Recommended Graphics Cards for Gaming. TOP 10 2022

You wonder, Recommended Graphics Cards for Gaming? Which video cards are the most productive? What map can I play the latest games on? Might be appropriate to ask – what can be bought in stores and at what prices?

The situation in the video card market is still unstable. New models, that appear in stores, are very expensive. This situation was caused by many factors - problems with the production of integrated circuits, increased store markups, buying cards by speculators (scalpers), high profitability of cryptocurrency mining, well, delivery delays due to the pandemic.

Many people decide to ride out the hard times, buying laptops, consoles or even playing through streaming services (eg, GeForce NOW). The cost-effectiveness of building an efficient gaming PC is currently extremely low, and most components - not only video cards - are becoming more expensive.

The best gaming graphics cards

The situation is slightly improved by the premieres of cheaper models., such as Radeon RX 6500 XT , Radeon RX 6600 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. NVIDIA also recently introduced another top-performing card, namely GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - but its price is too high for many Ukrainian gamers. Our top is constantly updated and you will find the most popular cards in it., which still have killer prices, but still, This is the best video card market has to offer..

What are the best buy video cards in Ukraine? Here are the recommended models.

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6500 XT OC

Basically, AMD's cheapest card sparks big controversy, because it is a very limited system. However - there is nothing cheaper for 1080p playback at the moment. Just worth remembering, that the card must be connected to kits with PCI Express support 4.0 - the previous version of PCIe can severely limit its capabilities.

Most important features:

• Chip technology 6 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• Connector type PCI-Express x4 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 4 GB GDDR6 64-bit
• Video connectors: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
• memory frequency: 18000 MHz
• Number of tensor cores: 0
  Number of RT cores: 16

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X 8G OC

GeForce RTX 3050 designed for 1080p resolution and, as the name implies, you can use DLSS and ray tracing technology (although miracles are not to be expected). The advantage is 8 GB VRAM, but it's hard to wait, that the card will come close in price to the Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 8 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 8 GB GDDR6 128-bit
• Video connectors: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
• memory frequency: 14 000 MHz
• Number of Tensor cores: 80
• Number of RT cores: 20

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8 GB

It is a reliable and good card for Full HD playback, equipped with 8 GB of memory and easily compatible with PCI Express version 3.0.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 7 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x8 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 8 GB GDDR6 128-bit
• Video connectors: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
• GPU frequency: 2491 MHz
• memory frequency: 14 000 MHz
• Number of tensor cores: 0
• Number of RT cores: 28

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X Trio

Model GeForce RTX 3060 - one of the most interesting cards on the market, thanks to the large amount of video memory, namely 12 GB. Recall, which is more productive RTX 3060 Ti can only boast 8 GB VRAM. Unfortunately, prices are much less interesting.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 8 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 12 GB 192-bit GDDR6
• Video connectors: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
• GPU frequency: 1852 MHz
• memory frequency: 15000 MHz
• Number of Tensor cores: 112
• Number of RT cores: 28

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 XT Pulse

Competitor GeForce RTX 3060, may be inferior to it in terms of ray tracing performance and video memory size (8 GB vs. 12 GB), but it can be found at much more attractive prices.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 7 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 8 GB GDDR6 128-bit
• Video connectors: DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1
• memory frequency: 16000 MHz
• Number of RT cores: 32

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6700 XT OC

The optimal model for playing at 1440p with 12 GB VRAM. We used to classify her as upper middle class, but current prices, as usual, cause heart palpitations.

Most important features:

• Chip technology 7 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 12 GB 192-bit GDDR6
• Video connectors: DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1
• memory frequency: 16000 MHz
• Number of tensor cores: 0
• Number of RT cores: 40

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G

И Radeon RX 6800, and more powerful 6800 XT - very interesting models, equipped 16 GB VRAM. They offer very good performance, although ray tracing performance is inferior to the corresponding GeForce models.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 7 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit
• Video connectors: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
• GPU frequency: 2155 MHz
• memory frequency: 16000 MHz
• Number of tensor cores: 0
• Number of RT cores: 72

Buy GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GamingPro

The premiere of this map caused moderate enthusiasm, since in addition to improving performance, it offered exactly the same amount of video memory, like its predecessor (ie. 8 GB). However, today, probably, everyone would like to buy it, just to find at an attractive price.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 8 nm
• Supported Technologies: DirectX 12 Ultimate
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory 8 GB GDDR6X 256-bit
• Video connectors: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
• GPU frequency: 1770 MHz
• memory frequency: 19000 MHz
• Tensor: 192 core
• Number of RT cores: 48

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio

The most powerful chip in AMD's offering can amaze with its power, Yes 16 GB of video memory is not a trifle. It is worth noting, that although the prices for this model are clearly much higher than those offered, but relative to other cards, they grew relatively slightly.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 7 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit
• Video connectors: DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1
• GPU frequency 2340 MHz
• memory frequency: 16000 MHz
• Number of tensor cores: 0
• RT: 80 cores

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 These OC

Excellent performance in 4K UHD resolution and ray tracing, and 12 GB of fast video memory on board. Unfortunately, the price knocks you down and people with a fat wallet can afford such a miracle.

Most important features:

• Chip technology: 8 nm
• Supported Technologies: Vulkan, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6
• connector type: PCI-Express x16 v4.0
• Size and type of memory: 12 ГБ GDDR6X 384-bit
• Video connectors: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
• GPU frequency: 1845 MHz
• memory frequency: 19000 MHz
• Number of tensor cores: 320
• RT 80: cores

Which graphics card to buy?

In this matter, everything is decided by the wallet. Or you grit your teeth and overpay for equipment (Store prices are about twice as high., and that's pretty much the norm.), or… you grit your teeth and decide to wait out the difficult period on older technology. Players with faster internet might consider purchasing a streaming subscription (eg, GeForce NOW). This allows you to play on almost any hardware.