Even though Nvidia's RTX 30-series once held some of the best graphics cards, it's time to stop buying these GPUs once and for all.
If you’re looking for a budget GPU , the general advice is usually to buy from the previous generation of graphics cards . After all, as the new cards take over the market, the older ones are still waiting to be sold — and while they’re no longer among the best graphics cards , they’re still perfectly acceptable alternatives.
Having lived through it, the situation was pretty crazy, and cards along the likes of the RTX 3090 were highly sought after. Fortunately, Nvidia started releasing versions with lite hash rate limiters that made them less viable for mining cryptocurrencies. Not anymore. With the prices the way they are right now, you’re almost always better off buying a different GPU. Let me show you what I mean.
I’ll explain why below, but first, we’ll have a look at the prices of the current-gen equivalents of the above GPUs. This same kind of argument applies to the majority of the RTX 30 lineup. Some cards are at a similar price point, but the gen-on-gen gains combined with the power of frame generation allow the RTX 40-series to pull ahead in almost every scenario. And even though many people leave DLSS 3 off now, it might be a game-changer if you’re like me and don’t plan to upgrade for a few years.
To wrap this up, if there’s one card that’s still somewhat worth buying from this generation, it’s the RTX 3060 Ti. Everything else is now either too expensive or not worth it when compared to its next-gen counterparts.
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