At the top of the pile, AMD still comes out as the winner in terms of affordability. Once you start going up the price stack, things change, however. And now we have the introduction of the current-gen RTX 4070 priced at a much more affordable $599 (around £480 / AU$895). Solid mid-range options for 1440p and 4K gaming would be the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT for $399 and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT for $580, respectively. Right now, if you want a truly budget card with solid performance you'll need to look to last-gen, like the AMD Radeon RX 6600 which you can get for a little over $200. Traditionally, AMD has always been known as the more affordable brand of graphics cards, and that's true to this day.

There are graphics card choices for days (Image credit: Future) And to make that decision even easier, we’ve also pitted the tech giants against each other in terms of price, performance, and features, which means you simply need to choose what’s best for you. Though there won’t be a true winner in this battle of Nvidia versus AMD, the consumer wins in the end as these two manufacturers constantly one-up each other. But unlike the past generation, these cards are quite expensive, making them inaccessible to gamers who are looking for budget or near-budget prices. However, there are plenty of options on the high-end side of the spectrum like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. However, it seems that Nvidia has drawn first blood with its launch of the GeForce RTX 4070, the first true mid-range option of this generation. While in the last gen, the competition between Nvidia and AMD has produced some of the best and most affordable GPUs in years, this generation has been noticeably lacking in that regard.

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