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Thebest graphics cards offer added speed for graphics-heavy computer activity like photo and video editing or gaming. What graphics card is right for you will depend a little on your specific needs. For example, if you do professional video editing, you may want to invest in a higher-end graphics card designed to handle the pro level of graphics. If you're looking for something that can just improve gaming and photo editing, a budget option may work fine for you. Most importantly, as CNET's Lori Grunin put it in her review of graphics cards, "The most powerful GPU on the planet won't make a difference if your CPU is the bottleneck (and vice versa) -- think overkill."
The price range for graphics cards can vary wildly, from $90 to closer to $2,000 or sometimes more. There will also be a lot of price variation on cards that use the same GPU. This fluctuation in price points is influenced by features like cooling systems and design as well as function. Because these tend to be pricey units, finding any amount of discount can sometimes feel like a good deal, but pay attention to what you actually get for that price.
Right now we're seeing a modest number of graphics card discounted on Amazon itself. We've found the best deals over at the anti-Prime Day offerings at Best Buy and Walmart.
Many of us here at CNET have covered shopping events for several years, including Black Friday, Prime Day, Memorial Day and countless other sales. In that time, we've learned how to spot the best deals among a sea of thousands of superficial offers and scams, and we surface only the best offers from trusted retailers. When choosing graphics card deals to show you, we look for real discounts, quality reviews and remaining sale time.
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Absolutely. A lot of the graphics card deals that occur during Prime Day aren't tied to the members-only event specifically. That means that they can start before the event and end after the event finishes, although we expect there to be more variety on sale from Oct. 8 when the event officially starts. So, you can nab one at a discount right now or wait for the main event.
Source: cnet.com