Processor · what to pair with it
What to pair with the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
LGA1851 · 125W · $225. This processor can feed about 163 fps in big games. Past that, more card is money that never turns into frames.
Read at 1440p, AAA gaming, against 82 graphics cards in the catalogue.
The most card it can feed
RTX 4090
$2,089About 150 fps at 1440p, with the card setting the pace rather than the processor. A bigger card than this one would be waiting on the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus.
The full verdict on this pairGraphics cards in step with it
47 of 82 are a fair match, and these are the fastest of them. The three columns are the same pairing read at each resolution: a graphics card that holds this one back at 1080p is often invisible at 4k, which is the whole reason the answer depends on the screen.
| graphics card | price | 1080p | 1440p | 4k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 5090 | $4,699 | 163 | 163 | 120 |
| RTX 4090 | $2,089 | 163 | 150 | 95 |
| RTX 5080 | $1,249 | 163 | 140 | 85 |
| RTX 4080 Super | $1,099 | 160 | 130 | 78 |
| RX 7900 XTX | $1,045 | 150 | 125 | 78 |
| RTX 4080 | $1,099 | 155 | 125 | 75 |
| RX 9070 XT | $700 | 140 | 115 | 70 |
| RTX 5070 Ti | $1,100 | 145 | 115 | 70 |
| RX 7900 XT | $825 | 135 | 110 | 66 |
| RTX 4070 Ti Super | $934 | 140 | 110 | 65 |
Frames are an estimate and move with the game and the settings. Prices are the catalogue’s, each with the date it was read on its own part.
Do not put it with these
24 of 82 are flagged at 1440p. In each of these one side cannot keep up with the other, so part of what you paid for sits idle.
- RX 55095% of the processor unused
- RX 56093% of the processor unused
- GTX 1050 Ti91% of the processor unused
- GTX 165090% of the processor unused
- RX 640090% of the processor unused
A whole machine around it
Board, memory, drive, supply, cooling and case, picked to a budget and checked for fit.
Every graphics card we have
The same page for each of them, and what each one is worth pairing with.