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shopping for a PC graphics card you will be bombarded with misinformation mostly people aren't intentionally misleading you mostly usually they just don't understand what they're selling but you're the one who ends up getting burned the biggest misconception is this no you cannot compare performance by looking at specifications take these cards in completely different price brackets for example this 4 gig graphics card is only about $100 but no it is not an amazing deal compared to this 4 gig one for $1000 sure they're both GeForce they both have DirectX 11 their clock speeds are similar and the RAM amount is the same but the thousand-dollar card is easily more than an order of magnitude faster than the hundred-dollar one because these cards use different design architectures here's an analogy a modern loaded semi can travel around 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel in 2009 Ford Fusion Hybrid traveled around 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel these are similar specs and they're both interesting facts but they have nothing to do with each other a semi has a 200 gallon fuel tank runs on diesel and carries an enormous load while that Hybrid has a seventeen and a half gallon fuel tank runs on gas and electricity and carries around one dude another flawed method of comparing specifications is to compare across different graphics processor manufacturers this chart is interesting sure but I also have another big word for it that starts with AI because it cannot conclusively tell us which of these is better than the other it just doesn't work that way and that's not to say that looking at specs is always a total waste of time when comparing products based on the same design architecture and with similar specifications to each other relative performance can sometimes be inferred but even this should be done with great caution so at this point you're probably getting frustrated how do we actually compare performance real games you want to know how they actually run on the card that you're looking at this information is definitely out there we do graphics card reviews on the Linus tech tips YouTube channel but it's important to find a review that covers the games that you want to play with gear that's realistic for you for example if you have a 1080p monitor by based on a review where the cards were tested at 4k resolution but there's great news aside from my other channel there are literally hundreds of sites that review graphics cards a few of my favorites in no particular order also linked in the video description our hardware conducts calm and on tech calm and PC / calm okay so now you're sitting there saying fine Linus but what about all the stuff besides performance stability heat output power consumption and other software features these are all important to me - well there's a ton of information out there about that stuff too but it's a little outside the scope of this video and I know it can be overwhelming but the odds are excellent that if you go charging into a typical PC hardware community asking questions like who do you think has the best drivers AMD or Nvidia you're going to start an argument so at least let me point you in the right direction in my mind at the time of filling this amd's key advantages are true audio project mental and great multi-monitor support with their Eyefinity technology and videos key advantages are game stream geforce experience with shadow play and gsync which makes undesirable effects like leg due to vsync and tearing due to high frame rates disappear and I guess if you want a game in stereo 3d than 3d vision would also be an advantage for Nvidia now I'm going to try to update this video with annotated links to my own explanations of these technologies but it might take me a while so in the meantime you can head over to Linus tech tips calm our community forum is I believe friendlier than most so you can seek additional clarity about these features speaking of features our featured sponsor for this video is hotspot Shield a VPN solution that can be set up in just a few minutes a VPN allows you to mask your location which gives you access to content that would be blocked in your region and gives you more privacy online follow the link in the video description and use offer code Linus to save 20% on their elite service thanks hotspot shield for supporting tech quickie thanks again for watching guys don't forget to share this video if you thought it was useful like it if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment if you have any feedback that you'd like us to see and as always don't forget to subscribe