We test all graphics cards to gauge their performance, thermal traits, and power consumption across several key use cases—not just gaming. To keep pace with constant performance leaps, we upgrade our ...

You went through the process of picking out the perfect graphics card, and now it’s time to see how it stacks up. Knowing how to benchmark your graphics card is essential for PC enthusiasts, and as ...

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 ...

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After years of terrible GPU prices, the $269 Radeon RX 7600 is a breath of fresh air. It offers excellent 1080p gaming in a power efficient package at an affordable price—if you don’t mind skipping ...

Inside the silicon sausage factory. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We put a whole heap of different technological goodies ...

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT brings ray tracing and affordable GPUs to the masses, but doing so requires some unorthodox tweaks that can affect performance. If it stays in stock near MSRP and you stick ...

Overclocking your graphics card can improve its performance by 5% to as much as 15% (or more), depending on the particular card model. Of course, as with any overclocking, care should be taken to ...

Should you buy a used graphics card? After dealing with cryptomining-induced GPU shortages two generations back, the prior generation graphics cards were reasonably available for the past couple of ...

When it comes time to build your next PC, the first thing you do is run out to the reviews. What graphics card is best for gaming? What CPU do I need for video editing? Is Nvidia or AMD better? Our ...