64 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2019REVIEWS BEST 4K GRAPHICS CARD FOR PC GAMING
5700 XT for 4K gaming
in particular, consider
the $440 Sapphire
Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700
XT (go.pcworld.com/
nt57) specifically.
Sapphire’s Trixx software
includes a “Trixx Boost”
function (go.pcworld.
com/trxx) that creates
new, slightly lower
monitor resolutions
(3264 x 1836 for 4K
gaming by default) that
enable vastly faster
performance. There’s little to no hit on visual
quality, thanks to a boost from AMD’s
Radeon Image Sharpening technology.
With Trixx Boost’s custom resolutions
enabled, the Nitro+ delivers 4K performance
at or above the GeForce RTX 2080 Super’s
level for hundreds of dollars
less. You can manually
configure custom monitor
resolutions in other software
if you don’t want the
Nitro+, but Sapphire’s
software makes the whole
process dead simple.
Finally, if you’ve
purchased one of those
newfangled 144Hz 4K
displays or just absolutely,
positively want the best 4Kgaming experience possible, the monstrous
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (go.pcworld.com/ti28)
blows even the RTX 2080 Super away—but it
costs $1,050 or more on the street (go.
pcworld.com/by15). Even this beast can’t
feed a 144Hz 4K display to its full potentialThe Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT.Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition: An unassuming beast.