The Best "Budget" GPUs to Buy Right Now

[@BenyaminLorit]

Came from a struggling 1060 and bought a used RX6600 for cheap as a placeholder card but was pleasantly surprised with how it managed to handle everything I threw at it so far at 1080p with very little compromise and at ridiculously low power consumption. I decided to just stick with it for a while. 😄

[@HardwareCanucks]

A 6600 isn't a placeholder these days. It's an AWESOME option.

[@BREEZYM6015]

What CPU do you have? I have a 1060 6GB and an i7 8700k. What GPU would you recommend I get when I can upgrade?

[@dreadlock17]

​@@BREEZYM60156700 xt if you're on a budget

[@Usercehdbf]

Rx 6600, or 6650xt or maybe a 3070 is you wanna shell out the money

[@chase7974]

Yeah I bought an Rx 6600 for a friend as an upgrade over his 1060. It's a great 1080p card, and you can auto overclock it in the AMD software to get it on par with a 3060.

[@MKR3238]

just wanted to say i love your thumbnails they're beautiful and elegant and not some ugly click bait YTber screaming in my face or making dumb expressions that make me not want to click in the first place

[@petertrex]

This year especially lineups and company as well as retails has been manupilative af, but people you and Steve helps the peep out. Please keep up the good work!

[@hoogletm]

Just got my RX6600. It's great for markets like Brazil (where I live) where $200 is almost the monthly minimum wage. Got mine for R$1140, which is about $230. Considering import taxes would >usually< make the price much higher than that, I think it's a great deal. Now I can finally play Starfield without my eyes bleeding lol

[@Djare915]

Awesome man!I am also in 3rd world country in Europe and I am also be getting the rx6600.It's best buy,no brainer!

[@glock4455]

got myself a rx 6650xt for R$ 1250 in a black friday deal. damn good one considering normal prices for the 6650xt are 1700 to 1800 reais

[@hoogletm]

@@glock4455 Yeah that was a killer deal, congrats. Unfortunatelly that price was just for paying all at once (à vista). When paid "in installments" (parcelado), it would be about 1500, which is still good, but over my credit limit.

[@techmasterkat9048]

Also 3rd world amd enjoyer here, I got myself a 6650xt for 200-ish usd

[@chase7974]

Yup it's pretty good. You can auto overclock it slightly in the AMD software to squeeze out more performance.

[@HViitanen]

Great video! I've always hung around the midtier/budget CPU-bracket because I just don't have the need for super highend cards, so nice to see these kinds of videos. I just picked up a new 6750xt for my new build for 350usd/320euro (EU customer). It was not just cheaper than any Nvidia equivalents but also cheaper than any 6700xt I could find, so felt like a good deal and performance wise it looks like I'll be satisifed.

[@ansonleJH1]

Really love this video. It shows what happens when you have an older cpu and are thinking about a gpu upgrade. It really puts into perspective when you should consider gpu upgrade. Also dig the gundam background 👍

[@hwi7114]

I have a 4070, but if I was building a budget 1080p gaming system I would get a 6600 XT/6650 XT without a doubt, can't beat the price to performance.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Exactly why we recommend it :)

[@hassosigbjoernson5738]

Yeah, 4070 is simply ridiculous considering it's low VRAM. Even in this performance level a used RX 6800/ XT with 16 Gigs still is the way to. Otherwise a RX 6600 XT/ 5700 XT should do the trick.

[@bryantoo6057]

Appreciate the Wing Zero wallpaper in the background.

[@venividivici1990]

This channel is one of the last reliable sources on gaming we have left

[@monitora108]

This is crazy, I just bought a new 7600 for my wife who has a 9600k and needed an in slot upgrade. Glad to see its holding its own on these charts compared to its price.

[@nfugitt89]

I paid $330 for my 1070 and would probably need to spend twice that for a 4070

[@RubenCc1999]

I still have my. 1080ti strix, and I want to upgrade for raytracing but overall performance it is not worth it. I will wait for the 5000 series...

[@letto18]

I got my ASUS Strix 1070 used for $275 CAD ($250+25 shipping) back in October 2020, adjusted for inflation that would be like $317.20 so about the cost of a used RTX 3060 Ti today.

[@theanimazin]

I would go for the rx 6900 and 7900 series or just wait for another generation from both makers. Better to save your money and actually get meaningful differences for the amount you’re willing to spend for your needs of now and the future. I have a gigabyte 1080ti and it’s good for what i currently need and have. I just got a 165hz and gaming with my old ass pc is a lot better. I’ll wait for the next generations from both makers to upgrade. Money will be saved to buy and performance increases will be meaningful.

[@BurittoSandwich]

I only paid $460 for my 4070 open box off eBay like 3 weeks ago. They're coming down in price. Apparently there might be Super versions of some 40-series cards coming out as well so there might be some decent used deals sometime soon.

[@theanimazin]

@@BurittoSandwich thats a damn good price for that card

[@jumpman1213]

Brilliant visual representation on that CPU bottleneck chart. I wish more channels do this

[@HardwareCanucks]

Thanks for the compliment. We struggled to find a way to show this and I think finally it worked well. - Mike

[@jurriaandejongh8677]

Yooo dropping by to say that the thumbnail is gorgeous and tickles my inner graphic something fierce. Keep on rocking lads!

[@HardwareCanucks]

Don't get me started about how many options we did....haha

[@Hyper.773]

Dude this thumbnail looks so clean

[@AvroBellow]

I think that the RX 6600 is the clear winner here because it's a low power card and mostly because it's such a good value! Let's be honest here, if someone is still using a 9th-gen Intel CPU it's NOT because they have money to burn and the bottlenecking of the RX 6600 will be rather mild which means you won't be paying a lot more for performance that you won't be able to use. The fact that it's a great card only seals the win for the RX 6600.

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

I saw a 1080 ti on my local marketplace for $150. That's not a bad option if you don't care about power consumption. It effectively performes like a 2080 or a 3060 ti and has 11GB of vram, making it a great budget 1440P option.

[@MadridistaFrieren]

The 1080 ti is 5% slower than the 3060, i got this info according to Steve hardware unboxed 1080 ti vs 5700 xt revisit.

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

@@MadridistaFrieren good to know, I may have been looking at a smaller sample size with some games that seem to enjoy the 1080 ti.

[@Kapono5150]

Surprisingly, I'v been really enjoying the Most hated 40 series available. So far, its been running two 1440p 240hz monitors and 55 inch LG 4K 120hz TV with no handshake issues. Saw a lot of comments of people struggling to run multiple monitors on Nvidia

[@MadridistaFrieren]

The 4060 ti is the most Hated 40 series cards to date. The 4060 can be tolarated to me tbh, cause of the efficientcy & the fact that it's rival ( i'm looking at you RX 7600) is so bad.

[@bobbyandes]

Really loved the analysis. Great video.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@red4cted-]

Good job on this one! Very useful video, high quality. Keep this up! 😊

[@rgracon]

I happily scooped up the Acer predator bifrost a750 today when I saw a price drop down to 180. My goal was to be as far below $200 as possible, without sacrificing for just garbage. Plus, I really really liked the design better than any of the 6600s or other cards I saw at that price range.

[@HardwareCanucks]

At that price the A750 suddenly becomes a whole lot better

[@rgracon]

@@HardwareCanucks My thoughts (or hopes?) exactly!

[@giraldiego]

Thank you for this video, it helped me a lot to understand what should be my upgrade path in the following months. I have a 4790k with a 1070, it seems it is not worth to spend in a GPU now.

[@jezraelflancia2460]

a fellow 1070 owner

[@hungrychicken31]

have exactly the same gpu/cpu

[@antondovydaitis2261]

A very useful perspective. I am interested in dropping a budget GPU into a Lenovo Thinkstation P520 with either a Xeon W-2133 or W-2135 CPU. As the W-2133 is only slightly faster than the i5-9600K, then I can get by with a $200-ish GPU, but if I want my money's worth with a $300-ish GPU, I will definitely need the W-2135, which is about 25% stronger than the i5-9600K. A very good presentation, thank you.

[@paulsylvester1394]

On the 6650 front, the link is to the Fighter but the Hellhound is marginally better at the same price. Nitpicking? Yes. Love this video as the GPU is a major expense. Some interesting M models on Aliexpress but I don’t do Frankenstein drivers.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Watch out which GPUs you buy from Amazon since some, as they sell out, are being taken over by dubious third party sellers with "lower" prices.

[@HD-uq9yg]

Well done! Great work

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

A friend of mine that does stock car racing irl asked me to build him a pc for iracing to practice on real tracks he will visit. I couldn't believe that you can buy a brand new rx 6800 for $369, the last few years have warped my brain lol. Put together an all quality parts 7600x/6800 rig for $1100 and I really can't wait to get everything in and put it together for him :)

[@SimonHaestoe]

Ugh, here in Sweden the 6800 is almost twice as expensive...

[@ace100hyper3]

To the point! Very informative!

[@prince3121]

Thanx Mike, your videos are so on point! I always watch your videos straight away! 👌😎

[@Abesta83]

Makes me feel good that I spent only 208 for a new 6650xt hellhound to revive an older build. Great video

[@Legitti]

Loving my Legion 7i Pro with RTX 4080 🔥

[@asitonph]

Well explained, thanks for this.

[@ErnestJay88]

I got Asus TUF RTX 3080 Ti (used) for only $350, really great deal since I'm only use 1440p 144hz monitor, that GPU could play almost all newer games, ultra detail, 1440p resolution and 150 fps

[@TheHankoook]

Great video just in time what would be the best drop-in upgrade from GTX 1660 as i still use my R5 2600 as i play on my 1080p 60hgz TV thanks 👍👍👍

[@doc-cle1247]

Great Video. Exactly the informations I needed. Thx

[@Tx_Jay_]

I bought a rx6600 for my first build a few months ago and i must say it's done better than I expecte, for $140 off marketplace. Kinda wanting to upgrade it just because but haven't decided yet, if i do itll be the rx6800 maybe

[@haleybelair1838]

It would be nice to see a comparison like this using a Ryzen 5 5500.

[@Karti200]

That moment when Intel A750 / A770 went from "mehh" in 1080 to "pretty good" in 1440p as an daily 1440p user with A750 - i have to say i am really happy of that card

[@HardwareCanucks]

The ARC series is seriously bizarre to me. At least Intel's driver rollout has been. They seem to have spent a huge amount of resources optimizing for games reviewers benchmark but people don't play (Hitman, RotTR, Riftbreaker, etc.) while struggling to get competitive performance in titles like Starfield, CS2, etc.

[@Karti200]

@@HardwareCanucks not sure about that sometimes i mean... if i can run CS2 on maxed out settings, at stable 110 FPS on 1440p - while my CPU is an v3 Haswell Xeon on an Chinese X99 motherboard. That does not make me sad I had no issues playing CoD MW3 2023 Beta with that setup - tho i won't lie, i did cheat a bit with XeSS (well... if its there... and my GPU can use it - then why not use it, right?) Maybe games i am mostly playing are not that on a top (WoT, WoW, CS2, Darktide and some older titles) but for MINE daily use, this card seems pretty neat :D and i won't lie - i will probably buy Battlemage as soon as its cames out

[@MiIIiIIion]

​@HardwareCanucks An a770 16gb *just* went on sale for $250 for Black Friday. Seriously considering it for 4k right now since I almost exclusively play older or easier to run games and my 1080 doesn't have a proper output for 4k high refresh rate.

[@kadircastro]

i have the RX6500XT came with computer my wife got me neither of use know anything about computers but thank you for confirming my suspicions. said it was crap like 3 times and i cant believe how new it is.

[@fightnight14]

People might criticize the 4060 for its hardware but the numbers are actually not bad especially being a lower wattage GPU. It's a banger

[@HardwareCanucks]

Agreed

[@ArmisticeGaming]

I guess I feel good about my purchases. Building a PC for my nephew and I just snagged a like new XTX Swft 210 RX 6600 for $125 on marketplace. Also I upgraded my rig with a RTX 4070 the first week it came out for $465 after discounts for using my best buy credit card and promo credit I had.

[@PierreLeroy76620]

Really liked this video very constructive

[@BoknoyBuhisan]

i got myself a RTX 2060 for $125. now my decade old GTX 970 can retire.

[@JorvikBerserkir]

I still have my GTX970 which I'm finally looking to upgrade. Hard to want to buy anything at the moment, especially when I'm thinking I should upgrade my 10 year old PSU. I was actually thinking about the 4060 but ive been out of the game a while and dont know anything about modern components.

[@m0nkey98]

I just got a secondhand 3060 Ti for $220 usd, If I had not been able to find such a deal I definitely would have went with the 6700 xt for around $260. A 4060 for $290 just doesn't make much sense to me

[@bobharris77]

I got lucky and found a brand new RTX 2060 Super on Ebay for $140, to replace my old GTX 1080. I absolutely love and will never buy a video card that doesn't have DLSS.

[@zekeski]

the best budget is the ones selling for cheap... got my AsrockRX 6700 XT Phantom Gaming for just around $198 (11,000 pesos php) for someone who doesn't really need it anymore.. specially for someone whose been using 1060 3g for years. I am very satisfied and revisited a lot of games that i can't run on max.. the ery important thing is to really know the seller and have extensive testing before buying it.

[@thomasmuller8659]

6700xt is the way

[@rattankumar4973]

Pls make a vid on best laptops around and under $1000 during the black friday sale

[@tomas8742]

just wait black friday usually a scam xdd

[@cryptocarscomputers2327]

good video ty

[@KingLuis1985]

and i was very close to buying a 7600 tomorrow. looking at 6600xt's to save some money.

[@tctyt]

Hot take, 4060 isn't that bad, It's just the pricing, I found an asus rog strix 4060 oc, an overkill gpu with a full custom build for a lower price offer i found on marketplace.

[@oghomelesskid]

Funny that im at the point with this channel i can tell whos hosting based on the video thumbnail and title. Im still rocking my 5700xt and refuse to upgrade any time soon.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Uh oh. Are we that transparent? CPUs, GPUs, Coolers = Mike Cases & Peripherals= Dmitry Laptops, Smartphones = Eber Then again sponsored videos go to whoever in order to eliminate potential conflicts of interest.

[@itsdeonlol]

ARC is really good now!

[@checkmedia2560]

Great video

[@notasimp_6949]

I have12th gen interl core i5-12400 2.5 ghz 32 gb ram with 1650. Thinking of buying a 3060 12gb, what is your recommendation?

[@Crashed131963]

That card looked to be the best bang for the buck in this video .

[@LedNe0nDevil]

DLSS3 + 3.5 and Ray reconstruction is supported on all RTX cards including RTX 3060, only the frame generation part is exclusive to 4000 series.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Correct. Hence why I only mentioned DLSS3 Frame Generation. The whole DLSS 3 / 3.5 thing is just so unbelievably confusing for consumers. They should have just called it DLSS 2.5 Ray Reconstruction and called it a day....

[@LedNe0nDevil]

@@HardwareCanucks Your words: '' The other thing is DLSS 3 and Frame generation, two things that the RTX 4000 has, that the RTX 3000 doesn't get access to. Hopefully that allows this card to stay relevant for a little bit longer.''

[@LuxusDreher90]

Wrong, DLSS 3 is only on 40 series, the previews gen have DLSS 3.5 which is a different thing, not the upgrade of DLSS 3

[@LedNe0nDevil]

@@LuxusDreher90 Fail. Better luck next time. I already said how it was, it's not up for debate, I wouldn't say without it being true. I'm not you or the channel sharing misinformation.

[@JilLJunGJucK-xb3yh]

Awesome video

[@skivvywaver]

I was running an R580 on a 3700x. I bought an RX6700 and it seems to have been the perfect match. I didn't overspend and I gave my machine new life. I might buy a 5700X soon and then I'll have to upgrade the whole thing at some point. I think the 5700X could buy me 4-5 years?

[@xSeanok]

Skip 5700x and go for the 3D cpus instead.

[@skivvywaver]

@@xSeanok You know the more I looked at the 5700X the more I decided to spend more money and get an X3D chip. When I’m ready I’ll check prices and buy the best I can afford.

[@xSeanok]

@@skivvywaver if 5600x3D is available to you via micro center, get that. If not, 5700x3D is your option. If you can extend your budget, 5800x3D. If you are in the US, I can say you have the best prices available to you. I just upgraded from 5700x to 5800x3D, and it cost me around $400(converted) here in my country. While on Amazon, you can get it below $300.

[@isoladellerosetv]

what budget graphic card do you reccomed if i want to record gameplay on obs in 1080p? It has to be with hardware encoding. And I play games like re4 or in the future sh2 remake.

[@CosmekPC]

What's you're buget 100$? 200$?

[@isoladellerosetv]

@@CosmekPC 200 is fine

[@CosmekPC]

@@isoladellerosetv are u looking for brand new or used?

[@isoladellerosetv]

@@CosmekPC Brand new

[@CosmekPC]

@@isoladellerosetv uff brand new for 200$ can be hard if u buying from a store Imma give u a small list of GPUs that go around 200$ Note u can definitely find better price and better performance GPU in the right store or if they are on sell And you can find even better GPUs for 200$ of u buy used But for the most part usually is mostly around this For AMD you got the: Rx 6600 8gb 200$ RX 580 8gb 130$ Rx 6650 8gb 230$ Rx 6509 xt 175$ For Nvidia: Rtx 3050 8gb 220$ Gtx 1650s 4gb 200$ Gtx 1070 8gb 230$ Gtx 1050ti 4gb 230$ For Intel GPU: Intel arc750 8gb 240$ There are also GPUs like the Vega 56 and 64 but last time I check does don't get drivers update anymore and they don't make them anymore Again I recommend u buy used GPUs for 200$ way better cuz u might get a 1080 or Rx 5700 for around does price used Also subscribe to me if you want I think imma start a series of helping people who are looking for good price GPU for budget pcs

[@Turok2]

Does the story change much for Intel's 10th gen? 10700 for example? I'm playing at 1080p and VR.

[@ProTroy_]

Was your 9600k running at stock speeds or was it overclocked?

[@HardwareCanucks]

Stock

[@BREEZYM6015]

I have an i7 8700k paired with a GTX 1060 6GB. What would be a good GPU to buy when I'm able to upgrade?

[@AllLatest24]

Rx 6700xt

[@WillDuris]

I'm looking for a nice powerful graphics card, I'm on a AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core 3801 MHz, 12 core processor on a MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI (MS-7B93) motherboard. I only do 4K video editing. Any good recommendations?

[@Ninja-Warrior99315]

The rx 6700 xt is very hard to find in white.

[@MadridistaFrieren]

I found one. But it's insanely overprice, the price of 6700XT white have the Same price as 3070 ti 😂.

[@yuboka49]

I bought a 2nd handed rx6600 for 130€. Cannot beat that.

[@ulamss5]

Upvote for testing it with a sane CPU instead of the current flagships "because hurr durr scaling without bottlenecks"

[@HardwareCanucks]

People don't care about scaling necessarily. They care about what should work with THEIR setup.

[@ulamss5]

​@@HardwareCanucks Somehow non-linear scaling is completely incomprehensible to GN and HUB. They keep misleading about how the 5800x3D has like 80% more fps than the 5600... for the 0.00001% of of their audience who have a 4090 but budget's too tight for a monitor above 1080p. And then it gets parroted all over forums/reddit.

[@omegaPhix]

​@@ulamss5So you'd rather have them test with a 4070 at 1440p so all CPUs perform the same?

[@goodjobguysyoudidit]

very informative

[@vyrgozunqk]

The intel arc A750 currently after all new updates sounds like the best choice for midrange stuff... I found one on Amazon for 225 euro, compared to RTX4060 which is 310+... The A750 is neck to neck now with the RX7600 which has almost the same price as the RTX4060... Yes the Nvidia still has better Win drivers, but in the long term the intel could only get better, will have better Linux support with the open source driver which is improved constantly and has better video encoder than both amd and nvidia. The Arc 770 doesn't seem like a good option due to its price and just 5-10% performance bump compared to the A750, unless you're dealing with machine learning and just needs lots of video memory.

[@Master_trac]

what Gpu do you recomend for my i5 -9400f

[@damightyshabba439]

I've just come out of a very failed upgrade - bought an RX 6650 XT 8GB to replace my 1050Ti 4GB.... and... NOTHING.... returned it and the seller sent me 3 reports - basically nothing wrong with the card - it was my system that couldn't handle it. So I accepted a very genrous 80% refund (they could have offered only 50% under the terms), and now I'm looking at a new PSU before I try again. Very annoying, but also - very good of the seller to be so kind as to offer 80% when they didn't have to - they could have screwed me over easily. So I've lost £40 on my stupidity, which I deserve for wasting everyones time. But at least I learned the limitations of my system - I thought my 550w (branded, proper) PSU could handle it - even the seller did. Turns out... nope. So I am now buying a new PSU, much higher spec. Get to the GPU ... later.... All these toys cost money and... I don't have much. I have to save up - even that £40 hit on the return hurt (but to be clear - they were nice about it!) On paper there is nothing wrong with my PC. Corsair VS550 CPU, MSI B450 Tomohawk Max II, AMD Ryzen 5600X, 4x Cruical 8GB DDR4 3200Mhz, 2TB Nvme..... it SHOULD work... but it doesn't. Upp'ing the PSU, and hoping that helps. I mean - it DOES work - I'm using it right now - it just doest like the new GPU..... or 12TB HDD.... I think - think.... not enough power.....

[@questionmark05]

Sorry silly question but if it was a drop in for a 5 year old system, wouldn't most of these be limited to pcie 3 instead of 4?

[@HardwareCanucks]

Yes. Hence why I said it wouldn't be limited on Gen4 and some older systems are indeed Gen4.

[@questionmark05]

@HardwareCanucks so sorry I must have missed that, I'll rematch it, and my apologies.

[@ALPZCO]

@hardwarecanucks How about the nvidia 20 series?

[@maxberres1701]

Question: Can a human see the difference between 80 fps and 120 fps, or higher? Isn't it better to match the screen/monitor to the GPU? Or are we all supposed to max everything out...(shall we by stocks from team green or red instead)?

[@HardwareCanucks]

The question is more about the lows. While a constant 120 or 90 isn't bad it's the cavitation between those numbers and sudden lows that's particularly distracting and will absolutely be detectable

[@silverground3670]

should i buy 6700XT or 4060/7600? only for Gaming at 1080p Highest/Ultra and I also want lower power consumption

[@MadridistaFrieren]

4060 is the way to go. You can also undervolt the 4060 to make the power consumption even lower. Don't even think to buy the 7600

[@magnusnilsson9792]

Cherry-picked results, no RT:On with the 9600k and no XeSS, and high visual fidelity in CS2 is not how people use GPU's. @8:27 is those numbers also done with the PCIE 4.0 from the 7800X3D as it says in the top right corner?

[@chris_topher1984]

i got an RX 6600 over the summer for $210 and it came with Starfield for free.

[@notchipotle]

I just sold my 4070, it's kinda slow for 4K, definitely regret buying a 4K monitor lol

[@club4ghz]

Got 4080 for 1440p. It can do 4K easily but in a year or two it wont. Better buy GPU/monitor with more vram/horse power headroom for the future.

[@2stutz]

Why are Mining GPUs considered bad? A mining card that has been undervolted and overclocked, and ultimately went through less cold-hot-cycles than your average gaming GPU should not be considered bad. Obviously you never know how good or bad the mining rig was set up, but the same goes for a used "non mining" GPU.

[@fgcgamer]

now this is a coo vid

[@CptApplestrudl]

I still run a RX580. Are there NO entry cards below 200 bucks? 300$ is just not entry level anymore. It's mid tier at least by price.

[@HardwareCanucks]

You could dip into the used market.

[@Omicron007md]

I'm about to upgrade from a Intel Core i7 2600k on an Nvidia GTX 1060 6gb to a Ryzen 5 7600x on an AMD Radeon 7800xt. I expect a tiny improvemnt in my gaming performance...lol ;)

[@over6066]

Should I upgrade my gpu? I have a 2060 and a ryzen 7 3700x, and if I should what should I upgrade to?

[@MadridistaFrieren]

RTX 3070-3070Ti/ RX 6750 XT is the strongest GPU i recommended to you

[@MadridistaFrieren]

Or upgrade to Ryzen 7 5700X3D

[@stanradanov428]

Im with i7 8700 and rtx 3050...what should I upgrade first? Gpu or cpu+mobo?

[@HardwareCanucks]

The CPU. There are some great deals on DDR4 Z690 + CPU combos right now.

[@stanradanov428]

@@HardwareCanucks Thank you!

[@chrismitchell9862]

Cpu mobo

[@stanradanov428]

I'm so tempted to buy rx 7600 or other gpu in this price range...

[@DragoonKain3]

So, drop-in upgrading from 1660ti for 1080p gaming just gives minimum improvement, to the point that upgrading only for 1440p matters? In that case, I think the 6700xt is the clear winner (though 3060 12gb isn't bad either), as the other cards only having 8gb will be an even worse bottleneck in the future. IMHO, either get a GPU with more than 8gb vram, or just save your money for a future system.

[@HardwareCanucks]

Bingo!

[@carljohnson7]

I just spent 5k on a pc(total rebuild). I never thought i spent close to 1,500 dollars on a GPU

[@letbulletsfly9862]

Can i shoot for a 4060 even if my motherboard is PRIME A320m-K?

[@kravenfoxbodies2479]

For someone on an older PCIe 3 system the RX 6700 10Gb is where I would start as to be full x16 card, I have the Sparkle A 770 16Gb and testing on an AM4 / 5700x as Intel keep rolling out new drivers as to be on 4972 now, I post up games it plays and what it looks like.

[@HardwareCanucks]

The non XT 6700 is super hard to find though.

[@magnusnilsson9792]

3060(Ti) will do fine on PCIE 3.0 too with x16 lanes just as most Intel Arc cards.

[@LedNe0nDevil]

You recommendation of 4060 which has only PCI-E 8x bandwidth on a older generation like you mentioned, say it would be used in a pci-e gen 2, It would be catastrophic. Which believe it or not, is probably a lot. Just because you tech influencer geeks and followes are always on the latest trend, doesn't mean everyone is. And steam hardware survey doesn't begin to show the full picture. Many people outside the US are running pirated games, older games, etc. So it you are indeed running an older computer, make your own decision because no one has posted ever the performance of pci-e gen 4 8x card on a pci-e gen2 slot. But I would assume in a pci-e gen2 a 3060 (16x) would beat a 4060 (8x).

[@HardwareCanucks]

Did you listen to the whole video? Because I specifically call out ONLY three cards on the older system at 1080p and 1440p: the 6600, 6600 XT and RTX 3060 as an outlier. Everything else bottlenecks. Meanwhile the 4060 mention was in relation to NEW systems wherein CPU / interface bottlenecks are largely eliminated.

[@LedNe0nDevil]

​@@HardwareCanucks So your argument is everything bottlenecks, just some less? That isn't news. Also, graphics cards are what die the most, so not everyone is going to go buy a full system, but replace what's dead, and one day years down a full rebuild (maybe) and keep using the card that still rocks and hopefully is pci-e 16x. So buy what you can afford or want it won't run away, it will be there if you ever rebuild. Honestly none of it makes much sense. You make up scenarios Idk. But hey gotta pump a video a collect sponsors money right?

[@LedNe0nDevil]

Btw, the fact that you think a 9600k is old is hilarious. And you thinking you are so thorough and effective with an arbitrary ''old'' cpu and when there isn't tests with every preset: low, medium, high, ultra tested in every single game makes this video and its recommendations pointless. The premise of the video is flawed. What information is someone supposed to get from this? Water is H2O ? Which again comes back to sponsor money. $$$ and trying to capitalize by capturing some of the subscribers of both you ad Gamers Nexus who always publishes a video at this time about Best and worst GPUs of the year. And worse is recommending a lower-end GPU, which when rebuild is not going to be up to par. The message you should have conveyed is upgrade to what GPU you can afford now and the rest down the line. Not a bad now, and another later, if you really need to express an opinion. In fact you should just leave the decision to the viewer, because you are unable to predict every personal situation, which this channel does a lot of, even directed at manufacturers like you know what is best and what everyone wants, the arrogance... which isn't really a good look or leave a good taste.

[@hassosigbjoernson5738]

AMD strikes again! And I love that they are often seen as the underdog, especially with nVidias DLSS/ RT marketing which is only a thing in high end and with a small number of games. But IRL with a medium/ mainstream PC for something like a casual gamer considering price/ performance and VRAM ... AMD wins big time, especially used. No matter if an entry level RX 6600/ 5700, a midrange 6700 XT/ 6800 ... or even in die upper midrange like 6800 XT/ 7800 XT. Price/ Performance And what is often overseen: AMD can RT, too! Especially from RX 6700 XT and higher looking at moderate RT settings ... it's not bad either. The difference with a RTX 3070 and a RX 6800 / XT here depends already on the game and not always favours Nvidia. So anyone looking at 3060/ 4060 price and RT ... should take a look at AMD as well. It's already comparable.

[@kingstongoodwin5867]

Should I get an arc a770 16gb for $250

[@PierreLeroy76620]

Shouldn't the ram's speed in this test be little higher? I've heard about ram speed scaling well with AMD performance idk 😐

[@HardwareCanucks]

There wasn't any CPU bottleneck on the X3D anyways (all GPUs working at ~99% utilization in every game)/

[@Fusion710]

i paid $80 total (60 for card, 20 shipping) for 8gb xfx rx580 and couldnt be any happier lol this was just to upgrade my 12 year old pc

[@Cosme-ko3oi]

You could have probably bought a Vega 56 and flash so it run likes a Vega 64 and have strong cpu But don't to be honestly 580 is a Chad GPU only for gigachads

[@chrismitchell9862]

I have a 4080 n i play everything at max settings and 120+ fps so im happy with that

[@chrismitchell9862]

I have 5900x 32gb of ddr 3200 cl16 and a 4080 do you think my cpu could be bottlenecking my gpu

[@HardwareCanucks]

Nope

[@wallywest2360]

My wife's system is a 5600X3D (yay for Microcenter) and a Powercolor 5700XT. For 1080P I'm just not seeing a good reason to upgrade GPU right now.

[@MadridistaFrieren]

5600X3D is absolutely a beast. I have watch hardware unboxed latest vid about 5600X3D Vs 5700X3D Vs 5800X3D. the fact that 5600X3D actually beating 5700X3D and competing with the 5800X3D is insane.

[@RahulSaini]

I have a i5 6600 build with z170k lying around which i want to hook to a 4k tv 60hz for a laid back gaming like racing and story type. It had 1060 6 gb earlier but i gave it to a friend. Can anybody recommend any gpu that will serve this build and not create bottlenecks.

[@FrotLopOfficial]

Bro go for a used mining card. I got a 10GB 3080 for $220 from some old guy who just wanted to get rid of his system. Almost got a 3090 for 300 but someone else got to it first

[@carlkidd752]

I recently replaced my EVGA 1080Ti FTW3. Out of curiosity, I looked to see what people wanted for one. $310, so still not a "budget" GPU.

[@sdrubaa]

I got one for 100€ on ebay a few days ago. Paired it with a 9700k and in cs2 1080p competitive settings i'm over 350fps almost the entire time. No issues on stress testing, max temp 65c. Had a 2080 super for 175€ for basically the same performance.

[@mohawkgarry]

My brother was recently asking about a GPU upgrade. He's still running an i5-4670K and a GTX750. But I don't think he can afford a new pc.

[@progste]

Get him a used 2060 or something, it's gonna be night and day.

[@xSeanok]

I'd love to switch to AMD cards but the thing is, I had the mistake of purchasing an Acer Predator gsync 1080p monitor years ago. RTX 4060 in my country is way overpriced, even the 2nd hand RTX cards.

[@mp1758]

well here the 6600 and a750 cost virtually the same so for me the Intel looks more promissing especially as I dont upgrade but build a completly new system