Before we start, let's clarify that we are talking about graphics cards for a gaming-oriented PC, and therefore we establish minimums in which we omit conventional low-end graphics cards, i.e. those that are good for little more than playing simple games at Full HD resolutions. We are looking for graphics cards that allow us to enjoy games to the fullest regardless of our budget.

Low-end: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8 GB

In the AMD vs. NVIDIA low-end arena, we believe that the new Radeon RX 5500 XT 8 GB are the queens right now. With prices around 200 euros, these graphics cards will allow us to play almost any current game at Full HD resolution with high graphics details and very decent FPS. In addition, as we have already seen, the price increase of the 8 GB models compared to the 4 GB models is well worth it.

Lower mid-range: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

For a little more than the previous ones, we have these models from NVIDIA, the GTX 1660, which are not quite mid-range in terms of performance but will also provide very decent performance in games at Full HD resolution. On average, these graphics cards deliver a performance around 25% higher than AMD's RX 5500, so if your budget allows it, they should be the option to choose.

Mid-range: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

If you notice, we are adding 50 euros to the price of graphics cards every time we move up the range. These NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti will allow us to play some games even at 1440p resolutions, so they already belong to the mid-range. In empirical terms they offer us a performance increase of around 15% on average over the previous ones.

Upper mid-range: AMD Radeon RX 5700

We are back to increasing the budget by 50 euros and we are already talking about graphics cards whose price starts at 350 euros for the cheapest model, but which will provide a performance increase of 20% on average compared to previous graphics cards. This, together with its 8 GB of dedicated memory, makes the RX 5700 an ideal choice for those users who want to play at Full HD resolution and with everything at the maximum, especially for those with monitors of 144 Hz or more. Of course, they also perform perfectly in 1440p resolutions, although for 4K they still fall short.

High-end: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

We move on to the high-end, and unfortunately the price increase is much higher than in the previous jumps. Here the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER are, in our opinion, the best option, although their price starts at 530 euros for the cheapest models. These graphics cards provide us with approximately a 20% performance increase over the previous ones, and already allow us to play at 1440p resolution at maximum without problems, and even many games at 4K resolution if we relax the graphics settings a little.

Very high-end: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

These RTX 2080 Ti are the most powerful graphics cards for PC gaming at the moment, and are the only ones that guarantee a good gaming experience at 4K resolution. Logically they are also the most expensive, as the price of the cheapest model exceeds 1,100 euros and are therefore only available to a few, but the performance increase over the previous ones is on average 18%.

AMD vs NVIDIA, which graphics card to buy?

We have already given you our point of view on which graphics card would be better to buy depending on the range and budget, but in the end it is up to each one to choose according to their preferences.

For example, a user may want to buy a mid-range graphics card but the GTX 1660 Ti does not convince him because it does not have RayTracing, and he prefers to invest a little more and go for an RTX 2060.

In the end, as always, it is up to each one to choose, and of course we are sure that many of you will not agree with our criteria. However, based on our own tests, these have been our choices.

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