Building a capable gaming PC relies on two primary components: the CPU and GPU (or graphics card, in common parlance). While having a powerful desktop CPU in your gaming rig is important, the latter ...

Let’s start the list with one of the budget-friendly Graphics cards, RTX 3050 that is available in the market. This 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM is good enough to handle a game with moderate to high settings ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nvidia and AMD are the biggest graphics card manufacturers out there by a wide margin. These two companies remain dominant in the industry, ...

If you’re on the hunt for a new graphics card, you’re likely looking at clock rates, how many shader cores, and how much VRAM it’s packing. But don’t underestimate memory bandwidth when shopping ...

Buying a new graphics card can be a tricky prospect, full of difficult decisions for even the most experienced of PC builders and gamers. But if you're buying your very first GPU, then it can feel ...

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