
And once again, at 4K things were much closer.
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On the Grand Theft Auto V benchmark (very high settings), the 1080p trend continued, with the Vengeance i7200 again delivering a class-leading 166 fps, slightly ahead of the Alienware's 161. And even at 4K, its score of 106 fps was 7 frames ahead of the Alienware, with its custom RTX 3090. On Far Cry New Dawn (ultra), the Corsair’s 1080p score of 125 fps was again ahead of competing machines. The Maingear Vybe, with its previous-generation RTX 2080 Ti was significantly behind everything else here. At 4K the Corsair and Alienware systems were tied (unsurprising given their similar GPUs). In Shadow of the Tomb Raider (highest settings), the Vengeance i7200 started off strong, surpassing the Alienware by 7 fps (frames per second) at 1080p and the 3080-powered iBuypower system by more than 10. But as much as we like the Corsair case and components, iBuypower offers up a similarly powerful RDY IWBG207 for $2,200 - although that system is also experiencing stock issues of its own. Those who want most of the gaming performance while spending less can opt for a 3080-based model with less RAM and storage for a more reasonable $2,799. The whole thing is housed in the excellent 4000D Airflow case with six quiet RGB fans and a 240mm AIO cooler.Īt $4,499 in this configuration (CS-9050001) though, it's also extremely pricey. You also get a pair of speedy Force MP400 SSDs (for a stunning 4TB of solid-state storage) and a generous 64GB of RGB RAM clocked at 3200MHz. This Vengeance chews through AAA titles with ease and looks great doing it, thanks to its pairing of an MSI-made RTX 3090 and an Intel Core i9-010850K. But if you need that high-end gaming experience now, buying a prebuilt system like Corsair's Vengeance i7200 might be your best bet.

One solution would of course be to wait - both for better stock and for AMD's imminent competing Big Navi/6000-series cards. Nvidia's latest high-end Ampere GPUs sit pretty on our best graphics card page, and the RTX 3090 specifically sits atop our GPU benchmark hierarchy, but these cards remain next to impossible to buy at or near their MSRP.
