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okay so it's time for another top five series video and again we will be looking at GPUs having just recently giving you my top 5 worst picks it's time for some quality options there were a few ways I could have gone about this video and I've decided that I will do it in two separate videos this version will be a bit more serious that's actual consumer advice based on benchmarking that I've done this year I'll be giving you my top choice in one of five categories and there will be price range of study from 100 US or less right up to $500 u.s. now this kind of thing is a bit messy right now a little bit tricky now I wasn't exactly sure how I could tackle it as you no doubt aware GPU pricing is just all over the place right now particularly for the AMD models but I didn't want to just recommend in video because they're not being as heavily impacted by the cryptocurrency mining not just mining but also global memory shortages are becoming a problem and they're causing an uptick in graphics card pricing and this is starting to impact Nvidia graphics cards in fact the cost of Nvidia based graphics cards is also expected to rise and we should see a continual rise till the end of the year so with all that in mind I will be basing my picks on the current retail pricing but I'll also be discussing choices assuming that they these GPUs were selling at the MSRP that's that manufacturer's suggested retail price and they're the prices consumers can expect to find under normal conditions so that is to say when miners aren't snapping up all the graphics cards left right and center sorry first we have the best value entry-level GPU and this one is pretty easy because just a few weeks ago I compared the GeForce GT 1030 and Radio rx 550 in a range of games for the most part the 1030 was the faster of the two it consumes slightly less power it does overclock a little bit better and it is of course more affordable it's pretty much a slam-dunk II for in video the only real hiccup being adaptive sync technology and that is if you have a free sync monitoring plan on getting one in the rx 550 is probably going to be the better buy to certainly keep that in mind sure that though the GT 1030 seems like a no-brainer to me the 1030 can also be easily had it for the $70 MSRP while the rx 550 is usually around $10 more than its $80 MSRP and that makes it about 30% more costly right now even so if both GPUs or at least the RS 550 was selling at the MSRP for me I think the GT 1030 would still be my number one choice for those of you with more than $100 to spend but aren't comfortable going over $200 there are quite a few options available there is the GeForce GTX 1050 1050 Ti radio rx 560 and the rx 570 the rx 560 and GTX 1050 are meant to cost $100 u.s. and at that price it really could go either way there much of a muchness that is to say very similar in terms of performance right now though they are both overpriced about 20 to 30 dollars which is interesting as the GTX 1050 Ti is just ten dollars over the MSRP and $150 it's actually the better value option right now in my opinion it was previously a bad Buy in comparison to those two GPS but with pricing the way they are the 1050 Ti looks pretty good adding to that I would normally up for the radar rx 517 this price range at the MSRP which is 170 dollars u.s. it's really the best buy but sadly with availability the way it is and the way these things are selling two hundred and sixty dollars u.s. is the current asking price so while the rx 570 would be my number one choice typically that is to say during non boom times right now I would snap up the GTX 1050 TI without hesitation gamer's looking to spend between 200 and $300 u.s. they do also have a few options though there are only three GPU choices technically - but anyway the GeForce GTX 1060 which is available it with either three gigabytes or six Q bytes of memory that is technically two different GPUs as the three gigabyte version is slightly cut down then we have the rx 580 which can be configured with either 4 gigabytes or eight gigabytes of memory but both are these same rx 580 GPU the three gigabyte GTX 1060 in my opinion is really it is a good value option not gets hated on a lot but I've still got one and four 1080p gaming it works really well I haven't noticed any texture problems or certainly no performance issues and right now it is selling for two hundred and ten dollars u.s. now that price it's very affordable compared to the six gigabyte model believe the six gigabyte miles that ending up more towards $280 u.s. so that means while the three gigabyte model is only ten dollars above the MSRP the six gear bike version is $30 above and that's pretty much down to the fact that it is the more desirable option for not just gamers but also miners and of course the increased memory pricing then we have that now very elusive rx 580 which should cost just two hundred dollars for the four gigabyte version or $230 for the eight gigabyte model so the MSRP I would get the rx 588 gigabyte every day of the week but sadly right now you can expect to pay considerably more it's something like an eye-watering three hundred and ten dollars which means it's really just a complete write-off unfortunately so with that being the case my pics probably going to shock a few people and possibly even upset some but I'm gonna go with the three gigabyte version of the GTX 1060 given the current retail pricing should pricing calm down and return to the MSRP so sort of the normal pricing that I would again take the RX 588 gigabyte have you ever around $400 suspend your choices are very limited though they are less limited than they were a few months ago or at least they should be along with the geforce gtx 1070 there is now a second GPU that's been slapped with a $400 MSRP and that is of course AMD's Radeon rx Vega 56 and I know I know availability pricing it's a bit bad right now so it's not technically a $400 GPU but hopefully one day it will be at the time of research in this video the gtx 1070 it was priced around $420 us which isn't too bad meanwhile the cheapest Vega 56 card was selling for at five hundred and twenty dollars us which is kind of bad so obviously at those prices you'd have to go with the gtx 1070 that said though here in the land down under you can buy vega 56 for six hundred and thirty dollars aussie that's actually not too bad because the gtx 1070 they typically cost around $600 still though paying more for vega 56 right now just really isn't ideal for a few reasons i'd say firstly which is the fact that really only reference cards are available at this point AMD's stock cooler is pretty rubbish to be honest secondly I know you guys any upset when I say this but Vega really isn't that efficient you can't improve the situation by under vaulting but that really only gets you so far and when you sit it next to something like the gtx 1070 it just pales in comparison when it comes to efficiency having said that though for the most part vega 56 is typically faster and i'm a certain condition is a lot faster at the low-level api performance in particular is very encouraging so for me if the gtx 1070 and vega 56 GPUs were selling at the $400 MSRP or close enough to I'd probably get the radeon GPU however at current prices the gtx 1070 is certainly the smarter choice finally the last battle can be seen at $500 or at least it should be looking at the MSRP s we have the GTX 1080 and rx Vega 64 GPUs at that price picking between the two would be tough I'd say I think once we get custom Vega 64 graphics cards you really could go either way on that one however right now we only have those shoddy reference cards and to be clear when I say that the PCB designer the components used by AMD they're all perfectly fine it's really the blower style air cooler that's complete and utter trash unless of course that is you have a 20 meter display cable in your house your PC in a separate room and then the reference cooler isn't too bad short of that though you're probably going to need some impressive earplugs to help you avoid any throttling issues so for now the GeForce GTX 1080 is the best option here at least in my opinion and there are a few decent options for around 532 $560 us I don't recommend you spend much more than that I certainly wouldn't go over $600 for example for more premium 1080 models and that's because the 1080i does offer considerably more performance and base model starters around 750 dollars u.s. well I hope that helps out any of you unfortunate if to be trying to purchase a new graphics card in this current climate really comes down to pricing so make sure you compare the options in your region typically speaking aim D and NVIDIA are super competitive I'm pricing at least by looking at the MSRP s well that's gonna do it for this one if you liked this video then you know what to do your your a smartlock speaking of which if I got anything wrong in this video if you disagree with any eye picks then be sure to let me know about it in the comments below it probably goes without saying but do let me know and also let me know what your top five GPU list from the last few years looks like then I can steal that and make another video it's pretty easy gig this I'm your host Steve I'll see you again next time when I present your work as my own