We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Video random access memory (VRAM) plays an important part in the performance of your graphics card, and consequently, your entire PC.

The word bottleneck is enough to send shivers down the spines of PC gamers. And the worst kind of bottleneck is a GPU bottleneck, even though that's ideally what you want on a gaming PC. Most games ...

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I’m going to be honest with you here. Whether you want one of the best graphics cards or just any GPU whatsoever, it’s not going to be easy. The GPU market is, frankly, a bit of a mess right now. It’s ...

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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 starts at $1,999 before you factor in upsells from the company’s partners or price increases driven by scalpers and/or genuine demand. It costs more than my entire gaming PC.

TL;DR: The March 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey reveals the GeForce RTX 5080 as a new entry among the most used GPUs, surpassing the RTX 5090. The RTX 3060 regains the top spot from the RTX ...