Best graphics card deals on any budget

Best graphics card deals

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GPU deals in the US: The top cards stateside
GPU deals in the UK: Blighty's best deals
Performance comparison: The GPU hierarchy
MSRP list: The original launch price of the cards

These aren't the golden times for the best graphics card deals, I'm afraid. With the arrival of a new generation of AMD and Nvidia GPUs, pricing isn't trending down at all—in fact, it's going very much the opposite way. The latest and greatest GPUs are still prohibitively expensive for the most part, and stocks of older models are few and far between.

The new generation of graphics cards started late last year, with the Intel Arc B580 and was swiftly followed by Nvidia's RTX 50 series, led by the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti. AMD's RX 9070 series has just joined the crowd and you might have noticed AMD isn't opting for an uber-high-end graphics card in its RX 9070 series, instead leaving Nvidia to dominate with its latest AI-supercharged cards.

The expensive RTX 50-series gets a significant performance uplift through its Multi-Frame Generation, but supplies of the Blackwell GPU have been low, despite claims of doubling sales over the RTX 40-series. The RX 9070 series counters this with a solid all-around performance, though its price is highly volatile right now. But what about deals on the previous generation? Some of those new cards make it tough to recommend many of the previous generations, even at pretty decent discounts.

Nevertheless, the budget market isn't going to budge anytime soon, with the RTX 5060 and RX 9060 likely still a month or so away. And if you need a graphics card immediately, what can you do but hope for a decent deal on one? We've worked the angles and below are the best prices and availability on every current graphics card we think you ought to consider upgrading your gaming PC with.

Where are the best cheap graphics card deals in the US?

Graphics card deals

Price watch: 🔼PowerColor RX 7600 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 2048 shaders | 2655 MHz boost | $289.99 at Amazon

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PowerColor RX 7600 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 2048 shaders | 2655 MHz boost |
$289.99 at Amazon
As the budget baby of the RDNA 3 family, the RX 7600 faces a lot of competition. Not just from Intel and Nvidia, but from AMD's older generation of cards too. At this price, though, it's quite a bit cheaper than the RX 6700 XT and in some games, it performs nearly as well, as you can see in our review. It's not the most exciting of graphics cards, though.

RX 7600 price check: Newegg $299.99 | Best Buy $329.99

Price watch: 🔼MSI RTX 4060 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3072 shaders | 2475 MHz boost |$334.99 at Best Buy

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MSI RTX 4060 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3072 shaders | 2475 MHz boost |
$334.99 at Best Buy
Entry-level RTX 50 series cards won't be available for a while, so Nvidia's current cheapest entry point is the RTX 4060. While faster than the RTX 3060, as shown in our review, the price suggests it should have been better. You do get the full DLSS 3.5 suite, though, and it's pretty decent at encoding video for streaming. Nevertheless, we prefer AMD's RX 7600 or last-gen RX 6700 at this price point.

RTX 4060 price check: Newegg $349.99

Price watch: 🔼Sparkle Arc B570 | 10 GB GDDR6 | 2304 shaders | 2660 MHz boost | $308.75 at Amazon

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Sparkle Arc B570 | 10 GB GDDR6 | 2304 shaders | 2660 MHz boost |
$308.75 at Amazon
Intel's new Battlemage chip is only a fraction slower than its last-gen Arc A770, so at this price, it's worth considering. Do note, though, that the drivers still need work as some games don't like the new architecture. When it's all working fine, you're getting a lot of GPU for the money, though the price has risen a lot recently and this particular deal is through a third-party seller.

Arc B570 price check: Newegg $329

Price watch: 🔽Gunnir Arc B580 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 2560 shaders | 2670 MHz boost | $379 $341 at Newegg (save $38)

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Gunnir Arc B580 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 2560 shaders | 2670 MHz boost |
$379 $341 at Newegg (save $38)
Stocks of Intel's best GPU, the Arc 580, are finally starting to pick up. The price tag is still above where we'd be completely happy recommending it as an essential budget purchase, even though it can be really fast in some games. Note that US stocks are very limited, so this deal is from a third-party seller.

Arc B580 price check: Amazon $349

Price watch:XFX RX 7700 XT | 12 GB GDDR6 | 3072 shaders | 2544 MHz boost | $509.99 at Newegg

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XFX RX 7700 XT | 12 GB GDDR6 | 3072 shaders | 2544 MHz boost |
$509.99 at Newegg
For a while, the Radeon RX 7700 XT was the ideal choice for a mid-range gaming PC, thanks to its 1440p performance and price. But now that it's well over its launch MSRP, you're better off putting the money towards its bigger brother, the RX 7800 XT.

RX 7700 XT price check: Best Buy $529.99

Price watch:XFX RX 7800 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3840 shaders | 2430 MHz boost | $599.99 at Amazon

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XFX RX 7800 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3840 shaders | 2430 MHz boost |
$599.99 at Amazon
As you can see in our full review, the RX 7800 XT is only slightly faster than the RX 6800 XT it replaced, but it has a more modern feature set and copes much better with ray tracing. Stocks are now super low these days and while the price isn't ridiculous, it's nowhere near as good value for money as it used to be.

RX 7800 XT price check: Best Buy $629.99

Price watch:New deal!Zotac RTX 5070 | 12 GB GDDR7 | 6144 shaders | 2542 MHz boost | $699.99 at Newegg

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Zotac RTX 5070 | 12 GB GDDR7 | 6144 shaders | 2542 MHz boost |
$699.99 at Newegg
Although the RTX 5070 is a good deal faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, it's just not a good deal at this price. However, this is as cheap as 5070s get right now. Only consider it if you really must have DLSS 4 and all of Nvidia's AI rendering tech.

RTX 5070 price check: Best Buy $699.99 | B&H Photo $709.99

Price watch: 🔽PowerColor RX 7900 XT | 20 GB GDDR6 | 5376 shaders | 2535 MHz boost | $799.99 at Amazon

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PowerColor RX 7900 XT | 20 GB GDDR6 | 5376 shaders | 2535 MHz boost |
$799.99 at Amazon
The RX 7900 XT is a solid gaming graphics card but it's not as good as the latest GPUs from AMD and Nvidia in the same price segment. There are better graphics cards to be spending your money on, though its 20 GB of VRAM might appeal to some.

RX 7900 XT price check: Newegg $849.99 | Best Buy $929.99

Price watch:New deal!Asus RTX 5070 Ti | 16 GB GDDR7 | 8960 shaders | 2527 MHz boost | $939.99 at Amazon

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Asus RTX 5070 Ti | 16 GB GDDR7 | 8960 shaders | 2527 MHz boost |
$939.99 at Amazon
At its $749 MSRP, the RTX 5070 Ti is a superb graphics card but current prices are nowhere near that mark. Instead, you're looking at nearly $1,000 for a 5070 Ti, which is far less appealing at this price. If you think of it as being like an RTX 4080 with DLSS 4 support, though, then it doesn't seem quite so bad.

RTX 5070 Ti price check: Best Buy $939.99 | Newegg $999.99

Price watch:New deal!XFX RX 9070 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 4096 shaders | 3100 MHz boost | $959.99 at Amazon (Prime members only)

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XFX RX 9070 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 4096 shaders | 3100 MHz boost |
$959.99 at Amazon (Prime members only)
The RX 9070 XT is AMD's best graphics card in recent years, so naturally it's hugely popular, resulting in very low stocks and sky-high prices. At this price, it's absolutely not worth buying one but if it does become cheaper, then the new FSR 4 upscaling tech is the main reason why you'd pick one up.

RX 9070 XT price check: Walmart $1,207.90

Price watch:New deal!XFX RX 7900 XTX | 24 GB GDDR6 | 6144 shaders | 2620 MHz boost | $1,229.99 at Best Buy

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XFX RX 7900 XTX | 24 GB GDDR6 | 6144 shaders | 2620 MHz boost |
$1,229.99 at Best Buy
Over last year's sales period, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX was much cheaper and sold like proverbial hotcakes. Unfortunately, that means stocks are super low everywhere and prices are sky-high again. It's not value for money, so only buy one if you absolutely must have AMD's most powerful GPU.

RX 7900 XTX price check: Out of stock elsewhere

Price watch:New deal!Asus RTX 5080 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 10752 shaders | 2730 MHz boost | $1,484.99 at Best Buy

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Asus RTX 5080 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 10752 shaders | 2730 MHz boost |
$1,484.99 at Best Buy
Yes, it's more than $500 over Nvidia's MSRP for the RTX 5080 but that's how things are at the moment. It's arguably not worth the money, either, as the RTX 5080 isn't that much faster than the RTX 4080 it replaces. You do get the full DLSS 4 suit, including Multi Frame Generation, but you're really better off waiting until prices become more sensible.

RTX 5080 price check: Newegg $1,529.99

Where are the best cheap graphics card deals in the UK?

Graphics card deals in the UK

Price watch: 🔽Sparkle Arc B570 | 10 GB GDDR6 | 2304 shaders | 2660 MHz boost | £239.99 £218.99 at Overclockers (save £21)

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Sparkle Arc B570 | 10 GB GDDR6 | 2304 shaders | 2660 MHz boost |
£239.99 £218.99 at Overclockers (save £21)
Intel's new Battlemage chip is only a fraction slower than its last-gen Arc A770, so at this price, it's worth considering. Do note, though, that the drivers still need work as some games really don't like the new architecture. When it's all working fine, you're getting a lot of GPU for the money.

RX 7600 price check: Amazon £247.99

Price watch:Asus RX 7600 | 8 GB | 2048 shaders | 2715 MHz boost | £239.99 at Overclockers

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Asus RX 7600 | 8 GB | 2048 shaders | 2715 MHz boost |
£239.99 at Overclockers
As the budget baby of the RDNA 3 family, the RX 7600 faces a lot of competition. Not just from Intel and Nvidia, but from AMD's older generation of cards too. At this price, though, it's quite a bit cheaper than the RX 6700 XT and in some games, it performs nearly as well, as you can see in our review. It's not the most exciting of graphics cards, though.

RX 7600 Price check: Scan £249.98

Price watch:Gigabyte RTX 4060 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3072 shaders | 2475 MHz boost | £269.99 at Currys

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Gigabyte RTX 4060 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3072 shaders | 2475 MHz boost |
£269.99 at Currys
While the RTX 4060 isn't exactly one of our favourite graphics cards of all time, it's still capable of delivering good 1080p and 1440p performance thanks to DLSS 3. This little model has a twin-fan cooler and should slot into almost any modern system with no fuss at all. At this price, as budget GPUs go, it's a bit of a steal.

RTX 4060 Price check: Overclockers £278.99 | Amazon £284.99 | Scan £289.98 | Ebuyer £296.72

Price watch:MSI RTX 4060 Ti | 8 GB GDDR6 | 4352 shaders | 2580 MHz boost | £349.99 at Currys

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MSI RTX 4060 Ti | 8 GB GDDR6 | 4352 shaders | 2580 MHz boost |
£349.99 at Currys
The RTX 4060 Ti might not have blown our socks off when it first arrived, but it's a great budget gaming GPU at this price with some chunky performance for the money. While there is a 16 GB variant available, 8 GB here should do you just fine, despite the fuss that was created around its launch.

RTX 4060 Ti Price check: Overclockers £359.99 | Amazon £359.99

Price watch: 🔽Gigabyte RX 7700 XT | 12 GB GDDR6 | 3456 shaders | 2171 MHz boost | £389.99 at Ebuyer

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Gigabyte RX 7700 XT | 12 GB GDDR6 | 3456 shaders | 2171 MHz boost |
£389.99 at Ebuyer
Plummeting in price since release, the RX 7700 XT has become more and more one of our favourites with every price drop. Right now it's a superb mid-range GPU with lots of horsepower and plenty of memory to last you a good many years.

RX 7700 XT price check: Overclockers £419.99

Price watch:➖XFX RX 7800 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3840 shaders | 2124 MHz boost | £449.99 at Ebuyer

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XFX RX 7800 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3840 shaders | 2124 MHz boost |
£449.99 at Ebuyer
The RX 7800 XT is only a little bit faster than the RX 6800 XT it replaced, but it has a more modern feature set and copes with ray tracing a lot better. At this price, you're getting a lot of GPU and VRAM for not a lot of money.

RX 7800 XT price check: Scan £459.98 | Overclockers £529.99

Price watch:New deal!Zotac RTX 5070 | 12 GB GDDR7 | 6144 shaders | 2542 MHz boost | £539.99 at Overclockers

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Zotac RTX 5070 | 12 GB GDDR7 | 6144 shaders | 2542 MHz boost |
£539.99 at Overclockers
The RTX 5070 is a good deal faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, and it's priced very similarly. Other 5070 models are far more expensive than this one, so don't waste your money. This one will do everything you need.

RTX 5070 price check: Scan £539.99 | Ebuyer £585.40 | Currys £599.99

Price watch:New deal!ASRock RX 9070 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3584 shaders | 2700 MHz boost | £599.99 at Overclockers

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ASRock RX 9070 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3584 shaders | 2700 MHz boost |
£599.99 at Overclockers
The RX 9070 is really solid mid-range graphics card, provided you can get one at a sensible price. While this deal is a little on the pricey side, it's still better value for money than Nvidia's RTX 50-series, and FSR 4 upscaling and frame generation are the best AMD tech in years. The only problem is that the RX 9070 XT is available for only a little extra cash.

RX 9070 price check: Ebuyer £602.27 | Scan £628.99

Price watch:🔽Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT | 20 GB GDDR6 | 5,376 shaders | 2,450 MHz boost | £799.99£599.99 at Overclockers (save £200)

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Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT | 20 GB GDDR6 | 5,376 shaders | 2,450 MHz boost |
£799.99 £599.99 at Overclockers (save £200)
Seeing a bunch of RX 7900 XTs selling for well less than the original MSRP is a welcome sight, and while they might get overshadowed by some of Nvidia's greatest, they deliver a huge amount of performance. What we like about the XFX with its triple-fan array in particular is that it should run quieter than your average RX 7900 XT. We could all do with a little less noise from our PC.

RX 7900 XT price check: Out of stock elsewhere

Price watch:New deal!XFX RX 9070 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 4096 shaders | 2970 MHz boost | £676.96 at Ebuyer

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XFX RX 9070 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 4096 shaders | 2970 MHz boost |
£676.96 at Ebuyer
The RX 9070 XT is AMD's best graphics card in recent years, so naturally it's hugely popular, resulting in very low stocks and sky-high prices. Fortunately, there are still some decent deals to be found, though, at this price point, Nvidia's RTX 50-series looks just as tempting.

RX 9070 price check: Currys £679

Price watch:New deal!MSI RTX 5070 Ti | 16 GB GDDR7 | 8960 shaders | 2482 MHz boost | £819.98 £799.98 at Scan (save £20)

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MSI RTX 5070 Ti | 16 GB GDDR7 | 8960 shaders | 2482 MHz boost |
£819.98 £799.98 at Scan (save £20)
At its £729 MSRP, the RTX 5070 Ti is a superb graphics card and while this is quite a bit more expensive than that, it's still the best price around for an RTX 5070 Ti. If you think of it as being like an RTX 4080 with DLSS 4 support, though, then it doesn't seem quite so bad.

RTX 5070 Ti price check: Overclockers £869.99 | Ebuyer £889.98

Price watch:🔽PowerColor RX 7900 XTX | 24 GB GDDR6 | 6144 shaders | 2525 MHz boost | £849 at Currys

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PowerColor RX 7900 XTX | 24 GB GDDR6 | 6144 shaders | 2525 MHz boost |
£849 at Currys
Over last year's sales period, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX was much cheaper and sold like proverbial hotcakes. Unfortunately, that means stocks are super low everywhere but the odd deal does pop up, like this nice PowerColor model. It's still not great value for money, so only buy one if you absolutely must have AMD's most powerful GPU.

RX 7900 XTX price check: Overclockers £899.99

Price watch:New deal!Inno3D RTX 5080 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 10752 shaders | 2700 MHz boost | £1,235.99 at Scan

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Inno3D RTX 5080 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 10752 shaders | 2700 MHz boost |
£1,235.99 at Scan
Yes, it's more than £250 over Nvidia's MSRP for the RTX 5080 but that's how things are at the moment. It's arguably not worth the money, either, as the RTX 5080 isn't that much faster than the RTX 4080 it replaces. You do get the full DLSS 4 suit, including Multi Frame Generation, but you're really better off waiting until prices become more sensible.

RTX 5080 price check: Ebuyer £1,286.94 | Overclockers £1,699.99

Performance comparison

We've benchmarked all the latest GPUs of this generation, and have tracked their performance against the previous generation in terms of 3DMark Time Spy Extreme scores. Where we don't have the referential numbers for an older card we have used the average index score from the UL database. These figures track alongside an aggregated 1440p frame rate score from across our suite of benchmarks.

Intel's Arc cards are not noted here, as they generally score uncharacteristically highly in 3DMark, and that gives a false sense of performance without other frame rate figures to delve into. Check out our Arc A770 review and Arc A750 review for more.

MSRP list

Here's a list of the manufacturer set retail prices (MSRP), or recommended retail price (RRP), for most the latest graphics cards. For the most part, these are the set prices for the stock or reference versions of these cards, if applicable, and not representative of overclocked or third-party graphics cards, which may well be priced higher.

Nvidia

  • RTX 5090 - $1,999 | £1,939
  • RTX 5080 - $999 | £979
  • RTX 5070 Ti - $749 | £729
  • RTX 5070 - $549 | £539
  • RTX 4090 - $1,599 | £1,699
  • RTX 4080 - $1,199 | £1,269
  • RTX 4080 Super - $999 | £959
  • RTX 4070 Ti Super - $799 | £769
  • RTX 4070 Ti - $799 | £799
  • RTX 3090 Ti - $1,999 | ~£1,999
  • RTX 3090 - $1,499 | £1,399
  • RTX 3080 Ti - $1,199 | £1,049
  • RTX 3080 - $699 | £649
  • RTX 4070 Super - $599 | £579
  • RTX 4070 - $549 | £529
  • RTX 3070 Ti - $599 | £529
  • RTX 3070 - $499 | £469
  • RTX 4060 Ti - $399 | £389
  • RTX 3060 Ti - $399 | £349
  • RTX 3060 - $329 | £299
  • RTX 4060 - $299 | £299
  • RTX 3050 - $249 | £239

AMD

  • RX 9070 XT - $599 | $569
  • RX 9070 - $549 | £529
  • RX 7900 XTX - $999 | ~£999
  • RX 7900 XT - $749 | ~£749
  • RX 6950 XT - $1,099 | ~£1,060
  • RX 6900 XT - $999 | ~£770
  • RX 6800 XT - $649 | ~£600
  • RX 6800 - $579 | ~£530
  • RX 7900 GRE - $549 | ~£549
  • RX 6750 XT - $549 | ~£530
  • RX 6700 XT - $479 | ~£420
  • RX 7800 XT - $499 | £499
  • RX 7700 XT - $419 | £439
  • RX 6650 XT - $399 | ~£389
  • RX 6600 XT - $379 | ~£320
  • RX 6600 - $329 | ~£299
  • RX 7600 - $269 | £269
  • RX 6500 XT - $199 | ~£180

Intel

  • Arc B580 - $250 | ~£250
  • Arc B570 - $219 | ~219
  • Arc A770 - $349 | ~£350

FAQ

What does 'price watch' mean?

We've added a new "price watch" qualifier to all our individual deals, making it easy to see whether a price has gone up 🔼 or down 🔽 since we last checked it out. It's important to note that any deal in this guide (even if it's slightly risen in price) is still one of our top picks, as we only show you deals that are actually worth buying.

Dave James
Editor-in-Chief, Hardware

Dave has been gaming since the days of Zaxxon and Lady Bug on the Colecovision, and code books for the Commodore Vic 20 (Death Race 2000!). He built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 16, and finally finished bug-fixing the Cyrix-based system around a year later. When he dropped it out of the window. He first started writing for Official PlayStation Magazine and Xbox World many decades ago, then moved onto PC Format full-time, then PC Gamer, TechRadar, and T3 among others. Now he's back, writing about the nightmarish graphics card market, CPUs with more cores than sense, gaming laptops hotter than the sun, and SSDs more capacious than a Cybertruck.