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A few years ago, people were predicting the death of PC gaming as we know it. Those people are feasting on an abundance of humble pie, as PC games remain a cornerstone of the industry: digital delivery gives us more variety than ever before, and even the relatively niche market of performance gaming hardware has never been more healthy. But even the most humble of PC gamers needs a graphics card (

well, sort of), and it’s one of the most frequent upgrades gamers make. But is now a good time to buy one?

幾年前，人們已經知道PC遊戲的消亡。 由於PC遊戲仍然是該行業的基石，因此這些人正飽受卑微的束縛：數字交付為我們提供了比以往更多的多樣性，甚至相對小眾的高效能遊戲硬體市場也從未如此健康。 但是，即使是最不起眼的PC遊戲玩家也需要圖形卡(很好)，這是遊戲玩家最頻繁進行的升級之一。 但是現在是購買一個的好時機嗎？

Short answer:No. It’s been a good while since both AMD and NVIDIA updated their graphics card lines, meaning that newer, more powerful options are just around the corner. And when those new cards arrive, current cards (which are more than adequate at all levels) should get a little cheaper. Combine that with an inflated market thanks to cryptocurrency mining, and the only cards that make sense to buy right now are low-end, entry-level GPUs for basic gaming and media.

簡短的回答：否。自從AMD和NVIDIA都更新了他們的圖形卡產品線以來已經好了一段時間，這意味著更新，更強大的選項就在眼前。 當這些新卡到貨時，當前的卡(在所有級別上都綽綽有餘)應該會便宜一些。 由於採用了加密貨幣挖礦技術，因此將市場與膨脹的市場相結合，目前唯一值得購買的卡是面向基本遊戲和媒體的低端入門級GPU。

NVIDIA GTX 900和AMD RX 400/500卡出奇地強大 (NVIDIA GTX 900 and AMD RX 400/500 Cards Are Surprisingly Powerful)

The GeForce GTX 900 series was introduced in late 2014, though NVIDIA had already been using some of its “Maxwell” class manufacturing techniques for the mid-range GTX 750 and 750 Ti cards.In addition to the usual bumps in pure speed for the processors and local memory, 900-series GPUs also expanded support for performance at higher 4K resolutions and

VR applications for the HTC Viveand Oculus Rift. NVIDIA’s previous-gen lineup consists of the following cards, from least expensive to most expensive and powerful, in various packages customized by OEM vendors:

GeForce GTX 900系列於2014年末推出，儘管NVIDIA已將其“ Maxwell”級製造技術用於中端GTX 750和750 Ti卡。 除了處理器和本地記憶體的正常純速度提高之外，900系列GPU還擴充套件了對更高4K解析度和HTC Vive和Oculus Rift的VR應用程式效能的支援。 NVIDIA的上一代產品陣容由OEM供應商定製的各種包裝中的以下卡組成，從最便宜到最昂貴和功能強大：

• GTX 950
  GTX 950
• GTX 960
  GTX 960
• GTX 970
  GTX 970
• GTX 980
  GTX 980
• GTX 980 Ti
  GTX 980鈦
• GTX TITAN X
  GTX泰坦X

The GTX 970 is worth a particular note here: a unique design on its memory bus means that the stated 4GB memory capacity on the reference card can’t all be accessed at the highest 224-bit bus speed. This lowers performance versus a similar system with high-speed access to all memory. Consumers were upset when this was discovered, andNVIDIA settled a class-action lawsuit over the matter. Nevertheless, the GTX 970 sold well and continues to be a good option for gaming builds.

GTX 970在這裡值得特別注意：其記憶體總線上的獨特設計意味著無法以最高224位匯流排速度全部訪問參考卡上規定的4GB記憶體容量。 與具有高速訪問所有記憶體的類似系統相比，這會降低效能。 發現此訊息後，消費者感到沮喪， NVIDIA就此事解決了集體訴訟。 不過，GTX 970的銷量很好，並且仍然是遊戲構建的不錯選擇。

The equivalent generation of AMD Radeon cards is the R 300 series, first released in late 2015. But since AMD is in a distant second place when it comes to market share, their newer cards tend to be much more competitive in price, so the newer generation is still going head-to-head with NVIDIA’s older designs. The RX 400 series, first on sale in late 2016, is the logical match-up to the GTX 900, while still being cheaper at every level:

同等一代的AMD Radeon卡是R 300系列，該系列於2015年底首次釋出。但是，由於AMD在市場份額方面處於遙遙領先的第二位，因此它們的新卡在價格上往往更具競爭力，因此， NVIDIA的早期設計仍在與一代人並駕齊驅。 RX 400系列於2016年底首次發售，是與GTX 900的合理搭配，同時在各個級別上仍然更便宜：

• RX 460
  RX 460
• RX 470
  RX 470
• RX 480
  RX 480

在Vega釋出後，NVIDIA和AMD爭奪高階產品 (NVIDIA and AMD Are Fighting Hard for the High End After Vega’s Release)

The GTX 1000 series, first released to market in May of 2016 with the GTX 1080, adds support for new CUDA features, the DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0b standards, support for faster memory, and a dynamic load-balancing scheduling system. The architecture series, “Pascal,” is a considerable boost over Maxwell. The current lineup of desktop cards is as follows:

GTX 1000系列於2016年5月首次與GTX 1080一起投放市場，增加了對新CUDA功能，DisplayPort 1.4和HDMI 2.0b標準的支援，對更快的記憶體的支援以及動態負載平衡排程系統。 “ Pascal”架構系列是對Maxwell的極大推動。 當前的桌上型電腦卡陣容如下：

• GTX 1050
  GTX 1050
• GTX 1050 Ti
  GTX 1050鈦
• GTX 1060
  GTX 1060
• GTX 1070
  GTX 1070
• GTX 1080
  GTX 1080
• GTX 1080 Ti
  GTX 1080 Ti
• GTX Titan XP
  GTX Titan XP
• GTX Titan V
  GTX Titan V

NVIDIA-branded cards can generally be split into three categories: budget (X50 and X60), high-end (X70 and X80), and super-high end (X80 TI cards and above).Even the budget cards can handle most new games at 1080p resolution with 60 frames per second performance. Upgrading to faster and more robust cards is an option for those who want to play with extremely high visual settings, at 2K and 4K resolutions, and with demanding virtual reality headsets.

NVIDIA品牌的卡通常可分為三類：預算(X50和X60)，高階(X70和X80)和超高階(X80 TI卡及更高版本)。 甚至預算卡也可以處理每秒60幀的1080p解析度的大多數新遊戲。 對於那些想要以極高的視覺設定，2K和4K解析度以及要求苛刻的虛擬現實耳機進行遊戲的人來說，可以選擇升級到更快，更耐用的卡。

AMD’s RX Vega series, newly launched in August of 2017, are a breath of fresh air offering competition to NVIDIA’s GTX 1000-series cards. The new 14nm GPU design is offered in two tiers, Vega 56 and Vega 64, with a slightly more powerful Vega 64 Liquid variant equipped with a factory-installed liquid cooling loop and radiator. The three new cards are assigned MSRPs of $400, $500, and $600*, in that order.

AMD的RX Vega系列於2017年8月新推出，為NVIDIA的GTX 1000系列卡提供了新鮮的競爭。 新的14nm GPU設計分為Vega 56和Vega 64兩層，功能稍強的Vega 64 Liquid版本配備了工廠安裝的液體冷卻迴路和散熱器。 依次為這三張新卡分配了建議零售價$ 400，$ 500和$ 600 *。

• RX Vega 56
  RX Vega 56
• RX Vega 64
  RX Vega 64
• RX Vega 64 Liquid
  RX Vega 64液體

Based on initial reviews, the Vega 56 and Vega 64 GPUs offer the toe-to-toe competition to NVIDIA’s GTX 1080 and 1070 designs that AMD fans have been craving for several cycles, handily beating the older top-tier Radeon Fury cards. However, even with slightly boosted core clocks and a higher energy draw, benchmarks show that the liquid-cooled RX Vega 64 can’t quite measure up to the GTX 1080 Ti. An even more powerful Vega variant, possibly reviving the Fury label, would seem to be a decent bet sometime next year as the line fills out above and below.

根據初步審查，Vega 56和Vega 64 GPU可以與NVIDIA的GTX 1080和1070設計進行逐鹿競爭，AMD愛好者已經渴望了好幾個週期，輕而易舉地擊敗了較老的頂級Radeon Fury卡。 但是，即使核心時鐘稍有提高，能耗也更高，基準測試仍然表明，液冷RX Vega 64不能完全達到GTX 1080 Ti的水平。 一個更強大的Vega變體，可能會復興Fury的商標，由於該系列的上下填充線似乎在明年某個時候是不錯的選擇。

A step down from the GTX 1080 Ti might be an acceptable compromise for many users, since the MSRP is $150-200 cheaper on the AMD side of the fence…but AMD cards also require more power draw than their NVIDIA rivals, erasing a modest savings over two to fours years of an upgrade cycle. Some buyers might even have to get a more beefy power supply, or upgrade to a better one in a new build, just to run the Vega cards. So keep that in mind.

從GTX 1080 Ti降級對於許多使用者來說可能是一個可以接受的折衷方案，因為廠商建議零售價在籬笆的AMD端便宜150-200美元…但是，與NVIDIA競爭對手相比，AMD卡還需要更多的功耗，從而節省了不多的節省。升級週期超過2至4年。 為了執行Vega卡，某些購買者甚至可能不得不獲得更強大的電源，或者在新版本中升級到更好的電源。 所以記住這一點。

More importantly, withAMD now offering real competition to NVIDIA’s latest cards, their prices will be inflated as manufacturers rush to get a small amount of initial units on retailer shelves. It will likely be several months before AMD will be able to meet an increased demand. NVIDIA has that long to come up with a response with a new generation of cards…which seems unlikely (see below). So instead, they’ll lower prices to keep competitive with AMD. At the high end, gamers looking to save money should wait for the end last quarter of this year before making that big buy.

更重要的是，由於AMD現在提供了與NVIDIA最新顯示卡的真正競爭，隨著製造商急於在零售商的貨架上獲得少量初始產品，其價格將被抬高。 AMD可能需要幾個月的時間才能滿足不斷增長的需求。 NVIDIA有很長的時間提出新一代顯示卡的迴應……這似乎不太可能(見下文)。 因此，他們會降低價格以保持與AMD的競爭力。 在高階市場，希望省錢的遊戲玩家應該等到今年最後一個季度結束後才能大舉購買。

Update:After the latest version of this article was updated, several PC gaming enthusiast sites discovered a retailer voucher program for the initial batch of Vega-branded cards. The basic gist is that after the very limited batch of introductory cards sells out, the prices for these cards will go up by around $100 USD each, to $500, $600, and $700. This is obviously disappointing, but it doesn’t change our current recommendation, since we were expecting the Vega cards to be priced higher than MSRP thanks to high demand and low chip yield.

更新：更新了本文的最新版本後，一些PC遊戲發燒友站點發現了首批Vega品牌卡的零售商優惠券計劃。 基本要點是，在非常少量的入門卡售罄之後，這些卡的價格將分別上漲100美元左右，分別達到500美元，600美元和700美元。 這顯然是令人失望的，但是它並沒有改變我們目前的建議，因為我們預計由於需求量大和晶片產量低，Vega卡的價格將高於MSRP。

RX 400和500系列卡非常便宜 (RX 400 and 500Series Cards Are a Great Bargain)

While NVIDIA and AMD are duking it outagain from $200 on up, the entry level market belongs squarely to AMD. The RX 460 and RX 550/560 cards,starting at just under $100and going up to about the $200 mark, can generally handle new games at 1080p resolution with a few of the more exotic graphics options turned down. For budget builders looking to get a gaming machine with a rock-bottom price, they’re an excellent choice.

儘管NVIDIA和AMD再次從200美元起，但入門級市場完全屬於AMD。 RX 460和RX 550/560卡的起價略低於100美元，最高可達200​​美元左右，它們通常可以處理1080p解析度的新遊戲，但其中一些更奇特的圖形選項被拒絕了。 對於希望以低價購買遊戲機的預算製造商來說，它們是一個絕佳的選擇。

The mid-range is a battlefield, if you’ll pardon the pun, and the new AMD RX 570 and RX 580 cards are competing neck and neck with the GTX 1060 and older equivalents in terms of both price and value. Vendor modifications to reference cards, like a slight overclock or a bump in GDDR5 memory, can make the difference in a head-on battle. But whichever manufacturer you prefer, you’ll find that these new cards can easily handle almost all games at 1080p and 2560p. It’s a good time to be a mid-range gamer.

中端市場是一個戰場，如果您不介意的話，那麼新的AMD RX 570和RX 580卡在價格和價值上都與GTX 1060和更老的同類產品並駕齊驅。 供應商對參考卡的修改(例如輕微的超頻或GDDR5記憶體的顛簸)可以在正面戰鬥中發揮作用。 但是，無論您喜歡哪個製造商，您都會發現這些新卡可以輕鬆處理幾乎所有1080p和2560p的遊戲。 現在是成為中端玩家的好時機。

At this level of the market, you get a bonus: cryptocurrency miners (see below) aren’t interested in relatively low-power GPUs, so prices haven’t ballooned quite so much.

在這個市場水平上，您會得到一個好處：加密貨幣礦工(見下文)對功耗相對較低的GPU並不感興趣，因此價格並未大幅上漲。

便宜的NVIDIA Volta GPU仍有很長的路要走 (Cheaper NVIDIA Volta GPUs Are Still a Long Way Out)

The next revision in NVIDIA’s GPU architecture is codenamed “Volta,” andit’s generally assumed they’ll be using “GTX 20X0” for the brand names (as opposed to 11X0). But with only a single server-class chip recently announced, consumer-grade gaming models are still probably four to fivemonths away at best. The new TITAN V GPU, announced in December and selling for an incredible $3000 retail, is the only consumer-grade Volta card on the market. Expect new high-end cards in the ’70 and ’80 range sometime in the summer or fall of 2018.

NVIDIA GPU架構的下一個修訂版的代號為“ Volta”，通常假設他們將使用“ GTX 20X0”作為品牌名稱(與11X0相對)。 但是，由於最近只宣佈了一種伺服器級晶片，因此，消費者級遊戲模型最多可能還需要四到五個月的時間。 全新的TITAN V GPU於12月釋出，零售價高達$ 3000，是市場上唯一的消費級Volta卡。 預計在2018年夏季或秋季的某個時候推出70和80範圍內的新高階卡。

Since those high-end cards have fairly low production yields as chip factories adapt to the new designs, you can bet those cards will be both expensive and rigid in price. It will take several monthsafterthat for current GTX 1000-series GPUs to start dropping in price, as the expensive GTX 2000 models become easier to find and the budget options his the market.

由於隨著晶片工廠採用新設計，這些高階卡的生產率很低，因此您可以確信這些卡價格昂貴且價格昂貴。 之後，由於昂貴的GTX 2000型號變得更容易找到並且市場上的預算選擇越來越多，當前GTX 1000系列GPU的價格將開始下降。

Volta will probably be a significant bump up in terms of performance at all levels, thanks to a shift to the 12-nanometer manufacturing process. With its older 14nm chips, AMD will need to hold on to its competitive pricing strategy to sell to users who want an alternative to the GTX XX80 and higher cards. When Volta arrives, gamers for whom price is no object will have newer and more extravagant options, and those hoping to save pennies will be able to pick up a Vega card for a song.

由於轉向了12納米制造Craft.io，因此Volta在所有級別的效能上都可能會大幅度提高。 憑藉其較早的14nm晶片，AMD將需要保持其競爭性定價策略，以向希望替代GTX XX80和更高卡的使用者銷售。 當Volta到貨時，價格不成問題的遊戲玩家將擁有更新，更奢侈的選擇，而那些希望節省幾分錢的玩家將可以拿起Vega卡購買歌曲。

加密貨幣採礦使整個GPU市場變得更加昂貴 (Cryptocurrency Mining Makes The Entire GPU Market More Expensive)

If you haven’t heard about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, well, they’re kind of a big deal. We don’t have the expertise or interest to advice you on investing, but whatever your opinion on the new cryptocurrency market, it appears to be having an inflation effect on graphics card prices across the industry.

如果您還沒有聽說過比特幣和其他加密貨幣，那麼它們的確很重要。 我們沒有專業知識或興趣來為您提供投資建議，但無論您對新的加密貨幣市場有何看法，似乎都對整個行業的圖形卡價格產生通脹影響。

Bitcoin and similar blockchain-based cryptocurrency standards can benefit greatly from secondary processing via graphical processing units. That makes graphics cards a relatively cheap way to “mine” for digital coins…which in turn means that graphics cards, especially the most powerful and the most efficient, are in high demand for applications other than gaming.

比特幣和類似的基於區塊鏈的加密貨幣標準可以從圖形處理單元的二次處理中受益匪淺。 這使得圖形卡成為一種相對便宜的“挖掘”數字硬幣的方式……這又意味著圖形卡，尤其是功能最強大和最高效的圖形卡，除了遊戲以外，對其他應用的需求也很高。

High-end cards can be hard to come by at the best of times, thanks to a niche market and sometimes low yields for GPU fabrication. Now, with “miners” building PCs and sometimes even full data centers specifically for cryptocurrency mining, the demand for powerful graphics cards is higher than ever, driving up prices for gamers.

高階卡在最佳時機可能很難獲得，這要歸功於利基市場以及GPU製造有時的低收益。 現在，隨著“礦工”建造個人計算機，有時甚至是專門用於加密貨幣挖掘的完整資料中心，對功能強大的圖形卡的需求比以往任何時候都高，從而推高了遊戲玩家的價格。

Check out this design for a “miner” rack from Amazon: it’s intended for up to six full-length GPUs, a double power supply, and extra cooling fans. If each of those GPUs is at the $500-600 level, that’s a $4000+ machine, all for computing cryptographic hashes… and most definitely not for playingCrysis. This is why you won’t be finding any discounts on that shiny new graphics card any time soon.

在此設計中檢視來自亞馬遜的“礦工”機架：它最多可用於六個全長GPU，雙電源和額外的冷卻風扇。 如果每個GPU的價格都在500-600美元之間，那麼這是一臺4000美元以上的機器，全部用於計算加密雜湊……最肯定不是玩Crysis。 這就是為什麼您很快將不會在該閃亮的新圖形卡上找到任何折扣的原因。

The good news is that as cryptocurrency standards increase in complexity, it will become less and less economical for miners to snap up high-powered and economical cards en masse. The bad news is that interest in cryptocurrency only seems to be growing, and it might be another year or two before the bubble bursts and demand for all but the cheapest cards comes back down to a level influenced by pure gaming. So unless you’re looking to build the cheapest gaming system possible, it’s a really bad time to go out and actually search for deals on graphics cards.

好訊息是，隨著加密貨幣標準的複雜性增加，礦工大批搶購高效能和經濟型卡的經濟性將越來越低。 壞訊息是，人們對加密貨幣的興趣似乎只是在增長，在泡沫破裂之前，可能還要再過一兩年，對除最便宜的卡之外的所有其他卡的需求都將下降到受純遊戲影響的水平。 因此，除非您希望構建最便宜的遊戲系統，否則現在實在是一個非常糟糕的時機，您需要出去尋找圖形卡上的交易。

Between the incoming next-gen cards later in 2018, a market artificially inflated by crypto mining, and developers making PC games more and more efficient at the engine level, it’s a pretty bad time to be searching for a GPU upgrade or an entirely new system. That said, it’s not all doom and gloom: if you’re simply at the point where you want to buy or build, it won’t be impossible to find the card you want. Just be aware that it’s going to cost you more than it otherwise might, and you’ll be behind the curve once new silicon from NVIDIA and AMD arrives.

在2018年晚些時候傳入的下一代卡，因加密貨幣挖礦而人為膨脹的市場，以及使引擎遊戲級別的PC遊戲越來越高效的開發人員之間，尋找GPU升級或全新系統是一個非常糟糕的時機。 就是說，這並不是所有的厄運和憂鬱：如果您只是在要購買或建造的地方，就不會找不到想要的卡。 請注意，這將使您付出的代價比原本要高得多，並且一旦NVIDIA和AMD的新晶片問世時，您將處於落後狀態。

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翻譯自: https://www.howtogeek.com/307993/is-now-a-good-time-to-buy-a-new-nvidia-or-amd-graphics-card/

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