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Computer of the Month also recommends assemblies for an early upgrade of the video card – such systems are designed to install a video card of any level of performance, up to the GeForce RTX 3090 in overclocking. It is logical that in terms of nutrition management they must fully comply with the stated requirements. Well, let’s see what kind of power supply you need to take productive and powerful assemblies from AMD and Intel.

⇡ # In the previous part

In my understanding, this article is a small but logical addition to the large material “What kind of power supply is needed for a modern gaming PC”, which was published on our website a little over two years ago. After reading it, you will learn:

• how the power consumption of gaming components has changed over the years;
• how much electricity is consumed by a single device in a computer;
• how to correctly calculate the cable management for your assembly;
• how the cost of power supplies of different power and different efficiency changes;
• what power is needed for gaming PCs of that time;
• what, in addition to power, should be looked at when choosing a power supply;
• which power supply should be chosen if you plan to upgrade hardware and overclock it.

Indeed, during this time a lot of new hardware has appeared on our market: video cards of the GeForce RTX 30 and Radeon RX 6000 series, as well as new central processors for AMD AM4 and Intel LGA1200 mass platforms. Otherwise, the changes are minimal, and most of the topics covered in this article are relevant to this day.

Let’s not dwell on the issues related to the availability of components and their prices, but concentrate on the competition between the eternal trinity of AMD, Intel and NVIDIA. We see that over the past two years, the confrontation between these chipmakers has reached a completely different level. That in the market of central processors (and platforms for assembling gaming computers), that in the segment of discrete video cards there is serious competition, which in theory is beneficial to the end consumer, that is, to you and me. In practice, we are seeing races that force the listed trinity to produce iron, which is very difficult to call energy efficient. Back in 2019In 2017, the fastest graphics card was considered the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, whose power consumption level (in the base version) was 260 watts. Now there are as many as 7 graphics accelerators with the same or higher TDP (calculated thermal power) on sale – and this, obviously, is the other side of increased competition in the market.

So, as you can see, it is not surprising that users who want to get a GeForce RTX 3070 and higher graphics card now or in the future are worried about choosing the right power supply. And although we are not surprised by 250-watt graphics accelerators, previously, the fastest versions of video cards had such an increased energy “appetite”: Radeon VII, Radeon RX Vega 64, Radeon R9Fury (X) and Radeon R9 390X from AMD; GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce GTX 980 Ti from NVIDIA.

The CPU and video card are the main consumers of power in any system. Obviously, it is they who determine which power supply should be installed in the system unit. As in the case of 3D gaming accelerators, the power consumption of central processors is not decreasing either – it will not decrease in the future if we are talking about high-performance desktop systems. Only in the case of the CPU, we observe a certain catch, since the declared characteristics of the chips reflect a certain base value. Here AMD makes a correction for its processors, indicating that we are talking about default heat output value . Intel stands for TDP as the average performance in watts when the processor’s power is dissipated (when running at base frequency, when all cores are involved) under a complex load condition defined by the manufacturer . Obviously, in both cases, the power of the chips can be higher than the indicated passport characteristic – this is not news for regular readers of our site, but we will illustrate this again later. Therefore, when choosing a power supply, you cannot simply take and add up the calculated power of the main components of the system. So, for example, the sum of the TDP Ryzen 5 5600X and GeForce RTX 3080 is 385 W, plus other system components will “eat” a little more. But in fact, such an assembly can consume much more – especially considering overclocking.

How much to hang in watts? This is what we will now check.

⇡#Assembling a powerful gaming PC

So, for a small experiment, I assembled four systems. A complete list of all components is given in the table below.

Advanced Assembly
Option 1: ✓ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X ✓ ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II-420 ✓ ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero ✓ G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200C14D-32GTZ ✓ Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GamingPro ✓ Intel SSDPEKKW020T8X1 ✓ Seasonic FOCUS GX-650 ✓ 3x Noctua NF-P12-PWM	Option 2: ✓ Intel Core i5-11600K ✓ ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II-420 ✓ ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero ✓ G. Skill Trident Z F4-3200C14D-32GTZ ✓ Palit GeForce RTX 30 80 GamingPro ✓ Intel SSDPEKKW020T8X1 ✓ Seasonic FOCUS GX-650 ✓ 3x Noctua NF-P12-PWM
Maximum assembly
Option 1: ✓ AMD Ryzen 9 5900X ✓ ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II-420 ✓ ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero ✓ G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200C14D-32GTZ 900 57 ✓ ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3090 Gaming OC ✓ Intel SSDPEKKW020T8X1 ✓ Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 ✓ 3x Noctua NF-P12-PWM	Option 2: ✓ Intel Core i7-11700K ✓ ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II-420 ✓ ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero ✓ G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200C14D-32GTZ ✓ ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3090 Gaming OC ✓ Intel SSDPEKKW020T8X1 ✓ Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 ✓ 3x Noctua NF-P12-PWM

Ryzen 5 5600X and Core i5-11600K variants are similar to PC of the Month advanced build offerings. Systems with Ryzen 9 5900X and Core i7-11700K can be classified as the maximum assembly. If you compare the list of components from this table with the list given in the September issue, you will see that noticeably more sophisticated hardware has been chosen for this article – we are talking mainly about motherboards and a CPU cooling system. This was done on purpose, because all four central processors are equipped with an unlocked multiplier, which means that they can be overclocked on their own.

Choosing a graphics card for PC of the Month builds is a real headache for me. At the beginning of the article, I noted that the BTC and ETH rates dropped noticeably in the summer, and video cards also fell in price after them. In autumn, unfortunately, the situation turned around. As a result, it turns out to be quite difficult to recommend this or that video card, because everything can change in a short period of time. So in September, as part of an advanced assembly, the GeForce RTX 3060 is already recommended, which has a noticeably lower energy appetite.

As a result, it was decided to use the GeForce RTX 3080 in the analogue of the advanced assembly, and the GeForce RTX 3090 in the maximum one. The video card, as you yourself understand, is the most “gluttonous” component in all assemblies. Therefore, my choice is of key importance in terms of the final result. On the other hand, if an assembly with the same GeForce RTX 3080 is pulled out by a PSU of a certain power, then it will cope with video cards of a lower rank even more so.

In fact, the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti have similar power, and it can vary in one direction or another depending on the specific model of the video card. Roughly speaking, where an assembly with a GeForce RTX 3080 consumes 550 watts, a similar system with a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will “eat” 30-40 watts less.

Undoubtedly, the GeForce RTX 3090 is not only the fastest modern gaming video card, but also the most voracious – but such is the price of the competition that has arisen, and the situation in the microelectronics market as a whole. I used the ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3090 Gaming OC model, which can be seen in the lead roles in the article “Computer of the Month. Special issue: what the fastest gaming systems of 2021 are capable of. We are talking about one of the fastest, coolest and quietest versions of the GeForce RTX 3090 on our market and equipped with a classic air cooling system. Let me remind you that our website has already published a review of the ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming OC version. The older modification received a similar cooling system, functionality and a set of proprietary features, such as volumetric lighting, two modes of operation and the presence of two four-pin connectors for connecting fans at once. The power subsystem is the same and has 22 phases: 9on the left and 13 on the right. Each channel consists of a power stage and a choke. Some of the phases are assembled with ON Semiconductor NCP303151 assemblies, and some are with Texas Instruments CSD95481RWJ. The 18 phases are dedicated to GPU operation and are controlled by a pair of Monolithic Power Systems MP2888A 10-channel PWM controllers. Four more channels are responsible for the operation of GDDR6X memory.

All this is necessary for the device to operate at almost limiting frequencies – three 8-pin power supply connectors must be connected to the ROG Strix RTX 3090 Gaming OC. At the same time, the video card consumes more than NVIDIA’s declared 350 W – which is not surprising for a device with factory overclocking. At the same time, the ROG Strix RTX 3090 Gaming OC can be further overclocked both on chip and memory.

AMD builds used ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, Intel systems used ROG Maximus XIII Hero. When I requested hardware from the Russian representative office of ASUS, the only criterion was the possibility of stable overclocking of the processor, video card and memory. As a result, a couple of “Heroes” arrived in the laboratory – and these motherboards did an excellent job with the task.

A detailed review of the ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero was published on our website. The processor is powered by 14 phases (seven dual channels) with Texas Instruments X95410RR assemblies that can withstand a load of 90 A each. As a result, the board is able to withstand a total current of 1260 A – a record among ASUS motherboards for the AM4 platform.

Two more phases are responsible for the SoC component of the processors. The manufacturer claims that high-quality Japanese-made capacitors with a declared service life of at least 10,000 hours are used in the processor power circuit. Power management is implemented by an eight-channel Digi + VRM ASP1405I PWM controller.

ROG Maximus XIII Hero also inspires confidence and generally has a power converter similar to ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero. The board for the Intel platform uses an 8-channel Intersil ISL69269 controller and seven dual phases with Texas Instruments 95410RR assemblies. Texas Instruments 59880 power stages are used for graphics and SA-voltage generation, which can withstand a load of 70 A.

Both devices received very impressive cooling radiators. Moreover, the X570 ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero chipset does not require a fan to dissipate heat. The BIOS of both devices is replete with all sorts of settings that allow you to fine-tune the system, as well as overclock the processor and memory. The POST code indicator with Q-Led LEDs, the Slow_mode switch, as well as the Safe_boot, Retry, Clear CMOS and BIOS FlashBack buttons will also help you. Finally, both boards have PCI Express 4.0 support, a bunch of M.2 ports, and USB 3.2 Gen2.

As already mentioned, this article deals with far from the most energy-efficient assemblies. The power consumption of the same Core i7-11700K and Ryzen 9 5900X in applications that use AVX instructions exceeds 200 W, and even more during overclocking. Therefore, to test the maximum assembly, my choice fell on the Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 power supply model – it was also used in the system from the article “Computer of the Month. Special issue: what the fastest gaming systems of 2021 are capable of.

And this is a terrific breadwinner for our components. The unit produces an honest kilowatt, since it is capable of transmitting 996 watts of electricity through a 12-volt line. At the same time, the device has an 80 PLUS Titanium certificate – therefore, its efficiency does not fall below 90%, and at 50% load on a 230 V network it reaches 95% according to the standard specifications. However, reviews of colleagues indicate that the efficiency of this PSU is even higher. At the same time, one of the key features of the 80 PLUS Titanium certification is high efficiency even at low load, in which the gaming PC will be most of the time. So, the efficiency of PRIME TX-1000 does not sag below 90% even at 50-100W load. The warranty for the device is 12 years, which means that the PSU will survive far more than one hardware upgrade in the system unit, and will still be relevant.

PRIME TX-1000 is fully modular – all cables are detachable. Most of the wires are flat, which makes it easier to route them behind the chassis. It is noteworthy that a set of cables allows you to connect to two 8-pin CPU power connectors at once, which is important for selected ASUS motherboards, but in reality it is only necessary in case of extreme hardware overclocking. There are six PCI-E 6 + 2 wires at once, which will allow you to power at least two ROG Strix RTX 3090 Gaming OC – there would be a desire. A 135mm fluid dynamic bearing fan is responsible for cooling the PSU components. It starts spinning only at 40% load, but even in active mode, the PRIME TX-1000 is very, very quiet.

The analogue of the advanced assembly used the Seasonic FOCUS GX-650 power supply – the hyperlink leads to a detailed review of this particular model. Against the background of Prime, the FOCUS GX series, of course, looks noticeably simpler, although a 1 kW model is also present in the series of these PSUs. But for testing, I asked to provide exactly the 650-watt version – as the most popular for gaming assemblies of medium and medium-high performance levels. Watts are fair, as the FOCUS GX-650 is capable of transmitting all 650 watts of electricity through a 12-volt line.

The device also received a fully modular cable management. With the exception of the 24-pin power wire, all other cables are flat. The cross section of all wires is typical 18 AWG – there is neither savings on lightly loaded “peripheral” cables, nor an increased cross section of wires in the video card and processor power cables. At the same time, FOCUS GX-650 also has two 4+4 EPS 12V connectors and four 6+2 PCI-E wires at once.

The power supply meets the 80 PLUS Gold efficiency standard. Our tests have shown that at a load of 20% or more, the efficiency of the power supply does not sag below 93%, and at a load of 50% – below 97%. The features of the test bench turn out to be such that in reality the efficiency of the power supply will be slightly lower, but we still have no doubts about the efficiency of the FOCUS GX-650. The warranty for the device is 10 years.

⇡#Test results

In this article we are talking about gaming builds, and therefore it is most interesting to see how much power the test systems consume in games. Who would have thought, but games load the GPU and CPU in different ways. There are applications in which the emphasis is mainly on graphics only, but there are also quite processor-dependent ones. Among several games tested (Horizon Zero Dawn, Watch Dogs Legion, HITMAN 3, Battlefield V, The Witcher III, GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Cyberpunk 2077), the graphics were the most heavily loaded at the same time , and an action-adventure processor about Lara Croft. This project places serious demands on both types of processors. As a result, test benches were loaded with the following software:

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Secret city. DirectX 12. Full HD resolution, maximum graphics quality.
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Novigrad and surroundings. DirectX 11. Ultra HD resolution, maximum graphics quality) + Prime95 30.6 (Small FFT test).

In addition to testing in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the goal was to load the system to the maximum. Resource-intensive tests (for example, the PugetBench benchmark suite for Adobe applications) are not well suited for this purpose, since they either load the CPU or the video card, and not both chips together. I’ll be honest: I don’t know any publicly available software that can simultaneously load 100% of the CPU and GPU, and therefore it was decided to use the proven method in the form of simultaneous launch of The Witcher along with the Prime9 application5, which we mainly use for stress testing hardware. The use of the Wild Hunt was not chosen by chance, because not all games work stably at maximum CPU load. It is important to understand that such testing is artificial to some extent, but after all the experiments, you can say with 100% certainty that such and such an assembly will have enough power supply with such and such power.

The period of each power measurement was 30 minutes, but the measurement of all parameters was carried out after the chips warmed up and the clock frequencies stabilized. The graphs below show the energy consumption meter data of the HWiNFO 64 program (average and maximum levels). Also, the energy consumption was measured using a watts up? PRO – despite such a comical name, the device connects to a computer and, using special software, monitors its various parameters. Please note that household wattmeters have a measurement error and, as a rule, underestimate the power indicators “out of the socket” at medium and high loads by 1-5%.

All four testbeds were additionally overclocked, and we are talking about overclocking of central processors, video cards and RAM. Briefly, the frequency and voltage settings are as follows, and they were selected based on the capabilities of the cooling systems, as well as the overclocking potential of the components: in Prime95)) + GeForce RTX 3080 (1855/1325 MHz, PL 109%) + 32GB RAM (DDR4-3400, 1. 4V).

I remind you that the overclocking of components is always a lottery. We will discuss this topic in more detail a little later. In the meantime, let’s move on to the most important thing – the test results.

The first thing that catches your eye when studying the power consumption measurements of assemblies is a noticeable difference in the consumption of central processors between the AM4 and LGA1200 platforms. Yes, Rocket Lake chips consume noticeably more power – especially when running the Prime95 30. 6 stress test. On the other hand, the difference in power consumption, although significant, does not reach hundreds of watts – therefore, similar requirements can be imposed on AMD and Intel assemblies, and further I will focus on the performance of the most voracious systems.

So, we see that in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, a stand with a Core i5-11600K and a GeForce RTX 3080 consumes a little less than 500 watts at the peak. On average, according to software monitoring, the Intel chip was loaded at 76%. As mentioned earlier, many games consume less electricity, but do not forget about future projects – given the development of computer technology, the times when 6-cores will be 100% loaded even in games will come pretty quickly.

The Summer Advanced build recommended a 650W PSU, 30% more than the Core i5-11600K and GeForce RTX 3080 build consumes in SotTR and most other games. So such a power supply will be enough if we are talking exclusively about the gaming system. Obviously, for assemblies with less productive video cards (Radeon RX 6700 XT, GeForce RTX 3060, and so on), a 600-650 W unit will be enough with a margin. And I again agitate you to invest in a quality device.

Two caveats are important next. First, we are talking about high-quality power supplies, which are recommended in the advanced and maximum builds of the “Computer of the Month”. That is, a model with a declared power of 650 W really holds it with a load on the 12 V line. In addition, even in the Witcher + Prime95 mode, the power consumption of the entire stand did not exceed 600 W. But, secondly, I do not see anything wrong with using a power supply with a noticeably large power reserve even for advanced assembly. In this mode of operation, the device heats up less and makes less noise. Plus, the difference in price between the frontier power models (eg 650W and 750W) turns out to be negligible in most cases. These facts were discussed in the article “What kind of power supply is needed for a modern gaming PC.”

If you are thinking about buying a 300W graphics card and you already have a good 600+W PSU, don’t rush to change it. Most likely, you will not experience problems. I say “most likely”, meaning that there may still be incompatibility of one or another PSU with a powerful video card. It may not be due to a lack of power, but to the inclusion of built-in protection, since the device is too sensitive to a serious increase in system power. So, in my park there is one very high-quality, but frankly old 1500 W PSU, which is constantly cut down when some GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 309 models are connected.0. This PSU has no problems with other versions of these video cards, which means that the described case is a special one.

Overclocked build with Core i5-11600K and GeForce RTX 3080 draws ~580W in Shadow of the Tomb Raider and 650W at max system load. Complex overclocking of the system unit significantly increases the growth of its power consumption. This point must be taken into account if you initially or over time (as in the example described earlier) plan to overclock your PC. And in the case of such a pattern of using the system, it is wrong to recommend a 650 W power supply. You can’t save! Another thing is that the “Computer of the Month” mainly recommends standard assemblies without overclocking – because an absolute minority of users are engaged in hardware overclocking. And those who do it themselves know what kind of PSU they need.

The second limiting factor is the need to use quality motherboards and cooling systems. Let me remind you that for this article I had to use an unattended LSS. As a result, the performance of the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II-420 is enough to keep the Prime95 Core i5-11600K at 4.8 GHz at 96 degrees Celsius. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, this 6-core processor at 5 GHz heats up to only 66 degrees Celsius (average processor power consumption was 148 watts). Again, a lot here depends on the conditions of use of your system unit.

I will add that the feasibility of overclocking modern computer hardware raises a lot of questions, but this is a topic for a separate article.

But in the maximum assembly, a 650-watt unit is no longer enough. Here you need a higher power option – power supplies from 850 watts. With complex overclocking, you need a kilowatt, no less. There’s nothing to be done, because the GeForce RTX 3090 overclock consumes almost 500 watts! And the 8-core Core i7-11700K in applications that use AVX instructions is able to “eat” more than 300 watts.

⇡#Conclusions

To be honest, I don’t even know how to finish this article beautifully – the test results turned out to be too obvious. Yes, video cards with power consumption of 250+ W are becoming the norm, and when the mining boom ends, many gamers will have a great opportunity to get a gluttonous, but very, very fast gaming accelerator – including at the expense of the used market. In this case, you need to make sure in advance that your power supply will pull such a “burden”. Fortunately, high-quality sources with a power of 600-700 watts will cope with the work of updated builds in games. But for extreme PC operating modes and for overclocking, do not be stingy with buying a really powerful power supply. Fortunately, we are talking about a type of device that becomes obsolete very little and is able to survive far from one upgrade.

We express our gratitude to the Russian representative offices of the companies ASUS and Seasonic, as well as the computer store “ Regard ” for the equipment provided for testing.

Get the best graphics card for your computer!

In today’s digital world, graphics cards are becoming more and more popular in the market, and an even more competitive graphics card (also called video card, graphics card, graphics connector, VGA/VGA card, video connector, or display connector) is an add-on card that creates a stream of images results on the presentation device.

What will we see here?

• What is a video card?
• What is the video card used for?
• The best graphics cards for your computer eon RH 6800 XT
• 5. MSI RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC
• 6. PNY GeForce GTX 1650 Super
• 7. XFX RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro

What is a graphics card?

The video card seems to be a more modest version of the PC motherboard – it is a printed circuit board that contains a processor, RAM and various parts. The video card is sometimes commonly referred to as the GPU or GPU. However, in fact, the GPU is only a part (albeit an essential characterizing part) of the video card.

Today’s graphics cards are incredibly advanced devices that somehow act like independent PCs. They perform a huge amount of calculations and are usually the most complex parts of a PC. In particular, for games and high-level graphics processing .

In addition, graphics cards are also suitable for reproducing a technique known as ray tracing. Ray tracing is a type of 3D graphics in which scenes are created by tracing the path of each light ray in the scene and accurately depicting its effect on materials and surfaces in the image. The beam-following designs are incredibly intelligent and should already be delivered early with great handling numbers. As graphics cards with beam-following capabilities continue to become cheaper, PC games will depend on beam-following designs to continuously produce cinematic-quality visuals.

What is the video card used for?

The purpose of using graphics cards is to deliver graphics. Without a graphics card, your computer may not display any data. So to improve it, the GPU takes information from the CPU and works with the programming to figure out where the graphics card places the pixels on the screen.

This card is an expansion card for your computer that is responsible for displaying images. High level GPUs designed for gaming, ray tracing, graphics creation and cryptocurrency mining.

The best graphics cards for your computer

With Nvidia’s powerful Turing and Ampere GPUs and AMD’s 7nm designs, the graphics card market may be the most competitive it’s ever been. This opposition is a big incentive for you as a buyer, especially considering that a graphics card is suitable for almost any need. According to this, let’s say that you are looking to equip your gaming PC with one of its most important parts.

1. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 is one of the best graphics processors in the Trusted Reviews Awards. The RTX 3070 is the perfect graphics card for cutting-edge gamers, maintaining the strengths of Nvidia GeForce. The GeForce RTX 3070 is also a great one-step solution over the RTX 3080, which still supports 4K while it’s been sitting in between the two lately. The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is a bit more expensive for its capabilities. However, it delivers more robust 60fps at 4K resolution than its predecessor.

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2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 graphics card

HD 6870 from AMD offer incredible value for the typical gamer Just in case you want an extraordinary game but don’t want to burn through the extra cash Your looking for a graphics card in the $150 to $250 range AMD’s latest graphics cards are powerful and the Radeon RX 6800 is especially good This new card is particularly good at rasterization, which has a big impact on game graphics, and can really boost framerates at 1440p. 0003

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3. Asus TUF Gaming RTX 3070 graphics card

RTX. TUF GAMING The GeForce RTX 3070 has been stripped down and redesigned to provide stronger power and cooling. The other all-metal cover houses three rugged axial fans that use double ball bearings. Fan rotation is boosted to reduce turbulence, and a stop mode stops each of the three fans at low temperatures. Under a thick radiator, it is kept under close control.

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4. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

It’s smarter than RTX 3 080 from Nvidia, and slightly more expensive than the RX 6800 without XT, while increasing the number of compute units and clock speeds. The RX 6800 XT can hold its own against the RTX 3080 in many cases, delivering outstanding performance at 1440p and great chops at 4K . It might not be of much use in regards to ray tracing, but it’s not widely used in games yet. Also, the RX 6800 XT may recover a bit more when AMD eventually releases its Fidelity FX Super Resolution feature. So, if you’re not too worried about questionable ray tracing performance, the Radeon RX 6800 XT offers a compelling option, unlike the Nvidia RTX 3080, which costs less and draws less power from your wall.

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5. MSI RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT is one of such models for 1080p gaming, and it’s certainly a commendable card. It’s great for 1080p gaming and is more capable than the RX 580 and RX 590. The Nvidia 1660 setup might be even more impressive, but for those who prefer an all-AMD design, the 5500 XT will take care of business well anyway. The RX 5500 XT is by far not the worst graphics card by any means, however the opposition is furious and ultimately probably not going to up the ante.

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6. PNY GeForce GTX 1650 super

The GTX 1650 SUPER is worth the effort even if it’s the best HTPC card. Not only does it run all games efficiently at 1080p and 1440p high/ultra settings. However, it also offers an incredible price-performance ratio, being future proof and having low power consumption to compete with its competitors. Considering what the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super can do, it’s clear when this card is the perfect solution. If you want to play simple games on a regular 1080p screen or TV, 9The 0051 e GTX 1650 Super is a smart choice for a that should be able to keep up with the current as well as the future.

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7. XFX RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro

AMD Radeon graphics card RX 5600 XT is the best suitable for 1080p games. Increase your settings to boost loyalty and boost gaming performance for higher interest rates and ultra-fast response times.