The battle between high end gaming graphics cards is blazing hot right now. During the holiday season and shortly thereafter a seemingly endless assortment of new graphics cards have been released by both Nvidia and rival AMD.
With more and more digital content creators and gaming streamers entering the market, the demand for flagship GPUs that can accommodate super high frame rates while streaming content is higher than ever. In fact, many of the cards on this list are incredibly hard to find right now with most suppliers being out of stock or backordered.
If you’re looking to upgrade to the newer more powerful GPU for your gaming rig, here are the top 6 most powerful new generation of cards you can buy right now… if you can find them!
#1 – Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
GPU – GA102
Clock Speed Base/Boost – 1400/1695 MHz
Memory – 24GB GDDR6X
Power – 350W
MSRP – $1,499
#2 – AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU – Navi 21
Clock Speed Base/Boost – 1825/2250 MHz
Memory – 16GB GDDR6
Power – 300W
MSRP – $999
#3 – AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU – Navi 21
Clock Speed Base/Boost – 1825/2250 MHz
Memory – 16GB GDDR6
Power – 300W
MSRP – $649
#4 – Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
GPU – GA102
Clock Speed Base/Boost – 1440/1710 MHz
Memory – 10GB GDDR6X
Power – 320W
MSRP – $699
#5 – AMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU – Navi 21
Clock Speed Base/Boost – 1700/2105 MHz
Memory – 16GB GDDR6
Power – 250W
MSRP – $579
#6 – Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GPU – GA104
Clock Speed Base/Boost – 1500/1730 MHz
Memory – 8GB GDDR6
Power – 220W
MSRP – $499
Images credit to Toms Hardware.