When it comes to PC gaming – whether you're building your own rig or buying one of the best gaming PCs – you're going to need one of the best graphics cards. While many processors will be able to do basic graphics without one, if you want to play the best PC games or even do heavy-duty creative work, a graphics card is extremely important. 

  That's likely one of the main reasons it's so hard to buy one right now. After the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 came out in 2020, graphics cards have been notoriously hard to come by. It's a shame, too, because the graphics cards that are out there right now are better than they've ever been – and PC games are getting harder and harder to run. 

  Is AMD no longer the king of great value GPUs? The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti certainly threatens that claim with its price to performance ratio. The newest arrival in the RTX 3000 line, this graphics card punches way above its weight class, delivering a performance that could rival that of the RTX 2080 Super while keeping its price tag incredibly affordable for most people. And, that’s with impressive ray tracing included. 1080p gaming has never been this good and this affordable.

  With the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, 4K gaming just became a lot more accessible. Before, you had to shell out more than $1,000/£1,000 to get playable framerates with the RTX 2080 Ti. However, with the next generation of Nvidia graphics cards, the price of 4K gaming has been cut nearly in half, thanks to the RTX 3080. It boasts one of the largest generational leaps in GPU history, delivering a 50-80% performance boost over the RTX 2080 and a 20-30% boost over the RTX 2080 Ti, all while keeping the same price point as the RTX 2080. This is both an absolute powerhouse of a graphics card and a great value, if you have a bit of extra cash lying around.