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There are many components that go into building a high-end gaming PC. The quality and compatibility of those components need to be carefully considered and accounted for. But what truly drives the graphical quality and visual fidelity of the games you play is the GPU. For many, a simple mid-range GTX 1060 will suffice. However, PC gaming enthusiasts want the best and most powerful GPUs. For this reason, we have decided to review the top high-end graphics cards that will maximize the graphical performance of your PC.
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Nvidia Titan RTX
The Nvidia Titan RTX is not a GPU meant exclusively for gaming. In fact, Nvidia didn’t even design it to be used for it. Its intended use is for work relating to AI (Artificial Intelligence), deep learning, Machine Learning, CAD, animation, 3D modeling, and other intensive work. However, due to this GPU being incredibly advanced, it’s still possibly the most amazing performing gaming GPU currently on the market.
In fact, the Titan RTX is the fastest graphics card out there right now, yes, it’s even faster than the RTX 2080 Ti. The only true con of this GPU is its extraordinarily high price and slight bottlenecking issues. But, if money is not a problem, then look no further than the Titan RTX.
That said, this GPU is an absolute beast in every sense of the word, it goes far beyond the capabilities of most modern GPU’s. Its 4608 CUDA cores, 26 GB of high bandwidth HBM2 memory, 72 RT (Ray Tracing) cores, and 576 Tensor cores makes it a truly majestic GPU. It also supports DLSS (Deep Learning Super-Sampling) which greatly helps in improving the graphical performance of your games.
However, this high-end graphics card is costly when it comes to price as it is up to 50% more expensive than the RTX 2080 Ti. If you intend to use it just for gaming, you’re better off getting the RTX 2080Ti. But if you are a PC enthusiast looking for the fastest graphics card, look no further than the Titan RTX.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080Ti
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080Ti is the best gaming GPU to hit the market. Clocking in with a price of over $1000 it damn well should be. With a base clock of 1,450MHz, 11GB DDR6, and 4352 CUDA cores, this high-end graphics card will run most if not all games extremely smoothly. It also has 68 RT cores, 544 Tensor cores, and DLSS support for improved sharpness, smoothness, and overall graphical performance.
The only downside to this card is that it is definitely not the most cost-efficient, you’re paying a high premium for features such as ray tracing which will become more prevalent in the future. Despite this, it does offer considerably greater performance than the GTX 1080Ti with its new Turing architecture.
In order to take full advantage of the GTX 2080 Ti graphical potential and not be bottlenecked, you’ll need a very good processor to go with it. As for competition, currently, its biggest competitor is the AMD Radeon 7 graphics card. However, there’s really no true competition between these two cards, as the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti exceeds the Radeon 7’s performance in almost every single field.
This is a GPU that can truly do everything, from handling your gaming needs to deep learning algorithms, animation, and 3D modeling. While it does feature ray tracing technology, so far there haven’t been many games released that support this advanced functionality yet.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 2080 is the slightly less powerful, but considerably cheaper little brother of the RTX 2080 Ti. However, don’t let the little brother term fool you as this is still an extremely high-performance GPU. It doesn’t have a prohibitively steep cost and is capable of running pretty much any game at Ultra settings.
The GPU has 2944 CUDA cores, a base clock speed of 1515, a boost clock speed of 1800MHz, 48 RT cores, 368 tensor cores, DLSS support, and 8GB of GDDR5 V-RAM. The 8Gb of GDDR5 V-RAM makes this card future proof for years to come.
Additionally, Like the 2080Ti this card features Nvidia’s Turning GPU architecture. It also features real-time ray-tracing for live in-game reflections and improved graphical performance. If you’re looking for a high-end graphics card well under the $1000 price point the, this card is great for you.
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AMD Radeon 7
The AMD Radeon 7 is a solid high-end graphics. Though it doesn’t have Ray Tracing, Dedicated ML core, or DLSS. However, it is still a very powerful GPU that is comparable to the RTX 2080 in performance. The key feature of is card is its 16GB of HBM2 memory which is overkill when it comes to gaming. However, that 16GB of HBM2 memory has a very high bandwidth making this card great for content creators who love to game.
This card has 3840 Stream Processors which is AMD’s equivalent to Nvidia’s CUDA Cores. It also has a base clock speed of 1400MHz and boost of 1750MHz. This graphics card’s cooling solution is also very robust. This is because it has three cooling fans on a vapor chamber cooler.
This is a very good GPU especially if you are a content creator that requires a high memory GPU which is extremely fast. However, if you’re buying GPU in this price range for gaming purposes, the GTX 2080 is the better choice because of its numerous features such as Ray Tracing and DLSS support.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
The GeForce RTX 2070 is on the lower end when it comes to high-end GPUs, however, it is still a great performing graphics card at a relatively affordable price. It is essentially the top high-end graphics card for the money.
The RTX 2070 is a great GPU for 1440p gaming and is ok for 4k gaming. Like the other RTX cards on this list, it also features real-time ray-tracing for dynamic in-game reflections and improved graphical performance with DLSS support.
This GPU has 2304 CUDA cores, 36 RT cores, 288 tensor cores, a base clock speed of 1410MHz and boost of 1710MHz. Like the RTX 2080, it has 8GB of GDDR5 V-RAM making it future proof as well. If you are not really interested in 4K gaming, but instead are looking for the perfect 1440p graphics card, the RTX 2070 is for you.
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AMD RX VEGA 64
While Nvidia is atop the high-end GPU market, AMD is slowly catching up to them. The biggest pro of what makes the AMD Vega 64 a good value high-end GPU is how much bang for your buck you get. This is essentially the cheapest graphics card for high-end gaming. The price of this GPU has fallen to a point where it’s a great alternative for some looking for a higher end graphics card at a lower price.
It has a memory speed of 2048 Mhz, as well as a 1500 Mhz clock speed. While this card might not be as excessively beefy in its specs as the three previous cards above, it still packs quite a hefty punch. It will guarantee you 60FPS at a 1440p resolution on Ultra for just about any game.
While it is easy to get lost in the tantalizing specifications of the higher priced RTX cards on this list, it is important to note how close the performance of the Vega 64 is the RTX 2080. Oftentimes, this difference isn’t worth the gigantic increase in price and this is one of them. If money is a factor in your gaming PC build, but you still want a great performing GPU the Vege 64 is the card we recommend.
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