Coming up on Black Friday, it’s only a matter of time before the best graphics card – that one you’ve been dreaming of for what feels like a century – goes on sale at a fraction of its original cost. That’s the magic of the holiday shopping season, after all. Among all of the trampling and lining up in the freezing cold weather, there’s a communal effort to celebrate that products are finally being sold for what they’re worth rather than being price gouged for a profit.
But then, when you see those deals pop up on Newegg and Amazon, how do you know which graphics card is going to make your gaming PC ramp up your games to the highest settings at your monitor’s native resolution and an acceptable frame rate? Refer to none other than our categorically unparalleled rankings of the best graphics cards. We’ve slid these bad boys into our congruous computers and tested them all out before writing full-length reviews of them.
That’s how you know you can trust our recommendations. Because, after putting in hours upon hours of work investigating whether some of the biggest names in graphics are worth what they’re asking for, why wouldn’t you have faith in our judgement? Getting ready for not only Black Friday, but the impending Steam sale, you’re going to want to save a few bucks. With that, here are the best graphics card 2017 has ensured that your wallet can afford.
Per our previous explanation, the best graphics card is all about offering the most bang for your buck. As such, it’s our consensus that Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 is unparalleled when it comes to sheer value. For a modest sum of cash, this graphics card affords players full HD 1080p and – perhaps with a bit of overclocking – 1440p and even 4K gaming. At the same time, however, the GTX 1060 doesn’t bear support for SLI, so you’re limited to just one card.
Read the full review: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
The Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti comes closest to dethroning the Titan Xp as the world’s most powerful GPU. It’s wildly more capable than the GTX 1080 proper, thanks to its 11GB of GDDR5X VRAM and dramatically higher CUDA core count. It’s still no match for two GTX 1080s in SLI, but this single card is cheaper and supports a larger pool of games. If you’re looking for a single part to run your games at 4K, the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti is the best graphics card to do it.
Read the full review: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
As its ‘Ti’ subtitle would suggest, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti finds the happy medium between last year’s GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080 above it. As it turns out, one year on, the 1080 isn’t enough for 4K games and the 1070 isn’t quite there for 1440p, hence the GTX 1070 Ti. This piece of kit handles Forza Motosport 7 at upwards of 93 frames per second at the ambitious resolution of 2,560 x 1,440. Likewise, it can manage Shadow of War at over 60.
Read the full review: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is one of the best value-packed graphics card on the market right now. Benchmarks prove it runs faster than the Nvidia GTX 1070 and, thanks to the Bitcoin mining craze, it’s also cheaper to boot. The Vega 56 is arguably a little bit overkill for Full HD gaming, but that’ll come in handy for 144-to-240hz monitors and future-proofing. Users can also expect a great 1440p experience with this graphics card.
AMD’s flagship Radeon RX Vega graphics card may not have won titles for best for gaming on our list, but it is nevertheless a return to form for the Red Team. After all, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 has proved itself every bit as capable as the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, and for a lower price. Sporting 4,096 stream processors, 256 texture units and 8GB of HBM2 memory, this card has the brute computing power for physics-heavy VR gaming now and into the future. If nothing else, this is the AMD card to rule them all.
Read the full review: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
When you’re building a microATX – or, especially a mini-ITX – computer, you want to aim for the smallest parts you can find without compromising much on performance. Though it’s a given that you might have to sacrifice a few frames-per-second in favor of a more compact form factor, with Zotac’s GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mini – the smallest of its kind at 211 x 125 x 41mm (8.31 x 4.92 x 1.61 inches) – there’s very little in the way of prodigious 4K gaming.
The Nvidia GTX 1050 might not look like much on paper, what with only 2GB of video memory onboard, but this affordable GPU plays games better than you would think. If you’re willing to drop settings to medium, you can play Overwatch, CS:GO and other popular competitive shooters well above the silky smooth 60fps mark. Thanks to its compact size, it’s also perfect for small builds and entertainment center-bound streaming PCs.
eSports games often demand high frame rates over beautifully rendered graphical details, and this is where the Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti comes into its own. It’s an affordable but potent graphics card that can play most eSports games well above 60fps. It’s a tad more expensive than its lower-end Nvidia GTX 1050 brethren, but you’ll appreciate the extra legs on this card to play future eSports titles as well as the odd AAA game.
Read the full review: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
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