2016's $170 GPU vs. 2019's $170 GPUs

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2016's $170 GPU vs. 2019's $170 GPUs

Radeon RX 470 vs. Radeon RX 5500 XT vs. GeForce GTX 1650 Super

Today we're going to review the sub-$200 graphics card market and see how it compares to what we were offered just a few years ago. We recently did this for the $400 price range and it was super interesting, pitting the GTX 1070 of yesteryear against today's RTX 2060 Super and the Radeon 5700 XT. We found that AMD offers a solid upgrade over past $400 products with the 5700 XT, which beat the GTX 1070 by ~50% on average. Meanwhile, the RTX 2060 Super was less impressive, offering a 35% performance bump.

We're definitely hoping to see some value added at the sub-$200 level. The most recent addition to this segment is the AMD Radeon 5500 XT. We reviewed it about a month ago, and in spite of offering solid performance relative to Nvidia's GTX 1650 Super, the 5500 XT pricing is a massive let down.

AMD is attempting to charge a small premium for this GPU that does nothing to improve the segment, meaning the 5500 XT isn't worth buying at the $170-200 MSRP. Worse still, the 5500 XT is limited to PCIe x8 operation which means you only get PCIe 3.0 x16 bandwidth when using a PCIe 4.0 enabled system and for that you need a high-end X570 motherboard.

After the disappointing 5500 XT release, we thought we could have a look at how the sub $200 market has progressed over the past 4 years or so. Our comparison includes the likes of the Radeon R9 370X and GeForce GTX 950, along with the Radeon RX 470 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.

Sub-$200 AMD Radeon GPUs

The Radeon R9 370X was released in mid-2015 for $180 as a 3rd generation refresh. Previously known as the R9 270 and 270X in late 2013, and sold for $180 and $200, re



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