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it easy to choose yournext GPU by testing
nine majormodels frommultipleAMD and
Nvidia series.
Since thesestart with affordable budget
GPUs,all of them will be able to run thelatest
games at 1080p resolution, butwe’ll alsobe
on thesearchfor the ideal 1440p and
4K-ready graphics cards, going all the way
up to thefearsome GeForceRTX 2080 Ti.
CertainGPU prices sitabove what their direct
predecessors mighthavecost, butthe great
inflation of 2017 –brought about by an
explosion in cryptocurrency mining and its
requisite PC hardware –has long subsided,
so you shouldn’t have muchtrouble finding
something to fit anybudget.
FRAMES &FORTUNE
Graphics cards
Thecurrent crop of graphicscardsisthe best ever,
spanningeverythingfromsprightly budget modelsto
monstrouslypowerfulhigh-endGPUs. We test the
best AMDand Nvidiamodels,whateveryourneeds
CONTENT REVIEWS
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AMDRadeonRX570
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AMDRadeonRX5700
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AMDRadeonRX5700XT
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NVIDIAGeForceGTX1650
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NVIDIAGeForceGTX1660Ti
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NVIDIAGeForceRTX2060Super
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NVIDIAGeForceRTX2070Super
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NVIDIAGeForceRTX2080Super
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NVIDIAGeForceRTX2080Ti
THEGRAPHICSCARDmarket has gone
through some big changes in recent months.
While there are still only two big names in
town, AMD and Nvidia –we’ll be waiting a
while longer forIntel’s rumoured GPU
project to materialise –bothfirms have
made strides forward, with AMD launching
its first truly excellent cards in years and
Nvidia reworking almost its entire GeForce
RTXrange with upgraded specs.
It’s an exciting time,especially as therising
fidelity of games meansthat dedicated
graphics will alwaysbefacinggreater
challenges. Forthose looking to upgrade,
or to make the bigswitch from integrated
graphicstoadedicatedcard,we’ve made
