Does anyone know any good value graphics cards for the UK (brand new)?

[inuisneedspcadvice]

I'm looking for a 200-400 GBP graphics card, thanks in advance.

[Anicool007]

• GeForce RTX 3080. Best Graphics Card Overall, for 4K and More. 
• Radeon RX 6800 XT. Best AMD GPU, Forget About DLSS.

But I will suggest Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 

[Albert F]

brand new... probably the 1650 is your best bet

[ki8aras]

yea it would be between the 1650 and/or the gtx 1660, and maybe the new rtx 3050 thats coming out 

[porina]

Nothing great at the moment. 1650 is in stock and on the low end of the price range, but it is also lower end performance presuming that gaming is the main application.

 

Towards end of month there's 6500 XT and 3050 expected to be out. 6500 XT would beat a 1650. Probably not by a huge amount, but it would be newer tech. 3050 would be nicer but I'd expect miners to snap them all up before you get a chance.

[jumpinghermit]

i don't think that exists right now anywhere. you're getting screwed either way I think. personally i would avoid those 1650/1660s (also, not even sure they fit in your budget - here a crappy 1650 jumps above 350euros - i thinks its worse than a 1060 3gb even, the 1660 starts at 590euros). i'd rather just get a gt730 for $100 if you don't have an igpu (cause apparently that's the value of a gt730 2gb nowadays), better yet just get it second hand, although with how desperate people are wouldn't be surprised if they mine even those :))

 

and just spend 100euros on geforce now for the next 6 months (assuming your internet can handle it).

as @porina mentioned - i'd wait to see what happens with 6500XT when it comes out in just a few weeks I think. the 3050 i think will be snatched up by miners so i'd not even hope for it, but the 6500XT looks bad enough that miners might actually not be interested in it. but potentially good enough for gaming and you might actually be able to afford it in your budget (although ... that might not be in your budget either. not sure how it's there, but here most gpus are at 2.5/3x the msrp)

[inuisneedspcadvice]

On 1/8/2022 at 3:17 PM, Albert F said:

brand new... probably the 1650 is your best bet

Thanks

[inuisneedspcadvice]

4 hours ago, jumpinghermit said:

i don't think that exists right now anywhere. you're getting screwed either way I think. personally i would avoid those 1650/1660s (also, not even sure they fit in your budget - here a crappy 1650 jumps above 350euros - i thinks its worse than a 1060 3gb even, the 1660 starts at 590euros). i'd rather just get a gt730 for $100 if you don't have an igpu (cause apparently that's the value of a gt730 2gb nowadays), better yet just get it second hand, although with how desperate people are wouldn't be surprised if they mine even those :))

 

and just spend 100euros on geforce now for the next 6 months (assuming your internet can handle it).

as @porina mentioned - i'd wait to see what happens with 6500XT when it comes out in just a few weeks I think. the 3050 i think will be snatched up by miners so i'd not even hope for it, but the 6500XT looks bad enough that miners might actually not be interested in it. but potentially good enough for gaming and you might actually be able to afford it in your budget (although ... that might not be in your budget either. not sure how it's there, but here most gpus are at 2.5/3x the msrp)

about that, you can get a gddr6 gtx 1650 for around 300gbp, i just looked at it, i was asking if there were any others, thanks for answering though

[jumpinghermit]

2 hours ago, inuisneedspcadvice said:

about that, you can get a gddr6 gtx 1650 for around 300gbp, i just looked at it, i was asking if there were any others, thanks for answering though

well, if you can find it - sure, i suppose. personally i would not get it. it's just not worth it considering it's weaker than what came out 4+ years ago (rx 580 / 1060 3gb) and you're not really getting any shiny new features either (dlss would be the most useful given it's entry level status, but as far as i know it doesn't support dlss, you should at least check for this beforehand).

there might be 2 more in the next 3 weeks if you can wait (3050 / rx 6500). good luck.

[inuisneedspcadvice]

22 hours ago, jumpinghermit said:

well, if you can find it - sure, i suppose. personally i would not get it. it's just not worth it considering it's weaker than what came out 4+ years ago (rx 580 / 1060 3gb) and you're not really getting any shiny new features either (dlss would be the most useful given it's entry level status, but as far as i know it doesn't support dlss, you should at least check for this beforehand).

there might be 2 more in the next 3 weeks if you can wait (3050 / rx 6500). good luck.

ok, do you know the 3050 launch price?

 

[SolarNova]

On 1/8/2022 at 3:13 PM, inuisneedspcadvice said:

I'm looking for a 200-400 GBP graphics card, thanks in advance.

Nothing 'new' currently, its a very bad time to buy a GPU.

 

If ur not in a position to build around an AMD APU, and NEED a new GPU to get up and running, look out for a GTX 980 or 980ti on used marketplaces, its the highest performing card u can get for ~£200 that isnt a massive rippoff.

 

As soon as u look for anything newer thats as good or better from both AMD and Nvidia, prices go through the roof.

The next step up..just..is a GTX 1660 and they are £300+, just not worth it.

[jumpinghermit]

7 hours ago, inuisneedspcadvice said:

ok, do you know the 3050 launch price?

 

update: looks like no. we kinda already knew the 3050 was not gonna be an option actually ... but now we also know the 6500xt isn't an option either. asus marked it up to 330euros which means it will be in stores for 400+ euros ( the cynic in me says at least 450euros ).

as for the gtx3050 - it has an msrp of $250. that's about $50 more than the 6500 but it also has 8gb of ram, so i'd say miners are gonna be all over it and the likes of asus/gigabyte/etc know this so that will be marked up even more severely. so ... i don't think you'll be seeing the 3050 below 600euros in stores.
 

not sure if any of them will fit in your budget.