Best & Worst GPUs of 2023 for Gaming: $100 to $2000 Video Cards

We're recapping the best & worst GPUs in 2023, which weirdly includes many GPUs from 2019 and 2020 -- but they're still around and price drops have made them relevant. This graphics card round-up is focused on a gaming perspective, which means we're considering primarily the rasterization and ray tracing performance, with some discussion about drivers as it pertains to Intel's Arc GPUs. The topics include video cards in the $100 to $200 price range, $200 to $300, $300 to $400, $400 to $750, and then $750 and up, where the RTX 4090 has sadly received price increases lately.

The most relevant GPUs to discussion are the Intel Arc A750, AMD's RX 6650 XT, RX 6700 XT & 6750 XT, and the RX 7900 XT (though we discuss some others, like the 6800 series), while NVIDIA's currently are the RTX 4090 and RTX 4070, with some discussion of the RTX 4070 Ti (although hesitation everywhere between the 4060 Ti and 4090 due to impending refreshes that may affect value soon).



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$100 to $200 "Entry-Level" GPUs

The above A580 review also contains data for the 6600.

$200 to $300 Gaming Graphics Cards

(lower end of the range)
(Check the A580 review above for information on the 6600 XT)

(upper end of the range)

$300 to $400 Gaming Video Cards

$400 to $750 GPUs

$750 to $2000 GPUs

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Worst & Best GPUs of 2023
02:15 - This Content: Setting Expectations
03:55 - Best & Worst $100 - $200 GPUs in 2023
07:52 - $200 - $300 GPUs
11:26 - $300 to $400 GPUs
14:15 - $400 to $750 Video Cards
18:02 - $750+ Graphics Cards
21:53 - Biggest Disappointment in GPUs
23:16 - Conclusion

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Host, Writing: Steve Burke
Video: Vitalii Makhnovets

[GamersNexus]

What should we round-up for end of year next?!

[Frost]

1080ti, 7 years later and still relevant. What a beast.

[Alias_Anybody]

It's crazy how the 100-200 category is basically "afford an RX 6600, buy used or go home"

[ForestSpirit]

Very fascinating to see that after all this time the first-generation Intel Arc cards are actually competitive in the 100-200$ price class.
It speaks to Intel dedicating a lot of time and resources supporting Alchemist after its bad launch, as well as it speaks to Nvidia (and AMD to an extent) continuing to abandon the lower price segment.

[AGCipher]

In the % difference charts, it would be beneficial to write the GPU name on the left and right side (indicating who takes the win), as it's sometimes difficult to keep track of things and there isn't enough time to read through the chart title/specifics (I understand pausing is an option, but it'd be a QoL thing)

[baarum]

Recently upgraded my aging build from a R7 1700 + RX580 to a 5800X3D + 6800XT, kept the old B350 MoBo and DDR4, not disappointed and happy to see them do well in both "Best of 2023"

[organiccrack]

What's insane to me is a 6800xt for $450 and a 6800 for less than $400, if I was building right now, I'd be grabbing one of those, that's a light 4k/1440p setup for <$1000 right there

[VanillaCoke]

I am so happy that I got a 1080Ti back in 2017. That card is such a beast and seemingly the last of its kind. The 980Ti and 1080Ti were just so damn good and held on for years.

[FrenziedManbeast]

Hey GN wanted to say thanks again for your recent videos re-visiting AM4 and other platforms to show upgrade value paths. Because I was a chad nerd and watched them all end-to-end, I was recently able to give more informed advice to a buddy who was still rocking AM4 with a 1700X. Sure enough when I pulled up the support page for the mobo, with the latest BIOS it yields support for the 5800X3D.

You're doing your company and consumers a real solid by staying focused applying your data skills towards relevant use cases for contemporary upgrade paths, bravo. I personally maintain and build many PCs for friends and family so this is helping me keep things out of landfills, and money in bank account rather than always buying new.

[jaysol]

I love these videos I’ve learned so much from them. Back in 2021 I enjoyed my 3060 ti. Mid this year I got a 4070 ti and enjoying Cyberpunk and upgraded to 2k. Don’t know where I’d be without you gents. ❤

[Hulle]

Just bought parts for my first ever desktop PC (and first ever build), got myself an r5 7600 with a 6700xt and 32gb ddr5 6000mhz RAM. Super excited to put it together! :)

[plazasta]

as someone who upgraded this summer to a 5800X3D and a 6800 XT, it feels nice to see both those parts be mentioned as some of the best offerings in their category

[claudiobizama]

Love how the AMD RX580 is still relevant to this day, it just refuses to die.

[MisterFribble]

Its crazy just how good the 6800XT still is. My 5700 XT has served me well, but its finally time to upgrade and in the 400-500 range the 6800XT just dominates. Despite being a little older it's still a very compelling card.

[Clanps]

I picked up an rx 6700 xt for $300 right after ethereum 2.0 released dropping gpu prices a lot. Absolutely worth every penny, such a good gpu.

[HeckingLoser]

It's worth noting that in a lot of places the 3060 Ti is starting to cost a lot more than even some premium model 4060s. Despite its embarrassing launch it's starting to look like a reasonable upgrade for people with older cards like the 1660.

[Sigma]

Picked up the gtx 1070 when it released back in 2016 and it served me pretty well through all the years. Just upgraded to a rx 6700xt a week ago and that gpu is pretty damn impressive, especially for that price range!

[pikaachoo]

Shoutout to GTX 10 Series. Was gaming with my 4770's integrated graphics before finding a 1070 for 90USD lol and holy hell it can still game good.

[DarkFilmDirector]

I've been running a GTX 970 and I was going to finally update my PC for the first time since 2014 yesterday and had my mind set on a 6950XT. Very disappointed that they did such a short run on this card and everyone gobbled it up seemingly right when the Friday sale started. Couldn't make it to the cart. So now I've got a PowerColor Hellhound 7800XT on order cause it was the next best thing. I've always spent around $350 on a GPU and it's already a stretch to spend $500. I just cannot justify spending $750-$800 on the 7900XT for, to me anyway, a performance increase that doesn't justify the extra $250-$300. NVIDIA is dead to me right now after being a customer to them for years seeing their predatory pricing get worse particularly since 2021 so they won't get me back until they stop smoking crack. The 4070 getting beaten handily by so many Radeon cards yet having to pay more for it seems to be only for people that just can't buy anything that isn't NVIDIA.

[augfox]

I saw a good improvement that would simplify looking between price points: do a chart ignoring other cards and focusing only on the available cards on that price point, from best to worse in fps. That would work best for people looking exclusively on price x performance. The way the video goes was kinda confusing until I processed that information.