Alternative GPUs for current era games

[Ella Tai]

Are there any alternatives I could go for since there’s a global shortage of the rtx 30 series? I’m open to any recommendations, thanks!  

[AndreiArgeanu]

Not really, every other graphics card out there has also risen in price, cards like the RX 480/580 that were released at a price of 200$ 4 years ago now go for 250$ used in a lot of cases, it's best to wait for now.

[Ella Tai]

Just now, AndreiArgeanu said:

Not really, every other graphics card out there has also risen in price, cards like the RX 480/580 that were released at a price of 200$ 4 years ago now go for 250$ used in some cases, it's best to wait for now.

Thanks! Just realised I posted in the wrong place  

[Ella Tai]

8 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

Not really, every other graphics card out there has also risen in price, cards like the RX 480/580 that were released at a price of 200$ 4 years ago now go for 250$ used in a lot of cases, it's best to wait for now.

I saw a 1660s sold by my neighbourhood store, wondering if it is capable of gaming these days, any idea?

[Moonzy]

Just now, Ella Tai said:

I saw a 1660s sold by my neighbourhood store, wondering if it is capable of gaming these days, any idea?

depending on what games, resolution and graphical settings you're going for

 

personally i'm still fine gaming on a 970, which is equivalent to a 1060

but i turn my graphical settings to potato quality

[SupaKomputa]

13 minutes ago, Ella Tai said:

I saw a 1660s sold by my neighbourhood store, wondering if it is capable of gaming these days, any idea?

Well it's a 2 years card, sure.

[leadeater]

Moved to Graphics Cards

[NattyKathy]

I think a 1660 would be perfectly fine for 1080P 30-90FPS depending on the game & how you balance framerate/quality. The bare minimum for 1080P with ok graphics settings from my recent experience is like GTX 670 / GTX 1050 / HD 7950 / RX 560 level and the 1660 is quite a bit faster than those.