| haxxiy said: *Realistically* speaking, which is the best GPU I can acquire in the US for ~$500-600 assuming I'm willing to wait no more than three months? |
Depends on your priorities but a 3070 Ti will be released soon for most likely $600 and when new GPUs do get released, they do intend to stay around MSRP for the initial release before going up in price. So if you are fast enough, you may be able to but it's quite hard. If you are willing to wait, thanks to the recent mining crash which was a big one and the new mining limiters coming into place as well as both Nvidia and AMD continuing to ramp up their GPUs, it *could* start going back to normal MSRP.
But assuming everything stays the same and we go by newegg.com, your best GPU would probably be a 3060 Ti. It's 2-5% behind the 6700XT and 8-10% behind the 3070. It performs faster than 2080 Super and it has great Ray Tracing performance + DLSS as well as other goodies that comes with Nvidia GPUs. But it has 8GB of Vram if you think that's important.
On newegg, a 3060 Ti is priced as low as $400 but that version is probably not gonna be in stock. Majority are priced round $500-$650 at the new 2021 MSRP.
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=3060Ti
If you don't like Nvidia, your next bet would probably be the 6700XT. It can sometimes go toe to toe or even beat the 3070 in some AMD sponsored games but more often than not, between a 3060 Ti and a 3070 in Raster (sometimes closer to a 3060 Ti). It has 12GB of Vram and it is Ray Tracing capable. You will probably get Super Resolution when that comes out but I'd rather not buy GPUs based on future promises. However AMD AIB prices, least on newegg, are royally goofed. So you are better waiting for their upcoming 6600XT or 6700 and see how those fair. I think a 3060 Ti will beat a 6700 in non AMD sponsored titles but we will see.
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=6700
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