It’s always exciting to see a new GPU generation. Nvidia has really knocked it out of the park, but you’ll have to pay a steep price for the privilege of owning one. If you’re lucky to own a high resolution and high refresh rate screen, this is your GPU. Turn up all the graphics options and you’ll enjoy hundreds of FPS in most games. Even demanding ray traced titles have seen a dramatic leap forward in performance.
The last quarter of 2022 has been the best time in many years to be a PC gamer. There’s new GPUs and CPUs to choose from, and gaming performance is better than ever. But price matters, and three grand is a lot to pay for just a GPU, no matter how fast it is.
Then there’s the imminent release of AMD’s RDNA 3 range, led by the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT. AMD appears to be positioning these cards as RTX 4080 competitors, but until we test them independently, it’s hard to say how they will stack up. It might be worth waiting a few weeks to see the lay of the land, but if you’ve got money burning a hole in your
