The current generation mid-range end up competing against the previous generation mid-range and high-end GPUs, and usually they're not able to surpass the latter. The same goes for AMD graphics cards at the Vega 56 level or higher. Most of Nvidia's GTX 10-series parts are only available second-hand these days, but if you already have a GTX 1070, 1070 Ti, or 1080, you're not going to want to bother downgrading to the 1660 Super. There's still the problem of the previous generation cards, as well as the existing 1660 cards. With the 1660 Super price of $229, that's a big enough jump that the Super feels like a viable option.
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I'd almost always encourage gamers to upgrade to the RTX 2060 over the 1660 Ti, since it's only about $50 more. With the RTX 2060 now starting at around $320 (and I've seen sales drop the price as low as $300), the GTX 1660 Ti is in a tough spot.
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There's driver support for DirectX Raytracing (DXR), but generally speaking you won't get much above 30 fps even at 1080p with the GTX 1660 models. The other interesting aspect about the GTX 16-series is the lack of hardware ray tracing features. For the most part, these are the set prices for the stock or reference versions of these cards, if applicable, and not representative of overclocked or third-party graphics cards, which may well be priced higher.If you already have a GTX 1070, 1070 Ti, or 1080, you're not going to want to bother downgrading to the 1660 Super. Here's a list of the manufacturer set retail prices (MSRP), or recommended retail price (RRP), for most the latest graphics cards. These figures track alongside an aggregated 1440p frame rate score from across our suite of benchmarks.
Where we don't have the referential numbers for an older card we have used the average index score from the UL database. We've benchmarked all the latest GPUs of this generation, and have tracked their performance against the previous generation in terms of 3DMark Time Spy Extreme scores.
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But there is also the fact there will be gaming rigs on sale with older graphics cards over the next few days, and if they're cheap enough they may still be worth a punt as a cheap entry into PC gaming.
We're not saying you should buy an older card in 2022-AMD's budget RX 6000-series is a much better deal today-but it's worth knowing where your current GPU stacks up, or just knowing the lie of the land. It's also worth noting that the previous generation of graphics cards do still have something to offer, with something like the GTX 1650 Super able to outpace a more modern RTX 3050 in most benchmarks. Laptops Direct - some great GPU deals, but you have to search.Currys - some genuinely heavy discounts on GeForce GPUs (opens in new tab).Overclockers - over £100 off last-gen AMD and Nvidia GPUs (opens in new tab).Ebuyer - AMD cards with serious discounts (opens in new tab).Box - save on high-end GPUs (opens in new tab).Scan - the home of Nvidia's FE cards in the UK (opens in new tab).Amazon UK - great deals on last-gen GPUs (opens in new tab).Newegg - discounts across a wide range of Nvidia and AMD graphics cards (opens in new tab).B&H Photo - save over $100 on select GPUs (opens in new tab).Walmart - discounts of up to $150 (opens in new tab).Best Buy - the only place to buy Founders Edition cards in the US (opens in new tab).Amazon - save on current and last-gen Nvidia & AMD graphics cards (opens in new tab).That makes those expensive old cards even harder to recommend unless the deal is a steal.īut there are some excellent options at the mainstream and budget ends of the market, and it will be a lot longer before we get some new-gen cards in the sub-$400 price bracket. We know both AMD and Nvidia will launch more affordable versions of their RDNA 3 and Ada Lovelace architectures in the coming months.
Those cards are still priced high enough to get close to the latest generation of GPUs. There are savings on the last-gen graphics cards, but it's a tougher sell for the RTX 3080 and above. Though the fact the RTX 4070 Ti's (opens in new tab) overclocked options are being discounted to the reference price makes that almost a moot point. In fact, the RX 7900 XT (opens in new tab) is even under MSRP right now. However, the most exciting thing about the latest GPUs is that they're available and pretty much all available for MSRP.
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