If you are a gaming enthusiast, then your gaming experience is incomplete without a discrete graphics card. And since the most popular gaming resolution is 1080p, here’s a list of the cards that are optimal at giving you seamless gaming experience. We are focusing on the graphics cards that provide at least 30 FPS frame rates in the most popular games that are enjoyed by gamers worldwide. This means that the recommendations are going to be pocket-friendly as well. If you want 60 FPS in all games, then we have a separate list of recommendations for those as well.
Offering a core clock of 1755 MHz, the GIGABYTE GTX 1650 Super Windforce OC offers slightly better performance than the Vanilla GTX 1650 and even has the Windforce OC cooling assembly to ensure there is on throttling while gaming. It comes with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory which is large enough to store texture files of most games. If you are using a high-res mod or texture pack, then you will probably need a graphics card with a larger memory pool. This card uses one 6-PIN connector and has 1x DP 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b and 1x DVI-D port.
The GTX 1060 is an older gen mid-range GPU but given that its price has reduced over the years, the GTX 1060 has settled into a price bracket that makes it an affordable yet performant 1080p gaming graphics card. Moreover, this INNO3D variant has 6 GB of video buffer memory making it better suited for even larger texture files so you can even mod games such as Skyrim with high-resolution texture mods and enjoy even better gameplay.
We couldn’t let this list go by without including a Radeon Polaris GPU. The RX 570 is a decent upgrade over the RX 560 and has the unique advantage of having a much larger frame buffer of 8 GB. This allows you to run much higher resolutions at the cost of frame rates but the sweet spot is certainly 1080p gaming. MSI makes several improvements to this card of which the ARMOR cooling system stands out prominently. The twin-fan assembly is adept at keeping the card cool even during sustained gaming sessions. The card even has a slightly elevated boost clock of 1268 MHz which provides that extra kick when you need it the most.
Not everyone is willing to spend money on a mid-range card for 1080p gaming. Some folks are perfectly fine with reducing the graphics settings a little while retaining the resolution to 1080p. For such restrained use cases, the GTX 1050 Ti is the right GPU. It performs better than the GTX 1050 for barely any additional investment. If your objective is to get your foot in the door then the GTX 1050 Ti is ideal for you. The ZOTAC GTX 1050 Ti variant gives you the reliability as well as the value proposition of the longer warranty period than other graphics cards in the market.