Question are video card prices headed down yet?

[GodisanAtheist]

Were the RX 6xxx series mined on a lot?

- The RX6xxx series tended to be poor ETH miners due to their slower ram and smaller memory bus. AMD cards were inherently LHR, although that certainly didn't stop people from mining on them, just not to the same extent as NV cards.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Tariff exemption for Chinese GPUs extended 9 months.

 

[amenx]

Good luck on obtaining new cards at decent prices any time soon...

Covid outbreak throws Chinese factories and supply chains into chaos

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[maddie]

Good luck on obtaining new cards at decent prices any time soon...

Covid outbreak throws Chinese factories and supply chains into chaos

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It will resolve sooner than if lockdowns were continued. Lockdowns were always going to be never ending.

 

[Thunder 57]

It will resolve sooner than if lockdowns were continued. Lockdowns were always going to be never ending.

Lockdowns are incredibly stupid. Just about everyone has figured that out by now. I am grateful I live in a place that will not tolerate them.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

Lockdowns are incredibly stupid. Just about everyone has figured that out by now. I am grateful I live in a place that will not tolerate them.

Isn't freedom nice? I mean in the dwindling list of places that still have it.

 

[Thunder 57]

Isn't freedom nice? I mean in the dwindling list of places that still have it.

Well I don't want to get political outside of P&N but I'll just say yes it is, and leave it at that. I think most people are against them by now and I'm OK with that.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

Now is actually a great time to buy a 5700XT or similar, and prices should continue in a downward trend for these cards. for mid range, you can now get a MSI RX 5700 XT Gaming X is my favorite GPU, and can still perform well with games with most settings maxed out on detail, textures, etc.

Another good card that would be an honorable mention would be an RX 580 - 590. A grade A MSI RX 580 Gaming X can be had used on ebay for $109 shipped.

The 4GB version can be had for $75.99

All of these cards are still very good performers. Okay perhaps not gaming at 4K, but nobody is going to notice you turn down the resolution to get those 133+ FPS rates for BF V. Not even you!

 

[Thunder 57]

Now is actually a great time to buy a 5700XT or similar, and prices should continue in a downward trend for these cards. for mid range, you can now get a MSI RX 5700 XT Gaming X is my favorite GPU, and can still perform well with games with most settings maxed out on detail, textures, etc.

Another good card that would be an honorable mention would be an RX 580 - 590. A grade A MSI RX 580 Gaming X can be had used on ebay for $109 shipped.

The 4GB version can be had for $75.99

All of these cards are still very good performers. Okay perhaps not gaming at 4K, but nobody is going to notice you turn down the resolution to get those 133+ FPS rates for BF V. Not even you!

I actually liked Polaris as it was one of the first video cards that went from bulk 28nm to 14nm FinFET. I picked up an RX 480 8GB as soon as I could and enjoyed it in Doom and BF1 in particular. A 5700XT probably isn't a bad choice right now but a 6000 series may be better. A 5700 was a great choice 2.5 years ago. I got one for about $300 plus two games I never really bothered playing. Not too long later those cards were going for $1000. If only I had bought more than one.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

I actually liked Polaris as it was one of the first video cards that went from bulk 28nm to 14nm FinFET. I picked up an RX 480 8GB as soon as I could and enjoyed it in Doom and BF1 in particular. A 5700XT probably isn't a bad choice right now but a 6000 series may be better. A 5700 was a great choice 2.5 years ago. I got one for about $300 plus two games I never really bothered playing. Not too long later those cards were going for $1000. If only I had bought more than one.

I forgot to list ... I just paid for my new (new to me) RZX 5700 XT gaming X 8GB. It was $200 shipped last week.
Granted, I did have to do some work on the fans to get them functioning properly, but the GPU itself was sound and runs great, rarely used from the looks of it. So the risk is slightly higher when buying used, but it still shows you can still get reasonably powerful GPUs that won't break the bank AND still get good results for you in 2022.
For example, my FPS on Crysis 2 remastered is 70-90FPS with the spec listed as high. For Crysis 3 remastered it's about 120-130FPS with detail settings turned all most all the way up.
with NFS heat it's about the same. BF V is about 120FPS and thats just to list a few. If you are happy with 120FPS you will still be happy with a 5700 XT. Most of the games I listed have come out in the last few years.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

I actually liked Polaris as it was one of the first video cards that went from bulk 28nm to 14nm FinFET. I picked up an RX 480 8GB as soon as I could and enjoyed it in Doom and BF1 in particular. A 5700XT probably isn't a bad choice right now but a 6000 series may be better. A 5700 was a great choice 2.5 years ago.

I'm just partial to the 5700XT because it represented a nice leap forward in graphics performance for AMD. At first, I was very disappointed as I noticed the reference card was of a blower design. But you soon saw that switched to the more reasonable fan on heatsink design, so I researched the market and concluded that the RX 5700 XT MSI gaming X 8gb is one of the best on the market. Also using the dragon center software and afterburner I am overclocked it to 2105MHz (stock boost is 1980MHz) on the chip and maxed out the memory at 1900MHz (factory mem clock is 1750MHz)... so that makes it a bit more future proof.

Try as I may, I just cannot seem to justify getting a Nvidia card, I don't really know why, just don't like AMD offerings more.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Not sure why anyone would want to get a 5700XT when the 6600XT exists. Same performance, same RAM, more features.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

Not sure why anyone would want to get a 5700XT when the 6600XT exists. Same performance, same RAM, more features.

Mainly cost. Both cards would perform right around the same out of the box but the 5700 XT is ~ $100 cheaper than any other 6600 XT.

Plus I am partial to the 5700, for a number of reasons. I understand its slightly dated now. However, I can still get reasonable framerates (like 110FPS+) with most graphic settings maxed out on brand new/more recent games.

 

[scineram]

Lmfao looks like the market has bottomed out. Gamers have already seen the lowest prices for videocardz. I do actually have some hope and respect for them if what HUB says about XTX outselling the 4080 significantly is true.

 

[mastertech01]

Id take one at the right price... LOL

 

[biostud]

If nothing new is presented on CES about N32 I will be mighty tempted to get a RX 6800.

 

[biostud]

Lmfao looks like the market has bottomed out. Gamers have already seen the lowest prices for videocardz. I do actually have some hope and respect for them if what HUB says about XTX outselling the 4080 significantly is true.

While it might not compete with 4080/4090 but the 3080ti/90 series are really bad value compared to the 7900XTX.

 

[mastertech01]

How much is the 7900XTX and where does it sell?

 

[sze5003]

If I didn't care about VR support or dlss I would probably want to try an amd card. Value wise amd might be better just for getting your high frames and playing normal games.

 

[mastertech01]

Been looking at Quadro cards too since you cant find a decent 30xx or 40xx with large memory for much less than overpriced Quadro.

 

[Stuka87]

If I didn't care about VR support or dlss I would probably want to try an amd card. Value wise amd might be better just for getting your high frames and playing normal games.

Why is DLSS a requirement? FSR 2.0 does the same thing, and works with all cards. Some new games are only adding FSR support because it works with all three GPU makers. DLSS is proprietary and will probably go the way of GSync because of it.

Though I understand the VR side of things. Though I have not seen any VR benchmarks from the 7900 cards.

 

[sze5003]

Why is DLSS a requirement? FSR 2.0 does the same thing, and works with all cards. Some new games are only adding FSR support because it works with all three GPU makers. DLSS is proprietary and will probably go the way of GSync because of it.

Though I understand the VR side of things. Though I have not seen any VR benchmarks from the 7900 cards.

Dlss is generally better performing. I know nvidia cards have RTX cores which take advantage of hardware ray tracing. Going off of callisto protocol for example I can tell fsr 2.0 is not providing the same performance/visuals compared to dlss, well at least in my case running native resolution vs fsr, I don't see much of a difference. Of course maybe it's just a crappy implementation in the game.

 

[biostud]

Why is DLSS a requirement? FSR 2.0 does the same thing, and works with all cards. Some new games are only adding FSR support because it works with all three GPU makers. DLSS is proprietary and will probably go the way of GSync because of it.

Though I understand the VR side of things. Though I have not seen any VR benchmarks from the 7900 cards.

It will be interesting to see if FSR3 Wil actually come to life and be something that can compete with dlss3.
It seems that AMD has the same approach to software as they have to hardware, undercut competition with better "value".

 

[igor_kavinski]

Been looking at Quadro cards too since you cant find a decent 30xx or 40xx with large memory for much less than overpriced Quadro.

I actually had the RTX A4500 20GB on my radar before I got my 3090 for half price.

 

[Stuka87]

Dlss is generally better performing. I know nvidia cards have RTX cores which take advantage of hardware ray tracing. Going off of callisto protocol for example I can tell fsr 2.0 is not providing the same performance/visuals compared to dlss, well at least in my case running native resolution vs fsr, I don't see much of a difference. Of course maybe it's just a crappy implementation in the game.

Callisto Protocol doesn't have DLSS. It is FSR 2.0 only. So not sure how you could compare the two in that game. But you have to go into advanced settings and change upscaling from 'Temporal` to 'FSR Quality` (or performance if you care more about FPS than visuals) in order for it to use FSR.

AMD 6x00 and 7x00 cards also have hardware RayTracing. nVidia cardss are faster in some games, and AMD/nVidia are equal in others. FC6 is a game where AMD is faster with RT enabled.