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The performance ranking (above) incorporates 15 games from our updated test suite, with both rasterization and ray tracing performance included. Those older parts are near the bottom of the performance list, though they can still offer a good value if you're not after maximum performance or efficiency. Our list now consists mostly of current generation cards, with only a single previous generation part still hanging around (RX 6700 XT) - unless you want to classify Arc as previous gen. Retail prices have fluctuated quite a bit over the course of a month the table lists the best we could find at the time of writing. Note: We're showing current online prices alongside the official launch MSRPs in the above table, with the GPUs sorted by performance.

#BEST GAME BENCHMARKS TO TEST GPU DRIVER#

However, Arc A750 priced at under $200 (we've seen it sell for as little as $179) remains a very competitive option, if you don't mind the occasional driver snafus and higher power use. Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs rate more as previous generation hardware, as they're manufactured on TSMC N6 and compete more directly against the RTX 3060 and RX 6700 10GB instead of newer parts. Again, we anticipate cards arriving in January, around the CES timeframe. The existing RX 7600 already uses a maxed out Navi 33 configuration, so higher clocks would be the only option if AMD goes that route. Specs remain a bit of a mystery, though we can't help but hope for a 12GB Navi 32-based variant. On the AMD side of things, there are credible rumblings of an incoming RX 7600 XT. A faster RTX 4090 Ti / Super would likewise be banned, and would need to be assembled outside of China, but it could still happen. Nvidia's RTX 4090 is now banned from export to China, though that has merely encouraged scalpers to hoard RTX 4090 cards. What's not clear is whether anything will happen at the top of the stack with the RTX 4090. These may replace the existing non-Super models. There are rumblings of various RTX 40-series Super cards, which will probably appear in January. It's not clear what such a chip might entail at this point, possibly 8GB of memory on a 128-bit interface (again), or could Nvidia try foisting a 96-bit 6GB card on the market? Hopefully the former rather than the latter. Prices on all GPUs have trended up in the post-Black Friday slump, so if you missed out on those deals, you might want to wait and see what January brings.ĪMD and Nvidia have basically wrapped up their latest generation GPU lineups, unless there are still plans for an RTX 4050 at the bottom of the stack. With the increasing RTX 4090 prices, it's hard to justify buying the fastest GPU that's currently available.

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