If you are looking for a graphics card that fits your budget and meets your gaming needs, then I will show you the best GPUs for smooth gaming in 1080p, 1440p, and 4K resolutions at 144Hz and 240Hz refresh rates, catering to all low—to high-budgets. Plus, I’ll provide a detailed performance review for each GPU, outlining a clear hierarchy so you know what to expect. We will start discussing from the 1080p GPUs that are budget friendly.
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Low Budget GPUs (1080p)
1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super
If you are looking for a budget-friendly graphic card for 1080p gaming, The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 is a good option and possibly the best graphic card under $200. In fact, it’s also an excellent choice as the best budget video card for Minecraft. You can expect smooth frame rates of 60-100 FPS in E-Sports Games like Fortnite, League of Legends, and Overwatch. However, it may struggle with demanding high-end titles. By adjusting graphics settings or resolutions, you can still enjoy a decent gaming experience. For those looking for an upgrade, consider the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super, which boasts a memory clock speed of 1500 MHz and comes with 4 Gigs of VRAM. The level of FPS we can expect in High-End Games:
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: 40-60 FPS (Medium settings)
- The Witcher 3: 40-60 FPS (Medium settings)
- Cyberpunk 2077: 30-50 FPS (Low-Medium settings)
- Red Dead Redemption 2: 35-55 FPS (Low-Medium settings)
If you are not an NVIDIA fan and looking for other brands for 1080p GPUs, then we may talk about AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, which is a solid option for 1080p gaming. It’s also considered as a low power consumption graphic card that doesn’t require a huge power supply. It’s a low-budget GPU for 1080p gaming and comes under 150-200 bucks. With an AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, you can expect to get around 100-150 FPS in Valorant, 120-240 FPS in Fortnite, 180-200 FPS in League of Legends at 1080p resolution.
However, these are the level of performance we can expect from the highly demanding games in 1080p resolution.
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Around 40-60 FPS (Medium-High settings)
- The Witcher 3: Around 40-60 FPS (Medium-High settings)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Around 30-50 FPS (Low-Medium settings)
- Red Dead Redemption 2: Around 35-55 FPS (Low-Medium settings)
- Far Cry 6: Around 60 FPS (High settings, FSR set to Balanced)
- Forza Horizon 5: Above 60 FPS (High settings)
Mid Range GPU (1080p)
When discussing a mid-range GPU ideal for 1080p, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is one of the cheapest and best value options in the market that comes under 250 USD. (Prices might be different when you read this blog) You can play any game on high 1080p resolution, even the highly demanding titles having a smooth gaming experience. You can expect 85 Plus FPS on average in high-demanding games in 1080p resolution. However, you can get 240 Plus FPS in E-Sports shooter games easily depending on your CPU, if your CPU has a bottleneck the gaming experience might be disturbed and feel laggy. It’s overall a good graphic card for rendering.
High End GPUs (1080p)
If you want a Graphic Card that can provide high-end experience at 1080p resolution, I recommend you get the RX 6750 XT from AMD. It’s a best video card under 400 USD, and will give you really high performance at 1080P and I’m talking about 100 plus FPS on average in high demanding titles at 1080p resolution even the highest demanding games.
It can also be considered as a good GPU for 1440p because it has 12 Gigs of VRAM and can provide 60 to 70 FPS in the high demanding titles in 1440p resolution.
So with this GPU, you are getting top tier performance at 1080P and you can also run 1440p resolution with no issues and then when it comes to E-Sports games you can expect 360 plus FPS depending on your CPU.
If you are looking for another Graphic Card that is slightly cheaper than RX 6750 XT, then you can get the RTX 4060, which comes in under 300 dollars. It is one of the best GPUs for 1080p resolution but it is slightly slower than the 6750 XT and you can expect around 90 plus FPS on average in those High demanding games that I’ve mentioned before. And in E-Sports games you can still achieve 360 plus FPS depending on your CPU but overall the 4060 is a good 1080p graphics card. In the 4060 you get 8 Gigs of VRAM instead of 12 Gigs of VRAM like the 6750 XD so it might not be as future-proof for 1080p as the 6750 XD from AMD now as a bonus GPU for 1080p.
Low Budget GPU (1440p)
For a graphics card to be considered 1440p ready, it has to have at least 12 Gigs of VRAM and the level of performance must be over 70 plus FPS in highly demanding games on average, that way you can ensure that you are achieving a smooth level of performance in both High demanding titles and E-Sports games. If you are working with a budget of around 400 Dollars and you want to play at 1440p and still achieve amazing performance, I recommend you get the RX 7700 XT. This GPU has 12 Gigs of VRAM and will reach 85 Plus FPS when it comes to 1440p high-demanding games that provide very smooth gameplay and you can achieve 240 plus FPS competitive settings in most E-Sports games depending on your CPU. AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is a pretty solid video card if you pair with Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Best Value)
If you have more money to spend and want to get the best value Graphic Card for 1440p, then in my opinion you should go for AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. The reason why this is the best value GPU is that it’s not as high as other Graphic cards in the market and you can still achieve the high gaming performance in 1440p high to ultra settings. And over 300 Plus FPS in E-Sports competitive games very easily. It’s a budget friendly card that comes under the range of 400 USD, and can run any game in 1440p easily with no issues. It comes with 16 Gigs of VRAM and you can play games even on 4K resolution as well depending on the game and settings. So it’s a future-proof GPU for 1440p and can also be considered as the cheapest 4K Graphic card for those who just have started gaming in 4K and have small budget. If you’re going to be playing high demanding games then just turn on FSR to achieve better performance in those high demanding titles at 4K ultra settings. It’s also a recommended GPU for a newly released game Silent Hill 2 Remake.
Upper Mid Range GPUs (1440p)
1. AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super
If you have more money to spend you can get an upper mid-range graphics card from around 600 and above USD, here you have two options you either go with the RX 7900 GRE from AMD which is quite faster than the 6800 XT you will be achieving 100 plus FPS on average in high demanding games or you can go with the RTX 4070 Super from Nvidia both of these GPUs will achieve very similar performance for 1440p resolution and you will be happy with either of them now the 7900 GRE is quite cheaper than RTX 4070 but you get the LSS which is the Nvidia upscaler and it works better than FSR you get a better level of Ray-Tracing performance and it is also better for most content creation and productivity work applications in case you are interested in doing more than just gaming. So in my opinion if you want the best graphics card overall go for the 4070 super and spend the extra but if you want the best price of performance for gaming go with the 7900 GRE from AMD. The 4070 super comes with 12 Gigs of VRAM while the 7900 GRE comes with 16 Gigs of VRAM but keep in mind that the Nvidia is actually more efficient than AMD when utilizing VRAM. And in both graphics cards you can expect 360 plus FPS on average in E-Sports games.
High End GPUs (1440p)
1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super
2. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
If you want a high-end graphics card for 1440p resolution I recommend you getting either the RTX 4070 TI Super from Nvidia or the RX 7900 XT from AMD. Both are going to give you similar gaming performance 120 plus FPS on average in high demanding games High to Ultra settings so you are getting top-tier performance out of both GPUs for 1440p. If you want the better graphics card overall the 4070 TI Super have better level of Ray-Tracing performance, better upscaler and also better for most productivity work applications. However the 7900 XT in this case is cheaper so if you want the best price of performance for gaming, go with AMD with both of these graphics cards you can expect 400 plus FPS in E-Sports games depending on the CPU.
Budget GPUs (4K)
1. RTX 4070 TI Super
2. RX 7900 XT
In case you are looking for a budget-friendly GPU to achieve a 4K gaming experience, my suggestions would be the same as the ones I suggested for high-end 1440p resolution. The 4070 TI Super and RX 7900 XT both of these will achieve 70 Plus FPS when it comes to 4K resolution. When you play the high demanding titles with high to ultra settings then you want to turn on the upscaler technology which for NVIDIA is called DLSS and for AMD is called FSR, you will be achieving such a smooth gaming performance in 4K. These 2 Graphic cards can be considered as the best and cheapest 4K video cards when compared to higher-end GPUs. And for E-Sports competitive games you can expect to get 240 Plus FPS depending on the CPU and game settings.
High End GPUs (4K)
1. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
If you want higher-end graphics cards for 4K, I recommend you get either the RX 7900 XTX from AMD or RTX 4080 super from Nvidia. The difference between these two is the same as the 4070 TI super and 7900 XT. The 7900 XTS is good when it comes to gaming performance at 4K, and so is the 4080 Super both are very similar but the 7900 XTX is cheaper than the 4080 Super. But if you want the better graphics card overall and you don’t care about spending the extra then the 4080 Super might be worth it, and if you want the best price of performance specifically for gaming the 7900 XTX is going to be your best 4K video card option. Also, both will achieve 85 Plus FPS on average when it comes to high-demanding games at 4K resolution or even more if you turn on the upscaler depending on the game you want to play and both of these will achieve 300 Plus FPS in E-Sports Games.
Best Performance 4K Graphic Card
And if you want the best performance 4K graphics card in the entire market and you don’t care about spending a lot of money, I recommend you get the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 for your PC. With this GPU, you will be achieving the fastest performance providing over 110 plus FPS at 4K in high demanding games High to ultra settings and the fastest level of performance on E-Sports titles as well.
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