Graphics Cards (GPU) prices

How to choose a graphics card

The graphics card sets the ceiling on gaming performance, so the goal is to match it to your monitor rather than to a benchmark chart. The biggest mistake is buying more card than your resolution can use: a flagship GPU feeding a 1080p screen spends most of its time waiting. Decide your resolution, your target frame rate, and whether ray tracing matters to you — those three answers narrow the field fast.

As a rough map: the Intel Arc B580 anchors the value end for 1080p and budget 1440p with a healthy 12GB of memory; the NVIDIA RTX 5070 and AMD RX 9070 XT own the 1440p sweet spot; the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 step up to high-refresh 1440p and 4K; and the RTX 5090, RX 7900 XTX, and discounted RTX 4090 serve 4K and memory-hungry creative work. NVIDIA generally leads on ray tracing and upscaling, while AMD often gives you more rasterized frames and VRAM per dollar.

Why prices change so much

PC component prices are notoriously volatile. Launch-day supply shortages, mining demand spikes, currency swings, retailer-specific promo cycles, and new-generation transitions all move pricing week to week. We re-pull every tracked SKU regularly, so the number you see reflects a recent snapshot — always confirm the final total on the retailer's page before you buy.