should I go for a 4060 instead of 3060 ti since it's slightly cheaper?

It's actually appropriate for a 4060 to be somewhat less expensive than a 3060 Ti, given that (just as we report here) the 3060 Ti is the slightly more powerful GPU between the two of them.

So, the question of whether to buy a 4060 for costing less than a 3060 Ti is actually fairly similar to the question of whether to buy, say, a 3060 or a 1080 Ti rather than a 3060 Ti.

In other words, the answer simply has to be that you should go for the 4060 if the price difference outweighs the ~5% difference in performance for you (and go for the 3060 Ti if not). I can't offer any more certainty that that, as whether it's the price difference or the performance difference that is the most significant will come down to your specific budget for the purchase.

I see yeah, I know there's a slight performance difference, but I was wondering mainly if it's worth letting go of the 40-series features like DLSS 3

Ah, well, to that I would personally say 'yes;' the most important thing is raw performance, and there are still only a few dozen games that support DLSS 3 rather than an older iteration of DLSS.

Where is RTX A-Series, Ampere, Ada Generation, etc?
As this is GPU-related, there is no mention of CUDA in this article?

As explained in the first sentence of the article, this is a list of the best graphics cards for gaming performance. Workstation GPUs and workstation GPU features are largely irrelevant to that application.

However, it is also worth pointing out that, if we were to consider extant workstation GPUs for this list, they still would not appear in it---due to their overall performance being too low for the top section, and their price-to-performance ratios being far too bad for the other sections.

I have an old PC and I recently upgraded to a RX 6600, but it barley fit in the case. What should I upgrade everything else to when I have the money? I would like to play Minecraft in 1080p and 165fps. Thanks, and I really like your website. I've been drooling over the monstrous PC since I first found this website.

Well, as you might expect, for solid balance we'd recommend pairing an RX 6600 with the rest of the parts in the current 'Good' tier of our general build recommendation chart, as that's the first tier which defaults to the 6600. That'd mean going with an i5-12400F, an H610 or B660 mobo, and an LGA 1700 CPU Cooler. In the event that you are able to do that, it ought to fulfill your expectations, as we'd expect a PC at the 'Good' tier to be capable of 144-200 FPS in Minecraft at 1080p with max settings.

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thanks :D

PRICE ALERT! The RTX 3060 Ti is currently at a reasonably discounted price compared to the price listed here.

The linked model is only about $20 down. Do you mean the same model on a different retailer, or a different model of the same GPU?

In fact, the linked 6750 XT which we've designated as the victor in that category is at a far steeper discount right now ($70 down)---only $5 more than the current price of the 3060 Ti.

RDNA 3 and Ada are just not here.

Yes, as the date at the top states, this article received its last major update in December 2020. It is due for an update, and should be receiving one within the next month or so.

GPU-GTX1660SUPER-CPU?What appropriate processor should I recommend?

Our current CPU recommendation at the level of the GTX 1660 Super is the i5-12400F.

I am still confused, can anyone suggest the best graphic card in a single line? i cant waste my money and time , Please help

The single most powerful consumer-grade graphics card currently on the market is the RTX 3090 Ti, which will likely be added to this article the next time it is updated.

6950xt launched and it's like 7% faster than 6900xt

Coincidentally, the 6950 XT was actually added to the main chart on the day you made that comment! The rest of the recent changes are detailed here. But we're waiting for more new cards to release before making a whole new version of this article.

why is logical increments using MSRP here instead of the actual cost

These articles are typically updated soon after new parts are released. Even under the best of circumstances, GPU prices are inflated right when they first become available, making it inaccurate to use their retail pricing to update the article. In the current moment, though, the reason is the same: actual cost fluctuates wildly, whereas MSRP is consistent.

It seems all the recommended GPUs are out of stock (at least in the 250 range) any alternatives?

Wondering if anyone could advice me on upgrading my GPU? I'm currently using an MSI RX 480 with an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X CPU. I need an upgrade to continue running newer games, but I can't really afford to upgrade my cpu at this moment. Would it be worth it to upgrade the gpu?

Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/li...

We'd be happy to try to advise you about this situation. It's possible that a GPU upgrade could be effective even when sticking with the 2600X, but that depends on the context. What new games in particular are you looking at? Are there any recent games that your current system wasn't handling quite as well as you wanted, and, if so, what was the performance like? And what resolution and refresh rate is you primary monitor?

I use my PC for video editing and Photoshop work. Video rendering takes longer than I think it should and am wondering if upgrading the graphics card alone will help. Right now I have a AMD Radeon HD 5670 card that I installed from PC with bad MB. The computer itself is a Lenovo 93p tower, with Intel i7-4770 @3.40 Ghz, 20 GB DDR3 RAM.

I was thinking about the GEForce RTX 2060 XC that B&H has on sale for $300 when I found your blog and frankly, decided to seek advice before throwing parts at my PC. Thanks. I appreciate any insight you may have about this.

What software are you using for video editing? Unless it's DaVinci Resolve, the GPU will likely have less of an impact than the CPU.

Using Vegas Pro 17. Sounds like I should just leave everything alone since the i7 cpu does most of the work. Good news overall since it saves me form wasting money.

Well, I wouldn't expect upgrading to an RTX 2060 to have a big impact on general video editing in your situation, no. But if the only problem you're trying to solve is long video render times, then it could help. What you'll want to investigate is whether Vegas Pro offers anything with a name like 'hardware acceleration' or 'GPU acceleration' among the options in the render window. If it does, then that means the devs put in the work to let the GPU help with the rendering process for increased speeds.

VegasPro17 does allow for GPU acceleration and names my GPU as the device to use, so I guess the program is already doing the best it can with what it's got. Thanks for telling me where and what to look for.

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According to the Video Editing Guide the CPU is more important for video editing, but upgrading the GPU can help, too. Its power supply is too weak for a RTX 2060, but it seems to be upgradeable.

When are the 3000 series be included in the Chart

We added the 3080 to the chart earlier today. As the other new cards release and undergo benchmarking/testing by review sites, they too will be slotted into appropriate places in this chart.

Sort of confused about the recommendations. What happened to the 1660 Super and 1650 Super? 1650 Super is on par with the 580 and the 1660 Super is considered a great value card. It says the article was updated May 22, 2020 but the cards I mention are much older.

I'm not sure what you mean; both of those cards are present in the list. The GTX 1650 Super is at the top left of the 55% row, and the GTX 1660 Super is the only occupant of the 65% row. If you're having trouble locating any GPU on this page, you can use the hotkey 'CTRL + f' to search for any text string in your browser.

I'm looking at the article of https://www.logicalincremen...

I get to it from Parts Recommendations > The Best Graphics Cards

At the top, it says Last updated : May 22, 2020, but when I view the article, the cards listed in the category of Best Graphics Card Under $250 are the 1660 (original) and the 580. I feel that the 1660 Super has displaced the 1660 (10% more performance for a slightly higher retail price as of current pricing, MSRP of the same $230 of the 1660). 1650 Super performs on par with the 580 with a similar price. I'm mostly surprised by the lack of mention of either of these cards.

Both of these cards are listed as recommended cards on the main https://www.logicalincremen... page.

Perhaps retail pricing or availability was different in May, but to me it looks like updates to The Best Graphics Cards article regarding the 1650 Super and 1660 Super might have slipped through the cracks.

Ah, my mistake, I thought you were talking about our GPU comparison chart (I answer many comments from the Disqus backend, so I don't always see what page a comment is on).

Those are indeed great/high-value GPUs, which is why they both feature in builds on our main build chart. I don't know exactly what considerations led to the current form of the page when it was updated in May; possibly the prices of those cards at that time didn't align well with our pricing brackets. At any rate, this article will likely receive its next update when Nvidia releases their new GPUs in the coming months, and it's entirely possible that either or both of those options could end up on this page at that time.

need help looking to upgrade my GPU to better one i have msi rx 480 8gb gaming

this is my complete build https://pcpartpicker.com/us...

So, advising a GPU upgrade for that build is a bit tough, because it's a well-balanced PC (roughly at the level of the 'Modest' tier of our general build recommendation chart). As such, any graphics card upgrade you make would have a chance of being bottlenecked by the i5-6500. Now, setting that aside, for a noticeable upgrade over the RX 480, you'd likely want to get something at least at the level of the RX 5600 XT or RTX 2060.

Hi there.
I was wondering, if you GPU is a really high end one, and you CPU is an pretty older one, you must change your mother board in addition to the CPU also ?

Usually, yes. It does depend on the exact parts in question (many recent AMD motherboards are compatible across several generations, for instance), but often it is necessary to upgrade the motherboard in order to upgrade the CPU. It just tends to be a lot easier to upgrade a graphics card than a CPU. In fact, if the CPU and motherboard are old enough to be using DDR3 RAM, it would usually be necessary to upgrade the RAM as well.

If the CPU uses a different socket or it is incompatible chipset you need a new one. If your current CPU is older than 2017 you'll almost certainly need a new mainboard.

I have an AMD 5 3600, and the mother board is a B450-M PRO VDH. As my GPU is far from the latest (GTX 1660 ARMOR), I was wondering if when I will upgrade the GPU, will I have to change the motherboard also, and in the mean time, the CPU.

No, you will not need to upgrade your motherboard. GPUs share compatibility across all brands and chipsets of currently available motherboards.

You don't have to upgrade the mainboard if you upgrade the GPU, but your GPU was launched in February 2019, which is recent for me, and it's probably not worth upgrading, because new GPUs are expected in September and October and it's still a good card.

Ok thanks for the answer !

what do you think about

(intel(R) Core(TM)2 Due CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz 3.17GHz) is it good with RX 550 or higher ?

Unfortunately, an E8500 would be roughly 40% weaker than the Athlon 3000G in the lowest 'Destitute' tier of our general build recommendation chart. As a result, we would expect it to bottleneck even a low-tier GPU like the RX 550 (which is nearly as powerful as the Vega 11 iGPU in the 'Minimum' tier of that same linked chart).

Any Intel Core Duo isn't good with any graphics card. You should rather invest in a new CPU.

Hey i was wondering what would be the best gpu to pair up with the i7-8700 (non k) I bought a pre built like 2 years ago and ive been thinking of uppgrading heres my build https://www.newegg.com/ibuy...

You could probably add anything up to an RTX 2070 Super to that system without facing much of a bottleneck from the CPU, but a more appropriate choice would likely be something like an RX 5700, RX 5700 XT, RTX 2060, or RTX 2060 Super.