#COMPARE GRAPHICS CARDS GUIDE 2015 PC#

Our subjective rankings below factor in price, power, and features colored by our own opinions. The above table is sorted by performance, which is why the RTX 4090 sits at the top, and why the RTX 4070 Ti edges past the 7900 XT. Note that we are not including upscaling results in the table, which would skew things more in favor of Nvidia GPUs, but the DXR games at least partially account for that. While we previously had DXR (DirectX Raytracing) as a separate column, we feel there are enough RT-enabled games now to aggregate the scores. Our overall ranking (above) incorporates 15 games from our updated test suite, with both rasterization and ray tracing performance included. And if you're wondering why the RX 7600 hasn't joined the party, that's because it's barely faster than the RX 6650 XT and costs more - it needs to come down another $30 or so. We expect those will also give way to newer replacements once the true mainstream RTX 40-series and RX 7000-series GPUs launch.

Our list now consists mostly of current generation cards, with a few previous generation parts still hanging around. Note: We're showing current online prices alongside the official launch MSRPs in the above table, with the GPUs sorted by performance. Intel's performance in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Redfall, and Dead Island 2 tends to be a bit lower than in established games, though it did better in Diablo IV. When they work, they're fine, but a few titles (particularly new launches) occasionally stumble. Thanks to the aggressive pricing, it's on our list, though we still have to raise a caution flag still when discussing drivers. We saw it on sale of just $199 when the RTX 4060 Ti and RX 7600 launched, though prices have gone back up to $240 for the time being. Intel's Arc A750 is another card to keep an eye on. The recent arrivals of the RTX 4060 Ti, RX 7600, and RTX 4070 have basically forced a reduction in pricing on all previous gen parts. AMD's RX 6000-series cards are still mostly in stock and priced aggressively, with a few exceptions like the RX 6900 XT (just get the 6950 XT or 6800 XT instead). Most of the previous generation RTX 30-series cards are now discontinued, with only the RTX 30 missing their newer replacements.

#COMPARE GRAPHICS CARDS GUIDE 2015 PC#

PC and PC component sales continue to slump, so there are some deals to be had, but if you're happy with your current GPU there's no need to upgrade. The bad news is that MSRPs on the latest graphics cards have increased compared to previous generation cards. The good news is that nearly every graphics card is available at or below MSRP. A few other GPUs have also swapped places, based on current online prices. By the end of this article we should have figured out what are the best buys at every price point.The RTX 4060 Ti has joined the list, not because it's a great card but because it's faster than its predecessor in most cases and costs $400. AMD was forced into aggressive discounts last year to compete, but this year the company has been competitive at the upper end of the high-performance GPU market and has therefore felt less pressure to reduce prices.Īs shown in the table above, the key battles are currently being played out between the GTX 750 Ti and R7 360 at ~$100, the GTX 950 and R7 370 at $150, the GTX 960 and R9 380 at $200, the R9 390 and GTX 970 at $300, the R9 390X and GTX 980 at $450 and finally the GTX 980 Ti and R9 Fury X at $650. Something we haven't seen a lot of this year has been price cuts.

AMD and Nvidia Graphics Cards by Price Range Nvidia could also return fire with a dual-GPU monster of its own. Before moving on, AMD will release a dual-GPU version of the Fury X which should become the Fury X2. Thus far, the larger 8GB memory buffer has proven to be of little benefit, so we prefer the cheaper 290s anyway.Īt this point, it looks like AMD and Nvidia have finally squeezed the most out of the 28nm design process. Yes, the Radeon R9 390X and 390 received double the VRAM, but they are essentially the same GCN 1.1 GPUs – 290X and 290, respectively. Some of you are probably shouting that the 390X and 390 are new as well. Nvidia also went the other way, releasing the $160 GTX 950 which sports just 768 CUDA cores.Īll told, Nvidia released four new GPUs in 2015, while AMD delivered eight cards if you're willing to be loose with the definition of 'new' and three if you're not, namely the Radeon R9 Fury X, Fury and Nano. Last year's GTX 980 featured 2048 CUDA cores, which now looks underwhelming put against the Titan X's whopping 3072 CUDA cores, a nice 50% bump for the architecture. Then this year Maxwell did what many thought was impossible: becoming considerably faster. The only big highlight last year was the arrival high-end Maxwell GPUs in the form of the GeForce GTX 980 and 970.

You might say 2015 hasn't been the most exciting year for graphics cards, though in many ways it was more eventful than 2014.

Compare graphics cards guide 2015