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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	270 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +10%	245 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	64 EFps		96 EFps	Much Better GTAV EFps. +50%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	85 EFps		119 EFps	Much Better Overwatch EFps. +40%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	79 EFps		117 EFps	Much Better PUBG EFps. +48%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	92 EFps		131 EFps	Much Better Fortnite EFps. +42%

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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: 97% Asus(1043 868E)
Worst Bench: 80% MSI(1462 3755)

Poor: 80% Great: 97%

SPEED RANK: 77^th / 714


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		56.9 %			89.8 %	Much faster effective speed. +58%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	71.8 fps	113 fps	Much better lighting effects. +57%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	68.1 fps	118 fps	Much better reflection handling. +73%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	67.7 fps	132 fps	Hugely faster multi rendering. +95%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	81.4 fps	99.1 fps	Faster NBody calculation. +22%


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	79.8 fps	124 fps	Much better peak lighting effects. +55%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	70.5 fps	164 fps	Hugely better peak reflection handling. +133%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	71.3 fps	140 fps	Hugely faster peak multi rendering. +96%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	90.3 fps	107 fps	Faster peak NBody calculation. +18%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.15 %		2.18 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,353%
Value Value For Money	67.4 %	+3%	65.6 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	77 %		87 %	More popular. +13%
Price Price (score)	$200	Much cheaper. +38%	$324


Age Newest	65 Months	63 Months	+3%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	111 fps	123 fps	Better peak texture detail. +11%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	54 fps	97.5 fps	Hugely faster peak complex splatting. +81%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	99.9 fps	109 fps	Slightly better texture detail. +9%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	52.7 fps	90.6 fps	Much faster complex splatting. +72%

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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The 6GB RTX 2060 is the latest addition to Nvidia’s RTX series of graphics card which are based on their Turing architecture. Turing features AI enhanced graphics and real time ray tracing which is intended to eventually deliver a more realistic gaming experience. The 2060 has 1920 CUDA cores and 336GB/s of GDRR6 memory bandwidth. With a launch price of $350 for the Founders Edition, the 2060 offered the best value for money amongst the RTX range and somewhat redeemed Nvidia from their earlier RTX releases (2070, 2080, 2080 Ti) which were unrealistically priced. The RTX 2060 also features Turing NVENC which is far more efficient than CPU encoding and alleviates the need for casual streamers to use a dedicated stream PC. The 2060 is capable of delivering 100+ EFps in almost all of today’s popular games at 1080p with maximum details. This should more than satisfy the majority of 1080p gamers including those who play at 144Hz. Rapidly diminishing returns lie beyond the 2060’s price point of $325 and they are not worth it for the majority of gamers that play at or below 1080p. For gamers that play at 1440p the next step up would be to the $400 2060S. ^{[Nov '19 GPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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