Here are a few thing keep when you're searching for your next GFX card:
- Look for critical important information such as how many slots the card truly requires.
- Check the power capabilities of a card against your power supply's output.
- f overheating worries you, then don't buy an overclocked card (usually indicated by "OC" in the name)
- When buying a card, make sure that not only does the card have sufficient cooling, but that your case's airflow and the positions of your other cards will allow for optimal heat dissipation.
- A powerful GPU must have an equally powerful CPU or else the full performance wouldn't be achieved.
- Don't assume that replacing an old card will automatically give you noticeably better or smooth performance.
- Photo Editing is still, for the most part, CPU bound, so a mid range graphics card is fine. Video editing and 3D-based tools take more advantage of the GPU.
- Dual cards are usually more of a pain than they're worth; video editing may be an exception, depending upon application Support.
- All Nvidia GTX and RTX cards support G-Sync Ultimate, and all AMD Radeon cards RX 400 or later support FreeSync adaptive refresh technology. These sync with your monitor to reduce artifacts caused by a mismatch between screen refresh rate and frame rate.
- You'll see a lot of price variation across cards using the same GPU. That's for features such as overclocking, better cooling systems or flashy designs.
