With the arrival of AMD’s RX 6000-series, we now know exactly how the high-end of graphics cards looks for this GPU generation. At the pinnacle of performance, you’ve got Nvidia’s RTX 3090 sparring off with the RX 6900 XT. That’s a fierce match, but the Nvidia card ends up taking the win.
Performance doesn’t come cheap – the RTX 3090 will set you back $3,000, somehow making the £950 RX 6900 XT look cheap. Well, definitely cheaper. As ever it’s the more affordable cards that have the biggest impact on PC gaming as whole. Or they would, if it were possible to find any of them in stock.
It’s important to know exactly what you’re after before attempting any risque back alley purchases. And that’s where I come in, PC Gamer’s resident graphics card fixer.
GeForce RTX 3080 90
NVIDIA $1,699
The graphics card to beat
The RTX 3080 houses a monster of a
