Upgrading your graphics card is practically always the most cost-effective way to revive your existing gaming PC. Until recently, the Intel Arc A750 has rarely been as fast as its benchmark scores imply, but after the latest driver updates it has started to come out ahead in many games. In terms of raw rasterization performance, however, the Radeon RX 6650 XT outperforms the Nvidia alternatives. All of this makes for an excellent mainstream GPU, but it’s still more expensive than the RTX 2060 (6GB version), which is faster. To put the current mid-range cards into some perspective, here is an indication of how they perform (no ray tracing enabled):Ĭompared to previous generations, the GeForce RTX 3050 offers about the same performance as the previous mid-range favorite, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, but with added ray-tracing and DLSS capabilities. Following these developments, the Intel Arc A750 is likely the fastest GPU under $300 for the time being, as its average frame rates were already roughly on par with the RTX 3060. On the downside, AMD GPUs trail Nvidia in the ray tracing department and also lack the competent hardware-based upscaling solution DLSS.Īs for the Intel alternative, the Arc A750 just received a lower MSRP of $250 along with better availability and greatly improved drivers. The RX 6650 XT is, on average, faster than both the RTX 3050 and RTX 2060 – and trades blows with the more expensive GeForce RTX 3060. Last update on / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API Intel has also made a move on the mid-range market by lowering the list price of its reference Arc A750 card to $250. Nvidia’s latest GPU in this price range is the RTX 3050 GPU, but it currently finds itself competing with the older (and ironically faster) RTX 2060 6GB. Graphics cards based on the Radeon RX 6650 XT GPU – a 2022 update of the RX 6600 XT with a launch MSRP of $399 – are frequently selling for around $300. Prices are finally becoming competitive again in the mid-range GPU tier. Alternative #4: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super.Alternative #2: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Used).Alternative #1: Radeon RX 5600 XT (Used).Nvidia Alternative Under $300: RTX 3050.Budget Less ~$50: Radeon RX 6600 (non-XT).Best Nvidia GPU Under $300: GeForce RTX 2060.Best AMD GPU Under $300: Radeon RX 6650 XT.
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