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Sometimes these reference-design cards are sold directly by Nvidia (or, less often, by AMD). The two companies work up what are known as "reference designs" for their video cards, a standardized version of a card built around a given GPU. You can take our recommendation of a single reference card in a given card class (such as the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, or the Radeon RX 6750 XT) as an endorsement of the GPU family as a whole.Īfter our card picks is a deep-dive guide to choosing the right graphics card for you, followed by a spec breakout of our top picks. We've factored in just a sampling of third-party cards here many more fill out the market. Note: Our picks are based (in ascending order) on your target gameplay resolution, with picks for the most appropriate Nvidia and AMD cards for each usage scenario (unless one is an unequivocal clear choice). It's easy to overpay or underbuy.but we won't let you do that.īelow are our top AMD and Nvidia picks for today's top cards. After all, consumer video cards range from under $100 to well over $1,500 (and that's just MSRP.more on that later). We'll also touch on some upcoming trends-they could affect which card you choose. Our guide will help you sort through the best video-card options for your desktop PC, what you need to know to upgrade a system, and how to evaluate whether a particular card is a good buy. If you're a PC gamer, or a content creator who lives and dies by the speed of your graphics-accelerated software, your video card is the engine that powers what you can do-or how lustily you can brag. Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions.