Our favorite budget graphics card is cheaper than ever - but should you buy it?

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I rarely get excited about graphics card prices these days. Since the chip shortages and pandemic days, the price of GPUs has been through the roof. That just isn't a healthy position for the market to be in, because gamers and PC builders alike have had to settle for what Nvidia claims is good value, not what's genuinely a "good" price-to-performance ratio.

This morning, however, I got an email alert from Camel Camel Camel telling me that the MSI variant of AMD's Radeon RX 6600 XT had dropped down to $286 on Amazon (opens in new tab). Now, I always try to keep an eye out for the budget buyer when it comes to gaming hardware. I know the pain of not being able to afford expensive PC components, so if I get the chance to recommend a decent deal on the entry-level end of the scale, I jump at the chance.

When it comes to the best graphics cards on the market at the moment, budget buyers can't do much better than the Radeon RX 6600 XT. In our power rankings, it's still the best budget graphics card in terms of performance. At this price, it'll set you back the same as an Nvidia RTX 3050 despite the fact it goes toe-to-toe with an RTX 3060.

AMD isn't exactly innocent in the pricing problems in the GPU market at the moment, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't get a serious kick out of the way it continues to undercut Nvidia at every turn that it can. For an 8GB GPU, I'd still say prices like these are a little high, but given that the average price of this board on Amazon is $323, you can see why such a decent price cut would get me excited. At this price, a 6600 XT is a steal for anybody in today's GPU economy.

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