Best Graphics Card for Performance?

[Sebazy]

For consistent performance in extremely crowded areas this game is highly CPU bound, far more so than the GPU unless you're running heavy amounts of reshade at least.

Jumping between a Ryzen 3800X to a 5800X sees a jump of over 30%. Afaik the new 5800X3D is a similar leap again.

GPU wise the game generally appears to favour Nvidia a little, new at that price is tricky though, the 3060 is barely faster than a 2060 super. If you're playing at 1080p I'd look to see if you can find a good deal on a regular 2060. If you can save a good amount of money vs a 3060 that's a solid route to go. Otherwise see if you can stretch to a 3060Ti. It's a substantial leap over the regular 3060.

[Dzian]

What's your monitor? That,d probably be a deciding factor..

If your using a 1080p display then spending to much on a better gpu would be a waste. You'd never see the performance increase.

But if your running 1440 or higher then the difference newer gpus make is much bigger and more noticeable.

[Johners]

An RTX 3090 Ti and Intel Core i9-12900KS would be best if you’re willing to spend the money

[VictorSpoils]

RTX 3060 runs the game fine at 1440p with max settings. I have it capped at 60 FPS because my monitor is 60hz + the game apparently has animation issues above that framerate + the fans are already loud enough as is in the city-states. Only notice slight FPS drops when there are a hundred people attacking or when Seiryu whips out that GPU-killing tidal wave.