Meanwhile, the GeForce RTX 3070 starts closer to $600 but we'd pass on those. If you can land a Radeon 6800 XT for ~$500, that's a good deal, but much over that and we wouldn't bother. As of writing, retailers list multiple 6800 XTs for between $540 and $550, but none are in stock, while some local retailers have removed 6800 XT listings entirely. The release of the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is imminent and this new GPU could break the segment if it becomes available close to $800, potentially driving all older models' pricing down, which would be great.īy now most of the good deals on Radeon RX 68 XT graphics cards have been snapped up. The price range between $500 and $800 is a tough one at the moment and the time to buy has temporarily expired. Mid-range Performance: $600+ Radeon RX 6800 XT or ? In our opinion ray tracing performance isn't terribly useful here, so the only key selling point would be DLSS, but the upscaling options for Radeon GPUs are improving all the time. The advantage Nvidia has over AMD at these lower performance tiers is limited. In other words, the RTX 3060 Ti is the first GeForce product where we'd start entertaining the idea of purchasing it. The problem with the RTX 3060 though is that if you spend 10% more on the 6700 XT, you'll receive around 35% more performance. You're also looking at around $330 for the standard RTX 3060, resulting in a similar cost per frame as the 3060 Ti. Right now the 6750 XT is typically ~10% more expensive, making the original better value, so our recommendation then would be for the 6700 XT, then you can overclock it and get 6750 XT performance for free.Īlternatively, the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti can be had for a little over $400, which is similar to the 6750 XT in terms of pricing, but worse when it comes to the value equation as it costs 15% more than the 6700 XT and is ~5% slower on average. The Radeon 6750 XT is ~5% faster than the 6700 XT, so if pricing is similar you might as well go with the refreshed model. In this price range the best options include the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Radeon RX 6700 XT and 6750 XT. Mainstream GPUs at $400: GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or Radeon RX 6750 XTįor those of you with around $400 to spend on a graphics card, Nvidia starts to become competitive. The RTX 3050 still costs at least $260, pricing it closer to the 6650 XT which is an issue considering the plain RX 6600 straight up destroys the 3050, delivering over 20% more performance on average, while costing less. There's no GeForce alternative worthy of consideration at this price point. If you can push the budget closer to $300, the Radeon 6650 XT is also a great option, for an extra 20% than the vanilla model, you get another 20% more performance. So for around $200, the Radeon RX 6600 is your best value graphics card option. The Radeon RX 6600 also supports video encoding, more than two display outputs, twice the PCIe bandwidth, and can produce more than 60 fps in modern AAA titles using reasonable quality settings at 1080p. That's because for $60 more you can get yourself an Radeon RX 6600 and although that's a ~40% price premium, the 6600 is on average 80% faster at 1080p. Today it can be had for $160 and sometimes less than that, but in reality this GPU frankly belongs to a sub-$100 segment. A truly bad example would be the Radeon 6500 XT, which launched in January 2022 with a 4GB model that was supposed to be $200, but due to the supply and demand issues began life closer to $300+. Entry-level: Around $200 AMD Radeon RX 6600 or Radeon 6650 XTįor $200 or less there aren't that many GPU options, and certainly very few good ones. We'll start from the bottom and work our way up the food chain. So depending on your perspective, you could argue you're getting what you paid for. There are a few models that have fallen below MSRP to finally become decent deals, while others are still massively overpriced, but, can offer incredible performance. In the past year we've seen a lot of new graphics card releases, but very few of them have been exciting, resulting in a situation where the product that sucks the least is the winner. To make the process of choosing a new graphics card a little easier, TechSpot's Best GPUs guide is intended to answer one simple question: Given a specific budget, which is the graphics card you should buy? Year in and year out we test dozens of GPUs from Nvidia, AMD (and also Intel) to see which are worth your money, and which are dead on arrival. When it comes to graphics cards, we go in-depth.
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