Yesterday, I highlighted some nice SSD deals going on over at Ebay UK in the intervening time, however there are additionally some moderately wonderful graphics card offers taking place as nicely. Chief amongst them is a GTX 1660 Super for simply £183, which is by far the most affordable value I’ve ever seen for this 1080p-oriented GPU, and £60 off numerous RTX 2070 Supers. If you’re searching for a GPU cut price earlier than Nvidia announce their next-gen RTX 3000 cards at the end of the month, now’s the time to do it.
To get your graphics card of alternative at its deal value, all you’ll want to do is enter the promo code PACKUP15 at checkout (the identical code because the SSDs). This takes as much as 15% off your buy from taking part retailers (which in our case is Box Deals), though you may solely declare a most of £60 off anyone merchandise – therefore why the RTX 2070 Supers max out at £60 off. Still, £60 off a graphics card of this calibre is nothing to smell at, and the code is legitimate till August 14th, too, so there’s nonetheless a little bit of wiggle room in case you want extra time to determine.
- MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Super Ventus XS OC – £183 from Box Deals Ebay (down from £215)
- Asus TUF GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming – £259 from Box Deals Ebay (down from £305)
- MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC – £263 from Box Deals Ebay (down from £310)
- MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Super Ventus GP OC – £331 from Box Deals Ebay (down from £390)
- MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Ventus GP – £331 from Box Deals Ebay (down from £390)
- MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus GP OC – £410 from Box Deals Ebay (down from £470)
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Super Windforce OC 3X – £415 from Box Deals Ebay (down from £475)
In brief, all of those offers are fairly incredible in comparison with the opposite graphics card offers I’ve discovered over current months, and are undoubtedly price contemplating in case you’ve been ready to choose up a cut price earlier than the brand new Nvidia Ampere playing cards land subsequent month. Indeed, at £183, the GTX 1660 Super is at present nearly £10 lower than the most affordable vanilla GTX 1660 I’ve been capable of finding in my frequently up to date Graphics card deals hub in current months, and the 2 RTX 2060s are additionally a superb £25-odd cheaper than ordinary, too.
The £331 RTX 2070 is one other nice purchase, too, particularly as that’s at present the identical value because the RTX 2060 Super I’ve listed. Previously, the most affordable RTX 2070 I’ve been capable of finding has value £395, which is a reasonably nice discount on this very succesful 1440p graphics card.
The similar goes for the 2 RTX 2070 Supers as nicely. Despite being the cardboard I at present advocate in my best graphics card list for flawless 1440p gaming, it hasn’t been a superb purchase for months attributable to massively inflated costs. Indeed, it was hovering across the £500 for ages through the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic, and has solely just lately dropped nearer to £470. As a consequence, having the ability to decide one up for simply over £400 proper now’s an absolute steal.
I ought to, in fact, level out that new Nvidia graphics playing cards are more likely to be simply across the nook, as Nvidia has confirmed they’ll be holding a ‘special GeForce event’ on September 1st. This is more likely to be once they lastly unveil their next-gen RTX 3000 playing cards, which can have higher ray tracing capabilities and quicker efficiency than their 20-series predecessors. They will, naturally, be full-price graphics playing cards each time they find yourself launching, and can possible be much more costly than the RTX 20 costs listed above. By all means cling on in case you’d moderately have the newest and best graphics card inside your PC, however for these of you with a watch for a superb cut price, these are nicely price snapping up.
The GTX 1660 Super, as an example, isn’t more likely to get a next-gen alternative for fairly a while, given it solely got here out earlier this yr, and it’s nonetheless greater than able to delivering nicely in extra of 60fps on High settings at 1920×1080 in just about all of at the moment’s high games. It’s a significantly better purchase than its different 1660 siblings, and you may see why in my GTX 1660 vs GTX 1660 Super and GTX 1660 Super vs GTX 1660 Ti benchmark comparisons.
The RTX 2060 can be nonetheless a incredible card for flawless 1080p gaming on max settings proper now, and it stays completely able to hitting a gentle 60fps in at the moment’s high games on High settings at 1440p, too. It’s pretty much neck and neck with AMD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT and RX 5700 cards in the case of efficiency, too, and may stand you in good stead for years to return.
The RTX 2070, in the meantime, continues to be a incredible graphics card for even silkier 1440p gaming, and allows you to push as much as max settings much more typically than the RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super. Its Super-fied sibling is a bit more capable when it comes to doing 4K, however even then you definitely’re solely taking a look at Medium settings within the overwhelming majority of massive titles.
Either means, you gained’t be wanting for uncooked efficiency with any of those playing cards for fairly a while. The solely factor chances are you’ll need to cease and take into consideration is whether or not you’re overly fussed about getting the very best ray tracing expertise out of your new GPU. While it’s onerous to say proper now simply how significantly better the RTX 3000 playing cards are going to be at this, they’ll little question convey some type of enhancements to the entire fancy shadows and reflections tech, and can possible take much less of a efficiency hit in comparison with their 20-series siblings. If you couldn’t give two figs about ray tracing, although, then go forth and take your decide. I doubt we’ll see costs a lot decrease than this for fairly a while.
