

Whether you're planning to upgrade your system just for Apex Legends, or you just want to gauge and tune the rig you've already got, here's PC Labs' take on the best GPUs for Apex Legends in early 2019. But Apex Legends is all about quick reaction times that require buttery-smooth onscreen action, and the only way to keep yourself ahead of today's competition (which is fierce, mind you) is to make sure you're getting the best possible frame rates from your machine-while leveraging what your display panel can handle. Now, if you're a casual player, you might not care much, and just run the game on what you have, turning down settings until choppiness disappears. So, I figured: Hey, Apex party! I put the game through its paces to see the rough frame rates that gamers can expect from samples of the top graphics cards on store shelves today. Here at PC Labs, I have access to a library of all the late-model video cards from AMD and Nvidia. Indeed, dedicated graphics is a near-must if you want to play Apex Legends at a competitive level ( Nvidia certainly agrees, according to this research, though there just might be a vested interest there!), without dialing down settings far enough to be a nuisance. Ironically, though, it's a lot more resource-demanding on a PC than Fortnite. This so-called "Fortnite killer" isn't slowing down anytime soon. It will have picked up thousands more before you get to the end of this story.

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