We test all graphics cards to gauge their performance, thermal traits, and power consumption across several key use cases—not just gaming. To keep pace with constant performance leaps, we upgrade our ...

Benchmarking your PC is easy and insightful, even if you aren't a hardcore gamer. Free tools make it simple to see how your ...

Gaming aside, many use their GPUs for productivity purposes too, and today we assess AMD's RX 9070 to see how good it is in ...

I had a feeling we might be in for a bumpy ride with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 when I was told there wouldn't be a press driver available in advance of the release. Why would Nvidia not want reviews ...

A computer can have powerful hardware and still struggle to deliver smooth gaming performance. Even a well-equipped gaming PC ...

Building a capable gaming PC relies on two primary components: the CPU and GPU (or graphics card, in common parlance). While having a powerful desktop CPU in your gaming rig is important, the latter ...

Over the past few years, PC games have been facing an optimization problem. Leaning heavily on upscaling solutions like Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR, developers have been releasing ultra-detailed games ...

The RTX 5080 is smaller and a little faster than the RTX 4080 Super — and still $999. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a senior ...

I’ve been testing and reviewing graphics cards for about a decade, and even before that I was an avid PC builder that benchmarked them for fun. After all, there’s nothing quite like a spreadsheet with ...

Buying a graphics card has been a roller-coaster since the late 2010s: Precipitous price hikes! Steep hardware shortages! Today, only a few truly new GPUs pass for budget-friendly—and just barely.