Best Budget 1080p Gaming GPUs - Intel Arc Revisited + RX 7600 vs RTX 3060 + More

With RTX 4060 just around the corner and RX 7600 out now, there's absolute carnage in the $200-$300 GPU market at the moment, as older models get their prices cut HARD in order to clear existing stocks. In terms of technological advancement, gains may be limited with new cards, but with yesterday's $300+ GPUs now selling for as low as $180, that's a lot of performance right now for not a lot of money. Meanwhile, Intel's Arc A750 also has its charms, leading to a full re-test of both A750 and A770. Here's Rich with his outlook on the best 1080p gaming GPUs.

00:00 Introduction
01:23 The Wild Card: Intel Arc A750
02:59 Radeon RX 7600 - Killed By Last-Gen Discounting?
07:58 Intel Arc A750 Revisited - A Budget Game-Changer?
11:17 Arc A750 vs RTX 3060 vs RX 7600 - The Story So Far
11:53 Arc A770 16GB vs RTX 4060 Ti vs Arc A750
15:45 Arc A750's 8GB VRAM Problem
18:17 Discounts: Good For Buyers, Bad For New GPU Pricing
19:23 Intel Arc Still Has Problems...
22:13 Summary: A Budget 1080p GPU For Everyone
24:04 And Now, The Conclusion

[flowerthencrranger]

If you ever told anyone in 2013 that in 2023 people would be looking for an intel GPU and and AMD processor, they would call you mad.

[nhand]

Intel ARC got lots of bad press on release due to some game breaking software bugs and truly baffling UI decisions. But honestly it was an impressive release for a first product and they've been working hard on the software bugs. Intel has a solid footing now in the budget GPU market and I'm cautiously optimistic for Battlemage.

[raszelast]

I just wish there were juicy deals on the A770 as well, but $200 for the A750 is incredible.

[skdKitsune]

Damn, seeing these results for Intel's first generation of graphics cards (which are still held back by drivers I might add) at their price range makes me really excited for battlemage.
Currently sitting on my old 2080ti and looking forward to see more, great video!

[FSAPOJake]

One thing to remenber is the 6600/6650 and 3060 do not support AV1 encoding, while the a750 and 7600 do. If you're recording and/or streaming, it's something to keep in mind.

[redking]

One of my favorite things about PC gaming is compatibility with a massive library of older PC games and seeing the improvements in some semi-old games with new hardware. That's the only thing keeping me from buying an arc 750 for my second PC.

[steel]

Arc sucking for older DX11 games is a deal breaker. The nice thing about PC gaming is having an "infinite" library going back decades. I play and replay older PC games very often, and it's awesome to run them at crazy high resolutions and over 100 FPS easily on modern GPUs.

[GPsarakis]

If Intel knocked the A770 to $300 that'd be something, it'd make things pretty interesting for sure. The drivers keep getting better, it's kind of a suprise at this point. I'd say that by the time we get their 2nd gen Arc GPUs the drivers could be almost on par with the others. Keep in mind that Intel made the GPUs specifically for DX12 and forward, so the better games get with DX12/Vulcan, the better their GPUs will perform I figure.

[Sheepy]

The reason why arc can be sold so cheaply is pretty clear imho. Intel just proved that GPU prices were indeed artificially inflated over the past couple years

[jonny-b]

I'm still rocking 2070 Super for my 1080p gaming. I get medium ray tracing with DLSS and 1080p and can get 60-75 fps. It's about time for an upgrade. I'm one of those people that have a hard time spending money replacing things that "work" though. I'm also the person that when upgrade time comes I start debating "well, If I'm spending $400 why not spend $700 and just get another year out of the card?" ETC hahah

[radicalxg]

ARC GPUs are definitely grabbing my attention but i also hear that they tend to kick the bucket when it comes to retrocompatibility and thats a deal breaker for me, hope intel can fix that problem

[bradcastlebrry]

you can use dxvk for older games on arc. ive seen massive improvements. 20 fps acu to stable 75 no settings changed

[SaccoBelmonte]

I'm so glad for Intel ARC achievements. Impressive.

[eeeeyuke]

Rich, you are a god send. I dont really PC game except for some retro open source stuff on a 3050, but i love watching analytical data that informs consumers and shames manufactuers. Thank you for all that you and DF do.

[yeahiknow]

Rich really is the best when it comes to giving us DF videos, and I wanna comment on one of the reasons why.

He hits quickly and often with data points. Tom Morgan does this well in addition which is one reason I enjoy his videos the most behind Rich. This isn't to dismiss everyone else, they're great! But I'd love to see the analytics on their videos, I suspect people jump around and hunt for what they're interested in - a lot.

[thewonderfultartiflette]

For the Arc cards, at least for now, I think it would be really great to say at the beginning of the video what are the drivers of the Arc cards you're testing

[CwapPlatinum]

I'm so happy with my RTX 3060. Makes me work really efficient and I can totally crush 1080p gaming with max settings (Playing Spider Man at max 1080p is a dream). Absolutely great GPU.

[lordshitpost]

I bought an A750 4 months ago, I was so shocked/amazed/pleased with the performance that I upgraded to A770 today, now just waiting for Starfield. Mind you they look absolutely fucking beautiful so if you have a case with glass panel... no brainer for mid tier GPU.

[Name-tnmd]

That feeling when you had 7600...





Back in 2013

[techsamurai]

"COD Infinite's warfare - one of the best COD campaigns and criminally overlooked" - well said, Rich!