What kind of graphics card for games to buy in 2016?

A review of the best gaming graphics cards for the year 2015 proved very successful. This suggests that the crisis games are not a hindrance. Information relevant and interesting to a fairly broad audience. Well, friends, I propose to explore the tops of the existing solutions relevant to 2016. Let the dollar roads, and special developments to change the situation there, we get used to everything — it's human nature. Buying a hundred dollar solution will allow you to run almost all the games coming out in the next couple of years. And not in the lowest quality.

Top 5 gaming video cards for performance in 2016.

The cost to 100 USD (budget model)

Over the last quarter, the leader in this price range has not changed. But a worthy competitor (if this phrase is applicable to this division of cards) in the "face" of the GIGABYTE GV-N730D5OC-1GI.

1 V809 MSI N640-1GD5/LP
2 GIGABYTE GV-N730D5OC-1GI
3 N730K MSI V809-1GD5LP-OCV1
4 Palit GeForce GT640 64bit
5 MSI V809 N730K-1GD5LP-OC

The price to 180 USD

And again the leader of the former. However, notice in the second place: the same card with the connector miniHDMI. If you are a supporter of AMD, feel free to choose Sapphire RADEON HD7850 Dual-X — minimum lag, not noticeable to the eye, kompensiruet lower price.

1 Palit GeForce GTX750Ti StormX Dual (D-Sub+DVI+HDMI)
2 Palit GeForce GTX750Ti StormX Dual (D-Sub+DVI+miniHDMI)
3 Sapphire RADEON HD7850 Dual-X (OEM)
4 Sapphire RADEON HD7850 Dual-X (RTL)
5 ASUS STRIX-GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 (RTL)

Cost of 250 USD

The leader is, but its advantage is not so overwhelming. Take closer: graphics card chipset RADEON R9 380 from AMD or GeForce GTX960 from NVidia.

1 GIGABYTE GV-R938WF2OC-2GD
2 GIGABYTE GV-N960IXOC-2GD
3 ASUS TURBO-GTX960-OC-2GD5
4 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
5 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960

Cost of 400 USD

Video on chipset GeForce GTX970 better, but the AMD fans need not be upset — RADEON R9 290X is within the specified price range.

1 ASUS TURBO-GTX970-OC-4GD5
2 Palit GeForce GTX970 (DVI+miniHDMI+3xminiDP+SLI)
3 Palit GeForce GTX970 (DVI+HDMI+2xminiDP+SLI)
4 Sapphire RADEON R9 290X Tri-X OC Ver.
5 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970

Cost over 400 USD (price not important)

The situation is not changed, reigns Supreme graphics card chipset GeForce GTX980Ti. With your permission, I cite the 3 best cards.

1 GIGABYTE GV-N98TXTREME-6GD
2 ASUS MATRIX-GTX980Ti-6GD5-GAMING
3 V325 MSI LIGHTNING GTX 980Ti

Top 10 best gaming graphics cards.

1 Sapphire RADEON HD7850 Dual-X (OEM)
2 Sapphire RADEON HD7850 Dual-X (RTL)
3 GIGABYTE GV-N950OC-2GD
4 MSI V809 2GD5 OC GTX 950
5 Palit GeForce GTX750Ti StormX Dual
6 GIGABYTE GV-N950WF2OC-2GD
7 Palit GeForce GTX750Ti StormX OC
8 GIGABYTE GV-N75TOC-1GI
9 Palit GeForce GTX750 StormX OC
10 GIGABYTE GV-N75TD5-2GI

And then AMD introduced the Radeon 490X on GPU Polaris. The developer promises performance comparable to the GeForce GTX980Ti cost 300-400$. NVidia will have to work hard to compete with in this range!!!