| shikamaru317 said: I agree the a580 is a bit underpowered, though it is the price/performance king in that price bracket currently, the 3050 costs about $30 more while getting about 20% lower framerate across virtually every game, while the AMD 6600 costs about $40 more and only trades blows with the a580, with certain games favoring one card and other games favoring the other. AMD and Nvidia both have been slow to release lower end GPU's on their latest architectures, we are still waiting on both the long rumored GTX 4050 and the long rumored RX 7500 XT. As a result of their slow low end release schedules, my only real options for a stronger GPU than the a580 at present are as follows:
The only one of the above that seems like it might be a better price/performance option for me would be the 6650 XT, but $80 extra is alot to spend to get an extra 15 fps at 1080p and an extra 8 fps at 1440p. That is a 47% increase in price for an extra 23% performance at 1080p and an extra 14% performance at 1440p. Maybe I should wait a few months to see if the 4050 or 7500 XT finally release. I know Intel's 2nd generation Arc cards are rumored for a Q2 release this year as well, though those will probably be mid-high end cards at the start, not in my price range. |
Well, with whatever you do - wait for a holiday sales time.
Not sure where you live but you can typically find the best deals during winter pretty much everywhere.
You should also probably ask the guys in the PC gaming thread, they are all obsessed with hardware lol.
