Holiday 2016 Graphics Card Buyers Guide

[$100] If your budget is $100 or less we can’t recommend anything lower than the XFX Radeon RX 460 2GB for $99.99 on Amazon..

[$100-150] In the next bracket we recommend the EVGA GTX 1050ti 4GB graphics card..

[$150-200] At under $200 the XFX RX 470 is hard to beat.

[$200-250] ..XFX RX 480 4GB and get a bit of a boost over the RX 470. But, if you can find another RX 480 with 8GB for under $250 you need not hesitate..

[$250-300] ..my pick is the MSI Gaming X RX 480 8GB or the MSI Gaming X GTX 1060..

[$300-350] ,,At this price point the [AMD] Sapphire NITRO R9 Fury may be a last gen gem,,[$270 next 4 days at Newegg -- was selling for over $1400 list at one point]

[$350-500] ..the GeForce GTX 1070 of course..

[$500+] ..Our pick is the ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 ROG STRIX...