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What Are the Best Gaming PC Specs for 2025?
Gaming PCs live and die by their graphics cards (or graphics chips, in the case of gaming laptops), the most critical PC component for determining your gaming performance ceiling. Most gaming systems will come preinstalled with a single midrange or high-end graphics card; higher-priced systems will naturally have better cards, since purchase price typically correlates with frame-rate performance and visual quality. AMD and Nvidia make the graphics processors, or GPUs, that go into these cards, which are made by third parties such as Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, Sapphire, and XFX (to name just a few).
Gone are the days of complicated dual-card setups: Today's top-end GPUs, like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080, GeForce RTX 4090, GeForce RTX 5080, and GeForce RTX 5090 are more than powerful enough on their own. Games are increasingly developed to take advantage of the cutting-edge features available in single GPUs like these, but these premium cards will cost you. A tier of less-expensive GPUs in the GeForce RTX 50 series, fortunately, is also available for smaller budgets; you can find a full breakdown below.
Still, you should divert as much of your budget to the best GPU you can afford; the most pivotal decision you'll make when purchasing a gaming desktop is which card you get. Of course, one option is opting for no card at all; the integrated graphics silicon on some modern Intel Core and AMD Ryzen processors is adequate for casual 2D and very light 3D gaming. However, to reliably play 3D AAA titles, you need a discrete graphics card, and these cards are what distinguish a gaming desktop from "just a desktop."
Whether you go with an AMD- or Nvidia-based card is based partly on price and performance. Some games are optimized for one type of card or another, but for the most part, you should choose the card that best fits within your budget. If you're buying a complete gaming desktop, you (of course) don't have to pay for a card in isolation, but this should help you understand how the card factors into the total price. You also have to know what you're shopping for.
I am not an adult yet so (me is broke) And im relying on my father to get me a pc and a monitor.But a pc is like more than 1000 dollars and there is no way my dad is going to buy that..It obviously isnt going to be the fastest but i need a pc that is not over 450 bucks.I also need to be able to record while playing on the pc.I was going to buy the a stg auborn pc bundle but the bad reviews were a deal breaker for me.The whole point of me getting this pc is so i can make gaming content on youtube,but im on a tight budget.The games i wanna play and record are fortnight, apex,and maybe some roblox.If its not possible its fine ill live without it.
been looking around and i think this is the right place to ask this? apologies if it isn't.
i've been interested in getting a pc for gaming. my laptop is tiny and old and slow and at this point i mostly want to invest a little in something that will serve me well for a while. that being said i am on a very tight budget (and when i say tight i mean i've been looking at mini pcs on Amazon for <$200...) and i'm struggling to figure out whether the pcs i think i can afford will actually be able to do what i want them to.
i'd rather buy a prebuilt, but i am open to building one if it ends up being significantly cheaper. i mostly want to play games like skyrim se, sims 4, stardew valley, etc. and i also want to be able to run heroforge and talespire fairly well. i've tried to make sense of the different processor types and all that but it's all greek to me. any suggestions for cheap pcs that will let me run things like skyrim and heroforge/talespire?
As the title suggests, my friend is looking for a prebuilt gaming PC under $2,000 as a Christmas gift. He mainly plans to use it for games like Team Fortress 2, Overwatch 2, and Fortnite. Additionally, he hopes the PC will last around five years and provide some upgrade options for the future. What is the best brand or product that would meet his needs?