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welcome back to harbor unboxed it is time from the top five video and for this one we're taking a look at GPUs it's been about a year since we lasted an update to this top 5 GPU series and in fact last time we did one you couldn't really buy a graphics card there was pretty much nothing in stock and prices were massively inflated so yeah really time that we update this series it's very much overdue at this point so we have 5 categories for this one covering numerous price ranges so there really should be something for everyone so without waste any more time let's get into it first that we have the best entry-level GPU and a year ago I went with the GeForce GT 1030 because at the time it was faster than the rx 550 at least for the most part it did consume slightly less power it overclocked better and it was actually more affordable however it wasn't that long before aim do you got their drivers sorted out in the rx 550 I hit the lead it's technically a superior product anyway so there's really no reason why it shouldn't dominate the GT 1030 and thankfully today it does on top of that I'd probably scrub the GT 1030 anyway as it's become a bit of a disgraced product now that video is quietly pushed out the ddr4 versions and that did catch some gamers out providing them with a vastly inferior product for the same price the horrible ddr4 versions range from $60 us right up to 135 dollars and it really is difficult for gamers to know which one they're getting especially if they don't notice specifically seek out the gddr5 model which they wouldn't know to do if they did their research when the GT 1030 first came out and in fact even today there isn't a whole lot of information about the ddr4 versions if you go to research GT 1030 performance you're likely going to find a review that's based on the gddr5 version and that is a big problem and for this we did label this as a disgusting movie Nvidia and well we stand by that AMD's of course made a few branding blunders as well this year and don't worry we have pulled them up on those as well in separate videos and we'll be touching on those again in another video very shortly anyway the rx 550 is only around $10 more on average and we found it offer superior performance in a number of titles we suggest looking at models priced at or below $90 us and all rx 550 models will deliver a similar level of performance so again focus on price in my last top 5 GPU video I recommended the GTX 1050 Ti is the best mid-range graphics card and this was because their radio and GPUs but overpriced at the time I commented that normally I would opt for the rx 570 at the $170 u.s. MSRP and back then they were selling for an insane 260 dollars u.s. making them a bit of a hard pass today the rx 570 is selling for as low as $140 u.s. which is completely insane the good kind of insane of course and the reason why Tim featured it in his 1080p ultimate valued gaming build if you can't locate one for the 140 WS price there are only a few selling at that really low price right now and you'll easily be able to get one $450 us's there are quite a few models of the RS 570 selling for that price so getting one in time for Christmas shouldn't be that difficult alternatively if you don't want the radeon GPU you can get a gtx 1050 TI for about $150 u.s. so it's a pretty decent backup though i would go with the rx 570 personally as it offers vastly superior performance in most titles including recently released tunnels such as battlefield 5 and hitman 2 so this really should be your number one choice for those of you wanting to spend even less money there is the gtx 1050 and RX 560 and they're both pretty good options the RX 560 can typically be had $420 us and then the gtx 1054 about $130 u.s. so with just $10 u.s. between them my preference would be for the gtx 1050 though it's fair to say that both do provide a similar bang for your buck and that said it would be well worth spending a little bit extra to get the rx 570 as it is significantly more capable than either the rx 560 or GTX 10 gamer's looking to spend between 120 and 300 dollars u.s. have a few options to choose from though there are only three GPU choices here you can get a GeForce GTX 1060 with either three gigabytes or six gigabytes of memory and technically they are two different GPUs as the three gigabyte version is slightly cut down then we have the RX 5 value which can be configure with either 4 gigabytes or 8 gigabytes in memory and you're actually getting the same GPU with either memory configuration last time I went with the 3 gigabyte GTX 1060 s offered the best value thanks to inflated pricing of the Radeon GPUs as well as the 60 byte 1060 is that was a more popular choice amongst minors that said my preference would have been for the rx 580 at $200 for the 4 gigabyte version or $230 for the 8 gigabyte model at least those are the MSRP sadly back then the 8 gigabyte model was selling for an insane 310 dollars u.s. making it a complete write-off today though the 8 gigabyte model can be had for as little as $200 u.s. and oddly the 4 gigabyte models are actually more expensive at least at the time of filming in any case $200 for an Rx 580 is an amazing Buy especially considering that the gtx 1066 cubot models cost at least $30 more and are for the most part slightly slower the $200 RX 588 gigabyte models also make aimed his new Radeon rx 590 the most pointless practice on the market right now $280 for single digit gains yeah that doesn't really make sense so no thanks on that one AMD I expect some price drops for those parts in the not-too-distant future because well they sure as hell aren't selling at their current price this has traditionally been a sub $400 us category a targeting 1440p gaming so that kind of scrubs out the new r-tx 2070 leaving us with Vega 56 and then the outgoing and gtx 1070 TI there is a single vega 64 card selling for $400 us right now but most apprised a lot closer to $500 us and therefore you just get an RT ex 2070 and that would certainly be my number one choice at that price point for less than $400 it's a bit tough and a pick which one to go with whether it's vega 56 or the gtx 1070 TI but ultimately I'm going with the GeForce graphics card on this one by and large the GeForce GPU offers the best performance it's faster out of the box in the vast majority of tiles it clocks better runs cooler and it consumes less power right now the GTX 1070 I can be had for as little as $350 us and getting one for $400 or less is very easily done so don't expect to pay more than $400 for gtx 1070 TI at least while stock last s' picking up a Vega 56 graphics card for under $400 is significantly more challenging and with most models priced sort of mid to high $400 range at that price point you really are better off getting our TX 2070 well from the r-tx 2070 and up it's pretty much in video all day the r-tx 2080 certainly has no competition and then the 2082 eye is Farhad in front of pretty much anything anybody has to offer right now so a bit of an unfortunate situation hopefully that can be somewhat corrected in 2019 but for now if you've got a heap of money burning a hole in your wallet and you're pretty much going to dump that on an NVIDIA GPU and when it comes to 4k gaming you really want at least an RT X 2080 or GT X 1080 Ti so you can't really buy the 1080p is brand-new anymore and if your budget allows that then there's nothing quite like an RT X xx atti for the 2080 ti right now availability is pretty poor reliability still a little bit questionable the price is absolutely horrendous and on top of all of that ray tracing and DL SS look to be a bit of a bust for the most part my boy oh boy is the 4k performance absolutely glorious it's a situation where I know I'm getting robbed but I'm kind of happy to let it happen because damn that 4k gaming with over 60 fps in titles such as rise of the Tomb Raider and battlefield 5 yeah it really is something to behold I'm a bit ashamed of myself but if you try it out one of those 4k 144 Hertz HDR monitors with an RT X 20 atti you'd probably understand it's pretty clear that AMD is doing their best to remain competitive where they can and right now that is at the lower end of the market but they seem to have it all pretty well stitched up there around $100 the rx 550 is a must for a hundred and fifty dollars day rx 570 is an incredible Buy pretty much the best value all-rounder there fortuna' dollars us though you really can't go past the rx 580 though I would sort of argue that it's probably not worth $50 more over the 570 but in any case if you've got to roll suspend and that is your best option there for between 300 and $400 us the gtx 1070 TI seems like an obvious choice and then once we go over $400 us well it's pretty much all in video well that is going to do it for this one if you like the video you know what to do and if you feel we got any of these pics wrong then you also know what to do leave a polite rebuttal in the comment section down below and I'll be sure to address it if you enjoyed the video and you want to see more like it you can subscribe to our channel and you've appreciate the web tier Ohio box then you can support us directly on patreon gain access to our monthly live streams our discord chat and all our behind-the-scenes content thank you for watching I'm yo Steve see you next time