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A graphics card, also known as a video card, is an essential part of any computer that's used for gaming, video editing, or just watching movies. It takes the information from your computer's processor and turns it into images you can see on your monitor. The better the graphics card, the more images your computer can display at once. Browse the top-ranked list of graphic cards under $5000 below along with associated reviews and opinions.
GIGABYTE - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black
Model: GV-N4090GAMING OC-24GDSKU: 6521518Top comment"I can't wait to see the 5000 series cards when they come out....Great graphic card! So lucky to get one !!...Love the sharpness of the graphics, no motion blur!"
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Ahead of its time, ahead of the game is the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC 24G Graphics Cards. Powered by NVIDIA's new RTX architecture and refined with WINDFORCE cooling technology, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC 24G brings stunning visuals, amazingly fast frame rates, and AI acceleration to games and creative applications with its enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, along with a staggering 24 GB of G6X memory.Top comment"I can't wait to see the 5000 series cards when they come out....Great graphic card! So lucky to get one !!...Love the sharpness of the graphics, no motion blur!"
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Ahead of its time, ahead of the game is the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC 24G Graphics Cards. Powered by NVIDIA's new RTX architecture and refined with WINDFORCE cooling technology, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC 24G brings stunning visuals, amazingly fast frame rates, and AI acceleration to games and creative applications with its enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, along with a staggering 24 GB of G6X memory.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
ASUS - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 TUF Overclock 16GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black
Model: TUF-RTX4080-O16G-GAMINGSKU: 6525659Top comment"Best graphics card available to date...Best graphics card company and cards available when I say the 4070,4080,and 4090 series are the best available to this date which means there the best cards you can get rn for your pc best graphics frames and speed and very powerful beast they are I have 2 4090s build one 4070 and one 4080 build there the best build I ever had available for top tier gaming experience...Graphics card...No issues whatsoever with the graphics card. Can run games with minimal issues. Just make sure your monitor can keep up…..e.g. refresh rate"
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The NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture elevated by buffed cooling and power delivery, and backed with an arsenal of rugged reinforcements to cover your six. Lock, load, and dominate with the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080.Top comment"Best graphics card available to date...Best graphics card company and cards available when I say the 4070,4080,and 4090 series are the best available to this date which means there the best cards you can get rn for your pc best graphics frames and speed and very powerful beast they are I have 2 4090s build one 4070 and one 4080 build there the best build I ever had available for top tier gaming experience...Graphics card...No issues whatsoever with the graphics card. Can run games with minimal issues. Just make sure your monitor can keep up…..e.g. refresh rate"
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The NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture elevated by buffed cooling and power delivery, and backed with an arsenal of rugged reinforcements to cover your six. Lock, load, and dominate with the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X Graphics Card - Titanium/Black
Model: 900-1G136-2530-000SKU: 6521430Top comment"Graphic card...Excellent graphics card happy about my purchase! Nothing to complain about...Awesome graphic card...Amazing graphic card, looks awesome in my build. Well packaged"
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24 GB of G6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.Top comment"Graphic card...Excellent graphics card happy about my purchase! Nothing to complain about...Awesome graphic card...Amazing graphic card, looks awesome in my build. Well packaged"
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24 GB of G6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
MSI - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING X SLIM 24G - 24GB DDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black
Model: RTX 4090 GAMING X SLIM 24GSKU: 6560954Top comment"Nothing can beat this graphics card I highly recommend for gamers...This graphics card is a beast. It’s runs anything I throw at it flawlessly. "
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.Top comment"Nothing can beat this graphics card I highly recommend for gamers...This graphics card is a beast. It’s runs anything I throw at it flawlessly. "
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
PNY - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card with Triple Fan and DLSS 3 - Black
Model: VCG409024TFXPB1SKU: 6536574Top comment"Upgraded my EVGA 3080 to this card. The card is powerful and quiet!...Great card great price!...This graphics card will last you a good few years until you’ll need an upgrade."
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs are beyond fast for gamers and creators. They're powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture which delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience lifelike virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and unprecedented workflow acceleration. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24GB of G6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.The new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture delivers a quantum leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. It has new Streaming Multiprocessors, 3rd generation Ray Tracing Cores, and 4th generation Tensor Cores. It’s built on a new custom TSMC 4N process, runs with blazing fast clocks, and features a large L2 cache. It enables fast ray tracing, new ways to create, and much more.Top comment"Upgraded my EVGA 3080 to this card. The card is powerful and quiet!...Great card great price!...This graphics card will last you a good few years until you’ll need an upgrade."
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs are beyond fast for gamers and creators. They're powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture which delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience lifelike virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and unprecedented workflow acceleration. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24GB of G6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.The new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture delivers a quantum leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. It has new Streaming Multiprocessors, 3rd generation Ray Tracing Cores, and 4th generation Tensor Cores. It’s built on a new custom TSMC 4N process, runs with blazing fast clocks, and features a large L2 cache. It enables fast ray tracing, new ways to create, and much more.See all Computer Cards & Components
GIGABYTE - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Aero OC 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - White
Model: GV-N4090AERO OC-24GDSKU: 6537954Top comment"Beautiful graphics card and has the power to run any game out....Monster of a graphics card"
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Ahead of its time, ahead of the game is the GeForce RTX 4090 AERO OC 24G Graphics Cards. Powered by NVIDIA's new RTX architecture and refined with WINDFORCE cooling technology, the GeForce RTX 4090 AERO OC 24G brings stunning visuals, amazingly fast frame rates, and AI acceleration to games and creative applications with its enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, along with a staggering 24 GB of G6X memory.Top comment"Beautiful graphics card and has the power to run any game out....Monster of a graphics card"
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Ahead of its time, ahead of the game is the GeForce RTX 4090 AERO OC 24G Graphics Cards. Powered by NVIDIA's new RTX architecture and refined with WINDFORCE cooling technology, the GeForce RTX 4090 AERO OC 24G brings stunning visuals, amazingly fast frame rates, and AI acceleration to games and creative applications with its enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, along with a staggering 24 GB of G6X memory.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
MSI - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G 24GB DDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black
Model: RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24GSKU: 6528915Top comment"Awesome graphic cards! never thought that playing in max settings can change everything....Excellent graphics card...Works really great, excellent graphics card at competitive value."
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.Top comment"Awesome graphic cards! never thought that playing in max settings can change everything....Excellent graphics card...Works really great, excellent graphics card at competitive value."
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
GIGABYTE - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Eagle 16GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black
Model: GV-N4080EAGLE-16GDSKU: 6525662Top comment"Graphics card...And its an absolute monster of a card. I havent stress tested it yet. But so far it does more than what i need and the gaming experience is amazing...a powerful graphic card, but at $1200+ it was kind of expensive while comparing it to a 7900 XTX in the 900-1000 range… but at 900+? "
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Ahead of its time, ahead of the game is the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16G Graphics Cards. Powered by NVIDIA's new RTX architecture, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16G brings stunning visuals, amazingly fast frame rates, and AI acceleration to games and creative applications with its enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, along with a staggering 16 GB of GDDR6X memory.Top comment"Graphics card...And its an absolute monster of a card. I havent stress tested it yet. But so far it does more than what i need and the gaming experience is amazing...a powerful graphic card, but at $1200+ it was kind of expensive while comparing it to a 7900 XTX in the 900-1000 range… but at 900+? "
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Ahead of its time, ahead of the game is the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16G Graphics Cards. Powered by NVIDIA's new RTX architecture, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE 16G brings stunning visuals, amazingly fast frame rates, and AI acceleration to games and creative applications with its enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, along with a staggering 16 GB of GDDR6X memory.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
MSI - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING X TRIO 16GB DDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black
Model: RTX 4080 16GB GAMING X TRIOSKU: 6524440Top comment"Great graphic card and looks very nice inside the pc!...Great card....Great graphics card. Runs cooler than I thought. Even when overclocked."
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.Top comment"Great graphic card and looks very nice inside the pc!...Great card....Great graphics card. Runs cooler than I thought. Even when overclocked."
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
PNY - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card with Triple Fan and DLSS 3 - Black
Model: VCG409024TFXXPB1SKU: 6522679Top comment"Great card cool and fast...This card is Amazing.I was a big Evga fan and only bought their cards so after i heard the news they wasn't doing graphics cards anymore i was saddened and left looking for a new brand when the 4090s became i stock on a regular basis i decided to read the reviews on all and do some research which led me to buy the PNY xlr8 4090.I always thought PNY was a generic company turns out they make all the Quatro cards and the warranty was good but rma process was hit or miss.This card only has a 100%power limit ut this thing runs cool and quiet no coil whine at all as far as temps 4k 120hrtz max settings card only gets 63°c also overclocking so far ive been able to get well over 3000mhz and over 1100 on the memory id definitely recommend this card very nicely designed hopefully PNY will release a vbios that will unlock the piwer slider...The 40 series cards are awesom...I need more vram for the newer games. But the graphics on the 4080 in 4k are amazing"
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs are beyond fast for gamers and creators. They're powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture which delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience lifelike virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and unprecedented workflow acceleration. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24GB of G6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.The new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture delivers a quantum leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. It has new Streaming Multiprocessors, 3rd generation Ray Tracing Cores, and 4th generation Tensor Cores. It’s built on a new custom TSMC 4N process, runs with blazing fast clocks, and features a large L2 cache. It enables fast ray tracing, new ways to create, and much more.Top comment"Great card cool and fast...This card is Amazing.I was a big Evga fan and only bought their cards so after i heard the news they wasn't doing graphics cards anymore i was saddened and left looking for a new brand when the 4090s became i stock on a regular basis i decided to read the reviews on all and do some research which led me to buy the PNY xlr8 4090.I always thought PNY was a generic company turns out they make all the Quatro cards and the warranty was good but rma process was hit or miss.This card only has a 100%power limit ut this thing runs cool and quiet no coil whine at all as far as temps 4k 120hrtz max settings card only gets 63°c also overclocking so far ive been able to get well over 3000mhz and over 1100 on the memory id definitely recommend this card very nicely designed hopefully PNY will release a vbios that will unlock the piwer slider...The 40 series cards are awesom...I need more vram for the newer games. But the graphics on the 4080 in 4k are amazing"
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs are beyond fast for gamers and creators. They're powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture which delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience lifelike virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and unprecedented workflow acceleration. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds with ray tracing, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24GB of G6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.The new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture delivers a quantum leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. It has new Streaming Multiprocessors, 3rd generation Ray Tracing Cores, and 4th generation Tensor Cores. It’s built on a new custom TSMC 4N process, runs with blazing fast clocks, and features a large L2 cache. It enables fast ray tracing, new ways to create, and much more.See all GPUs / Video Graphics Cards
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