One of the most important components of any PC is a video card. It is she who does the work of processing the image and then displaying it on the screen. Gamers pay special attention to the choice of discrete graphics cards and spend a lot of time studying their characteristics and test results in order to acquire the most productive technology. It is not surprising, because the gaming industry produces a huge number of video games, which require the most powerful systems to run. In addition, modern monitors with support for 3D and 4K-format even more heavily loaded video accelerator. Let's try to figure out what the most powerful video cards currently exist, consider their main characteristics and differences from each other.
Which is better: Radeon or GeForce?
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AMD Radeon R9 280 X
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AMD Radeon R9 290X
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GeForce GTX 970
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GeForce GTX 980 TI
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GeForce GTX Titan X
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