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Welcome to TechRadar’s GPU channel. Here, we’ve pulled together all the latest news, reviews, analysis, and more for all things GPUs and graphics cards. While most of our focus is going to be on desktop graphics, we also dive into mobile GPUs for laptops and professional-grade GPUs as well.

The GPU market has been shaken up in recent years, so it’s definitely kept us busy, whether it’s extensively testing to find the best graphics card on the market, or crunching the numbers to find the best cheap graphics card that matches great performance with an accessible price point.

We cover all the best 1080p graphics cards, the best 1440p graphics cards, and the best 4K graphics cards so you can find the information you want, no matter your need and budget. 

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The best cheap graphics card 2025

By John Loeffler last updated

There's no reason why you need to splash out with the best cheap graphics card on the market.

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The best AMD graphics cards 2025

By John Loeffler last updated

The best AMD graphics card should offer a great mix of power and affordability. Here are the ones to look for.

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An AMD Radeon RX 9070, our top pick for best 1440p graphics card, against a blue techradar background

The best 1440p graphics card 2025

By John Loeffler last updated

Updated I'm rounding up my top picks for the best 1440p graphics cards in 2025, backed by hundreds of hours of testing.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Nvidia throws Windows 10 gamers a lifeline with driver support - but time's up for the popular GTX 1060 GPU, as support runs out in October 2025

By Darren Allan published

Driver support for Pascal GPUs like the GTX 1060 ends in October 2025, and Windows 10 users have until October 2026.

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AMD mulls dedicated NPUs for desktop PCs - like graphics cards, but for AI tasks - and this could be excellent news for PC gamers

By Darren Allan published

AMD could soon make dedicated NPUs in the same vein as discrete graphics cards - and if you think that sounds boring, think again, PC gamers.

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An Asus Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT, our top pick for best graphics card, against a blue techradar background

The best graphics card 2025

By John Loeffler last updated

Updated There's never been a better time to consider one of the best graphics cards from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel.

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Need a new GPU? Nvidia's RTX 5000 Super models may be coming sooner than you expect

By Isaiah Williams published

While fans may naturally look towards CES 2026 for any new Nvidia GPU announcements, we may be getting a launch later in 2025.

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Nvidia's N1X consumer chip pops up in benchmark equalling core count of RTX 5070 GPU - cue excited gasps, but let's not get carried away

By Darren Allan published

If you weren't excited about Nvidia's rumored consumer CPU, this benchmark leak showing its core count equals an RTX 5070 GPU should do the trick.

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card

AMD isn't giving up on high-end GPUs – a new leak hints at a new Radeon GPU challenging Nvidia's next-gen flagship graphics card

By Isaiah Williams published

It's supposedly a long way away, but a new leak suggests AMD has an 'Nvidia RTX 6090' challenger already in the pipeline, slated for launch between 2026 and 2027.

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Got buyer's remorse with your 8GB graphics card? Nvidia's AI texture compression promises huge benefits for GPUs with stingy amounts of memory

By Darren Allan published

Think your GPU doesn't have enough memory? Nvidia's AI texture compression trick looks like a killer solution in this demo (with caveats).

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