスター (MSX - 1986) Silpheed / シルフィード (PC-88 MkII SR - 1986) Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord / ウィザードリィ (Famicom - 1987) Veigues: Tactical Gladiators / ヴェイグス (PC-88 - 1988) Fire Hawk: Thexder the second contact / ファイアーホーク (MSX2, PC-88 MkII SR - 1989) Wizardry II: Legacy of Llylgamyn / ウィザードリィII リルガミンの遺産 (Famicom - 1989) Wizardry III: Knight of Diamonds / ウィザードリィIII ダイヤモンドの騎士 (Famicom - 1990) Games he has worked on: Apsaras / アプサラス (Windows - 2000) cover art, chara-design Asuncia: Curse of Matsue / アサンシア ~魔杖の呪縛~ (PS1 - 1997) cover art Brandish 2 - The Planet Buster / ブランディッシュ２ ザ プラネット バスター (PC-98 - 1993) cover art Brandish 2: The Planet Buster RENEWAL (PC-98 - 1994) cover art Brandish 3 - Spirit of Balcan / ブランディッシュ３ スピリット オブ バルカン (PC-98 - 1994) cover art Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan RENEWAL (PC-98 - 1995) cover art Brandish 4: Nemureru Kami no Tou / ブランディッシュ4 眠れる神の塔 (Windows - 1998) cover art Brandish RENEWAL (PC-98 - 1995) cover art Brandish VT / ブランディッシュVT (PC-98 - 1996) cover art Culdcept Saga / カルドセプト サーガ (Xbox 360 - 2008) card illustrations Dark Seraphim / ダークセラフィム (PC-98 - 1995) cover art, title screen Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen / ドラゴンズドグマ：ダークアリズン (PS4, Xbox One, Steam - 2017) illustration Dungeon Master / ダンジョンマスター (MSX - 1986) cover art Emil Chronicle Online / エミル・クロニクル・オンライン (Windows - 2005) card illustration Final Fantasy XI: A Moogle Kupo d'Etat / ファイナルファンタジーXI 戦慄！モグ祭りの夜 ヴァナ・ディール史上最小の作戦 (PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 - 2009) main illustration Final Fantasy XI: Vision of Abyssea / ファイナルファンタジーXI 禁断の地アビセア (PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 - 2010) main illustration Fire Hawk: Thexder the second contact / ファイアーホーク (MSX2, PC-88 MkII SR - 1989) cover art First Queen IV / ファーストクィーン４ バルシア戦記 (PC-98 - 1994) cover art Front Mission Second / フロントミッション セカンド (PS1 - 1997) chara-design, illustrations Hyaku Nen Senki: Euro Historia / 百年戦記 ユーロ・ヒストリア (Browser game - 2013) character illustration Last Rebellion / ラストリベリオン (PS3 - 2010) illustration (with others) Libros de Chilam Balam / ティラムバラム (PC-98 - 1992) cover art Lord of Arcana / ロード オブ アルカナ (PSP- 2010) monster design x1 Lord of Vermilion / ロード・オブ・ヴァーミリオン (Arcade - 2008) card illustration Lord of Vermilion Re:2 / ロード・オブ・ヴァーミリオン RE:2 (arcade - 2011) card illustration Monster Collection: Trading Card Game (Mobile - 2012) card illustration Not treasure Hunter / ノット トレジャーハンター (PS1 - 1996) cover art Nosferatu / ノスフェラトゥ (Super Famicom - 1994) cover art Okhotsk ni Kiyu / オホーツクに消ゆ (PC-6001, PC-88 - 1984) cover art, manual illustrations Over G / オーバーG (Xbox 360 - 2006) chara-design Renny Blaster / レニーブラスタ (PC Engine CD - 1995) cover art Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory / 煉獄 ザ・タワー・オブ・パーガトリー (PSP - 2005) cover art + chara design Rengoku II: The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N / 煉獄 弐 The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N (PSP - 2006) cover art Samurai Souls / サムライソウル (iOS, Android - 2013) card illustrations Seiken Achō / 聖拳アチョー (MSX - 1985) cover art Sengoku Efuda Yūgi Hototogisu Ran / 戦国絵札遊戯 不如帰 -HOTOTOGISU- 乱 (PSP - 2008) card illustrations (with others) Silpheed / シルフィード (PC-88 MkII SR - 1986) cover art, at least one paper ad Silpheed / シルフィード (Mega-CD - 1993) cover art Sōkyū no Sky Galleon / 蒼穹のスカイガレオン (iOS, Android - 2016) card illustration Sword World SFC2 / ソードワールドＳＦＣ２ (Super Famicom - 1994) cover art The Belle Isle / ベルアイル (Windows - 2005) illustration, concept art? The Hybrid Front / ハイブリッド・フロント (Mega Drive - 1994) cover art, manual illustrations Trinity Zill O'll Zero - トリニティ ジルオール ゼロ, AKA Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll (PS3 - 2010) chara-design, Premium Box (posters x2) Veigues: Tactical Gladiators / ヴェイグス (PC-88 - 1988) cover art Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord / ウィザードリィ (Famicom - 1987) Monster Design Wizardry II: Legacy of Llylgamyn / ウィザードリィII リルガミンの遺産 (Famicom - 1989) Monster Design Wizardry III: Knight of Diamonds / ウィザードリィIII ダイヤモンドの騎士 (Famicom - 1990) Monster Design, Japanese ad Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom / ウィザードリィ・V 災禍の中心 (SFC - 1992) Monster Design Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge / ウィザードリィVI 禁断の魔筆 (SFC - 1995) Monster Design Wizardry: Bōkyaku no Isan / ウィザードリィ ～忘却の遺産～ (DS - 2010) illustrations, monster design Wizardry Gaiden /ウィザードリィ・外伝 (Windows - 2006) monster design, supervision Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga / ウィザードリィ リルガミンサーガ (Windows, PS1, Saturn - 1998) cover art + illustrations originally created for novels and RPGs Wizardry: New Age of Llylgamyn / ウィザードリィ ニュー エイジ オブ リルガミン (PS1 - 1999) cover art Wizardry Online Mobile / ウィザードリィ・オンライン・モバイル (Mobile - 2010) monster design Wizardry Online / ウィザードリィ オンライン (Windows - 2013) Concept Graphics Wizardry: Seimei no Kusabi / ウィザードリィ 〜生命の楔～ (DS - 2009) monster Design Wizardry Torawareshi Tamashī no Meikyū / ウィザードリィ 囚われし魂の迷宮 (PS3 - 2009) main visual Wizardry: Twin Pack / Wizardry -ツインパック- (PS3 - 2011) cover art Wizrogue: Labyrinth of Wizardry (Android, iOS - 2014) illustrations, chara design, "Concept Visual Creator" Zill O’ll / ジルオール (PS1 - 1999) cover art Zill O'll Infinite / ジルオール インフィニット (PS2 - 2005) Zill O'll Infinite Plus / ジルオール インフィニット プラス (PSP - 2009) illustrations

To be confirmed: Silpheed (PC-88) paper ad which uses the same illustration as the one featured on the Western cover of the game.

Other video game related works: Arcadia magazine #35 (magazine - April 2002) Soul Calibur II poster Dragon’s Crown Artworks / ドラゴンズクラウン アートワークス (artbook - 2013) guest illustration Dragon’s Dogma-The Beginning / ドラゴンズドグマ-ザ・ビギニング- (Novel - 2012) cover art Fate/Hollow Ataraxia () card illustration Luminous Works 2nd – / ルミナスワークス2nd (Luminous Arc 2 Artbook - 2008) guest illustration To Heart 2 (book) illustration Type-Moon 10th Anniversary Phantasm (artbook - 2012) guest illustration Ultima IV: Avatar e no michi Notebook / ウルティマIV アバタールへの道ノートブック (guide book - 1987) cover art

He has worked on so many Wizardry stuff I can't list all of them here but here are some of them: Advanced Wizardry RPG / アドバンスト・ウィザードリィRPG (tabletop RPG - 1995) cover art Shin Wizardry RPG Kihon System / 真・ウィザードリィRPG―基本システム (tabletop RPG - 1991) cover art Suemi Jun Gashū Wizardry / 末弥純画集 ウィザードリィ (artbook - 2006) Tonariawase no hai to seishun ― shōsetsu Wizardry / 隣り合わせの灰と青春―小説ウィザードリィ (novel - 1989) cover art Werdna no Gyakushū / ワードナの逆襲 (novel - 1990) cover art Wizardry Comics (Comics - 1993) cover art Wizardry no Subete Famicom-ban tankō / ウィザードリィのすべて―ファミコン版 (Guide book - 1989) cover art Wizardry RPG / ウィザードリィRPG (tabletop RPG - 1988) cover art

Sources: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,281/ Apsaras http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/products/products/ee/new/apsaras/apsaras_2.htm Dimension Zero http://dimension-zero.com/story/story01.html Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1084638.html Emil Chronicle Online https://www.onlinegamer.jp/news/12299/ Fire Hawk http://vgmdb.net/db/covers.php?do=view&cover=267612 Hyaku Nen Senki: Euro Historia https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/628404.html Libros de Chilam Balam http://hirosedou.sblo.jp/article/42080527.html Lord of Arcana https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/392120.html Lord of Vermilion https://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1213272_1124.html Luminous Arc 2 https://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1214312_1124.html Monster Collection: Trading Card Game https://app.famitsu.com/20120309_41957/ Okhotsk ni Kiyu https://twitter.com/Lindberg1999/status/546319634291380224 Over G https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20051102/og.htm Rengoku https://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1153174_1124.html Samurai Souls http://www.4gamer.net/games/226/G022684/20131224024/ Trinity http://wapuwapu.com/archives/52706115.html https://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1224466_1407.html?ref=rss https://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1230559_1407.html Sengoku Efuda Yūgi Hototogisu Ran https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20081010/irem.htm Silpheed (PC-88) http://vgmdb.net/db/covers.php?do=view&cover=267612 Wizardry https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ウィザードリィのシリーズ一覧 http://retogenofu.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/08/24/ウィザードリィの関連書籍を_参考価格付きで_ジ https://twitter.com/isouzzye2010/status/723784150805680128 http://www.pekori.jp/~emonoya/goods/card/card_fc1.html Wizardry Gaiden https://www.famitsu.com/pcent/news/2006/03/24/505,1143199980,50564,0,0.html Wizardry III http://marumugi384.blog6.fc2.com/blog-entry-217.html Wizardry V https://twitter.com/erohoshi/status/805722408107679744 http://marumugi384.blog6.fc2.com/blog-entry-217.html Wizardry Online Mobile http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/233/233591/

[kilieit]

Kaze no Ne

FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES

G D G D G^ (x2)

B♭v C D B♭v E F E D C B♭v C D B♭v E F G A D G B♭ A F G B♭ C^ A F D A F D C G G (x2)

(pre-chorus) B♭ A B♭ A G G B♭ A B♭ B♭ A F D A F G C^

(chorus) B♭ A G F B♭ A G F G F E (G D B♭v D G D B♭v D E D C) D^ C^ B♭ A G (E E G D D E) A B♭ C^ (E F# F#) B♭ A G F B♭ A G D^ C^ (G D B♭v D G D B♭v F E G) D^ C^ A G (B♭ A C D)

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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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GAY MUSIC CHART – 2017 week 48

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 OUT : Neon Trees - Feel Good (LW: 18 / WO: 14 / PEAK: 10)

OUT : Superfruit - Keep Me Coming (LW: 19 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 19)

OUT : Madblush - My Radio (LW: 29 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 05)

OUT : Hercules & Love Affair feat. Rouge Mary - Rejoice (LW: 30 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 30)

OUT : Silvia y Karmen - ¿Me regalas un ratito? (LW: 33 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 33)

OUT : Luke Million feat. Sam Sparro - Back To The Rhythm (LW: 36 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 35)

OUT : Mademoiselle K - SICK (LW: 36 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 36)

OUT : Brian Justin Crum - Wild Side (LW: 37 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 30)

OUT : Adam Joseph feat. Peppermint - Thirsty (LW: 38 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 38)

OUT : Seann Miley Moore - We in Luv (LW: 39 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 39)

OUT : Cub Sport - Chasin' (LW: 40 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 11)

OUT : KLUBBB3 - Das Leben tanzt Sirtaki (LW: 41 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 41)

OUT : STORM3 - Ga Ga Ga (LW: 43 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 43)

OUT : Dyan Tai - Up in the Air (LW: 44 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 44)

OUT : Hayley Kiyoko - Feelings (LW: 45 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 04)

OUT : Christoff - Door Jou (Nieuw Geluk) (LW: 46 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 46)

OUT : Superfruit feat. Amber Liu - Fantasy (LW: 47 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 47)

OUT : Casey Breves - I’ll Sing To You (LW: 48 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48)

OUT : Uncle Meg & John Debt - Winning It Or Losing It (LW: 49 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49)

  01 (+ 2) : Wrabel - The Village (LW: 03 / WO: 17 / PEAK: 01 (x1))

This engaging song was written the day after US President Trump removed new federal protections for trans students in public schools last February. Trans actor August Aiden plays the role of a young transgender who tries to be himself despite the hostility of his father in the music video.

 02 (- 1) : Alfie Arcuri - If They Only Knew (LW: 01 / WO: 21 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

This is the new music video of the winner of The Voice Australia 2016. What must do a gay man when he's in love with his best male friend, who's dating his best female friend?

 03 (+ 4) : Huntington - Love Is Love (LW: 07 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 02)

Three years after "Secret", this is his new original song.

 04 (- 2) : Kevin Chomat - Sens Interdit (LW: 02 / WO: 12 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

This new single of the French singer reached the top 10 YouTube trending in France. Taken from the album "Ma boussole".

 05 (+ 4) : Leon Else - What I Won't Do (Lyric Video) (LW: 09 / WO: 24 / PEAK: 02)

The British singer has came out on Facebook last May.

 06 (+ 10) : PJ Brennan - Tease (LW: 16 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 06)

PJ Brennan is well known for his role as Doug Carter in the British television soap opera Hollyoaks.

 07 (+ 8) : La Prohibida - Baloncesto (LW: 15 / WO: 18 / PEAK: 03)

 08 (+ 9) : Bobby Newberry - Up (LW: 17 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 08)

 09 (- 4) : ILY - Your Love (LW: 05 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 05)

Two new brides are kissing in this Swedish music video.

 10 (+ 2) : Steps - Dancing With A Broken Heart (LW: 12 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 09)

The British band will be on Tour this month.

 11 (- 5) : Mr John - Neon (LW: 06 / WO: 10 / PEAK: 01 (x1))

Instead of covers, this time, the Brazilian singer delivers an original song.

 12 (+ 11) : Alfie Arcuri - Love is Love (LW: 23 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 12)

The Australian singer took position with this song for the YES in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. 61,6% of the 12,7 millions people who voted said YES to mariage equality. A law will be debate before the end of the year.

 13 (- 3) : Sam Tsui - Cameo (LW: 10 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04)

Finally, a new original song!

 14 (- 10) : Michele Bravi - Diamanti (LW: 04 / WO: 10 / PEAK: 04)

This is the third single from the Italian singer taken from the album “Anime Di Carta”.

 15 (+ 13) : Larva - For Ruy (censored version) (LW: 28 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 15)

Larva is a Mexican openly gay heavy metal band. The uncensored version, only for adults because of its raw sex content, is now also available on YouTube.

 16 (- 2) : Trey Pearson - Love Is Love (LW: 14 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 14)

 17 (NEW) : HEIDRIK - Monster (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 17)

 18 (NEW) : Love Against the Machine - Love is the Only Law (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 18)

This charity single celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised sexual acts in private between two males in the UK. The lyrics were inspired by Simon Napier-Bell’s documentary "50 Years Legal", which explores the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the influence of gay culture on society.

 19 (+ 13) : Myckael SG - John vs Angela (LW: 32 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 16)

 20 (=) : P!nk - What About Us (LW: 20 / WO: 14 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

The music video includes audio contents from the tragic events in Charlottesville for denouncing the hate speeches from the supremacist movements, and shows several people dancing under the intimidating eye of the authorities, including two men together.

 21 (- 8) : Alaska Thunderfuck - Come To Brazil (LW: 13 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 13)

 22 (NEW) : Calum Scott - You Are The Reason (Lyric Video) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 22)

 23 (NEW) : Hương Giang feat. T Akayz - Vì Yêu Mà Cưới (We Get Married) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 23)

Hương Giang Idol is a famous Vietnamese transgender singer, former contestant of Vietnam Idol in 2012. Love, romantism and passion sweat from her kisses with her occidental lover in her new music video shot in Santorini, Greece.

 24 (- 16) : Citizen Four - My Name (Say It) (LW: 08 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 08)

Citizen Four is a new boy band, including a gay member named Austin (the one with short brown hair and who is dancing with another guy).

 25 (+ 1) : G&D (Geez & DIK) - Freelove (LW: 26 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 25)

There are several straight, gay, lesbian and bi couples making love in this music video.

 26 (- 15) : Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love ("Call Me By Your Name" OST) (LW: 11 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 11)

 27 (- 6) : Dannii Minogue - Galaxy (LW: 21 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 21)

She's back after ten years of break with a song composed by Sia.

 28 (NEW) : Steve Grand - Walking (LW: - / WO: 6 / PEAK: 05)

The song has now a music video shot in New Orleans!

 29 (NEW) : Teo Entertainment - Растворяюсь в тебе / Melt in You (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29)

This Russian music video shows two robots in love with rainbows on their chest. A way to suggest homosexuality in Saint Petersburg. Perhaps their kiss at the end of the video will melt your heart. His first album will be released next January or Fabruary 2018.

 30 (NEW) : Benjamin Koll feat. Jeremy Morse - Tell Me Why (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 30)

The music video shows two bears making love in a passionate way.

 31 (+ 3) : Michele Bravi - Tanto Per Cominciare (LW: 34 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 15)

 32 (NEW) : Ivri Lider עברי לידר - MOOGZAM מוגזם (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 32)

The popular Israeli singer, also from the duo The Young Professionnals, comes back in a solo projet with this new track.

 33 (- 2) : Kevin Chomat - Un homme à terre (LW: 31 / WO: 42 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

In this single, the French singer is talking about infidelity, with his boyfriend who cheated on him.

 34 (NEW) : Sam Tsui - Impatience (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34)

 35 (- 13) : LP - No Witness (LW: 22 / WO: 12 / PEAK: 18)

This is the sixth single taken from the album "Lost on You".

 36 (NEW) : Oscar and the Wolf - Breathing (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 36)

"Infinity" has been 3 weeks #1 in the Belgian albums chart.

 37 (RE-ENTRY) : Tokio Hotel - Boy Don't Cry (LW: - / WO: 4 / PEAK: 18)

The lead singer Bill Kaulitz becomes a beautiful drag queen in the new music video of the German band.

 38 (+ 4) : Kim Petras - I Don't Want It At All (LW: 42 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 27)

This is the debut single of the young German transgender singer, with a featuring with Paris Hilton in the music video.

 39 (NEW) : P!nk - Beautiful Trauma (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 39)

In her new music video, P!ink supports her husband Channing Tatum who loves wearing her dresses.

 40 (NEW) : Sieneke - Wat Mij Is Overkomen (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 40)

The singer describes how she didn't realized she felt in love with a gay man.

 41 (NEW) : Madblush - Piscando Assim (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 41)

 42 (- 18) : Alvin Point - Il a dit (LW: 24 / WO: 61 / PEAK: 01 (x4))

The first single of the French singer is talking about a romantic gay love story. The title means "he said".

 43 (- 18) : Bilal Hassani - House Down (LW: 25 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 25)

Several young French YouTubers are featuring in his new music video.

 44 (RE-ENTRY) : Sam & Sky - Skammens Diskotek (LW: - / WO: 2 / PEAK: 36)

"Skammens Diskotek" (The Discotheque of Shame) was Norway's Gay Pride Song for 2017 - In collaboration with FRI - Foreningen for kjønns- og seksualitetsmangfold.

 45 (NEW) : Mr John - Requebra (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 40)

 46 (+ 4) : Oscar and the Wolf - Runaway (LW: 50 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 19)

Max Colombie,aka Oscar and the Wolf, is an out singer. Billboard has included this track in their top 30 gay love songs last October.

 47 (RE-ENTRY) : Namuel - Joven de Corazón (LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 24)

In his new music video, the chilean singer is a teen at school who has a crush on his bully.

 48 (NEW) : Bebe Huxley - Scorpio (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48)

 49 (NEW) : Ms. White - Fuck Men (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49)

 50 (- 23) : GAREK - Stray (LW: 27 / WO: 58 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

The single taken from the album "Take the King" is a conversation with his 8-year-old self about accepting who he is, the talk he wishes he had as a child, because he "spent so many years hating [himself] because [he] listened to the voices around [him] saying that people like [him] were disgusting".

  ALSO NEW THIS WEEK

 Chromeo - Juice

These two guys show to you their beautiful legs in red high heels.

 Drake Jensen & Patrick Masse - Go Your Own Way

 Allie X feat. VÉRITÉ - Casanova (Biblegirl Lyric Video)

 Denique - Political Trolls

 A-Mei 張惠妹 - Story Thief 偷故事的人

This is the new music video of the Taiwanese gay icon.

 As Bahias e a Cozinha Mineira - Um Doido Caso

 Dorian Electra - Jackpot

 Strange Names - Into Me

 Brooklyn Bri - Glory Road

 Uncle Meg & John Debt - Easy Ride [Official Audio]

Her album album will be out for free download on Soundcloud the December 1st, 2017.

 Belinda & Jose - Ik kan m’n kont bijna niet keren

 Dear Evan Hansen Cast - You Will Be Found (live @ 2017 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade)

The "Dear Evan Hansen" musical won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical. You can recognize here Noah Galvin.

 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Cast - Don't Even Know It

This musical talks about a 16 years old teen who wants to be a drag queen and goes to the prom in dress. The musical won the Attitude Culture Award 2017.

 Bryan Hawn - Circle of Life (Cover The Lion King)

A music video shot near the Victoria falls, the waterfall on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border, with wild animals.

 Toya Delazy - Greatest

The music video shows beautiful footage of Mozambique.

 Charlie Hides - Bitch Thin

She doesn't care if you think she's a bitch as long you think she's thin.

 Bob The Drag Queen feat. Shangela - Deck A Ho  (DJ Mitch Ferrino Mix)

 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us

 Pentatonix feat. Jennifer Hudson - How Great Thou Art

This is taken from "A Very Pentatonix Christmas", airing Monday, November 27 at 10/9c on NBC.

 Sigur Rós - Frakkur : 4:01

Jónsi Birgisson, lead singer of the icelandic band, will release Frakkur, 2000-2004, a collection of his unreleased solo electronic recordings, as part of a range of limited edition vinyl at Norður og Niður festival.

 Shirtless Violinist - Star Wars - The Gay Love Story

Are gays existing in the Star Wars Universe ? Shirtless Violinist imagines it so. Star Wars is late compared to the Star Trek Universe, with the new series Star Trek Discovery and the two gay main characters Stamets and Culber.

   See you next week and don’t forget to vote for your best LGBTQA music videos ! Here are the rules :

1 ) You can vote for many videos as you want under the videos on YouTube in the comment section. It could be recent or past music videos, which must provide at least one among the following conditions:

- the music video has LGBTQA related content, in the lyrics or the music video

- the artist is LGBTQA, an LGBTQA icon or eventually ally

- LGBTQA medias talked about it.

2 ) You can’t vote more than 3 songs of a same artist per week.

3 ) In case of an artist who receive votes mostly by a fan base, we will count only one song, in a limited time of 10 weeks of presence in the top.

4 ) You can vote with only one account.

5 ) If you make 5 votes or less, your first vote will represent 5 points, your second vote 4 points, etc… until your last vote and following 1 point. If you make 6 to 10 votes, your first vote will represent 10 points, your second vote 9 points, etc… If you make more than 10 votes, your first vote will represent 20 points, your second vote 19 points, etc…

6 ) People who make 1 to 5 votes form the amateur ranking, those who make 6 to 10 votes form the fan ranking, those who make more than 10 votes form the expert ranking. We form the jury ranking. And we count now the ranking of minutes of views of our weekly playlist of the previous week. The Gay Music Chart is the addition of the five charts. In case of equality, the number of votes and the dates of votes will count.

7 ) The votes will close on Thursday, 8 PM, European time.

[pauw3r]

Life of a Hacker - EP4

Dahil nag kaloko-loko na, tinira na din namin ang mga fund-raising sites. Gagawa kami ng fund raising campaign, na kami din ang mag "do-donate". Sa ginagawa kong Campaigns na hindi bababa sa sampu isang araw, lahat yon may "donation" na ang pinaka mababa eh $300. Habang ang pinaka mataas naman na "naipasok" namin na "donation eh $500. Pano to? Sa tamang "halaga" malalaman mo hehe! Madami akong proofs baka kasi akalain niyong sobrang fiction naman nito hehe! Dito sa panahon na to ako naka buo ng "Dream PC" ko. Hindi ganon kaganda kumpara sa mga naglalabasang parts ngayon pero eto ung list.

CPU : Ryzen 7 1st Gen 4.4gHz

RAM : x2 8GB RipJaws 2888 mHz

Video Card : nVidia GTX 1080 TI

SSD : Samsung 500GB

HHD : Seagate Blue 4TB

Mid Tower Cool Master na Tempered Glass

MoBo : Asus B450 Full ATX WLAN and Bluetooth Capable

PSU : Seagate Gold 800w Full Modular

Mouse : Corsair Mech for RTS

Keyboard : Corsair Platinum K75

Monitor : Samsung 24' 2440 x 1440 16:10 144hz G-Sync Ready

Sa bigat niyan ang putangnang Final Fantasy XIII Franchise sa Steam at Final Fantasy XV nag lalag pa din kahit naka 1080p 30FPS lang ako punyeta. Buti pa ang Final Fantasy XII smooth na smooth kahit naka ultra ako. Salamat sa Steam Winter Sale nakuha ko lahat sila ng less than 5000 pesos may sukli pa ko hehe! Kaya ayon, parang gago ako na tatawa tawa hindi ko alam kung ano ang lalaruin ko. Bukod kasi sa Final Fantasy Franchise fan ako mahilig din ako bumili ng Games na nag trending. Wolf Among Us, Batman Arkham Series, Life is Strange 1 na na scam ako ng 350 Pesos kasi naging free ang Episode 1 tapos ang sabi pa sa announcement sa Steam lahat ng nag purchase dati makukuha ang Full Game ng Life is Strange nung naging free ito. Bakit ung account ko hindi? Badtrip. Pero okay lang. Salamat sa Humble Bundle site naka pag redeem ako ng Payday 2, Hitman 2 saka ung Final Fantasy Dissidia na walang nag lalaro pero libre naman so why not hindi ba? Hindi ko hilig ang Fighting games pero meron din ako Street Fighter V saka Tekken 7. Sports? Hindi din ako mahilig sa Sports Games pero meron akong NBA 2k20 Legend Edition ung si Kobe ang Cover. Madaming may gusto sa Steam Account ko na bilhin pero ayaw naman mga makipag Meet ng mga punyeta, sinubukan ko kasi ibenta ng 30k yon. Nasa 80k ang worth ng Games ko sa Steam pwera pa ung items ko sa DoTA 2 na nagkakahalaga ng nasa 15k dahil sa mga arcana na bettable, mostly sa mga games ko doon hindi sale ang pag kakabili ko dahil aanuhin ko ung sangkatutak na Steam Wallet Prepaid ko na galing GameX at Gamer.ph? Balikan natin ang Globe para magkaroon kayo ng idea kung pano ko nakuha ang ganyang karaming Steam Wallet. Ung mga postpaid sims na nakukuha namin un ang ginagamit namin. Sa isang sim card na postpaid 2k Steam Wallet Prepaid ang nakukuna ko. Pwera pa ung load na sangkatutak din. Pero ito e balik tanaw na lang sa mga nakaraan na "System Fraud" na nangyari sa Globe. Mga ghost accounts. Mga ghost businesses, mga ghost applicants/employee. Madami yon. Mas maingat ang Sun at Smart pag dating sa ganyan unlike Globe pero syempre dahil madami akong paraan hindi din sila nakalusot sakin. Oo mahigpit ang Smart at Sun, may isa pa nga akong tauhan na nahuli dahil sa sobrang higpit nila. Eto ung mga oras na wala akong problema sa load, ung IDD Calls ko nga minsan umaabot pa ng tatlong oras.

Eto namang parte ng istroya na to teka ha.

Warning : This is a work of fiction(?). Byproduct of imagination(?). Any resemblance to any events, names, places, products are coincidence maybe? All of the Products mentioned are copyrighted to all of their perspective owners. No Copyright infrigement intended. Fair Use Policy will apply.

Paalala : Lahat ito ay gawa-gawa lang at produkto ng katang isip. Lahat ng nabanggit na pangalan, lugar, produkto, at kaganapan ay hindi sinasadya at nag kataon nga lang ba?

Life of a Hacker™ All Rights Reserved 2020® Copyright only belongs to Hikari_dot

Oppps patalastas muna! HAHAHAHAHA

Warning : This is a work of fiction(?). Byproduct of imagination(?). Any resemblance to any events, names, places, products are coincidence maybe? All of the Products mentioned are copyrighted to all of their perspective owners. No Copyright infrigement intended. Fair Use Policy will apply.

Paalala : Lahat ito ay gawa-gawa lang at produkto ng katang isip. Lahat ng nabanggit na pangalan, lugar, produkto, at kaganapan ay hindi sinasadya at nag kataon nga lang ba?

Life of a Hacker™ All Rights Reserved 2020® Copyright only belongs to Hikari_dot

[squinoas]

just got to the part of x-2 where wakka’s trying to name the baby, and i always think ‘why didn’t they name him after tidus, you know their friend who literally disappeared to save everyone’

and then i realise they would have probably needed to call their child ‘him’, ‘you know who’ or any other variation because no one in these damn games is allowed to say tidus’ damn name

[moddersinc]

  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.

  [sc name=”sponsor” sponsor=”Zotac” product_link=”https://www.zotac.com/pk/product/graphics_card/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-2060-amp” product_name=”Zotac RTX 2060 AMP” ]

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

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

  [section_title title=Introduction]

  [section_title title=Packaging]

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.

[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 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.

  [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.

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.

[section_title title=Final Thoughts and Conclusion]

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.

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GAY MUSIC CHART – 2017 week 47

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 Here is the recap for this week :

 OUT : Lizzo - Good As Hell (LW: 19 / WO: 48 / PEAK: 02)

OUT : Superfruit - GUY.EXE (LW: 22 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 15)

OUT : Milck - Quiet (LW: 23 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 23)

OUT : Yann - Igual (Rio Pride/Parada do Orgulho LGBTI do Rio de Janeiro) (LW: 25 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 25)

OUT : Pussy Riot - Police State (LW: 29 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29)

OUT : Tim Treffers - Hold on (LW: 32 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 32)

OUT : Sam & Sky - Skammens Diskotek (LW: 36 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 36)

OUT : Smashby - Birthday Suit (LW: 37 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 29)

OUT : Trey Pearson - The Good Grief [Official Lyric Video] (LW: 38 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 38)

OUT : Сергей Лазарев / Sergey Lazarev - Так красиво / So Beautiful (LW: 39 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 15)

OUT : Jimena Barón - QLO (LW: 41 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 41)

OUT : Tokio Hotel - Boy Don't Cry (LW: 42 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 18)

OUT : Acrush 组合 单曲 - I'm Sorry (LW: 43 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 43)

OUT : Namuel - Joven de Corazón (LW: 44 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 24)

OUT : 희철 HEECHUL and 민경훈 Min Kyung-Hoon - 나비잠 (Sweet Dream) (LW: 45 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 45)

OUT : Eddy de Pretto - Fête de trop (LW: 47 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 47)

OUT : Kurt Hugo Schneider feat. Sam Tsui & Michael Constantino - Evolution of Boy Bands MASHUP!! (LW: 48 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48)

OUT : Lycinaïs Jean - Je veux rester (LW: 49 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 48)

OUT : Ricky Rebel - Time (LW: 50 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 50)

  01 (=) : Alfie Arcuri - If They Only Knew (LW: 01 / WO: 20 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

This is the new music video of the winner of The Voice Australia 2016. What must do a gay man when he's in love with his best male friend, who's dating his best female friend?

 02 (+ 3) : Kevin Chomat - Sens Interdit (LW: 05 / WO: 11 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

This new single of the French singer reached the top 10 YouTube trending in France. Taken from the album "Ma boussole".

 03 (=) : Wrabel - The Village (LW: 03 / WO: 16 / PEAK: 03)

This engaging song was written the day after US President Trump removed new federal protections for trans students in public schools last February. Trans actor August Aiden plays the role of a young transgender who tries to be himself despite the hostility of his father in the music video.

 04 (+ 10) : Michele Bravi - Diamanti (LW: 14 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04)

This is the third single from the Italian singer taken from the album “Anime Di Carta”.

 05 (+ 6) : ILY - Your Love (LW: 11 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 05)

Two new brides are kissing in this Swedish music video.

 06 (+ 1) : Mr John - Neon (LW: 07 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 01 (x1))

Instead of covers, this time, the Brazilian singer delivers an original song.

 07 (- 5) : Huntington - Love Is Love (LW: 02 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 02)

Three years after "Secret", this is his new original song.

 08 (NEW) : Citizen Four - My Name (Say It) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 08)

Citizen Four is a new boy band, including a gay member named Austin (the one with short brown hair and who is dancing with another guy).

 09 (=) : Leon Else - What I Won't Do (Lyric Video) (LW: 09 / WO: 23 / PEAK: 02)

The British singer has came out on Facebook last May.

 10 (- 6) : Sam Tsui - Cameo (LW: 04 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 04)

Finally, a new original song!

 11 (+ 22) : Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love ("Call Me By Your Name" OST) (LW: 33 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 11)

 12 (+ 12) : Steps - Dancing With A Broken Heart (LW: 24 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 09)

The British band will be on Tour this month.

 13 (+ 21) : Alaska Thunderfuck - Come To Brazil (LW: 34 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 13)

 14 (RE-ENTRY) : Trey Pearson - Love Is Love (LW: - / WO: 4 / PEAK: 14)

 15 (+ 12) : La Prohibida - Baloncesto (LW: 27 / WO: 17 / PEAK: 03)

 16 (+ 2) : PJ Brennan - Tease (LW: 18 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 18)

PJ Brennan is well known for his role as Doug Carter in the British television soap opera Hollyoaks.

 17 (- 5) : Bobby Newberry - Up (LW: 12 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 12)

 18 (- 5) : Neon Trees - Feel Good (LW: 13 / WO: 14 / PEAK: 10)

After a break for his first solo album "Excommunication", Tyler Glenn goes back with his band for a new song.

 19 (NEW) : Superfruit - Keep Me Coming (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 19)

 20 (- 14) : P!nk - What About Us (LW: 06 / WO: 13 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

The music video includes audio contents from the tragic events in Charlottesville for denouncing the hate speeches from the supremacist movements, and shows several people dancing under the intimidating eye of the authorities, including two men together.

 21 (NEW) : Dannii Minogue - Galaxy (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 21)

She's back after ten years of break with a song composed by Sia.

 22 (- 2) : LP - No Witness (LW: 20 / WO: 11 / PEAK: 18)

This is the sixth single taken from the album "Lost on You".

 23 (+ 3) : Alfie Arcuri - Love is Love (LW: 26 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 19)

The Australian singer took position with this song for the YES in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. 61,6% of the 12,7 millions people who voted said YES to mariage equality. A law will be debate before the end of the year.

 24 (- 14) : Alvin Point - Il a dit (LW: 10 / WO: 60 / PEAK: 01 (x4))

The first single of the French singer is talking about a romantic gay love story. The title means "he said".

 25 (NEW) : Bilal Hassani - House Down (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 25)

Several young French YouTubers are featuring in his new music video.

 26 (+ 14) : G&D (Geez & DIK) - Freelove (LW: 40 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 40)

There are several straight, gay, lesbian and bi couples making love in this music video.

 27 (- 19) : GAREK - Stray (LW: 08 / WO: 57 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

The single taken from the album "Take the King" is a conversation with his 8-year-old self about accepting who he is, the talk he wishes he had as a child, because he "spent so many years hating [himself] because [he] listened to the voices around [him] saying that people like [him] were disgusting".

 28 (+ 18) : Larva - For Ruy (censored version) (LW: 46 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 28)

Larva is a Mexican openly gay heavy metal band. The uncensored version, only for adults because of its raw sex content, is now also available on YouTube.

 29 (- 12) : Madblush - My Radio (LW: 17 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 05)

Taken from the album "Cactus".

 30 (NEW) : Hercules & Love Affair feat. Rouge Mary - Rejoice (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 30)

 31 (+ 4) : Kevin Chomat - Un homme à terre (LW: 35 / WO: 41 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

In this single, the French singer is talking about infidelity, with his boyfriend who cheated on him.

 32 (- 16) : Myckael SG - John vs Angela (LW: 16 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 16)

 33 (NEW) : Silvia y Karmen - ¿Me regalas un ratito? (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 33)

Mexico

 34 (- 19) : Michele Bravi - Tanto Per Cominciare (LW: 15 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 15)

 35 (NEW) : Luke Million feat. Sam Sparro - Back To The Rhythm (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 35)

This collaboration is an occasion to rediscover Sam Sparro and his hit track "Black and Gold".

 36 (NEW) : Mademoiselle K - SICK (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 36)

 37 (- 7) : Brian Justin Crum - Wild Side (LW: 30 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 30)

 38 (NEW) : Adam Joseph feat. Peppermint - Thirsty (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 38)

 39 (NEW) : Seann Miley Moore - We in Luv (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 39)

 40 (- 19) : Cub Sport - Chasin' (LW: 21 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 11)

This is the second single of the album "Bats" from the Australian band.

 41 (NEW) : KLUBBB3 - Das Leben tanzt Sirtaki (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 41)

The new track of the schlager band with Flemish member Christoff.

 42 (RE-ENTRY) : Kim Petras - I Don't Want It At All (LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 27)

This is the debut single of the young German transgender singer, with a featuring with Paris Hilton in the music video.

 43 (NEW) : STORM3 - Ga Ga Ga (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 43)

 44 (NEW) : Dyan Tai - Up in the Air (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 44)

 45 (- 14) : Hayley Kiyoko - Feelings (LW: 31 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 04)

The singer flirts with another woman while she’s dancing in her new music video.

 46 (NEW) : Christoff - Door Jou (Nieuw Geluk) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 46)

This is the new single of the Flemish schlager singer.

 47 (NEW) : Superfruit feat. Amber Liu - Fantasy (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 47)

 48 (NEW) : Casey Breves - I’ll Sing To You (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48)

 49 (NEW) : Uncle Meg & John Debt - Winning It Or Losing It (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49)

 50 (- 22) : Oscar and the Wolf - Runaway (LW: 28 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 19)

Max Colombie,aka Oscar and the Wolf, is an out singer. Billboard has included this track in their top 30 gay love songs last October.

  ALSO NEW THIS WEEK

 Tiziano Ferro - Il Mestiere Della Vita

 Sieneke - Wat Mij Is Overkomen

The singer describes how she didn't realized she felt in love with a gay man.

 JOEY - Temporary Love

 Madblush - Piscando Assim

 Felix and the Future - Karen

 Bebe Huxley - Scorpio

 MisterWives - Oh Love

 Candy Ken feat. Trashh - Instalove

 Deadlift Lolita - 【筋肉】No More Tears

 LP - Muddy Waters (A Night At The McKittrick Hotel)

 Christophe Willem - Nos balles perdues (Session acoustique)

 Kele Okereke - Do U Right (Acoustic)

 Michele Bravi - Medley a X Factor Italia - Live Show 3

For those who can't watch the music video, here is a live performance of the song.

 Jack & Joel - The Edge of Heaven! | Live Shows | The X Factor 2017

This is a cover of George Michael. Jack is gay and Joel (with the glasses) is straight, and both are best mates.

 Christmas Queens - Let It Snow

The drag queens will be on tour in the USA and the UK this December.

 Mark Feehily - Merry Christmas Baby (Official Audio)

 Parson James - Only You (Lyric Video)

 Todrick Hall, J.Fla, Mario Bautista, Samantha Harvey, Clara Marz - Come Together | Justice League

  See you next week and don’t forget to vote for your best LGBTQA music videos ! Here are the rules :

1 ) You can vote for many videos as you want under the videos on YouTube in the comment section. It could be recent or past music videos, which must provide at least one among the following conditions:

- the music video has LGBTQA related content, in the lyrics or the music video

- the artist is LGBTQA, an LGBTQA icon or eventually ally

- LGBTQA medias talked about it.

2 ) You can’t vote more than 3 songs of a same artist per week.

3 ) In case of an artist who receive votes mostly by a fan base, we will count only one song, in a limited time of 10 weeks of presence in the top.

4 ) You can vote with only one account.

5 ) If you make 5 votes or less, your first vote will represent 5 points, your second vote 4 points, etc… until your last vote and following 1 point. If you make 6 to 10 votes, your first vote will represent 10 points, your second vote 9 points, etc… If you make more than 10 votes, your first vote will represent 20 points, your second vote 19 points, etc…

6 ) People who make 1 to 5 votes form the amateur ranking, those who make 6 to 10 votes form the fan ranking, those who make more than 10 votes form the expert ranking. We form the jury ranking. And we count now the ranking of minutes of views of our weekly playlist of the previous week. The Gay Music Chart is the addition of the five charts. In case of equality, the number of votes and the dates of votes will count.

7 ) The votes will close on Thursday, 8 PM, European time.

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GAY MUSIC CHART – 2017 week 46

 Welcome to the Gay Music Chart, the LGBTQA related music videos TOP 50 actuality and most request.

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 Here is the recap for this week :

 OUT : Zayn feat. Sia - Dusk Till Dawn (LW: 16 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 02)

OUT : Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (LW: 18 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04)

OUT : Superfruit - Deny U (LW: 20 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 20)

OUT : Bob The Drag Queen feat. Alaska Thunderfuck - Yet Another Dig (LW: 23 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 23)

OUT : Keiynan Lonsdale - Good Life (LW: 26 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 26)

OUT : Morgxn - Bruised (LW: 27 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 27)

OUT : Γιάννης Βασιλόπουλος, Σπύρος Παρασκευάκος, Δήμητρα Σελεμίδου / Giannis Vassilopoulos, Spyros Paraskevasos, Dimitra Selemidou - Μαμά, Μπαμπά / Mum, Dad (LW: 30 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 30)

OUT : דנה אינטרנשיונל Dana International -  יש לי אהבה / I Have Love (LW: 34 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34)

OUT : Jamal Lyon’s When Cookie Met Lucious (ft. Jussie Smollet) | Visual Album | EMPIRE (LW: 36 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 30)

OUT : Javiera Mena - Dentro de ti (LW: 37 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 37)

OUT : Harel Skaat - Radio (LW: 38 / WO: 27 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

OUT : Chastity Brown - Whisper (LW: 39 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 39)

OUT : Alaska Thunderfuck - Valentina (LW: 40 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 19)

OUT : George Michael feat. Nile Rodgers - Fantasy (LW: 41 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 31)

OUT : Kim Petras - I Don't Want It At All (LW: 43 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 27)

OUT : CRIMER - Hours (LW: 45 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 21)

OUT : Mr John - Tira a Camisa (LW: 46 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 30)

OUT : Cassandre - Paris la nuit (LW: 47 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 10)

OUT : Litha Bam - Feel the Music (LW: 49 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49)

  01 (+ 2) : Alfie Arcuri - If They Only Knew (LW: 03 / WO: 19 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

This is the new music video of the winner of The Voice Australia 2016. What must do a gay man when he's in love with his best male friend, who's dating his best female friend?

 02 (=) : Huntington - Love Is Love (LW: 02 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 02)

Three years after "Secret", this is his new original song.

 03 (+ 4) : Wrabel - The Village (LW: 07 / WO: 15 / PEAK: 03)

This engaging song was written the day after US President Trump removed new federal protections for trans students in public schools last February. Trans actor August Aiden plays the role of a young transgender who tries to be himself despite the hostility of his father in the music video.

 04 (+ 6) : Sam Tsui - Cameo (LW: 10 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 04)

Finally, a new original song!

 05 (+ 1) : Kevin Chomat - Sens Interdit (LW: 06 / WO: 10 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

This new single of the French singer reached the top 10 YouTube trending in France. Taken from the album "Ma boussole".

 06 (- 2) : P!nk - What About Us (LW: 04 / WO: 12 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

The music video includes audio contents from the tragic events in Charlottesville for denouncing the hate speeches from the supremacist movements, and shows several people dancing under the intimidating eye of the authorities, including two men together.

 07 (- 6) : Mr John - Neon (LW: 01 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 01 (x1))

Instead of covers, this time, the Brazilian singer delivers an original song.

 08 (+ 17) : GAREK - Stray (LW: 25 / WO: 56 / PEAK: 01 (x2))

The single taken from the album "Take the King" is a conversation with his 8-year-old self about accepting who he is, the talk he wishes he had as a child, because he "spent so many years hating [himself] because [he] listened to the voices around [him] saying that people like [him] were disgusting".

 09 (+ 5) : Leon Else - What I Won't Do (Lyric Video) (LW: 14 / WO: 22 / PEAK: 02)

The British singer has came out on Facebook last May.

 10 (+ 18) : Alvin Point - Il a dit (LW: 28 / WO: 59 / PEAK: 01 (x4))

The first single of the French singer is talking about a romantic gay love story. The title means "he said".

 11 (- 3) : ILY - Your Love (LW: 08 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 07)

Two new brides are kissing in this Swedish music video.

 12 (+ 19) : Bobby Newberry - Up (LW: 31 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 12)

 13 (+ 19) : Neon Trees - Feel Good (LW: 32 / WO: 13 / PEAK: 10)

After a break for his first solo album "Excommunication", Tyler Glenn goes back with his band for a new song.

 14 (+ 7) : Michele Bravi - Diamanti (LW: 21 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 06)

This is the third single from the Italian singer taken from the album “Anime Di Carta”.

 15 (NEW) : Michele Bravi - Tanto Per Cominciare (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 15)

 16 (NEW) : Myckael SG - John vs Angela (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 16)

 17 (-12) : Madblush - My Radio (LW: 05 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 05)

Taken from the album "Cactus".

 18 (NEW) : PJ Brennan - Tease (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 18)

PJ Brennan is well known for his role as Doug Carter in the British television soap opera Hollyoaks.

 19 (- 2) : Lizzo - Good As Hell (LW: 17 / WO: 48 / PEAK: 02)

This is taken from the EP "Coconut Oil".

 20 (+ 2) : LP - No Witness (LW: 22 / WO: 10 / PEAK: 18)

This is the sixth single taken from the album "Lost on You".

 21 (- 10) : Cub Sport - Chasin' (LW: 11 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 11)

This is the second single of the album "Bats" from the Australian band.

 22 (- 7) : Superfruit - GUY.EXE (LW: 15 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 15)

Mitch is a new doctor Frankenstein who tries to create the perfect boyfriend. Really funny.

 23 (NEW) : Milck - Quiet (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 23)

This song participates to the "Me Too" movement about sexual assaults protestations since the Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey scandals. The music video features singer’s friends and sexual assault survivors and includes a transgender storyline.

 24 (- 15) : Steps - Dancing With A Broken Heart (LW: 09 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 09)

The British band will be on Tour this month.

 25 (NEW) : Yann - Igual (Rio Pride/Parada do Orgulho LGBTI do Rio de Janeiro) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 25)

This video is dedicated to the 343 LGBTI+ people killed by hate crimes in Brazil in 2016. Artists from all over the world sent their support to Brazil's LGBTI+ population. All the proceeds will go to the NGO Grupo Arco-Íris.

 26 (+ 7) : Alfie Arcuri - Love is Love (LW: 33 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 19)

The Australian singer takes position with this song for the YES in the same-sex marriage survey to legiferate about marriage equality in Australia. With 78,5% of participation, polls says that 64% of the voters have said yes to marriage equality. Final official results will be revealed on 15 November.

 27 (+ 15) : La Prohibida - Baloncesto (LW: 42 / WO: 16 / PEAK: 03)

 28 (- 9) : Oscar and the Wolf - Runaway (LW: 19 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 19)

Max Colombie,aka Oscar and the Wolf, is an out singer. Billboard has included this track in their top 30 gay love songs last October.

 29 (NEW) : Pussy Riot - Police State (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29)

 30 (NEW) : Brian Justin Crum - Wild Side (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 30)

 31 (- 18) : Hayley Kiyoko - Feelings (LW: 13 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 04)

The singer flirts with another woman while she’s dancing in her new music video.

 32 (NEW) : Tim Treffers - Hold on (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 32)

 33 (NEW) : Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love ("Call Me By Your Name" OST) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 33)

 34 (NEW) : Alaska Thunderfuck - Come To Brazil (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34)

 35 (- 23) : Kevin Chomat - Un homme à terre (LW: 12 / WO: 40 / PEAK: 01 (x3))

In this single, the French singer is talking about infidelity, with his boyfriend who cheated on him.

 36 (NEW) : Sam & Sky - Skammens Diskotek (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 36)

"Skammens Diskotek" (The Discotheque of Shame) was Norway's Gay Pride Song for 2017 - In collaboration with FRI - Foreningen for kjønns- og seksualitetsmangfold.

 37 (- 8) : Smashby - Birthday Suit (LW: 29 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 29)

This is the first original song of the British singer.

 38 (NEW) : Trey Pearson - The Good Grief [Official Lyric Video] (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 38)

 39 (- 4) : Сергей Лазарев / Sergey Lazarev - Так красиво / So Beautiful (LW: 35 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 15)

The new music video about love of the famous Russian singer represents several couples, including a lesbian couple. Some politicians wants to censor it in Russia.

 40 (NEW) : G&D (Geez & DIK) - Freelove (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 40)

There are several straight, gay, lesbian and bi couples making love in this music video.

 41 (NEW) : Jimena Barón - QLO (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 41)

 42 (RE-ENTRY) : Tokio Hotel - Boy Don't Cry (LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 18)

The lead singer Bill Kaulitz becomes a beautiful drag queen in the new music video of the German band.

 43 (NEW) : Acrush 组合 单曲 - I'm Sorry (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 43)

This is the new track of the androgynous Chinese band.

 44 (- 20) : Namuel - Joven de Corazón (LW: 24 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 24)

The new track of the Chilean singer.

 45 (NEW) : 희철 HEECHUL and 민경훈 Min Kyung-Hoon - 나비잠 (Sweet Dream) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 45)

We are ashamed of missing this South Korean music video last year. This kpop MV shows a love triangle with Heechul who loves Momo who prefers Min Kyung-Hoon who loves his friend Heechul. The twist at the end is reminiscent of the classic and iconic gay themed kpop MV "Please Don't" from K.Will.

 46 (- 2) : Larva - For Ruy (censored version) (LW: 44 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 39)

Larva is a Mexican openly gay heavy metal band. The uncensored version, only for adults because of its raw sex content, is now also available on YouTube.

 47 (+ 3) : Eddy de Pretto - Fête de trop (LW: 50 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 47)

His two tracks "Fête de trop" and "Kid" have just entered in the French singles chart.

 48 (NEW) : Kurt Hugo Schneider feat. Sam Tsui & Michael Constantino - Evolution of Boy Bands MASHUP!! (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48)

 49 (- 1) : Lycinaïs Jean - Je veux rester (LW: 48 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 48)

A new track from the out singer from the French caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Her first album "L’Arc en ciel" has just came out, but this single isn’t in it.

 50 (NEW) : Ricky Rebel - Time (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 50)

  ALSO NEW THIS WEEK

 Keko - Let Me Go

The Ugandan rapper moved to Canada and came out as gay on Twitter after she had the Canadian citizenship last October. Homosexuality can be punished by prison for life in Uganda.

 Candy Ken - Lollipop (ПОП ПОП ПОП ЛОЛИПОП)

 Adam Joseph feat. Peppermint - Thirsty

 Preta Gil feat. Gal Costa - Vá Se Benzer

 Uncle Meg & John Debt - Winning It Or Losing It

 Mademoiselle K - SICK

 Christoff - Door Jou (Nieuw Geluk)

This is the new single of the Belgian Flemish schlager singer.

 KLUBBB3 - Das Leben tanzt Sirtaki

The new track of the schlager band with Flemish member Christoff.

 Storm3 - Lost Another Chance

 Citizen Four - My Name (Say It)

 Dyan Tai - Up in the Air

 Dannii Minogue - Galaxy

She's back after ten years of break with a song composed by Sia.

 Superfruit feat. Amber Liu - Fantasy

 Sharon Needles - Andy Warhol Is Dead

 Jeremy Gloff - Gonna Be Alright

 Silvino - Lacre In Tristeza (Lyric vídeo)

 Casey Breves - I’ll Sing To You

 Mandy Rich with Frida Winlöf - Regnbågarnas Stad (audio)

Mandy Rich is the first transgender rapper from Sweden.

 Eli Lieb - Until You’ve Fallen Down (audio)

 P!nk - Barbies (Audio)

 Sia - Snowman

 Bright Light Bright Light & Nerina Pallot - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (cover)

This charity single will raise money for Neath Port Talbot Hospital's Elderly Day Care ward in Wales.

 Miley Cyrus - Bad Mood (Live at SNL)

 Miley Cyrus - I Would Die For You (Live at SNL)

 Les Funambules - Nos Différences (Live @ Studio Hébertot)

Stéphane Corbin, initiator of the musical project Les Funambules against homophobia, has received the Tolerantia Award 2017 in Warsow. Les Funambulles will be in concert every Monday in Paris next November and December 2017.

 Travis Atreo and Colton Haynes - Craving You (Cover)

 林欣甫 MaxLin -《無法拒絕的長大》( "深藍與月光" Dark Blue and Moonlight" theme song)

This is the theme song of a new Taiwanese boy love webseries called "深藍與月光 Dark Blue and Moonlight".

   See you next week and don’t forget to vote for your best LGBTQA music videos ! Here are the rules :

1 ) You can vote for many videos as you want under the videos on YouTube in the comment section. It could be recent or past music videos, which must provide at least one among the following conditions:

- the music video has LGBTQA related content, in the lyrics or the music video

- the artist is LGBTQA, an LGBTQA icon or eventually ally

- LGBTQA medias talked about it.

2 ) You can’t vote more than 3 songs of a same artist per week.

3 ) In case of an artist who receive votes mostly by a fan base, we will count only one song, in a limited time of 10 weeks of presence in the top.

4 ) You can vote with only one account.

5 ) If you make 5 votes or less, your first vote will represent 5 points, your second vote 4 points, etc… until your last vote and following 1 point. If you make 6 to 10 votes, your first vote will represent 10 points, your second vote 9 points, etc… If you make more than 10 votes, your first vote will represent 20 points, your second vote 19 points, etc…

6 ) People who make 1 to 5 votes form the amateur ranking, those who make 6 to 10 votes form the fan ranking, those who make more than 10 votes form the expert ranking. We form the jury ranking. And we count now the ranking of minutes of views of our weekly playlist of the previous week. The Gay Music Chart is the addition of the five charts. In case of equality, the number of votes and the dates of votes will count.

7 ) The votes will close on Thursday, 8 PM, European time.