It's a really exciting time right now to be trying to find the best graphics card, between the 20-series of Nvidia cards grabbing headlines with their ray tracing and DLSS and AMD launching it's highest performing card of all time, the brand new Radeon VII. There's a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the market right now, with the 20-series underperforming and a lack of clarity on where the Radeon VII will fit and how well it'll perform against Nvidia's best, but that all means that you can find cards at some deep discounts if you're willing to do the research and bargain hunting. But luckily for you, we've taken all the manual labor out of the process, and separated the best cards available from the herd, as well as finding them for the best prices anywhere. And for some extra help deciphering some of the complicated terminology around GPUs, check out the graphics cards section of our big hardware glossary.
So what should you consider when you're scanning our best graphics card roundup? The most important factor is your personal use case. If you're still sans a 4K display of any kind, sinking a huge amount of cash into the most powerful card doesn't necessarily make a lot of sense, since you won't be able to run games at peak resolution anyway. Or if you're not buying Nvidia's hype about how DXR and DLSS are the future of the games industry, the 20-series doesn't represent such a massive improvement in sheer performance that you need to sink the extra cash into them if those feature sets don't appeal to you. And, of course, you need to consider how well a card balances price and performance. Sure, a Titan RTX is going to deliver really killer performance as one of the most capable GPUs ever manufactured, but it also runs in excess of $2,500, so the frames-to-dollars ratio is extremely low; unless you're just ridiculously, annoyingly rich, it's not a great value proposition.
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© Provided by Future Publishing Ltd. The best card on the market now in terms of performance and price. While the 2080 is still an expensive proposition, the crypto-mining craze has abated somewhat and it's finally possible to find the Founders Edition at the listed MSRP, $799 (or cheaper). While the step-up version, the 2080 Ti, is more powerful, the additional $400 isn't worth it for a relatively marginal increase in computing power (between 10 and 30 percent), especially considering the relatively limited use cases for ray tracing that exist at the moment.
While Battlefield V looks great with ray tracing enabled (and will reportedly perform 50% better after the recently announced patch), it's one of an extremely limited field of games currently taking advantage of the technology. As more games that exploit ray tracing make their way into the wild and the Ti's price declines it may look like the stronger value proposition, but right now the 2080 is king of cards.
© Provided by Future Publishing Ltd. Gaming PCs aren't cheap, and if you're an impoverished college student or just generally trying to dip your toes into the wonderful world of PC gaming but are trying to hew closer to console prices, Nvidia's bargain basement priced 1050 is your best bet. At slightly over $100, the 1050 is a fantastic entry level card that will let you play almost all modern games at modest settings.
It's also a great choice for a second PC or to tide you over until you can afford to upgrade to a new 20-series card (or perhaps AMD's shiny new Radeon VII). While the 1050 won't win any prizes for performance, the price tag makes it an attractive choice for bargain hunters.
© Provided by Future Publishing Ltd. The 1070 Ti, another iteration on the now prolific Pascal, is one of the best mid-range cards on the market. If you're looking for a card to power games at 1440p resolution and that can easily handle VR, and aren't looking for the blistering performance of cards hundreds of dollars more expensive, the 1070 Ti admirably balances performance and cost.
Approaching the performance levels of the base 1080 for significantly less cost, the 1070 Ti is a granular answer to the challenge of AMD's Vega line. If you want killer performance but aren't ready to upgrade to something in the 20-series family, the 1070 Ti is a great upgrade option that will save you a few bucks, at least until Nvidia starts to properly phase them out.
© Provided by Future Publishing Ltd. If you have yet to make the leap to a 4K display, spending a tremendous amount of money on an overpowered GPU may seem like an act of excessive decadence. While you're saving cash for a new 4K monitor/panel, the $200 the 580 shaves off the price of the next tier of cards is very significant, and AMD's budget option can easily cope with the tail of the 1080p era.
For the budget conscious and anyone looking to ensure your PC is keeping pace with current generation consoles, the 580 is a great solution. And its 8GBs of GDDR5 is generous in comparison to Nvidia's similarly priced 1060 line, overhead that will be greatly appreciated as rendering demands continue to escalate.
© Provided by Future Publishing Ltd. Nvidia's latest release in its RTX line, the 2060, is the cheapest way to prepare your rig for our ray tracing, DLSS enabled future. As well as packing Nvidia's much touted new features, the 2060 outperforms the card it's meant to replace, the 1070. It gets you everything packed into the 2070's stable, just slightly less of each, but if you're looking to grab a card to handle 1080p and 1440p gaming the 2060 is the least expensive way to get onboard the ray tracing bandwagon.
If you've already got something in the 1070 range, the jump to the 2060 might seem premature, especially around launch when they'll be hovering near full price. But if you're looking to step up from a 970 or lower card, the 2060 is your best bet for great performance that will, to some extent, future proof your setup for the inevitable proliferation of DXR.
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