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Best Bench: 54% MSI(1462 3160)
Worst Bench: 43% MSI(1462 3160)

Poor: 43% Great: 54%

SPEED RANK: 132^nd / 713

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Best Bench: 110% Zotac(19DA 0426)
Worst Bench: 93% EVGA(3842 6183)

Poor: 93% Great: 110%

SPEED RANK: 61^st / 713


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		49.1 %			102 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +109%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	60.4 fps	129 fps	Hugely better lighting effects. +114%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	70.3 fps	146 fps	Hugely better reflection handling. +108%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	66.6 fps	114 fps	Much faster multi rendering. +71%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	61.2 fps	135 fps	Hugely faster NBody calculation. +121%


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	67.8 fps	143 fps	Hugely better peak lighting effects. +111%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	94.9 fps	203 fps	Hugely better peak reflection handling. +114%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	69.7 fps	122 fps	Much faster peak multi rendering. +75%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	66.5 fps	147 fps	Hugely faster peak NBody calculation. +121%


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	156 Fps	198 Fps	Better CSGO Fps. +28%
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	94 Fps	140 Fps	Much Better Fortnite Fps. +50%
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	63 Fps	96 Fps	Much Better PUBG Fps. +53%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	53 Fps	94 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +77%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	156 Fps	215 Fps	Much Better LoL Fps. +37%
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	97 Fps	124 Fps	Better Overwatch Fps. +27%
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	62 Fps	111 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +79%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	48 Fps	94 Fps	Hugely Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +97%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	189 Fps	239 Fps	Better Minecraft Fps. +26%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	121 Fps	163 Fps	Much Better DOTA 2 Fps. +34%
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	63 Fps	96 Fps	Much Better WoW Fps. +51%
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	97 Fps	133 Fps	Much Better WoT Fps. +37%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.71 %	1.57 %	Hugely higher market share. +121%
Value Value For Money	58.2 %	124 %	Hugely better value. +114%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %	71 %	+3%
Price Price (score)	$200	$195	+2%


Age Newest	122 Months	101 Months	More recent. +17%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	67.7 fps	146 fps	Hugely better peak texture detail. +116%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	58.3 fps	126 fps	Hugely faster peak complex splatting. +116%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	61 fps	130 fps	Hugely better texture detail. +113%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	53.6 fps	117 fps	Hugely faster complex splatting. +118%

The Nvidia GTX 970 is a game changer in terms of performance per watt and value for money. The GTX 970 is based on Nvidia's ground-breaking Maxwell architecture which delivers considerable clock for clock performance gains over Kepler, its predecessor. Comparing the GTX 970 and 780 Ti shows that the two cards offer comparable performance yet the new GTX 970 costs nearly half as much! Unsurprisingly Nvidia are discontinuing the 780 Ti as it's now largely redundant. These price to performance gains typically occur once or twice a decade and although the new Maxwell architecture will improve down the line with the release of the Ti/Titan versions, at the moment the 970 offers the best value for money on the market by miles. Since this summary was originally written AMD have slashed prices and older Nvidia models (780/780 Ti/770) have also been hugely discounted. See the latest value for money rankings here. ^{[Jul '15 GPUPro]}

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The GTX 1080 is Nvidia’s new flagship graphics card. It features the new 16 nm (down from 28 nm) Pascal architecture. This is the first die shrink since the release of the GTX 680 at which time the manufacturing process shrunk from 40 nm down to 28 nm. In terms of typical 3D gaming performance the 1080 is around 30% faster than the GTX 980 Ti and it manages to deliver the additional performance with a TDP of just 180 Watts which is 70 Watts less than the 980 Ti. The new Pascal architecture delivers a satisfying jump in performance over Maxwell and the GTX 1080 is now the fastest single GPU available. Over the coming months older generation cards will likely see significant price drops as the better value for money 1070, 1060 and 1050 cards slowly replace their predecessors. ^{[May '16 GPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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