The best graphics cards for i9 11900K

PowerColor is a good choice if you are looking to build a high-end gaming PC. They produce graphic cards with the excellent build quality and features. PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 is powerful gaming hardware capable of running AAA gaming titles like WatchDog Legion at 50+fps @4K resolution. AMD produces powerful GPUs but not every manufacturer is capable of delivering what PowerColor delivers at the price tag. It’s built to withstand 2170 MHz of boost clock speed while consuming 300W power. This product takes the lead if you want to achieve high fps at 4K resolutions without ray-tracing and an aesthetically pleasing PC component. It runs on the latest PCIe 4.0 protocol, so be sure that your motherboard supports it to avoid any bottleneck issues.

The heat transfer system must be efficient and effective to dissipate heat produced while gaming. PowerColor uses a large 310mm cooler with a large copper base to carry heat from the source via the seven 6mm diameter heat pipes to the fins. The 8+2 phases VRM fitted on the circuit board are the backbone of the GPUs' stable performance and overclocking capability. It consists of ball bearing type fans which are not the best for longevity but provide a cost-effective replacement strategy in case of failure. Dual BIOS with silent and OC profiles to change performance with a flick of the switch. While under low load, the fans go down to 0rpm to stop any noise production caused by rapidly rotating fans. It’s an overall well-balanced graphic card when stacking price against performance.

MSI has been awarded multiple times for its gaming products. MSI GAMING X TRIO GeForce RTX 3070 lies between mid-range and high-end performance GPUs for all modern games with ray-tracing capability. RTX 3070 has been proven to provide 4K gaming performance but not natively. It uses a brilliant AI-based enhancement DLSS to produce crisp quality with image scaling. Games like Control run at 63 fps 4K (DLSS enabled 1080p) and 50fps while running Crysis Remastered at 4K (native). MSI gives the GPU the deserving graphic card systems. RGB will turn out to be the highlight of your product as it is prominent and carefully implemented to be sync compatible with most hardware devices. Running at 1830MHz boost clocks with 5888 core units while maintaining just 240W power consumption requires an intelligent design.

MSI names its sophisticated system TRI FROZR 2, which makes it the best graphics card for i9 11900K. It includes using Torx Fan 4.0, the latest design in their graphic card manufacturing. There are ten blades on a single fan, and every two blades are fused to form a shroud at the edges. It leads to a better-focused flow of air. Moreover, the heat pipes are machined precisely and run through the complete heatsink to ensure maximum heat transfer. The fins are fitted with Wave-curved 2.0 fin edges and deflectors to improve the surface area and reduce noise during operation. Thermal pads are used wherever necessary to enhance component-wise heat transfer capability further. Its 323mm length can cause sag and damage your graphic card; thus, MSI included anti-bending support to keep it intact.

As an entry-level gamer, you might be looking to find value for money in your gaming hardware. If you can compromise on ray-tracing, you can save money from energy bills and product costs by purchasing an XFX THICC II Radeon RX 5600 XT. It can run some top games, like Red Dead Redemption 2 at 75+fps 1080p resolution. Owning a 32” monitor is more than enough to run the top-end games without being able to differentiate between pixels with 1080p gaming. The RDNA structure of RX 5600 XT GPU consists of 2304 cores supported by 6GB GDDR6 RAM. Most modern games run smoothly on 6GB RAM, and games like GTA V only occupy part of the temporary storage space.

The significant advantage that RDNA microarchitecture has is the 7nm lithography. It keeps the temperatures low and performance optimum. When you are not gaming, the graphic card will automatically lower the speed of fans to a standstill. Activities like browsing or typing with no background game running will reduce the speed of fans. Two fans take away the heat produced by the graphic card. No RGB is featured on the card as it is strictly targeted for gaming purposes rather than aesthetics. XFX recommends connecting the graphic card with a 450W power supply via an 8-pin connection. You can connect up to four monitors, making it great for streamers running super chats while gaming and streaming their content. The card will take up two of your slots and run using PCIe 4.0 protocol.

AMD released their RX 6900 XT as the top-of-the-line gaming GPU with the first generation of ray-tracing. PowerColor jumped on the opportunity to produce a premium PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT graphic card for gamers concerned about performance/cost. At most played gaming resolution, CyberPunk 2077 runs at 90+fps average without ray-tracing. As a professional gamer, you will not need ray-tracing to run games like Fortnite or Apex Legends. The 200+fps comes naturally to the GPU without an extraordinary load as It comes with 16GB of GDDR6 RAM, providing ample space for all the game textures. The solid backplate keeps the GPU firmly inserted in the PCIe 4.0 slot. A simple flick of the switch can put your graphic card in boosted mode.

The only drawback of the RX 6900 XT GPU is the absence of tensor cores. Otherwise, it performs head to head with the world’s top graphic card at a much lower cost. 14+2 phases VRM provides stable power to the GPU and RAM, while the heat is removed using a tri-fan setup with two 100mm fans and one 90mm fan in the middle. It utilizes its fans' tried and tested two-ball bearing technology, ensuring longevity and performance. Three 8mm diameter and four 6mm nickel-plated copper heat pipes come in direct contact with the processor. RGB implementation on the graphic card is astonishing and easily addressable. PowerColor provides light for each port if you ever had difficulty finding the right direction for your HDMI or DP port.

In search of the pinnacle in gaming technology, we ended up with the RTX 3090 GPU. EVGA FTW3 GeForce RTX 3090 is the most powerful graphics card in the market with 10496 GPU cores and 24GB of RAM running with GDDR6X protocol. The only gaming component runs 4K resolution games at a playable framerate without DLSS. Users have reportedly achieved 1905 clock speed by overclocking the card, which means that EVGA made it more potent than stated in the specification sheet. Memory clock speed reaches around 9752MHz, far greater than any other manufacturer on our list. GPU temperature remains at 78°C while running at its peak load. At the max overclocked frequencies, the power draw reaches 430W, which is understandable as we are going beyond the manufacturer’s stated specification.

It is the only graphic card that provides playable framerates with ray-tracing and 4K resolution games like Tomb Raider and Watch Dog at 60+fps. Currently, game companies produce their games, keeping RTX 3090 as the benchmark for their max settings. EVGA has done a decent job creating a long-lasting graphic card with a cooling system that allows it to overclock at speeds that make 4K gaming at native resolution possible. FTW3 is their best graphic card design for RTX 3090. It utilizes the tri-fan system with an asymmetrical setup ensuring better airflow. The fins are provided with air pockets and heatpipes with high contact areas to improve the heat transfer capability of the system. The copper base extends from GPU to RAM, ensuring that both the components are cooled with equal efficiency. Overall the system is efficient and takes the GPU to heights better than any other manufacturer.