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How to Buy the Right Graphics Card: A GPU Guide for 2021
By Matt Sa�ord February 01, 2021

Get the graphics card power you need without spending too much.

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Getting the best graphics card is key if you're looking to buy the best gaming PC or looking to build a PC on your own. The graphics
card is even more important than the CPU. Unfortunately, the process of �guring out how to buy a GPU can be intimidating. There's
so much to consider, from the type of monitor you're using (for recommendations, see our Best Gaming Monitors page) to the size of

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your PC case to the game settings you plan to play at.

Below are the things you need to keep in mind when shopping for your next GPU. For speci�c recommendations, see our best
graphics cards list of the current options, as well as the GPU Benchmarks Hierarchy to see how today's cards compare to older cards
that you might be looking to upgrade and replace.

Note that, when we wrote this, stock of both Nvidia's latest 30-series cards as well as AMD's 6000 cards were extremely limited. (As
in, practically non-existent.) Frankly, even previous generation hardware is currently overpriced and out of stock. For help on that
front, check out our Where to Buy an RTX 3060 Ti, 3070, 3080 or 3090 and Where to Buy Radeon RX 6800, RX 6800XT, RX 6900XT
stories. Hopefully, issues with availability as well as bots buying cards to sell them at higher prices will ease in the coming months, as
we get further from launch and more silicon comes of the fabrication lines.

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Quick tips
Save some money for the CPU. If you spend all your money on graphics and don't opt for one of the best CPUs, your system might
score well on synthetic benchmarks but won't do as well in real game play (due to lower minimum frame rates).

Match your monitor resolution. Many mainstream cards are su�cient for gaming at 1080p resolutions at between 30-60 fps, but
you'll need a high-end card for resolutions at or near 4K resolution with high in-game settings on the most demanding titles. So be
sure to pair your GPU with the best gaming monitor for your needs.

Consider your refresh rate. If your monitor has triple-digit refresh rates, you'll need a powerful card and processor to reach its full
potential. Alternatively, if your monitor tops out at 60Hz and 1080p, there's no point in paying extra for a powerful card that pushes
pixels faster than your display can keep up with.

Do you have enough power and space? Make sure your PC case has enough room for the card you're considering, and that
your power supply has enough watts to spare, along with the correct type of power connectors (up to three 8-pin PCIe, depending on
the card).

Check the MSRP before buying. A good way to tell if you're getting a deal is to check the launch price or MSRP of the card you're
considering before buying. Tools like CamelCamelCamel can help separate the real deals from the fake mark-up-then-discount
o�erings. But note that in recent months, due to supply issues and increased demand, most recent cards have been selling for well
above their MSRP.

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Don't get dual cards—they're not worth it. Game support for Multi-card SLI or CrossFire setups has been trending down for years.
Get the best single card you can a�ord. Adding a second card is usually more trouble than it's worth.

Don't count on overclocking for serious performance boosts. If you need better performance, buy a more-powerful card.
Graphics cards don't typically have large amounts of overclocking headroom, usually only 5-10%.

AMD or Nvidia?

Nvidia and AMD GPUs (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

There are hundreds of graphics cards from dozens of manufacturers, but only two companies actually make the GPUs that power
these components: Nvidia and AMD—although Intel's Xe Graphics could arrive this year. With its latest "Big Navi" RX 6000 cards, AMD
is more competitive than it has been in years with Nvidia and its current-gen Ampere cards, like the GeForce RTX 3080, in general
performance.

That said, the realistically lit elephant in the room that we've been ignoring thus-far is real-time ray tracing. Introduced as a major
new feature with Nvidia's now previous-generation RTX 20-series cards, "Team Green" is now on its second generation RTX with 30-
series GPUs. AMD ("Team Red") stepped into this game in a big way in 2020 with its RX 6000 cards, but it's still on its �rst go-round
with real-time ray tracing, and so lags behind Nvidia on this front.

Still, the rollout of games that make use of (and speci�cally good use of) ray tracing has been slow. There's no doubt that more
games are adding RT support—and many more will in the future as ray tracing is also supported by the recent Sony PlayStation 5 and
Microsoft Series X consoles. But as of this writing, only roughly 20 AAA games have ray tracing support (depending on what you
classify as a AAA title and substantive ray tracing), with perhaps ten more slated to launch this year. Of those, we really only think two
(Control and Cyberpunk 2077) really do the tech justice. So weigh the importance of ray tracing performance with how interested you
are in these games, how important the best possible visuals are to your enjoyment, and how much future-proo�ng you want baked
into your GPU.

Also, don't forget DLSS, Nvidia's AI-assisted resolution upscaling. It can deliver improved performance with less of a hit on frame
rates than is typical from maxing out your monitor's resolution the traditional way. But again, support for this feature is limited to a
subset of games (admittedly a growing one). And once again, AMD has its own (open source) answer to DLSS, called Fidelity FX Super
Resolution. But it isn't ready for a 1.0 release yet, and Nvidia's DLSS 2.0 implementation has been in the wild for over a year now.

For more on these subjects as well as screen-smoothing variable refresh technologies, see our AMD vs Nvidia: Who Makes the Best

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GPUs? and FreeSync vs. G-Sync: Which Variable Refresh Tech Is Best Today? features.

How Much Can You Spend?

The price of video cards varies greatly, with super low-end cards starting under $100 and high-end models going for more than
$1,500 for RTX 3090s. And that's before you account for the currently in�ated prices. As is often the case, top-end cards aren't worth
the money unelss for some reason you absolutely have to have the best performance possible. Droping a teir or two down will give
you most of the performance for far less money. And honestly, until ongoing stock issues subside, the whole issue of price is up in
the air. Because unless you're lucky or fast (and usually both), you'll likely either be paying above MSRP or waiting for prices to come
down as availability improves. 

Which GPUs are budget, mid-range and high-end?

Here's a breakdown of the major current GPUs and where they stand, grouped roughly by price and performance. (For example, note
that the GTX 1070 is with the 'mid-range' now, since it's about as fast as a 1660 Super.) Remember that not all cards with a given GPU
will perform exactly the same. For more detail, check out the GPU Benchmarks page.

GPUs (in perf order) Class Recommended Use

Only buy these if you don't game (or you

Nvidia GeForce GT 1030; AMD Radeon RX 550 Super cheap don't game much) and your CPU doesn't
have integrated graphics.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super, Nvidia GTX 1650; AMD Radeon RX 5500
XT 4GB/8GB. Older: Nvidia GTX 1060, GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1050; AMD Budget Decent for playing games at 1080p or lower
cards res at medium-to-low settings
RX 590, RX 580, RX 570, RX 560

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, GTX 1660 Ti, GTX 1660 Super, GTX 1660; AMD
Radeon RX 5700, RX 5600 XT. Older: Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti, GTX 1070; AMD Mid-range Good for 1080p gaming, compatible with VR
RX Vega 56 cards headsets

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3060 (soon), RTX 2070 Good for VR headsets and gaming at
Super, RTX 2070, RTX 2060 Super; AMD Radeon RX 6800, RX 5700 XT. High-end resolutions at 1440p or high-refresh 1080p
Older: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080; AMD Radeon VII, RX Vega 64 monitors.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080 Super, Titan
RTX. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT. Older: Nvidia Titan V, Titan Premium / These are best for 4K, and the RTX cards
Xp Extreme support new ray-tracing and A.I. tech.

How to buy a GPU: Which specs matter and which don't?

Graphics card memory amount: Critical. Get a card with at least 6GB, and preferably 8GB or more for gaming at 1080p. You'll need
more memory if you play with all the settings turned up or you install high-resolution texture packs. And if you're gaming at very high
resolutions such as 4K, more than 8GB is ideal.

Form factor: Very important. You need to make sure you have room in your case for your card. Look at the length, height, and
thickness. Graphics cards can come in half-height (slim), single-slot, dual-slot, and even triple-slot �avors (or more). Most gaming-
focused cards will be full-height and occupy two or more expansion slots, with current-gen cards being thicker and larger than many
previous-gen models. Even if a card technically only takes up two slots in your case, if it has a big heatsink and fan shroud, it can
block an adjacent slot. If you have a tiny Mini-ITX motherboard, look for a 'mini' card, which is generally 8 inches (205mm) long or
less. However, some cards that carry this moniker are longer, so check the specs.

TDP: Important. Thermal Design Power or TDP is a measurement of heat dissipation, but it also gives you an estimate of how many
watts you'll need to run your card at stock settings. (Nvidia is shifting to TGP, Total Graphics Power, which means the power of the
entire card.) If you're running a 400-watt power supply unit (PSU) with an overclocked 95-watt CPU and you want to add a card with a
250-watt TDP, you're almost certainly going to need a PSU upgrade. Generally speaking, a 600W PSU was �ne for many previous-
generation cards. But if you're opting for an RTX 3080/RX 6800 XT or above, you're best choosing a higher-wattage PSU, especially if
overclocking is in the cards.

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Power connector (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

Power Connectors: Important. All serious gaming cards draw more than the standard maximum of 75W that the x16 PCIe slot
provides. These cards require connecting supplemental PCIe power connectors that come in 6- and 8-pin varieties. (Nvidia's RTX 30-
series cards come with 12-pin connectors, but they also include 8-pin to 12-pin adapters.) Some cards have one of these connectors,
some two or even three, and 6- and 8-pin ports can exist on the same card. If your power supply doesn't have the supplemental
connectors you need, you'll want to upgrade—adapters that draw power from a couple of SATA or Molex connectors are not
recommended as long-term solutions.

Ports (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

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Ports: Critical. Some monitors have HDMI, others use DisplayPort, and some older units only have DVI. A few monitors also support
USB Type-C routing DisplayPort signals, but these are relatively rare for the time being. Make sure the card you plan to buy has the
connectors you need for your monitor(s), so you don't have to buy an adapter—or potentially a new display (unless you want to).
Have a choice and not sure which port you want to use? See our HDMI vs. DisplayPort story for more details.

Clock speed: Somewhat important. Among cards with the same GPU (ex: an RTX 3060 Ti), some will be manufacturer overclocked
to a slightly higher speed, which can make a modest di�erence in frame rates. Clock speed isn't everything, however, as memory
speed, core counts and architecture need to be factored in. Better cooling often trumps clock speed as well, on cards with the same
GPU.

CUDA Cores / Stream Processors: Somewhat important, like clock speed, as it only gives you part of what you need to know when
trying to determine the approximate performance level of a GPU. Comparing core counts within the same architecture is more
meaningful than comparing di�erent architectures. So looking at Nvidia Pascal vs. Ampere CUDA cores (or Streaming
Multiprocessors) isn't as useful as looking at just Ampere. The same goes for AMD, where comparing Navi and Vega or Polaris Stream
Processors (or Compute Units) isn't particularly helpful. Comparing AMD and Nvidia architectures based purely on core counts is
even less useful.

TFLOPS / GFLOPS: Important. TFLOPS, or trillions of �oating-point operations per second, is an indication of the maximum
theoretical performance of a GPU. (It may also be expressed as GFLOPS, or billions of FLOPS.) Core count multiplied by the clock
speed GHz, multiplied by two (for FMA, or Fused Multiply Add instructions), will give you the TFLOPS for a GPU. Comparing within the
same architecture, TFLOPS generally tells you how much faster on chip is compared to another. Comparing across architectures (e.g.,
AMD Navi 10 vs. Nvidia Turing TU106, or AMD Navi 10 vs. AMD Vega 10) is less useful.

Memory speed / bandwidth: Somewhat important. Like higher clock speed, faster memory can make one card faster than
another. The GTX 1650 GDDR6 for example is about 15% faster than the GTX 1650 GDDR5, all thanks to the increased memory
bandwidth.

Can it support VR?

If you want to use your GPU with a PC VR HMD, you need at least a mid-range card, with optimal performance coming from a card
like the Nvidia RTX 2060 Super/AMD RX 5700 or higher. The lowest-end cards you can use with these headsets are the AMD Radeon
RX 570 and Nvidia GTX 1060. And the card requirements of course increase with newer, higher-resolution headsets.

What about ray tracing and AI?

We discussed this above, but to brie�y recap, Nvidia's latest RTX 30-series GPUs are the best solution for ray tracing and DLSS. AMD's
RX 6000-series GPUs are similar ray tracing performance to Nvidia's RTX 20-series, but they lack support for DLSS and we're waiting
on AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution alternative. Game support is still spotty, and only a few games truly bene�t from ray tracing, to
the extent where we miss it if it's not enabled.

Reference Card or Third Party Design?

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Even after you decide what GPU you're after (say, for example, an RTX 3060 Ti), you'll usually be faced with plenty of options in terms
of cooler design and brand or manufacturer. Nvidia makes and sells its own cards under the Founders Edition moniker for higher-
end models, while AMD licenses its reference design to other manufacturers. Both companies' GPUs appear in third-party cards from
several di�erent vendors.

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More expensive third-party cards will have elaborate coolers, extra fans, and often higher clock speeds, but they can also be more
expensive than the reference card. And overclocking gains are often minimal (with gains of just a few FPS, particularly at higher
resolutions). That said, bee�er cooling can often translate to cooler, quieter operation, which can be important given that high-end
graphics cards are usually the noisiest, most heat-generating parts in a PC build. We've also noticed that Nvidia's RTX 3080 and 3090
Founders Edition cards (along with several custom models) can get particularly hot on their GDDR6X, so it pays to do some research.
For much more on this discussion, see our Graphics Card Face-O�: Founders Edition or Reference GPUs vs 3rd-Party Design feature. 

Card Recommendations by Resolution / Use Case

Once you've considered all the above and are ready to narrow down your choices, you can head to our GPU Benchmarks and our
Best Graphics Cards to help �nalize your buying decision. Here we include a condensed version of our current favorite cards for
common resolutions and gaming scenarios below. Keep in mind that there are third-party options for all of these cards, so you may

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want to use these picks as a jumping-o� point to �nding, say, the best AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT model for your particular gaming
build.

Best Budget Pick: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super

Nvidia's GTX 1650 Super is arguably the best overall card for budgets of under $200. It's about 30% faster than AMD's old RX 570,
uses substantially less power, and includes Nvidia's latest NVENC hardware to help with video encoding and decoding. You don't
actually need a ton of CPU power to livestream your gameplay, as the 1650 Super is more than capable of doing the dirty work all on
its own.

Even if price is your driving concern, saving $40 to end up with an older and less e�cient architecture doesn't really make sense.
More performance, better e�ciency, and better video support make the 1650 Super an easy recommendation. Current pricing is
unfortunately a joke, but hopefully that will correct in the coming months.

Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 Super

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Best for 1080p (FHD): Nvidia GTX 1660 Super

The GTX 1660 Super is 15% faster in our testing than the regular 1660, nearly 20% faster than the RX 5500 XT 8GB, and over 30%
faster than the 1650 Super budget pick. We've looked at the GTX 1660 vs. RX 5500 XT and declared the Nvidia card the winner, but we
also think the GTX 1660 Super is better than the GTX 1660 for just $20 more (in theory, anyway—like many GPUs, current prices for
in-stock cards is about double what we'd expect to pay).

Despite Nvidia's Turing GPUs still using TSMC 12nm FinFET, actual power use is basically identical to AMD's Navi 14 chips made using
TSMC 7nm FinFET. The fact that Nvidia is faster and the same power while using the older manufacturing node says a lot. For $230,
the GTX 1660 Super basically gets you the same level of performance as the older GTX 1070 in a more e�cient design. It also comes
with the enhanced Turing NVENC that makes it a great choice for streaming video.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Super SC

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Best For 1440p (QHD): Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti

Nvidia's current 'slowest' Ampere GPU is the RTX 3060 Ti, nominally priced at $399. It outperforms the previous gen RTX 2080 Super
and represents the best overall value for price and performance, assuming you can �nd one. The RTX 3060 12GB should launch soon,
which may be an even better value, but we'll have to wait and see. AMD's hasn't launch a new RDNA2 alternative to Nvidia's
mainstream GPUs yet, but we could see RX 6700 / 6700 XT in the coming months as well.

In the meantime, the 3060 Ti delivers excellent 1440p performance, averaging 87 fps across our current 13-game test suite at ultra
settings. The only games where it dropped below 60 fps are Dirt 5 and Watch Dogs Legion, but that was with ray tracing enabled (and
without DLSS on the latter). There are other games where you may need to tweak settings a bit, but you can lock in 60 fps at ultra
settings in most games, and break 100 fps at medium to high settings in all but a handful of games.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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Best for VR: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Enthusiasts with VR headsets need to achieve a certain level of performance to avoid jarring artifacts. While you could use an older
GPU like the Nvidia GeForce GTX 2070 Super and still keep up with the 90 Hz refresh rates of most modern head-mounted displays

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(HMDs), we've updated our recommendation to the newer RTX 3070.

The RTX 3070 is about 30% faster than the 2070 Super, which is perhaps a bit overkill for today's VR games, but it will prove bene�cial
in the days to come. We're still waiting for VR to hit critical mass, however, and not even Half-Life Alyx seemed to encourage many
people to upgrade.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

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Best For 4K: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

If you're looking for the no-holds-barred champion of graphics cards, right now it's the GeForce RTX 3080. Okay, technically the RTX
3090 is faster, but it's twice the cost and e�ectively takes over from the Titan RTX. The RTX 3080 can max out all the graphics settings
at 4K in most games, with the same price as the outgoing RTX 2080 Super (again, in theory). It's also your best chance to experience
games with all the ray tracing e�ects cranked up, like for example Minecraft RTX that could bring even the previous gen 2080 Ti to its
knees.

Nvidia's Ampere architecture sits at the heart of the RTX 3080, and it boasts extreme performance even if you don't enable ray
tracing or DLSS. It's around 30% faster than the 2080 Ti, and while overall performance is basically tied with AMD's RX 6800 XT, Nvidia
has the advantage at 4K, and especially when ray tracing or DLSS are supported (and enabled). Ampere potentially doubles the RT
performance of Turing, and has more than double the theoretical computational power thanks to a doubling of FP32 cores. The only
problem is �nding one in stock, as gamers and coin miners are both snapping them up as quickly as Nvidia and partners can make
them.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

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abryant 06 February 2019 15:00

Archived comments are found here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3801286/buy-graphics-card.html

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drawingpin 06 February 2019 15:25

I still can't believe you're recommending the 1050 when you can pick up the 570 up for the same price. Just plain old crazy.

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shmoochie 06 February 2019 17:38

21746778 said:

I still can't believe you're recommending the 1050 when you can pick up the 570 up for the same price. Just plain old crazy.

Same price AND two free new games. This buying guide is soooo bad. It's clearly still outdated.

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Dantte 06 February 2019 17:56

You sure thats right... you have the RTX2060 listed as high-end (same as the 2080), but the 2070 is not listed? I would think the
2060 should be midrange and the 2070 take its place on the highend list.

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