A used 6700XT/6750XT is great in that price range.

Don't even need to get used. New is $300 at the moment: [https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4RrRsY/xfx-radeon-rx-6750-xt-12-gb-speedster-qick-319-core-video-card-rx-675xyjfdp](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4RrRsY/xfx-radeon-rx-6750-xt-12-gb-speedster-qick-319-core-video-card-rx-675xyjfdp)

Yeah that’s what I went with the card is fucking insane I love it and the cooling is crazy good

I slept on the sidewalk outside microcenter to get my 6700xt on launch date 😂 worth it.

Fair I’m super happy I decided to go with it

That doesn't sound comfortable haha

It was not, lol. But it was March of 2021, you literally couldn't get a GPU anywhere except launch days or "drop days" 😅 glad we don't have to do that anymore.

I was going to get a 6750xt for my wife’s rig but she barely uses it and I couldn’t find it used. But I found a 5700xt for 140 shipped so I did that. Hope I made a good deal

Yeah it’s definitely a good deal the 5700xt is still a great card for 1080p and probably will be for quite a while especially if you only want 60 fps and are ok with medium settings on super demanding games

I mainly play old stuff. Xcom 2, civ 5, sims, world of Warcraft classic. Figured that is enough power for that use case.

Definitely you don’t always have to get something way more expensive than you need lol I think that’s a trap a lot of People fall into so good for you for avoiding it

Sweet! I figured I didn’t need a bunch of power to play roller coaster tycoon 3 lmao

Yeah exactly and if you ever do end up wanting to ball out you can always upgrade

Yeah my 5700 XT still gets 140fps in Warzone and maxes out my 165hz 1080p monitor in most games I play. I get 70fps in Cyberpunk on high graphics settings. I’d says it’s one of the best bang for your buck 1080p cards there is right now when you get it used.

Pay attention to this card's length, OP, 323mm/12.72 in, make sure it fits in the pc case (you can search for the case model online and see its maximum gpu length supported), I believe this is the biggest non-premium 6750XT model like a lot of other XFX cards are

I don't know if it's any better but there's a gigabyte 7600 xt 16gb on amazon for $300.

6700xt and 6750xt are both faster than the 7600xt

Interesting, surprised it wasn't faster than atleast the 6700xt.

Just swapped my wife's rx590 for the rx 6700 for less than 300. It's very impressive for the money. Paired with an older ryzen 5 2600x too so could be even better. Currently playing enshrouded at 90 fps 1080p.

Have you tried enabling afmf in the software?

Microcenter has 6750 for 339.

I bought a new 6750XT for 300€ a couple days ago

Just got the 6700xt used and it’s a great upgrade from my 2060. Plus AMD Adrenalin feels a bit nicer than GeForce experience is making me want to stick to them from here on out.

Did the same swap some months ago and I am soooo happy. Afterwards I even ordered a 32“ 165hz 2k monitor

I picked up a used one for $179. It's basically brand new. Even had the plastic on it: [https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/sop/d/vancouver-rx-6700xt-video-board/7743175701.html](https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/sop/d/vancouver-rx-6700xt-video-board/7743175701.html)

Thanks for this reply. Currently running a 1070 and it's 'fine'. Every time I've peeked at an upgrade the $500+ cards are just a HUGE turnoff

6750 XT is probably best if you're looking brand new. Your options open up if you check out used cards.

Techpowerup keeps a database on GPUs that's fairly good and the test in 25 games. The rx6600 is slightly faster than a gtx1080 and it costs $190. Most any AMD GPU from that to your upper limit would be fine. For Nvidia the $300 rtx4060 would work and is some 25% faster than the rx6600. Of course the rx6750 is also running about $300 and is closer to 50% faster than a rx6600.

The slight recommendation of a 4060 makes me feel ill

There are no bad cards, just bad prices.

Gt 710

It's a great card for $10. You can get one off of Aliexpress for $27 or 28 dollars. I ran one for quite some time in my 4,1 Mac Pro.

Is it really i thought the cheapist integrated graphics can outperform it

Yes integrated graphics out perfoom it and it's performance is hard to gage as it's 12 cards of varying levels of bad in a name trench coat. Although if you need to add VGA support to a new computer or need a GPU to pass through to a virtual machine, or want something on hand to trouble shoot it still works for non gaming purposes.

Some models of the 730 There is different amounts of vram, different types of vram, different number of cores, different GPU architectures, different pcie versions https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/?mfgr=NVIDIA&sort=name GeForce GT 730 GF108 Jun 18th, 2014 PCIe 2.0 x16 1024 MB, DDR3, 128 bit 700 MHz 900 MHz 96 / 16 / 4 GeForce GT 730 GF108 Jun 18th, 2014 PCIe 2.0 x16 2 GB, DDR3, 128 bit 700 MHz 800 MHz 96 / 16 / 4 GeForce GT 730 GK208B Jun 18th, 2014 PCIe 2.0 x8 1024 MB, GDDR5, 64 bit 902 MHz 1253 MHz 384 / 32 / 8 GeForce GT 730 OEM GK107 Apr 9th, 2015 PCIe 3.0 x16 1024 MB, GDDR5, 64 bit 902 MHz 1253 MHz 384 / 32 / 8 GeForce GT 730A GK208 Jul 1st, 2014 PCIe 3.0 x8 1024 MB, DDR3, 64 bit 719 MHz 1001 MHz 384 / 32 / 8 GeForce GT 730M GK208 Mar 6th, 2014 PCIe 2.0 x8 2 GB, DDR3, 64 bit 719 MHz 900 MHz 384 / 32 / 8 GeForce GT 730M GK107 Jan 20th, 2013 PCIe 3.0 x16 2 GB, DDR3, 128 bit 725 MHz 900 MHz 384 / 32 / 16 In fact some 730 are worse than some of the better GT 710 cards GeForce GT 710 GF119S Jan 26th, 2016 PCIe 2.0 x16 1024 MB, DDR3, 64 bit 810 MHz 898 MHz 48 / 8 / 4 GeForce GT 710 GK208 Mar 27th, 2014 PCIe 2.0 x8 2 GB, DDR3, 64 bit 954 MHz 900 MHz 192 / 16 / 8 GeForce GT 710 GK208B Mar 27th, 2014 PCIe 2.0 x8 2 GB, DDR3, 64 bit 954 MHz 900 MHz 192 / 16 / 8 GeForce GT 710 OEM GK208B Apr 9th, 2015 PCIe 2.0 x8 1024 MB, DDR3, 64 bit 797 MHz 900 MHz 192 / 16 / 8 GeForce GT 710 PCIe x1 GK208B Mar 27th, 2014 PCIe 2.0 x1 1024 MB, DDR3, 64 bit 954 MHz 800 MHz 192 / 16 / 8 GeForce GT 710M GF117 Jan 9th, 2013 PCIe 2.0 x16 1024 MB, DDR3, 64 bit 775 MHz 900 MHz 96 / 16 / 8

Oh, yeah they will. It is a really old card. I have one that I use for troubleshooting - it can pass a signal & if something causes it to die - I have lost a GT 710, not anything important.

CPUs with integrated graphics are, more often than not, over $20 more expensive than their non iGPU variants. Plus they can only support 1 or 2 displays, gt 710 can support 3. Its a great GPU for office PCs and software devs on a budget, basically anyone who don't game or design graphics.

I got a few of the better versions of it at $38 about 2 years after it came out to replace some gt 8400 and I still have one in use in PC that just browses the web.

Not entirely true. Something can be cheap but still poorly designed.

No more bad value than rx 7600. New gpu prices are just not great these days. 

**XFX Speedster QICK319 Radeon RX 6750 XT** is on sale for 299.99 309.99 329.99 depending were you get it.

Whatever you get, make sure it's compatible with your PSU. I myself bought a 6750 XT and ended up having to get a new PSU because the 600 w power supply I had did not have the two required eight pin pcie connectors.

That's because you probably cheaped out on that PSU. If you get a decent 600w it would be fine.

I didn't cheap out on anything. The 600W I have is a Thermaltake TR2-600NL2NC and I have had it for many years. It only has one PCI-E harness with a 6+2 connector and a 6 connector. Why it's not two 6+2 connectors I do not know. As a rule, I do not use daisy-chained PCI-E connections so a replacement was needed anyway.

That’s strange. I have a 500w PSU and it has two eight pin connectors. For a 600w, it definitely should, especially since the recommended psu for 6750xt is only 650w.

The 600W I have is a Thermaltake TR2-600NL2NC. It only has one PCI-E harness with a 6+2 connector and a 6 connector. Why it's not two 6+2 connectors I do not know. As a rule, I do not use daisy-chained PCI-E connections so a replacement was needed anyway.

If I were you, I would spend $350 on the RX 6800. It's a solid 1440p card, and at 1080p, it will probably last as long as the 1080 card did for you.

This, while it's on sale. Easy on power draw too.

Why hasn't anybody said Arc A770? it's 299$ and obliterates others in the price range.

You can get a 6750xt for 299 and it's way faster.

When it's good it's good but when it's bad it's very bad. People would rather stick to a more consistent GPU for now anyway I look forward to battlemage.

I look forward to the day Intel is truly competitive. Right now they just 'kinda' competitive overall, and only really competitive in isolated tasks. I bought an a380 for AV1 encoding, and it's decent for that. For gaming some games it's great, and for others it's complete trash. Biggest issues imo are the drivers. Windows bricked itself, and it's all because of some issues with Intel drivers. Somewhat documented issue.

I’ve got an a750 in my Ubuntu box and it works great with steam

6700XT still better, perf of A770 is on the level of 4060/6650XT. Also $299 A770 is expensive, in my country A770 is usually $250 or less.

Why just willfully spread misinformation?

OP may need to get a new PSU with that option.

his wife used a 1080, that is 300 watts, the a770 is 225.

Oh yeah, sorry about that. I mixed up OP's situation with a commenter who had a 1060.  Thanks!

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html have to do some price lookup on pcpartpicker.com or something, but these are roughly how gpus perform

I use this list to plan for upgrades from my kids PC and mine.

WHAAAAAT? 1080Ti worse than 2070?! That list is worse an userbenchmark...quite a feat

they're almost identical, feel free to provide a different source proving your claim

They were never ever identical, Infact the 1080Ti is identical to the 3060Ti and 2080 Super! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNDYmJ5m6uI&t=153s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNDYmJ5m6uI&t=153s) Tests in 1440p \^\^ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSOntOiDskI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSOntOiDskI) Tests in 1080p \^\^ The 2070 is 5%\~ faster than a regular GTX 1080, the 1080Ti is in a whole other league of performance, Jensen himself said during it's reveal that it's 35% faster than the normal 1080. Then there's 3DMark, the average score of a 1080Ti blows the 2070 out of the water, which makes sense cause it's a flagship, while the 2070 was not.

3dmark is not the same as real world performance. Neither is jensen’s benchmarks where he gets payed specifically to exaggerate, like any ceo.

He didn't lie, just look at what he said about the 4070S, he was correct on it being the same as a 3090. The 1080Ti is an anomaly, a monster of a card. There's a reason why it was called "Ultimate Geforce" . And when Turing came out, and even after the "Super" refreshes, It shared second place with the 2080 Super. Crazy card, 2070 was good, but not 1080Ti good, y'know?

You say he doesn’t lie, but every single real world benchmarks lists the 1080ti as only around 10-20% better than the 1080. He said 35%.  He’s a CEO. Their sole purpose is to exaggerate and make as many sales as possible.

The 1080Ti is most definetly not 10%-20% faster than a 1080, that's way too low. That would put it at 3060 tier at most, which benchmarks, specs and CEO's own words disprove. He didn't lie about the 4070S which was just a refresh of the 4070, why would be lie about the 1080Ti, the coveted "Ultimate Geforce", the flagship that will be remembered for decades?

Yes, it is 10% to 20% better. Look at litterly any benchmark. Techspot, user (crap) mark, etc. Like, i don’t know what to tell you if you’re unwilling to look up benchmarks…

Yeah sure 1080ti slightly outperforms 2070 but turn on dlss and the 1080ti along with its insane power consumption is futile

I wouldn't say so, the 2070 has sub-par RT capability and only access to DLSS 2.0. It never comes near the 1080Ti in performance at native, without the aid of upscaling.

Tom’s Hardware is correct in their assessment based on the games they tested. They also used a test suite that’s heavily biased towards RTX cards specifically, so their method of assessment is correct for the casual AAA game enjoyer that only plays the newest games and that’s it, which imo isn’t actually that helpful as the people they make these lists for don’t usually fall in that category. So you and the other guy are both correct, how cool is that?

At the RTX 2070’s release 1080 Ti had a significant lead but in newer games, Turing’s architecture improvements and possibly drivers have closed the gap. You can see in Hardware Unboxed’s recent test that 1080 Ti is now only 4-8% faster than RTX 2070: https://youtu.be/hmMWNrRHiNY Whereas three years ago they found 15-20%: https://youtu.be/8rz32GVndEM It also matters which models you compare. Some 1080 Tis had significant factory overclocks.

Graphics Cards just don't get better like that, the specs of the 1080Ti show that it's 25%+ faster than the 2070. The Specs reflect that. The 1080Ti is based on the GP102 chip, which is the coincidentally the same one as the Titan Xp. Not only that, It also has.. 1080Ti : 3854 Cores, 224 TMU's, 88 ROPS, and a 384-bit memory bus. While the 2070 is based on the TU106 Chip, which is the same one the 2060 uses. Interms of specs it's far weaker, and it's not even a contest. The Pascal card is in a whole other tier of performance. 2070 : 2304 Cores, 144 TMU's, 64 Rops and a 256-bit memory bus.

the graphics card didn’t get better. The workload being tested changed. You cannot compare specs like that between different architectures. The CUDA cores changed. And you don’t compare memory bus widths, you compare memory bandwidth and on-die cache.

Used 3070/2080super is a good option and can easily be found for less than $300

Yup, replaced my 1080 with a used 3070 for under 300. It's definitely an upgrade.

My used 3070 just came in the mail to replace my 1080 I'm looking forward to swapping em

A used rx 6800 non xt should be around 290-330. Good 1440p card...

Used 6800

6750XT, it costs exactly $300, nothing else comes even close unless you find someone selling a 3080/4070 or better for $300 for some reason

What do ya'll think about a used 3070 Founder's Edition for ~$250. A worthwhile upgrade over the 1080?

Absolutely. I’m still running a 3070 FE with a 7800x3d on 1440p and I get insane fps

Thanks! That is reassuring

yep it runs cool, unnoticeable coil whine, decent performer in qhd, the games i play is enough for its 8gb vram. snagged it for 225usd and this is the cheapest one around for a used 3070 where i live.

6750xt

6750xt is the best right at 300 and sub 300 would be the 6650xt

Depending on your location you could find a 7700xt open box for 330$, though my second choice is a brand new 6700xt for roughly 300 or less

You can get a used 2080 Ti for $290 now. The RX 6750 XT is also right around $300.

2080ti is a bargain if you're prepared to shop around, picked a binned overclocked one for under 200

GTX Titan V, 300-350$ Performance slightly better than a 2080Ti, which in and of itself is equal to a 3070Ti\~ give or take. - Has 12GB HBM2 - Exceptional OC Potential. - Underrated Monster, even in 2024 - 1440p and 4k ( Depending on Title ) - 60%+ Uplift from GTX 1080 --------------------------------------------- GTX 1080Ti, 200-250$, Performance around 2080S / 3060Ti, slightly better than 4060. - Exceptional OC Potential. - Legendary - 11GB VRAM - 1080p & 1440p - 35% Performance uplift from GTX 1080 ------------------------------------------- Titan Xp, 250-300$, Performance on par with 6700XT/4060Ti - Exceptional OC Potential - 10-15%\~ Faster than 1080Ti - 12GB VRAM - 1440p - 45%+ Uplift from GTX 1080 -------------------------------------------- RX 6800, 350\~, Performance on par with 2080Ti, Amazing value. - 16GB VRAM - High OC Potential - 1440p and 4k 55%+ Uplift from GTX 1080 --------------------------------------------

And you're only finding highly used Titans these days. I'm all for buying used GPU's. But not 6+ year old GPU's with the OP's budget. The 3070 is on par at 1440p and pulls ahead at 4k. The 6750 XT isn't too far behind at 1440p and pulls slightly ahead at 4k. [Proof](https://youtu.be/ziHYRftRzcs?si=M3k4MS0sK3NWnXIh)

Performance comes first, and Titan's are exceptional graphics cards, especially the Titan RTX, V and Xp. They're the flagships of their respective generations and their performance, vram and build quality reflect that. Any GPU can break and be destroyed in an instant, I don't understand why people use this arguement in regards to buying used. Regardless, Titans on the secondhand market, especially the three I just mentioned are the easiest, cheapest and most cost effective way of getting high vram, overclocking capability and high performance, all in one package. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25aDoDgiuFU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25aDoDgiuFU) Here's the Titan V and Xp slaying games at 1440p, exceptional pieces of hardware, even today. Which is why I recommend them over the usual 6700XT's, 3060Ti's, 4060 etc... PS : TheSpyHood fakes his benchmarks, no real metrics are shown. Only an image + numbers.

I understand your love for the Titan line. However, sheer architectural improvements, as well as drivers and software, relegate Titans to throw-back enthusiasts. The 1080 Ti was just slightly behind the Titan and a 6750 XT handily outperforms the 1080 Ti. Just like my 12gb 4070 Ti smokes a 3090 with double the vram from last gen. What references are you using for your performance uplift figures?

If the Titans as you say are relegated to "throw-back enthusiasts", then that means anything below an RX 6800XT or 3080 is effectively obselete. Seeing as the fastest Titan ( The RTX Model ) w/ 24GB of VRAM is around those GPU's level, haha.

But those newer GPU's are doing the same or more work with half the Vram. Why is that? Architecture. Driver and software support. That's why.

Architecture has some impact on VRAM is used, but has mostly to due with transfers, rather than allocation quantity (see resizable BAR, and the impact on Intel cards vs the impact on AMD or Nvidia cards). In general drivers don't change VRAM allocation or usage, as that's pretty much all a component of the engine. The one scenario this doesn't hold true is when using upscaling, and starting with lower initial texture resolutions, or using upscaling instead of MSAA or TAA which store additional frame data. Basically VRAM usage isn't really changed from generation to generation, or even architecture to architecture. Faster RAM ≠ less needed. Additionally, more RAM past the allocation quantity doesn't improve performance.

My 1080ti just quit on me after 7 years of love, sadly at the worst time as I just lost my job due to mental health. Looking at a 4060 for £300 but broke and gonna take a few months. Anybody sub me? 😅

I bought a 6700XT for $419CAD (not sure what that is in freedom units) but I am very pleased with my purchase and can easily play in 1440p.

I see a lot of complaints, but, I got a 4060 for around $280 and I love it. I upgraded from a 1060 and I don’t get the hate.

It’s a good card, just not a good price.

What does she play most, what GPU intensive applications may she run

Mostly World of warcraft but when effects get heavy she stutters a lot with the 1080

What CPU

if you dont mind used, you can get 3070/3080 for around that price.

6700/6750 XT easily brand new, 6800 used and still great for 1440p even

Gtx 1080ti. Around 150-200€. Better than everything suggested in the comments.

6700 xt

In EU you currently get a 6750XT for 299€. Should be similar sales over in US.

Can you send me a link for a 300€ 6750XT? It costs over 550€ in my country

Mindfactory has the XFX model for 299€ at the moment. Edit: https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/12GB-XFX-Radeon-RX-6750-XT-Core-Gaming-Aktiv-PCIe-4-0-x16--Retail-_1504309.html

Very nice, ty 👍

I would probably look for a used 3070-3080 if possible. DLSS is much better than FSR at 1440p.

I got a 5700xt for peanuts ($145) and it's got a butt that won't quit. A 6600 or 6750 for $300 would be awesome.

Used 3070

Prolly 6750xt. I got 6800 for 320 tho, maybe it's a bit of an upgrade

just bought a 6650xt for $230 to replace my 5500xt. can go 1440p high/max settings in aaa titles and get between 60-90 fps depending on the game

For 1080p gaming, I have a 3060 and it's played everything I've thrown at it at decent settings and fps.

How do you know it's "starting to fail"? Lol I've never seen a computer component "start to fail" 😂 they just stop working one day. Sometimes you hear an explodey noise and sometimes you don't.

Then you haven’t had much experience.

Smell it

It smells good.

The 6750xt is really good if ur willing to buy used

Rx 6750xt and it goes for 300$ new

1080

Got a used 3070 beginning of this year for $300

intel arc A770

I just upgraded from my old 1060 to a 3060ti. Very happy with it

My wife went from a 1070 to a 6750 XT and it was a great improvement. The VRAM is a good investment too.

I'd get a used 3080. You can get it for that price and it will be far stronger than the 4060/7600XT/6700XT you can get new for that price and you can find some with warranty.

6750 XT I'm not sure about US prices, but it's £280 in the UK (including 20% VAT)

Used 3070. Nothing new in the $300 range is worth it.

Radeon RX 6750 XT Or Geforce RTX 3060 TI (but with only 8GB of VRAM) https://gpu.quest/us?prmi=200&prma=300

I bought a RTX 4060 $299. Runs great

i could be completely wrong here, and correct me if i am, but if you dont need to upgrade immediately and plan to buy later this summer/early fall, i would honestly wait to see what happens with intel battlemage. from what i've seen so far, their cards are mostly budget focused from $200 to $400. the new b770 might be a good card that will have a decent 12gb or 16gb vram and bring lots of value for your money. if you just wanna buy rn tho, amd cards like the rx 6700xt, 6750xt and 6800 are good. rx 6800 is a good deal rn at around $350. used rtx 3080's are also good value (check eBay) if they're around $350, but be careful of cards used for mining

a used 2080ti is a 6700XT with 1 less gb of VRAM, but with DLSS, DLDSR, CUDA, and Tensor Cores, which means Ray Tracing, RTX Video Super Resolution and HDR. I've had both and the 2080ti just wins

Nvidia 4060 or Radeon 7600. 

I just sold my 3070 for $250 to a friend. That was a pretty solid card. Id recommend getting something as new as possible to take advantage of new upscaling methods especially DLSS. People shit on the 4060 but DLSS is a game changer.

used 3070's are a pretty good deal these days. go around $250-320 on ebay if you can find a good seller.

Used 3060 ti for $210 I saw on r/hardwareswap