Gaming on a PC continues to be a popular choice for many and of course, to do so, you need a graphics card that will create and render high quality images and animations as quickly as possible. If you’re in the market for a graphics card, luckily for you, we’ve made a list of some of the best options around. Check them out below.
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The Five Best Graphic Cards On Amazon
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What to consider when buying a graphics card
- Consider memory – A good rule of thumb for deciding how much memory your graphics card will need is to halve the memory of your system by two. So if you have a system memory of 8GB, a 4GB graphics card is perfect.
- Consider bandwidth – The bandwidth is the amount of memory that your GPU (graphics processing unit) has access to at any given time. The more bandwidth, the faster the data gets transmitted. The faster data gets transmitted, the smoother your picture is.
- Consider power and space – It’s all good having a graphics card that has a lot of memory and a good bandwidth, but you need to make sure that your PC has the power supply and room for it to fit.
1. MSI VGA Graphic Cards RX 580 ARMOR 8G OC
MSI Graphic Card / MSI
Top Pick
MSI’s RX 580 ARMOR has a base core clock of 1366 MHz and a video memory of 8GB GDDR5, making it great for high-end gaming, whether you’re a pro streamer or someone who wants the best quality possible. This graphics card will get you to stay above 60fps consistently for big games. Cooling is good here, but when the fan is going at its strongest, it is fairly load. Perhaps that won’t matter if you have a gaming headset on.
Pros:
- Offers great speed and quality
- Good temperature
Cons:
- Fan can be loud
2. Gigabyte GeForce GT
Gigabyte GeForce / Amazon
Most Modern
The Gigabyte GeForce GT 1030 is designed to be compact in your PC, sitting at just 15cm in length. It requires 300 watts to be powered and is integrated with 2GB GDDR5 memory. These specs aren’t great for pro gamers or streamers, but if you’re on a budget or you’re just a casual gamer, this will do a good job.
Pros:
- Great value
- Compact design
Cons:
- Won’t perform at high quality
3. ZOTAC GAMING
ZOTAC GAMING / ZOTAC GAMING
Most Notable
Next up is ZOTAC’s GeForce GTX which is a 128-bit graphics card which offers 4k resolution, a boost clock which does 1590 MHz and 4GB GDDR 6. It does all of this with 300 watts and packs the punch in a graphics card that is just 6.3 inches long. If you don’t have a lot of space or power connectors, but want good gaming quality, this is a great option. Be wary that it can be very loud.
Pros:
- Compact
- Great for older PCs
Cons:
- Can be very loud
4. VisionTek Radeon 7750 2GB GDDR5
VisionTex / VistonTek
VisionTek’s Radeon 7750 has a dual 4k display setup, so if you have two monitors you want to run at the same time in high quality, it’s perfect. There are two display ports which both provide independent surround sound to a pair of monitors. Once you get it, you’ll need to download the drivers from AMD, but this is a smooth process. Do note that it can be hot and loud and if you do want two monitors running, they won’t run at the absolute highest refresh rates at the same time. But still, it’ll be enough for the vast majority of people.
Pros:
- Dual 4k setup
- Surround sound
- Downloading drivers is easy
Cons:
- Can get hot and loud
- Can’t do much more than a combined refresh rate of 200Hz
5. ASUS GeForce RTX 2060
ASUS GeForce / ASUS
Last up is the ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 which is powered by NVIDIA. It boasts a 1785 MHz boost clock, 1920 CUDA cors and 6GB GDDR 6 memory. As long as the temperature is below 55 degrees Celsius, you won’t get any noise from the graphics card. It shouldn’t get hotter than around 81 degrees either. It also has a protective backplate made with durable aluminium. For some around this level of performance, they’d like more than 1 HDMI port and an extra couple of GB of memory.
Pros:
- Doesn’t overheat and stays fairly quiet if cool
- Great boost clock
Cons:
- Could have more HDMI ports
- Could have more memory
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