It provides much more information than this simple list, complete with discussion about considerations like value, various form factors, and what to look for in a customized model. Or, if you want more concrete buying advice for your specific budget or display resolution, be sure to read our guide to the best graphics cards for gaming. But today, we’ll kick things off by comparing the most powerful single-GPU graphics cards available today: Nvidia’s GTX 980 and 970 versus AMD’s Radeon R9 290X and R9 290. Feel free to hit up the individual reviews to see our work in greater detail. We’ve verified this information through hours of blood, sweat, and benchmarking.

That said, finding graphics cards anywhere near MSRP is extremely rare during the GPU shortage, so this guide can be used to help you wrap your head around the relative performance of any recent graphics cards you might manage to find, new or used.

Concrete example: The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is technically more powerful than the GeForce RTX 3070, and hence higher on this list, but it’s essentially tied in performance and the newer GeForce option is significantly cheaper at its recommended price, making it a better buy. Price to performance is not a consideration here-just pure performance.

Nvidia graphics cards comparison 2016