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[@GregSalazar]

Remember that these recommendations (particularly in the _used_ market) are based solely on our value calculations derived from eBay sale prices as of early August '23. All of our data going back to 2021 is included in a spreadsheet linked in the description. Feel free to download and manipulate the figures to your liking. For example, you can replace any "ESP" with the exact price of a card in question you're looking at on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, etc. to determine whether or not it's a solid buy. I use it this way for my own used graphics card purchases and wanted to share it with all of you.

[@debatebore1057]

Thanks for this timely video. I just had lightning strike my house last week and ate up my PC. In that PC, though, was a 3080 FTW3 10GB card. Im now trying to replace it... Where should I start? Im running a 5-display setup, all 1440p and gaming at 1440p @120Hz.

[@HighCastle0824]

Greg: "I paid $700 for this 3090, which really hurts" Me who paid almost $900 after tax for my 3080 (MSRP) from Best Buy during Covid. 😭😭😭 Great video, as always.

[@killerphobia2160]

I got an RTX 3070 recently for $250 so I guess it was a decent deal, thank you for doing all this testing. It's missing more Mclovin

[@GregSalazar]

To be clear, we scraped all graphics performance data from 3DMark (which obviously isn't indicative of all games/synthetics out there). So not much "testing." Much of our work involved gathering and compiling data. Feel free to help yourself to the spreadsheet linked in the video description! :-D

[@killerphobia2160]

​@@GregSalazarlol, sorry, I think I confused the word research with testing, either way, thanks for another great video

[@RaimaNd]

You guys in america are so lucky with the graphics pricing. In germany they're much more expensive. RTX 3070 costs 450~ euro. I'd have upgrade to a 3080 or 3080ti already if prices were like in NA. I still have my gigabyte rtx 2070 super I bought for 515 euro before corona prices went up. That card at one point was worth 1300 euro.

[@tetra1974]

There's not much of green mark up here in Malaysia I've just upgraded to RTX 3060 12GB for around US $210 brand new. Most retailers are dumping their Nvdia last gen GPUs. Intel GPUs /AMD are on an uptrend.

[@tomtemple69]

i got one on ebay for $276 2 months ago

[@johnathansmith1003]

I have a 3090 Asus Tuf, and let me tell you, in certain titles, it will peg out the 24gb of vram. I picked up a 4070 and was pretty shocked with the dlss performance difference with it being greater. But, in titles where the vram pegged out 24gb on the 3090, the 4070 fell behind. So from my testing, some titles that can utilize more memory give a better gameplay experience from the large cache and helps with micro stutters, especially at higher resolutions and hertz.

[@jayb2705]

The problem with older cards is also driver support and lack of DX12, its best to do some research before getting something which could have been mined on as well. The AMD stuff has aged a lot better due to being used in the PS4, and RDNA being in the PS5. I've tested a 5600XT with some older CPU's, and I found that even something old like a Haswell i7 can be a good match for a budget 1080p rig.

[@BadDayGaming]

I'm still pretty new when it comes to PC building. But I'm happy to see a video, confirming that I did good research in the graphics card department for my builds

[@talhanaveed6442]

Got the rx6600 in January, glad to see it was a good option

[@AeiKei]

Been using the 6700 xt for almost a year and I'm very happy with what it offers. They are around 350 euros now where i live at the moment. I payed around 420 last year on black friday. Can't wait to see the pricing of 7800 xt in november, planning to upgrade to 6800 xt/7800 xt and stick the 6700 xt in my secondary rig

[@Wizardi1111]

What's gonna be the price of 7800 xt in november? Are you just saying that randomly, or is the price expected to drop at that time for a reason?

[@AeiKei]

@@Wizardi1111 in my country it's Black Friday, so yeah, I am expecting a drop in price at that moment generally, not only for the 7800 Xt. At the moment a 6800 xt is around 600 euros here, so a drop of aprox. 200 euros is expected during Black Friday. That said it will be interesting to compare that to a 7800 Xt

[@plasmahvh]

@@AeiKei not much faster although its not meant to compete with the 6800xt but the 6800.

[@AeiKei]

@@plasmahvh that's just the AMD marketing trying to make it worth more than it is...the trend should be the opposite actually, like the competitor for the 6800 should have been the 7700 XT, we've seen that with Nvidia in the 10th generation compared to the 9th where the 960 was replaced by the 1050ti

[@plasmahvh]

@@AeiKei 980ti by 1070... and it had more vram..

[@barcelona2170]

I went with the RX6650xt mainly because I got it new for $200 locally at Best Buy. I paired it with my core i3 12100f and 32gb of DDR4 . For such a cheap rig I can play at 1440p in most games with medium settings. In eSports games I get really good fps. Eventually going to upgrade card and CPU for an i5.

[@carter7894]

I ended snatching up a evga 3090 ftw 3 used for $950 canadian nearly a year ago when crypto fell. Its too bad people started to catch on to the steal the 3090 was for a while. The 24gb of vram is so much better than the 4070 ti's 12gb and it can still hold its own against the 4070 ti. I get the argument of a warranty and dlss 3 but the 4070 tis are still over $1000 canadian so for me it was a no brainer at the time to risk it on a used 3090

[@Gamevet]

It's EVGA. They make the best (most reliable) graphics cards on the market. I picked up the lesser EVGA RTX 3090 XC3 Ultra for $815 shipped, about a year ago. I'm able to run it at stock with its boost clock hanging around 1900 Mhz. It's still a great 4K Graphics card.

[@calvinm1866]

I wish I had bought a 3090. I got a 3080 instead since I play at 1440p. I would've been more satisfied with a card with more power. Especially with the games nowadays.

[@Hughes12]

I was able to get a Radeon 6800 xt off Ebay back in June for $380, alittle over $400 with tax and shipping. It has been running great so far and a nice boost from my 3070. You can find some really good deals if you are patient.

[@Silkroad000]

My RX 6600 just arrived yesterday and I bought it because my older gpu had problems, amazing upgrade apparently 80% better than my old one too. Another amazing video!

[@Seventeen76]

My little nephew is 17 years old and I swear this kid has the best luck of any kid I've ever seen in my life. He picked up a Strix RX 580 at a garage sale for 30 bucks. From an older lady that was getting rid of it because her grandson didn't live with her anymore and she didn't have no use for it. He said that she thought it was a video game console, she called it a Nintendo. 😄 This thing looked like it just came off the damn shelf. Still in the retail Box, in the bag, had the stickers, the manual, the whole nine I asked him, "did you tell her what it was and let her know that you know it was worth more than that? He said that he did and he offered her $65 for it and she turned it down because he was honest with her and she said she'd appreciated it. I'm so proud of him. Got to teach these youngsters nowadays to be honest no matter what I've been holding out for about 4 years on getting a card, still kicking with the 1080 TI I'm looking to get that 7800 xt if the reviews turn out okay. Take it easy my man, God bless you and you're beautiful family and have a wonderful day.

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

About 2 months ago I got my friend a 1080 as a birthday gift for $80, it was an upgrade to his RX 570 8GB. There’s probably better value than a 10-series GPU nowadays, but he plays lots of esports and the performance uplift has been noticeable

[@toufusoup]

When building budget systems for my pals I was surprised at how much was on offer used. 2060 Supers for $130, 3060s for $200, 6600s for $150, 5700XTs for $130, and I personally splurged for a 4070, but only cuz it was $480. 3080s are $350-$425 around me now. Good luck hunting, everybody!

[@shanez1215]

I picked up a reference 5700 XT that was for parts for 87 including tax and shipping. They just said it didn't display a signal. Turned out is was a corrupt bios and a flash fixed it. However, the temps were HORRIFIC even for a blower. Like 95C tdie at only 140W with the side panel off due to a mega undervolt/clock I did. I cracked it open and there were two VRM's missing thermal pads and the die's thermal pad had been replaced by a horrible paste application that left two corners completely uncovered. I fixed both these issues and temps dropped by TWENTY DEGREES, and that's after putting the side panel back on. Its currently chilling in my Unraid/gaming server

[@Andytlp]

Haha what a story. Some miner did a number on that card.

[@prosecanlik4296]

I bought a RX 6600, did an undervolt and I get really great 1080p performance! I am so happy with it!❤

[@mattrad4993]

Greg, good video. Your analysis aligns with other sources, such as Tom's Hardware's GPU Hierarchy (but they don't get into the "bang for the buck" in the new and used market like you and other KZbinrs do). Also appreciate the summary of the best buys for new purchase at the front of your video, and that you kept it simple to the 2x AMD 6000 cards (concur with the 6700/50XT -- have had a 6700XT for over a year and very happy with my switch to Team Red). Would have liked a little more depth though on your methodology -- perhaps a little more explaining or example of how the 3DMark and pricing numbers plug into your spreadsheets to get the results on your summary chart. Also up front would highlight your analysis is targeted for the everyday Joe user at 1440p & 1080p (not the 4K user who can probably afford a more expensive rig, especially GPUs and monitors) -- and then why even buy a RTX 3090 if you're going to game or video edit at no higher than 1440p? Overall though, I think your video is very useful for the mainstream consumer, and I look forward to your future updates like these for my gaming and workstation needs. 🤓

[@willcrowley4540]

Picked up a 6700XT a few months back and couldn't be happier though the new 7 series that was just announced is looking tempting, but I paid juuuust inder 300 for it on NewEgg. I went from a 1660 Super to it.

[@jb678901]

I recently bought a used ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080Ti on a local auction site, for $283 (delivered). It came with a Strix waterblock, as well as the separate factory fan/backplate assembly. Sold off the waterblock, netting me a price for the card of just under US$230. However, the plastic fan socket locking tab on the PCB was broken and I could not get a solid connection with the fan assembly plug. Enter the ubiquitous small black tie wrap to save the day. Card runs flawlessly stock, though I did implement an undervolt to reduce overall power draw and temps. I like the 2080Ti (11GB VRAM) because a good example can be found for well under $300 in today's market. It also pairs nicely with my X99TF / turbo-unlocked XEON E5-2696v3 / 64GB DDR4 build.

[@ryancampbell955]

I've got the RX 590 in the PC I built 4 years ago. It's been a fantastic card. Most games I play, I can play in 1080p in High/Ultra settings. I'm currently playing the new Ratchet and Clank with it, and it plays fantastic and looks great. I'd recommend this card all day to someone who is looking for something to play games in 1080p well.

[@yanyannn5664]

Recently upgraded to a sapphire nitro 6700xt after daily driving a 5600xt for a year. Nice to see both cards are recommended!

[@antoniom.andersen6704]

I got an RX580 8GB for $60 about 4 months ago. Quite happy with it. Good info.

[@BigDrewski1000]

Only time you should look into getting a 3090 is if you're gonna be doing video editing & the like. NO GAME, I don't care how high the settings, requires 24gb of vram.

[@Edgemaster72]

Got a 6600 new for $200 back in June (the XFX model shown in the video, in fact), kind of on a whim. It is good value but it seems like you can get the 6650XT for close to the same price now, so I do have a little bit of buyer's remorse on that one.

[@Metaljacket420]

Newer card support is nice but interestingly 6600 is about 10% slower than 1070ti which also supports FSR 2. Probably 25% slower than my MSI 1070ti Duke that runs 2000mhz core undervolted

[@Theveshinpillay]

I would sure love a video about what graphics card to get when Blackfriday comes around? Especially pairing it with prebuilt systems,most people bought in 2020-2022🙏

[@marcc5768]

Thanks for this video Greg much appreciated!!

[@wannabegamer919]

Hey Greg recently got a EVGA FTW 3 RTX 3080 for $400, in your opinion was it a good deal value wise or did I make a mistake. I actually ended up selling my 3060 for $360 and upgraded for $40 but am having some buyers remorse because of the downgrade in 2 GB of VRAM.

[@greenprotag]

Solid market info. 1070s for $100 is still a solid card. 10 series punches well above it's weight-class and 8GB of Vram will not disappoint. The RX5600 & 6600 seem like a better deal than the 480/580. I personally am not the biggest fan of the 480s & 580s but I have a bias because I had a 480 that lasted about 4 weeks and it was a used unit so I was just S.O.L. had to limp around with an R9 380 for a while until I could hop back to team green on my GTX 1080ti... I still have my dual fan EVGA black edition. Of course now I am on a 5600x + 3060ti on my ITX main rig and I could NOT be happier with my rig and the performance fits my needs well.

[@aquifer9480]

I hate how much price/performance has dropped since the 10 seires. The jump from 980ti to 1080ti was insane, and you could fine 1080tis for under msrp up until covid.

[@SchmityFPV]

Recently upgraded my rx480 to an Asus Strix 1070ti for $100, paid almost double that for my rx480 during the bad gpu prices.

[@TheParandroid]

In that regard, i got a deal of the year - scored an ex-miner ASUS Turbo 1080 Ti for 70 euros. Yes, it is a blower, which i fixed with a 40 euro Raijintek Morpheus (which technically wasn't listed as compatible, but that's just because the cooler was made before 1080 Ti was a thing). 110 euros for very silent, very cool running 1080 Ti, what is not to like.

[@bodasactra]

The 5600XT is often well under $100 used, its a no brainer as the card to get in the under $100 used market.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Honestly a 1070 for $100 is too much, I'd pay $60 max, considering how old they are

[@l0lzor123]

I bought a rx6600, i dont play graphic heavy games and i stick to 1080p it fits perfectly for my needs. Its by far the best price to performance card i have ever bought due to the insane pricings in my country. A rx 6600 costs 270 usd here, 3050 costs 300 and a rtx 3060 costs 400usd.

[@bh0llar702]

Just leaving work, this pops up in my feed. Thanks greg

[@shannonrhoads7099]

I managed to find one of those Intel Arc A770 Limited Editions for $300. Maybe not the most awesome, but hey, it was there. Replaced an increasingly loud blower style card. Much quieter system. Not having issues of any kind. shocking, i know. Never thought I'd say this, but yay team blue.

[@AnjeshSivaram-pw1dy]

Awesome analysis! Sir in my region used 3080ti with 2 years warranty is about $450. Im using a ryzen 7 5800x3d with rtx 2070. I want to upgrade my GPU for casual 4k and competitive 1440p gaming. Im planning to buy the new rx 7800xt. Am i making the right choice ?

[@pie_stains]

I got my rx 6700 10gb the day after the 7600 reviews came out locally for $210. It is paired with an 13100f and is a great combo for Baldur's Gate 3 @ 1080.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nicely done and informative.

[@SamAshworth91]

Is there any advice on choosing between cards from different manufacturers (i.e. MSI, Asus, etc), or is that all much of a muchness? Are there normally any significant differences, or are they all essentially the same?

[@yetispaghetti37]

I upgraded from the rx 580 to the rx 6700 and its been fantastic. It's funny that you showed the rx 6700 amazon listing because that's the exact one I bought a few months ago!!

[@livingthedream915]

I scored a vega 56 for $75 and overclocked/undervolted it to the moon, very close to a 5600xt and at the time they were more like $150. Weirdly enough it can even go down to 130w while retaining 90% of its performance, amazing GPU. Little bummed you didn't mention it honestly but with the 5600xt being such a good value I get it. Good time to be a budget gamer honestly.

[@GregSalazar]

Vega 56 was quite high on my chart, but the 5600 XT at $100 is considerably newer and a better value with the same amount of VRAM. Your situation was different with the price change.

[@livingthedream915]

@@GregSalazar I agree, and with the 5600xt having better API and driver support it will no doubt age better. Solid recommendation all around.

[@diggertheminer]

​@GregSalazar 5600xt has 6gb vs 8gb on vega 56

[@WolvenSpectre]

@@diggertheminer Not a performance race it is a price/value score.

[@miketheevolutionslayer2649]

I got the Vega 64 boost for $100 👍

[@raythompson3103]

Here in the UK, prices just haven’t fallen as much as the US. A GTX 1080 ti will still fetch I the region of £160, that over $200. I guess it’s because we’ve a small island and the demand outweighs the supply. 😕

[@M1XEDBAG]

I got my RX 5700 XT MSI GAMING earlier this year for $190 after tax and shipping. It's been a wonderful upgrade from the RX 580. I recommend pairing with an r5 5600x/g or for intel I have a i5 12600k and I'm rocking 100fps in most titles I play in 1080p.

[@gerrys1358]

Finally "upgraded" my FX 8230e/rx 580/16 gb ddr rig to a Ryzen 3600/rx 6600/16 gb ddr4 rig earlier this year it's a heckuva improvement from the FX system.

[@JohnnySokko]

Curious you didn't include the Intel Arc series, especially the 750 for budget card. The driver improvements make them pretty compelling for the price.

[@GregSalazar]

I _did_ mention the Arc series.

[@Bill30006]

I had a 1080 for a long time and it served me DAMN well, for new people getting into PCs for the first time. I'd recommend from personal experience if you're fine with the potentially lower lifespan. of course your milage may vary but I really liked mine

[@SchmityFPV]

Agreed, had an rx480 and paid $100 for a Asus Strix gtx 1070ti, cards a beast for what I need.

[@RadioDemon10]

I used a 1080ti FE for a long time cause whatever came out was too expensive or just not availible. Got me a 4070 just last week. I really love the features so far with broadcast and RTX

[@tumultoustortellini]

I mean, if a person is going to shell out 700 dollars for a build, I think punching a bit higher than that is a better choice. That span of arc A750 (220) to 6700 (280) is pretty good value, all 1440p capable cards.

[@yonghominale8884]

I think you recommended the wrong card. The 6700 XT is the perfect card for a mid range build with 12 GB of VRAM. New they around $275. USED are around $200 to $250. For first time content creator, you can't go wrong with a RTX 3060 12 GB. 8GB is not enough for modern gamming

[@isaacarndt179]

He knows

[@hexiron3852]

RTX 3090 (Used, $833 after tax) is what I went with along with the 5800x3D a few months ago. Sure, could've gone new - but everything was significantly cheaper, and I was overall happier with my builds aesthetic.

[@bradj9251]

I also just got a 3090 myself, I paid $763. I'm super happy with it and 24gb's of GDDR6X is really nice to have

[@Boosted_aj]

@@bradj9251 what do you guys use that can make use of 24gb

[@ironhead2008]

Picked up a the Quadro equivalent of a GTX-970 for about 60 bucks for a more work oriented build (with some Windows XP gaming on the side). Not a bad deal considering it has more than twice the VRAM of a 970.

[@rlosangeleskings]

I scored a 6600 XT for $190 (including shipping) mistaking the lowball bid ($166) I put for the regular 6600...

[@koreanballads]

My rx570 8gb still going strong today. Upgrading now and the next 6 months-1yr should be very interesting. :)

[@lightning7395]

I have an A770, and i am very satisfied with it. The drivers have improved so much, and there arent any problems with modern games, which i tend to play a lot of

[@lachicadelrosa]

could you do a video on the newest motherboards please? I'm looking to upgrade pretty much everything but i want to know what motherboard would be best long term.

[@1976axerhand]

Question off topic. I have an old r7 1700x that i replaced with a r5 5600x got it for 100 bucks new, the motherboard i have now is a msi b550 gaming plus, can i just drop in the r5 or do i have to flash the bios? When i bought the MB i was told i would not have too.. tyvm. Also i love when you say a 6700 for 270. Lol i paid 600 for a xfx 6700xt when the prices were still outrageous.

[@ChrisThomas-xq1ft]

I recently purchased a used 5700 XT from eBay and although there were some listings for around $150, most were selling closer to $120. I was able to get one for $115 shipped. At that price it is a MUCH better value than either the 5500 XT or 5600 XT.

[@GregSalazar]

Our average sales price for the 5700 XT came out to $150. Of course, not ALL of them will be priced this way. And, obviously, if you find one for around $100, it'll be a better deal than the 5600 XT... but it's circumstantial. We don't look at single listings. We look at the used market (on eBay) as a whole.

[@Methodical2]

What would an EVGA 980Ti with water block go for these days? Is it worth it for someone trying to do a budget build?

[@SkateClipsAndTips]

6750xt went up recently, it's 350 bucks on amazon, it used to be cheaper than the 6700xt for a while. What about the 3060 12gb? It's 300 bucks and has more vram than the standard 3060

[@ericmusetti8201]

I'm currently building an optiplex for my brother, and i just snagged a gtx 1070 FE off ebay for $82. I think it will pair nicely with the older i7, and for the price, i think i got a steal.

[@lilysiagian]

Well, Greg.... my card is still older than your oldest card in the chart 😅 But, at least. I still have a lot of fun with it. It just in my tower since 2021. Buyed it re-used. Any way, nice info, Greg. Thanks 👍

[@GroundGame.]

Greg where did you get that particular Sapphire Nitro + 6750XT they're impossible to find. . . 😢

[@bellaplays2702]

Running a power color 6600 for around a year now. Apart from a few driver issues, everything plays well.

[@carson_de]

I live in Germany. I just got my hands on a 3070 Founders Edition for 400$. New and sealed. I could've gone for a better cooler design, but honestly i really like the FE design and i don't really care about the 2-3% performance loss.I will be undervolting it anyways, so the card will run cool. I think it was a pretty good deal. Im pairing it with a Ryzen 5 7600X. All that in a clean mATX Case. Im really looking forward to it. Great Video also.

[@ronaldhunt7617]

It is a lot more nuanced than the video implies. The first question someone in computer sales always asks is "What do you want to use your computer for?" It doesn't matter how cheap a GPU is if it can not do what you need it to do which defaults to terrible value. A better name for the video would be "Budget cards for gaming that you should or should not buy" If you are just gaming on older games than the ones mentioned would all be great -UNLESS you want to play in 4K, want to not have to buy a new graphics card in the next couple of years, want higher end graphics for atmosphere that have raytracing, frame generation or better upscaling. If you want to create video or use programs like Maya or Blender every card mentioned except the 3090 is a fail. Sure a 4090 is expensive but you can use that card with no issues for I would guess ten years. When you consider value you have to also factor in the life of the product. Spending 200-300 dollars every few years while not having the features you would get on a 7000 series or Nvidia 40 class cards isn't a good value in my opinion. There is an old addage "You get what you pay for" and that applies here as well.

[@rangersmith4652]

I've always either or given away my "outgrown" video cards. That means I've been able to build "low use case" PCs for my guest bedrooms, home pub, etc. that can game at 1080p without having to buy graphics cards for them. Currently, such machines in my home have either a 980Ti or an RX-580, not too shabby for someone spending a few nights, right. I'd be super tempted to pick up an R9 Fury for $50 just because it's an R9 Fury. I still have one of my R9 290s (gave one away), and in a pinch it can play FF14, which in my house is all it really needs to do.

[@XellithUS]

I suspect the new 7800xt will cause a huge dump of older cards into the market, though Im personally only considering cards that are 12GB or higher at this point in time.

[@Zebra_Paw]

I don't think you need that much, 6 is perfectly fine, 8 gives you a nice headroom!

[@XellithUS]

@@Zebra_Paw 8GB is fine if you want to be stuck with medium or high settings. But I figure that games in the future will have vram as a huge bottleneck (last of us being an example). You can always run the game with lower settings but keep the vram high to increase textures if you have 12GB or higher. I dont mind doing that personally.

[@jdnims]

I would respectfully suggest the Arc 750 or 770 before some of your lower end suggestions. but that is just me. I upgraded my wife's gaming rig to a an a770 and its rock solid, vastly outperforms my sons rx 6600.

[@joeyd199]

Great market info across the board. My rig at work has an RX 570 in it so I can spend my lunch playing Diablo 4. I disagree with your take on the RTX 3090, of which I have an EVGA FTW3 model of in the PC I am typing this comment on, though I can see someone who is of lesser resources than I or not willing/able to strip, clean, and re-paste a card being not willing to shell out. I indeed bought my 3090 on eBay, but I paid only $680 and it included an Optimus Absolute FTW3 block installed. There are deals on high end cards if one is patient and not risk averse. I don't think it's wise to steer people away from a card simply because of cost. There are other reasons to get a 3090 and up.

[@gabrielg490]

Audio sounds a bit muddy. Might be the new wireless mic?

[@mangaas]

Kinda on topic, my card (3080 12 gb) only gets coil whine when playing Valheim. Even when trying out pathtracing update on Cyberpunk, it runs normally, and other modern games, but for some reason, when I play Valheim it starts to make that coil whine sound. I wonder what the specific reason is.

[@Zebra_Paw]

I literally found a 1050 2GB low power in a BIN... works perfectly! The performance is not bad, don't forget those guys! Let's say you score one for 30 bucks it's INSANE performance for the price

[@jds6014]

Don’t hear a lot about the 6800XT. Always the 6600 is that just due to the price? I got a used one on eBay (6800 XT red dragon) for 400 and it crushes 1440P.

[@hydromc2513]

I nabbed a red devil 6900 xt for $900 which was less than msrp so I’m extremely happy with it. Don’t see many ppl talking about it and yes it has issues with ray tracing but it performs extremely well without RT (which I honestly wouldn’t use all that much if at all anyway)

[@skabii204]

I got a 5700xt Nitro+ used for $160 + $17 shipping. I wanted to do 4k gaming at 60fps but it dont do so good in some games. But its a hefty jump from the 1050ti I had.

[@InsanityPrevails]

I had a 5700XT for about half a year, and got a second-hand VR Headset shortly after, a Quest 2 I had dreamed about VR for years, and how awesome it would be to just... Completely disconnect from the world, and live by myself in an alternate world, like how you see in anime for example. But unfortunately... Way too many issues with it, the resolution wasn't that good, I could see the pixels on the screen, battery life was horrendous so after like an hour I just played with the Link Cable and that felt uncomfortable as I kept touching it, the games weren't really that great, and the thing most people do, play VR Chat, is not something I'm interested in as even Desktop VR Chat makes me social anxiety horrendous, to the point where I can't even play it. So I ended up trying to sell it online, then I thought to myself, I might as well try to trade it with someone, and asked a few people who had 3070s if they'd be willing to trade. Thankfully someone accepted, they're enjoying VR, and I'm enjoying my ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3070 ^-^

[@Witaaggression]

I have a budget of around 1,500 maybe $2,000. My friend has a used 3080 founders edition for $400 is that a good deal or given my budget should I get something else?

[@dindunk]

got a rog strix 5700 xt for MYR 650 around 3 months ago (approx 140 usd), enjoying everyday of using it! the only drawback for me is its using 2x8 pin so i had to switch psu 😅

[@scottireland4110]

Man I bought the rx 6800 around $520 tax included 11 months ago and well now is $100 less and is only a max 11% slower than the 4070 at $600 so not bad after all.

[@bayze2449]

Considering a 4070 Ti but my question is could I save money and get something else so I can also upgrade my cpu and mobo. I am trying to learn editing and I do light photography and I also game. Which would be the best value card and newer than the 2070 super I currently am running. 1440p gaming btw. Anyone got suggestions?

[@puppet_master86]

Is this any good paired with intel i7... MSI Radeon RX 6750 XT GAMING X TRIO 12G Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 2623 MHz, PCI Express 4, 192-bit, 3x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K & 8K

[@nyrick999]

The RX 6500 XT is 199.99 and is 2420MHz the RX 6600 is 209.99 and is 2044 MHz but twice the ram at 8GB. Should I go for the RX 6500 XT?

[@dianaalyssa8726]

TY, Great analysis. Have 7900XTX and some older cards, just find these interesting to follow the market.

[@onilink146]

During the card shortage, I bought my EVGA RTX 3060 TI in February 2022 for $855 (Had to be bought with a bundle including PSU, keyboard, mouse, useless serial keys). Till this day it bothers me that for that price I could have had a 3080 TI or so to MSRP. Heck, I could have had a used 3090 in today's used price market.

[@classicgmr]

I have done a few budget builds for people over the last month or so and the GTX 1660 ti has been my go to card. I can usually, with patience or Buy It Now luck, score them for less than $100 shipped. They perform beautifully paired with 9th Gen i5/i7 processors and make extremely viable 1080p gaming setups.

[@mr.guillotine3766]

I got the parts to do some basic upgrades (RAM and a 2TB nvme) and I want to do a GPU upgrade by the end of the year but man, making a decision on what to go with has been harder than I expected. A lot of things would be an upgrade over my 1650 Super, but I also would like to have something I don't need to upgrade again for at least 3 to 5 years...and I don't know if an 8GB card will be something that will last me that long or not (I only game at 1080 currently, though I can find a decent 1440p monitor relatively cheap these days, especially if I don't mind going with ebay or FB marketplace...so...)...the 6700 is what I'm leaning towards at the moment, but I was also strongly considering getting into streaming so something with AV1 encoding would be nice at least...but AMD just decided that they aren't going to put out a card with more than 8GB of VRAM in my budget apparently..(I could see myself stretching my budget a bit, but not to $450 for the 7700xt)

[@Bdot888]

If you dont mind buying used, a 3080 is around $380-$400 on ebay. Ive bought multiple nvidia cards used in the pass 8 years and ive had no issues and those cards still run well today

[@mr.guillotine3766]

@@Bdot888 Yeah, I don't mind buying used, but if I stretch my budget that much, then it needs to be a new card with a warranty. I can't take a risk with that much of my very limited resources...if I'm going to spend $400 (roughly) then I'd also prefer that it be on a current gen card as well. Otherwise, I'm going to keep my budget at like $250-$300 max and just get an AMD 6000 series of some variety.

[@Bdot888]

@@mr.guillotine3766 yeah I definitely understand that! Its nice to have peace of mind for a brand new card with warranty. I think a 6700xt or 6750xt would be a good card in your budget brand new

[@mr.guillotine3766]

@@Bdot888 I'll have to see what is still available when we get to the holiday sales. I don't have any brand preference. My monitor is 1080p (might consider an upgrade to 1440 at some point, especially since they are getting cheaper) and I would prefer to get more FPS/smooth game play so I'd likely almost never use ray tracing (maybe on low or just specific aspects, never the ultra/max level stuff). So I'm leaning AMD just because NVIDIA will likely cost more (and not just a little in most cases) to get features that just aren't that important to me for now. Would love to see the 6700XT or 6750XT get a little more of a price cut for the holidays. Would make it hard to pass up unless they also drop the price of the 7700XT by like $75-$100 around then too. (not likely, I think it will get down to $400, but not below that unless it's a very limited "door buster" type of deal)

[@Bdot888]

@@mr.guillotine3766 AMD is known to drop more in price sooner than nvidia. So maybe around black friday the 7800xt or 7700xt will drop in price

[@cjcox]

I bought my RX 5700XT quite some time ago for $150 shipped, with some hunting you can get that close to $100 today, which will cause it to sky rocket to the top of your value chart (even above the Fury).

[@diamondking217]

Are you going to make a similar video when the 7800xt and 7700xt comes out? Depending on their performance they could be great deals and shake up the lineup

[@kenabi]

i'm already eyeing the 7800xt.

[@Keullo-eFIN]

I have a 6700 XT and nothing to complain about it, a great card. Getting an used 5700 XT from my friend to my 2nd PC as well.

[@b2w4life64]

from what i heard the arc cards really improved with the latest drivers maybe u should check them out again

[@marre2355]

I wanna upgrade from mine Asus 1650 tuf card to some 8 gb card.. Offers i got are Gigabyte RX 6600 8GB Eagle for 170 euro (still have warranty), RX 6600XT Sapphire Pulse for 185 euro, Gigabyte RTX 2060 SUPER for 170 euro.. Any advice.?

[@lexseroth9611]

Not to take away from the value the video brings but I think theres a bit of an electronic hiss in the background noise, its much more noticeable on higher volumes

[@bligh1156]

On the higher end I've seen great deals on the 3080 Ti, 12GB of VRAM, fast enough to run anything obviously.

[@darksky7769]

I'll ask this question again I did happen to pick up a Titan X for $130 just because I've always wanted one now I'm going to build a system with this so it basically has no upgrade path so what is the best CPU to pair with this I'm thinking a Ryzen 7 5800X. Reason to my mask is because I do know there's bottlenecks and this processor could be too much and a waste of my money or should I select a different CPU

[@DaBurt42O]

i went from an evga rtx 2060sc to a gigabyte rtx 4070oc gaming and love it!! huge difference

[@johnhicks8626]

2060 Supers Used at $160-$180 all day in Dallas (offerup and FB Marketplace) RTX 2070 Supers for $200. $400 3080, $600 3090

[@Kyanzes]

12:52 is that a screw between the left blade and the shroud?

[@RyuKaiser92]

Hey Greg, your video's seems to still have a high pitch noise in the background, mostly noticeable on headphones

[@SHARMARKE-PRODUCTSs]

I Got RX 6600 150$ New. Building second build Ryzen 5600. Will see the differens my first build was rtx 3050 8gb with 5600x.

[@BlueLightning]

im trying the arc a 770 rightn now, the acer bifrost one, it is actually really good, ive never had a crash, it is quiet and cool, and runs all my games at 1440p very well, and im going to the a770 from an rtx 4080 mind you, so yes the performance isnt nearly the same, but it is totally fine. seriously, intel has worked so hard on their drivers, battlemage is gonna be awesome.

[@hoppyt3ch]

is that 3D Mark score for the 4060Ti correct? Isn't that too high?

[@TouyaChikage]

My coworker is also a programmer and uses powerful cards. He's gonna eventually purchase a 4090 for his setup, and is gonna sell me his 3090. I was gonna get the 3060ti for $400, but he told me he'll just sell it to me for $500. Considering the value on any 90 cards, I'm scooping that shit up when he gets his 4090. I...just have to get better parts, cause my PSU isn't powerful enough for it lol (650W).

[@mse_marek]

Can you help? I have i5 3540 and zh77a g43 16gb ram DDR3 PC spin Up than shutdown no display but without ram it beeps

[@Bri-ky1ld]

The 1080ti lasted a long time, will the 6750xt have enough memory for games coming out in the next few years?

[@Cactus_-kq5rc]

Got a used Rtx 3090 for $750 AUD lately, think it was a decent deal regarding I need the vram for rendering projects.