5 best high-end graphics cards for gaming PCs

The market for high-end graphics cards has always been an exciting one. Every year, PC gaming enthusiasts wait to pass the crown of the most powerful GPU to the one that deserves it the most. Last year, NVIDIA launched the RTX 3090 Ti, the flagship of NVIDIA's Ampere GPU lineup. However, even the current generation's RTX 4070 Ti offers better performance than the 3090 Ti.

AMD and Intel are also trying to capture the market. AMD is focusing on relatively cheaper RDNA 3.0 GPUs, and Intel is planning to introduce enthusiast-grade GPUs in the upcoming ARC Battlemage series.

So, without further ado, let's look at the five best high-end graphics cards for gaming in 2023 so far.

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Top 5 high-end graphics cards for gaming: 8K, ultra settings, 120+ FPS, and more

5) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Graphics processor	GA 102
Architecture	Ampere
Total cores	10752
GDDR6X memory	24 GB
Memory bus	384-bit
Process size	8nm (Samsung)
Base clock	1560 MHz
TDP	450 W

The NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti was the best GPU from NVIDIA's previous generation Ampere series graphics cards. Currently, it is even suppressed by the RTX 4070 Ti, but it still manages to secure the fifth place on this list. This 4K gaming GPU has a pretty heavy power consumption rate. At the same 450 watts TDP, the RTX 4090 provides almost 60% better performance. The price of a new 3090 Ti is around $1,430, but buyers can get much better prices in the used market.

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4) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Graphics processor	Navi 31
Architecture	RDNA 3.0
Total cores	6144
GDDR6 memory	24 GB
Memory bus	384-bit
Process size	5nm (TSMC)
Base clock	1855 MHz
TDP	355 W

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is team red's current flagship graphics card. It belongs to the RX 7000 (RDNA 3.0) series GPUs and was released on December 13 last year. It outperforms the RTX 3090 Ti and is on par with the RTX 4070 Ti in terms of performance, with slightly better performance in games optimized for AMD. The price of a new RX 7900 XTX starts at around $960.

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3) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Graphics processor	AD 104
Architecture	Ada Lovelace
Total cores	7680
GDDR6X memory	12 GB
Memory bus	192-bit
Process size	5nm (TSMC)
Base clock	2310 MHz
TDP	285 W

The NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti is based on NVIDIA's latest Ada Lovelace architecture, which makes this XX70 card even more powerful than the previous generation's XX90 GPUs. Over the years, NVIDIA has also managed to reduce power consumption in their flagship ray-tracing GPUs. The 4070 Ti has a TDP of 285 watts compared to the 300 watts of the 3070 Ti. Its price starts from $800.

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2) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Graphics processor	AD 103
Architecture	Ada Lovelace
Total cores	9728
GDDR6X memory	16 GB
Memory bus	256-bit
Process size	5nm (TSMC)
Base clock	2205 MHz
TDP	320 W

The NVIDIA RTX 4080 is the second-best high-end graphics card in the current market. Packed with a 304 Tensor and 76 RT cores, this is a beastly 4K gaming GPU. At the time of its launch, NVIDIA released two variants of RTX 4080: one with 16GB VRAM and another with 12GB. They later relaunched the 12GB variant, which was renamed as the RTX 4070 Ti. The price of RTX 4080 starts at around $1,150.

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1) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Graphics processor	AD 102
Architecture	Ada Lovelace
Total cores	16384
GDDR6X memory	24 GB
Memory bus	384-bit
Process size	5nm (TSMC)
Base clock	2235 MHz
TDP	450 W

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the best high-end graphics card of 2023 so far. It is also the most powerful gaming laptop GPU. However, analysts and NVIDIA fans are expecting a Ti version soon, which will surpass the capabilities of the RTX 4090. This 4K/8K gaming GPU costs around $1,550.

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These were our picks for the five best high-end graphics cards right now. However, experts believe that the upcoming RTX 50 "Blackwell" series GPUs will have significant improvements, similar to the RTX 4090 being two times more powerful than the 3090 Ti.