Graphics cards help you get the best gaming experience out of your PC. By boosting the quality of your screen and enriching the display of your games, you can immerse yourself fully into the gameplay.
Top 5 Best GPUs (Graphics Card) for 4K Gaming
As there are many graphics cards on the market one might be confused as to which one would be a good choice. Choosing a decent graphics card means you need to consider many things such as price, availability and efficiency. We have compiled a list of five of the best graphics card on the market at three different price points of budget, mid-range and luxury. With a little research, you can find your dream graphics card in no time.
The two main brands that currently have graphics cards in the market are Nvidia and AMD. These brands produce graphics cards at different price levels as they have different levels of performance, and can range from as high as $1499 to low as $159. As always, before making a purchase, endure that your PC can support the graphics card you’re purchasing or you’ll be left with an expensive and perfectly-working graphics card with no PC to use it on.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
This is the fastest GPU on the market which uses Ampere (GA102) and has GPU Cores of 10496. You can easily play unparalleled 4K gaming on this hardware as it in up to 30% faster than its predecessor 3080. However, it also comes at about double the price.
GPU: Ampere (GA102)
GPU Cores: 10496
Boost Clock: 1,695 MHz
Video RAM: 24GB GDDR6X 19.5 Gbps
TDP: 350 watts
Price Point: ★★★
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
This is considered to be AMD’s fastest GPU and it comes at a steep price point, but what’s more, it is rarely ever available. Prices are always hiked up for this graphics card so make sure you’ve got the money to blow if you want to buy it. It has excellent overall performance but is only a little faster than its predecessor 6800.
GPU: Navi 21 XTX
GPU Cores: 5120
Boost Clock: 2250 MHz
Video RAM: 16GB GDDR6 16 Gbps
TDP: 300 watts
Price Point: ★★★
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
With excellent 1440p performance, this GPU has all the ampere enhancements that make it good at its job. There is a newer version called the 3080 which consumes a lot more power than this one. This is one of the mid-range graphics cards, but it’s still ranked high on the market as it is almost always sold out. If you’re looking to play strictly 4K games, note that this one won’t be able to pull through for the more intense games at 60 FPS.
GPU: Ampere (GA104)
GPU Cores: 5888
Boost Clock: 1,730 MHz
Video RAM: 8GB GDDR6 14 Gbps
TDP: 220 watts
Price Point: ★★
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
The 6600 is a lot faster than most of the other graphics cards at this price point and has a power-efficient design that can manage decent 1080p performance. This is quite impressive considering the memory which is only 128 bits. It performed well at markets and is currently sold out, but you can still get it on second-hand or resale sites for about 150 percent of the original selling price.
GPU: Navi 23
GPU Cores: 2048
Boost Clock: 2,589MHz
Video RAM: 8GB GDDR6 16 Gbps
TDP: 160 watts
Price Point: ★★