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Best Bench: 62% PowerColor(148C 2391)
Worst Bench: 51% MSI(1462 C411)

Poor: 51% Great: 62%

SPEED RANK: 117^th / 714

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Best Bench: 55% MSI(1462 3070) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 46% PwrHis(1787 2342) ≥ 4GB

Poor: 46% Great: 55%

SPEED RANK: 125^th / 714


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		56.9 %	Faster effective speed. +11%		51 %


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	71.8 fps	Slightly better lighting effects. +8%	66.3 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	68.1 fps		71 fps	+4%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	67.7 fps	Slightly faster multi rendering. +8%	62.4 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	81.4 fps	Faster NBody calculation. +28%	63.4 fps


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	79.8 fps	Better peak lighting effects. +11%	72.1 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	70.5 fps		74.3 fps	Slightly better peak reflection handling. +5%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	71.3 fps	Slightly faster peak multi rendering. +10%	65 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	90.3 fps	Much faster peak NBody calculation. +36%	66.6 fps


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	174 Fps	Better CSGO Fps. +19%	146 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	96 Fps	Slightly Better Fortnite Fps. +6%	91 Fps
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	67 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +40%	48 Fps
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	169 Fps	+4%	163 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	107 Fps	Better Overwatch Fps. +18%	91 Fps
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	77 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +61%	48 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	84 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +78%	47 Fps
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	128 Fps		145 Fps	Better DOTA 2 Fps. +14%
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	100 Fps		102 Fps	+2%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.06 %	Hugely higher market share. +500%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	67.4 %	Hugely better value. +206%	22 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	77 %	More popular. +24%	62 %
Price Price (score)	$200	Much cheaper. +64%	$549


Age Newest	65 Months	Much more recent. +48%	126 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	111 fps	Better peak texture detail. +11%	99.8 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	54 fps	Faster peak complex splatting. +17%	46 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	99.9 fps	Better texture detail. +10%	90.8 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	52.7 fps	Faster complex splatting. +19%	44.3 fps

AMD’s mid-range RX 590 is the latest refresh of their Polaris-based RX 580, which in turn was a refresh of the RX 480. This iteration yields 10% higher clock speeds compared to the RX 580 which is fuelled by an increased power draw from 185W to 225W. The 590 does not have a 4GB variant which is good for longevity. At launch the 590 was priced at $280, which was 20% more expensive and 7% faster than Nvidia’s then popular 6GB 1060. In today’s market the 590 can be found for little as $170. For more than 90% of gamers (≤1080p) the RX 590 (at $170) represents the best value for money available. Since the GPU is by far the most important component in a gaming PC, it is usually worth spending more on it. The next step up from a 590 would be to Nvidia’s comparable $230 1660S. The 1660S is a more refined card, less heat results in less fan noise, but both are capable of delivering silky smooth 60+ EFps in almost all of today’s popular games at 1080p with maximum details. ^{[Nov '19 GPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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