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Graphic Card Price Going High Again

Graphics Card Prices: The All-time GPU Deals

GPU Retail Availability
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Graphics Cards Are Finally Back in Stock

The past xviii months have not been kind to any PC enthusiasts looking to upgrade their graphics cards.

GPU prices

on the

all-time graphics cards

accept been terrible, with many cards peaking at over three times their official MSRP. Simply the long, dark nighttime is coming to an terminate, equally we knew it eventually must. There has been a steady downward tendency in 2022 on GPU pricing, and we're at present at the point where many graphics cards are actually in stock at prices relatively close to MSRP. In fact, there are even a few selling beneath MSRP.

As you might doubtable, cards that had higher launch MSRPs are more readily available at MSRP, while those GPUs that had seemingly "too adept to be true" prices are still marked upwardly a bit. Merely paying slightly college prices for a third-party manufacturing plant overclocked bill of fare isn't exactly unusual, as those take unremarkably been marked upwardly about 10–20% over the base models.

Nosotros'll provide a rundown of all the latest generation graphics cards, with thoughts on the electric current price and performance on tap. Our

GPU benchmarks

provide the operation data for our discussion of overall value, and we'll list both online retail prices also as the average eBay cost over the past calendar week — both of which are prone to fluctuation, so while the prices at the time of writing were correct, things will inevitably modify. The previous-gen GPUs (i.e., Nvidia Turing and AMD RDNA) may also exist worth considering if there are whatsoever decent deals, though that will generally be via purchasing on eBay/used.

If you're looking for the best bang for the buck, nosotros've ranked the various GPUs by FPS per dollar spent. There are even some AMD cards on sale for less than AMD's MSRP, and many AMD GPUs are basically beingness sold with prices starting at MSRP. It'due south a big change from simply a few months ago.

The following represents a snapshot in time, which we've updated as of May 18, 2022. Prices are likely to drop even further unless something changes, though with rumors that Nvidia's Ada may announced every bit early as July, that may arrive before Team Green gets back to MSRP.

Overall Graphics Card Value Ranking

Here'southward the high-level overview, ranking all of the current and previous generation graphics cards based on the best prices currently available — that means eBay if the average price there is lower than the retail cost, though retail pricing was used for many of the cards. Prices continue to change on a daily basis, and nosotros periodically update this table if and when we detect any major swings in pricing.

We've sorted the following table based on the FPS per dollar spent, using the 1080p ultra functioning. That volition penalize cards that simply have 4GB VRAM, but using 1080p medium would similarly penalize the faster GPUs since they cannot show their true dust at such depression settings. Note that the links are to Amazon, which generally won't accept the lowest price.

* Factory overclocked card that may not fully represent 'typical' performance

AMD'due south "midrange" GPUs proceed to dominate the top of the table, with the all-time Nvidia GPUs coming from the Turing generation and using eBay prices. The RX 6600 and RX 6600 XT take the top 2 spots, followed by the previous generation RX 5500 XT 4GB. Then nosotros become the RX 6650 XT and the RX 6700 XT.

For Nvidia, the best bargain on an Ampere GPU comes in the form of the RTX 3060, courtesy of this open box Asus card at Newegg. Make new cards at Newegg tend to cost most $thirty more, though they also typically accept at to the lowest degree two fans. The 3060 lands in ninth identify, just ahead of AMD's new RX 6750 XT. The next closest Ampere cards are in 16th or lower position with the RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti.

The RTX 3090 Ti through RTX 3080, along with the RX 6950 XT and RX 6900 XT, all rank near the lesser of the chart due to their higher prices. Y'all might be able to justify the RTX 3080 or above, or AMD's RX 6900 XT, only nosotros'd steer clear of the RX 6950 XT and RTX 3080 Ti through RTX 3090 Ti. As well note that right at present, the RTX 3080 12GB tin exist had for slightly less than the RTX 3080 10GB, an interesting twist that'southward probably not going to concluding.

Ultimately, only you can decide how much y'all're willing to spend and when yous need to upgrade your graphics card. Budget-minded shoppers accept largely been out of luck throughout the latter half of 2020 and all of 2021, and even at present, information technology isn't easy to discover truly good budget offerings. However, things are headed in the right direction over again, and if you lot've been sitting on an older GPU and hoping to upgrade without spending a fortune, you should before long have more i or 2 options to choose between.

At present let'south move on to the private GPUs, looking just at the RTX 30- and RX-6000 series. We've sorted things based on performance, from loftier to low, with Nvidia first and AMD second.

Nvidia RTX 30-Series GPUs

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
$i,999 MSRP; $1,799 retail; $ane,942 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Blackness Gaming at EVGA
Gigabyte RTX 3090 Ti Gaming at B&H Photo

MSI RTX 3090 Ti Gaming X Trio at Newegg

Even though it's the fastest graphics card currently bachelor, the RTX 3090 Ti tin can exist constitute beneath MSRP at present, probably considering it was overpriced to begin with. Overclocked models can push the price into the $two,100+ range, but B&H currently has a bargain on the MSI Gaming 10 Trio for $1,899, with a $100 post-in rebate. That's not a 'bargain' in any way, shape, or form, only if you simply must accept the fastest GPU around, ability and price be damned, this is the card to go. Just know that

Nvidia Ada GPUs

are likely to arrive around September, and we fully expect the "RTX 4080" (whatsoever it ends up being called) to deliver meliorate operation than the 3090 Ti for about half the toll.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
$i,499 MSRP; $1,699 retail; $1,500 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3090

Dell OEM RTX 3090 at Amazon
EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming at EVGA
Gigabyte RTX 3090 Gaming OC at Newegg

Stepping down to the RTX 3090 isn't a peachy idea, as the cards have retentiveness on both sides of the PCB, which more often than not leads to higher GDDR6X temperatures — too high in many cases, bluntly. Information technology's about 8–9% slower than the 3090 Ti, and correct at present the cheapest 3090 only costs virtually $100 less than the cheapest 3090 Ti. Stepping up to a faster carte ordinarily gives diminishing returns, only at present it'southward six% more money for 10% more than performance. In that location aren't many original 3090 cards available either, so prices may go along to stagnate above the nominal MSRP.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
$1,199 MSRP; $ane,199 retail; $1,165 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

EVGA RTX 3080 Ti XC3 Ultra Gaming at EVGA
Gigabyte RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC at Newegg
Zotac RTX 3080 Ti Trinity OC at Amazon

The principal difference between the RTX 3080 Ti and the RTX 3090 is that the 3080 Ti has half as much memory. It's also technically clocked a bit slower, at least going by the reference clocks, but in practice the 3080 Ti is but a few percent slower than the 3090. If you're still interested in cryptocurrency mining, note that the 3080 Ti cards all have Nvidia'due south LHR limiter in place, though NiceHash has managed to crack that — not that we'd propose buying more cards for mining at this late stage in the game. As i of the more than recent Nvidia releases, the MSRP is besides quite inflated — too inflated, many would say. We look the future "RTX 4070" volition evangelize roughly the same level of operation for half the cost.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
No MSRP; $819 retail; $984 eBay
Read our total review: GeForce RTX 3080 12GB

EVGA RTX 3080 12GB XC3 Ultra Gaming at Amazon
MSI RTX 3080 12GB Ventus at Newegg
Zotac RTX 3080 12GB Trinity OC at Amazon

Nvidia'southward 12GB update to the RTX 3080 adds a few more than GPU cores and doesn't come up with an official MSRP, though unofficially nosotros'd put it at around $799 — $100 more than the 10GB card. Depending on the carte you go, the mill overclock tin can nearly make upwards for any loss in GPU cores compared to the RTX 3080 Ti, though usually we expect it to be about 5% slower. You still get the same 12GB of GDDR6X retentiveness, and it's one of the better loftier-terminate offerings right now, peculiarly if y'all want Nvidia'south superior ray tracing hardware and DLSS capabilities. Right at present, the least expensive 3080 12GB actually costs less than the cheapest 10GB model, though annotation that the LHR limiter remains in total effect on the 3080 12GB.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 10GB
$699 MSRP; $849 retail; $947 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3080

EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming at EVGA
Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC at Newegg

MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X at Amazon

The RTX 3080 launch presented a cost and performance ratio that was almost likewise good to be truthful, and nosotros've never really seen the GPU in large quantities sold for anywhere close to its $699 MSRP. Early, scalpers pushed the price well to a higher place $i,000, and at the summit of cryptocurrency mining, the 3080 was selling for over $2,100 on eBay. Even at present, relative to the MSRP, this remains i of the almost "overpriced" cards. Y'all can pick up a 3080 10GB for as trivial as $850 now, just $150 more than the MSRP, but the above 12GB model currently represents the better deal. Once more, acquit in mind the awaiting Ada launch, which will likely have an "RTX 4070" grade card for less money with more than functioning.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
$599 MSRP; $699 retail; $726 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Asus RTX 3070 Ti TUF Gaming at Newegg
MSI RTX 3070 Ti Ventus 3X at Newegg
Zotac RTX 3070 Ti Trinity OC at Amazon

In that location'southward a relatively large gap in performance going from the RTX 3080 down to the RTX 3070 Ti, by and large thank you to the loss of memory and memory bandwidth. At higher resolutions like 1440p and 4K, the 3080 delivers 15–xxx% college frame rates — sometimes more, in cases where 8GB simply isn't sufficient for the data gear up (similar in Total State of war: Warhammer 3 at 4K ultra). The move to GDDR6X memory too acquired an abnormally large jump in ability employ compared to the vanilla 3070, though information technology can be a bit difficult to observe the standard 3070 in stock these days.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
$499 MSRP; $609 retail; $682 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3070

Asus RTX 3070 KO Win at Newegg
MSI RTX 3070 Ventus 2X at Newegg
PNY RTX 3070 XLR8 at Amazon

Nvidia's RTX 3070 might likewise be effectively discontinued at this stage, as it'southward difficult to find cards in stock. Of those we actually could detect, several toll nearly every bit much every bit the 3070 Ti. If you really want to avoid the higher power use of the Ti, the MSI model sells for only over $600 right now. There's also relatively little divergence in performance between this and the 3060 Ti below, which is more readily available.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
$399 MSRP; $559 retail; $606 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

EVGA RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming at Amazon
Gigabyte  RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC at Newegg
MSI RTX 3060 Ti Ventus at Newegg

Like the RTX 3070, the RTX 3060 Ti seems to exist more than difficult to find and currently sits at college prices, relative to the MSRP, than some of the other Nvidia GPUs. The lowest price we're tracking is still xl% higher than the suggested starting toll, and in terms of performance, the 3060 Ti lands between AMD's RX 6600 XT and the RX 6700 XT. Given the extra memory and added performance of the 6700 XT, beingness able to find it at a lower toll makes it an easy pick, unless you absolutely love playing DXR games with DLSS enabled.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
$329 MSRP; $379 retail; $434 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3060

Gigabyte RTX 3060 Windforce at Amazon
MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X at Newegg
PNY RTX 3060 XLR8 at Amazon

Nvidia's RTX 3060 was the offset card to implement the LHR mining rate limiter, which was later cleaved and and so fixed with a new revision of the VBIOS — and is now broken again thanks to NiceHash. For new cards, the lowest price is $409.99 at Newegg, though there's an open box Asus card for only $379.99, making this the all-time value on an RTX xxx-series GPU right now. Nvidia'due south 3060 competes well against AMD's RX 6600, which as well has the aforementioned nominal $329 starting price. Hopefully, we'll see these cards drop another 20–30% in the coming months, every bit we don't anticipate seeing an Ada alternative "RTX 4060" until sometime in 2023.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
$249 MSRP; $314 retail; $316 eBay
Read our full review: GeForce RTX 3050

EVGA RTX 3050 90 Gaming at Newegg
EVGA RTX 3050 Xc Gaming at EVGA
MSI RTX 3050 Ventus at Amazon

Nvidia's slowest RTX carte to date, the 3050 generally comes in a flake behind the previous generation RTX 2060, despite having 2GB more VRAM. There are a few exceptions, merely overall the 2060 remains the superior card — just avoid using settings that go beyond its 6GB VRAM limit. We've seen the RTX 3050 in stock several times during the past calendar month for nether $300, though right now the best we tin can practise is $315. That's a 26% markup, and then if y'all want a 3050, try to hold off until you tin can selection it up for closer to $250.

AMD RX 6000-Serial GPUs

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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
$1,099 MSRP; $i,099 retail; zero on eBay
Read our full review: Radeon RX 6950 XT

ASRock RX 6950 XT Formula OC at Newegg
PowerColor RX 6950 XT Ruby Devil at Amazon
Sapphire RX 6950 XT Toxic at Amazon

The new RX 6950 XT at present ranks as the fastest AMD consumer graphics carte, with up to ten% more functioning than the 6900 XT. If we ignore ray tracing and DLSS performance, the 6950 XT takes the crown from Nvidia's best, at least at 1080p and 1440p. It'south notwithstanding about 6% slower than the RTX 3090 Ti at 4K ultra, only more critically, ray tracing performance falls far backside Nvidia'southward top GPUs. Even the RTX 3070 Ti tin merchandise blows with the RX 6950 XT in enervating DXR games, and that'due south without enabling DLSS. Like many of AMD's GPUs, y'all can detect the 6950 XT starting at MSRP, including Sapphire's liquid-cooled Toxic model.


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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 MSRP; $799 retail; $799 eBay
Read our full review: Radeon RX 6800 XT

MSI RX 6800 XT Gaming Z Trio at Newegg
Sapphire RX 6800 XT Pulse at Amazon
XFX RX 6800 XT Speedster Merc319 Core at Newegg

The RX 6800 XT only drops performance by near 7% compared to the 6900 XT, and you save about 11% in cost. Overall, it'southward a more sensible choice, but we question spending this much coin on a new GPU when the side by side generation cards are potentially just months away — granted, we don't know what price or availability volition be like, but hopefully information technology volition be better in both cases. In traditional games, the 6800 XT trades blows with the 3080 Ti, falling somewhat behind (by ix%) at 4K ultra, but fifty-fifty without DLSS, it can only keep upward with the RTX 3070 in DXR games.


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AMD Radeon RX 6800
$579 MSRP; $759 retail; $687 eBay
Read our full review: Radeon RX 6800

ASRock RX 6800 Phantom Gaming D at Newegg
PowerColor RX 6800 Red Dragon at Amazon
Sapphire RX 6800 Pulse at Amazon

AMD'southward Radeon RX 6800 has always been in a bit of a tight spot. The official launch cost was only x% lower than the 6800 XT, while operation was nigh xv% slower due to the curbed GPU shader counts and lower clocks. However, Mining performance basically matches the 6900 XT, which meant that at the tiptop of the crypto-bubble, the vanilla RX 6800 price most every bit much equally the RX 6900 XT and was very hard to find. These days, the toll remains higher than nosotros'd like, and you just salve about 5% compared to the 6800 XT while still sacrificing 15% performance. So look to the 6700/6750 XT if you lot want a more than affordable just still fast AMD GPU.


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AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
$549 MSRP; $549 retail; not yet on eBay
Full review coming soon!

ASRock RX 6750 XT Challenger Pro at Newegg
Gigabyte RX 6750 XT Gaming OC at Newegg
PowerColor RX 6750 XT Red Devil at Amazon

The RX 6750 XT represents one of 3 "new" AMD GPUs, all at higher prices than the models they nominally supplant. In our testing, the RX 6750 is only upward to 5% faster than the RX 6700 XT, which is almost what yous'd get from a pocket-sized overclock. The recommended price meanwhile increased by $70, which already feels bad in the wake of falling GPU prices. Performance trades blows with Nvidia's RTX 3070, with Nvidia holding a slight atomic number 82 simply currently with a $lx premium. Nvidia besides runs much faster in DXR games, however, so the added cost might be worth paying.


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AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
$479 MSRP; $484 retail; $489 eBay
Read our full review: Radeon RX 6700 XT

ASRock RX 6700 XT Challenger D at Newegg
MSI RX 6700 XT Mech 2X at Newegg
XFX RX 6700 XT Speedster at Amazon

Trimming the shader counts, die size, memory capacity, and Infinity Enshroud size relative to the faster Navi 21 GPU helped AMD to cut prices quite a bit. The Radeon RX 6700 XT currently ranks as one of the best overall values, with a retail cost that's just a hair above the official MSRP. Performance remains strong at 1440p ultra, landing halfway between the RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti in standard gaming performance — but slightly backside the RTX 3060 if yous enable DXR. Considering the price is $threescore lower than the 3060 Ti and over $100 less than the 3070, the 6700 XT is certainly worthy of consideration.


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AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
$399 MSRP; $399 retail; not yet on eBay
Full review coming before long!

ASRock RX 6650 XT Challenger D at Newegg
Gigabyte RX 6650 XT Eagle at Newegg
PowerColor RX 6650 XT Hellhound at Amazon

The RX 6650 XT is the but one of the new GPU models that's supposed to fully supercede the outgoing RX 6600 XT. That'due south unfortunate, as the toll is higher and operation is hardly any different — the 18Gbps GDDR6 memory just doesn't seem to help that much, peradventure due to changes in memory timings. Still, it's merely $xxx or and so more than than the least expensive RX 6600 XT, and then you get 3–five% for well-nigh seven.5% more than coin. Nosotros'll accept to run across if retail prices hold on the 6650 XT, or if it also starts selling below MSRP.


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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
$379 MSRP; $373 retail; $372 eBay
Read our total review: Radeon RX 6600 XT

ASRock RX 6600 XT Challenger D at Newegg
MSI RX 6600 XT Gaming X at Amazon
XFX RX 6600 XT Speedster at Newegg

The RX 6600 XT has officially hitting cease of life, with the RX 6650 XT replacing it. You can all the same observe the bill of fare, starting at $373 online, which is less than the official MSRP. Operation lands midway betwixt the RTX 3060 and the RTX 3060 Ti, with a price that's basically tied with the one-time and almost $200 less than the latter. That's at 1080p and 1440p, though quite a few games may struggle to striking 60 fps at 1440p ultra. Also, annotation that DXR performance takes a large twenty% step down from the 6700 XT and basically only matches the RTX 2060 for ray tracing games (still without DLSS). Don't purchase this for ray tracing, but it's otherwise a good upper midrange solution.


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AMD Radeon RX 6600
$329 MSRP; $300 retail; $321 eBay
Read our full review: Radeon RX 6600

MSI RX 6600 Mech 2X at Newegg
XFX RX 6600 Speedster SWFT 210 at Newegg
XFX RX 6600 Core at Amazon

The Radeon RX 6600 is another AMD selling for less than the official MSRP. It costs less than the going rate for the RTX 3050 every bit well, while averaging 30% higher frame rates in our standard gaming examination suite — it fifty-fifty tied the RTX 3060, making it well worth the toll. The vanilla 6600 generally serves equally a proficient 1080p gaming solution, generally handling ultra settings at 60 fps or more than (except for in the more enervating games similar Flight Simulator and Total War: Warhammer three), but you'll mostly want to stick with medium or high settings if you plan on running games at 1440p. Also note that ray tracing performance on the RX 6600 was quite poor, falling 12% backside the RTX 3050, if that's something you lot care about.


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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 MSRP; $199 retail; $193 eBay
Read our full review: Radeon RX 6500 XT

ASRock RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D at Newegg
PowerColor RX 6500 XT at Amazon
XFX RX 6500 XT Speedster QICK 210 at Newegg

Last and least of the electric current generation GPUs (nosotros don't have testing data for the RX 6400 yet, though with its lower power draw and reduced GPU core counts, we're not expecting much), the RX 6500 XT underwhelms in a lot of ways. It tries to make up for that with its budget pricing, and at to the lowest degree somewhat succeeds. Like all of the other GPUs higher up it, the 6500 XT initially sold out at launch and tended to go for $300 or more, but word of its lackluster performance got out chop-chop and prices plummeted. You can find information technology now for the suggested $200 without too much difficulty, and sometimes even less. Functioning only matches upward against the older GTX 1650 Super and even trails the previous generation RX 5500 XT 4GB. If graphics carte du jour availability continues to improve, we expect RX 6500 XT prices to stabilize at closer to $150 somewhen.

Nvidia Turing and AMD RDNA GPUs

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The current generation Nvidia Ampere and AMD RDNA ii graphics cards are all withal in production and supplies seem to be improving. That'south not true of the previous generation cards, where prices haven't dropped nearly as much equally on the latest GPUs and supplies remain tight. If you lot want to buy a previous-gen card, your best bet will oftentimes be eBay, as retail prices are either nonexistent or horribly overpriced. Here's the quick rundown of all the previous generation GPUs and the prices we're currently seeing, though do note that the eBay listings are typically for used cards.

  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: $1,199 MSRP, $710 eBay
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super: $699 MSRP, $513 eBay
  • GeForce RTX 2080: $699 MSRP, $433 eBay
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super: $499 MSRP, $424 eBay
  • GeForce RTX 2070: $499 MSRP, $380 eBay
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super: $399 MSRP, $400 eBay
  • GeForce RTX 2060: $299 MSRP, $290 eBay
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti: $279 MSRP, $268 eBay
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Super: $229 MSRP, $274 eBay
  • GeForce GTX 1660: $219 MSRP,  $227 eBay
  • GeForce GTX 1650 Super: $169 MSRP, $193 eBay
  • GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6: $159 MSRP, $190 eBay
  • GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5: $159 MSRP, $180 eBay
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT: $399 MSRP, $484 eBay
  • Radeon RX 5700: $349 MSRP, $422 eBay
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT: $279 MSRP, $313 eBay
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB: $199 MSRP, $222 eBay
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB: $169 MSRP, $160 eBay

Retail prices are basically silliness in the extreme on most of the previous generation cards now. With side by side-gen GPUs arriving in the coming months, you should probably just laugh and move on. We're using eBay prices for all of the cards, and the only GPUs you can sometimes find in stock at retail are the RTX 2060 and some of the GTX 16-series models.

Your best options for previous generation GPUs right at present are the GTX 1650 vanilla, the RX 5500 XT 4GB, and the RTX 2060. The 2060 beat out the newer RTX 3050 past eight% on average, and it trailed slightly in a couple of the games that exceeded it'south 6GB VRAM. We wouldn't pay more than $250–$300 for the 2060, but if y'all can find it at that toll information technology'due south still a decent midrange card.

You'll also want to pay attending to how performance stands up to the newer cards using our

GPU benchmarks hierarchy

. For example, the RTX 3050 might be slower than the RTX 2060, merely information technology's too near 15% faster than the GTX 1660 Super, and it supports the full DirectX 12 Ultimate feature gear up forth with DLSS. Don't pay more for an inferior GTX GPU, in other words.

Closing Thoughts

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If you've been holding off on a graphics card upgrade for the by 2 years, you might be tempted to finally have the plunge. The RX 6600 and RX 6600 XT stand for the best overall picks in our book, as neither one is likely to be immediately replaced with a new RDNA 3 GPU afterwards this yr. The RX 6700 XT besides represents a good value, though we do expect the $500-course cards to encounter more than competition this autumn. AMD's "refreshed" 6x50 cards aren't bad, but they're as well not really improve than the cards they're based on.

Nvidia's graphics cards go on to be more sought after, based on current pricing and marking ups. If you want DLSS support and better DXR performance, be prepared to pay more than for the privilege. The Nvidia GPUs selling at or close to MSRP also tend to take much higher MSRPs to brainstorm with, while the most desirable cards in theory, like the RTX 3080, RTX 3070, RTX 3060 Ti, and RTX 3060, are all still selling for 20–40% over MSRP. If you lot want i of those cards and aren't willing to go with AMD, we'd suggest waiting a bit more as we expect prices will continue to autumn.

Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs are also slated to arrive for desktops in the near time to come, but information technology'due south difficult to predict where they'll land. Early benchmarks of the mobile variants aren't particularly promising, but the higher end cards may be able to take on the likes of the RTX 3060/3070 and RX 6600/6700. Or they might autumn well short, in which example only lower prices will go along Intel competitive — and drivers are still a real business organization for Intel.

For Nvidia and AMD, we look new high-end and extreme graphics cards to make it before the end of the year. The fact that AMD just did a refresh suggests RDNA three won't arrive in volume until the very stop of the year. Nvidia's Ada architecture meanwhile should land round around July, potentially, and then if yous're eyeing the RTX 3080 Ti or above, it volition likely be worth the wait.

Jarred Walton is a senior editor at Tom's Hardware focusing on everything GPU. He has been working as a tech announcer since 2004, writing for AnandTech, Maximum PC, and PC Gamer. From the first S3 Virge '3D decelerators' to today'southward GPUs, Jarred keeps up with all the latest graphics trends and is the one to enquire about game operation.

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