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What is the best value gaming GPU around $250 in 2023? Here we look at the lower budget GPU offerings from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel in the latest games including Unreal Engine 5.1. We look at ray tracing in depth at various settings, as well as with FSR2 and DLSS. All GPUs tested on latest drivers as of March 1st 2023. Specific cooler models were the cheapest available at time of purchase running at their out of the box settings: (EVGA Black RTX 3050, Asrock Challenger OC 6600 XT, and Intel Limited Edition A750.) Resize BAR/Smart Access Memory enabled on all tests.
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Buy an Arc A750: https://amzn.to/3YodPcE

Test system specs:
CPU: Ryzen 7700X https://amzn.to/3ODM90l
Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite https://amzn.to/3VaYqeZ
Mobo: ROG Strix X670E-a https://amzn.to/3F9DjEx
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000 CL36 https://amzn.to/3u563Yx
SSD: Samsung 980 Pro https://amzn.to/3BfkKds
Case: Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB https://amzn.to/3OIaUsn
PSU: Thermaltake 1650W Toughpower GF3 https://amzn.to/3UaC8cc
Monitor: LG C1 48 inch OLED https://amzn.to/3nhgEMr
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Chapters:
0:00 Best GPUs around $250 from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel
1:02 Take advantage of high GPU prices by selling your old GPU
2:23 Unreal Engine 5.1: Fortnite 1080p Epic Hardware Ray Tracing OFF
3:34 Unreal Engine 5.1: Fortnite 1080p High Hardware Ray Tracing OFF
4:45 Ray Tracing: Unreal Engine 5.1 Fortnite High HW RT ON
5:46 Upscaling DLSS vs TSR: UE5.1 Fortnite High HW RT ON DLSS/TSR Quality
6:47 Ray Tracing Deep Dive: RT Low Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
7:55 Ray Tracing Deep Dive: RT Medium Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
9:04 Ray Tracing Deep Dive: RT Ultra Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
10:12 DLSS vs FSR2 with Ray Tracing Ultra 1080p Cyberpunk 2077
11:21 Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra
12:29 Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Medium
13:38 Returnal 1080p Epic
14:47 RTX 3050 drops to 1080p Medium in Returnal to hit 60fps
15:03 Atomic Heart 1080p Atomic
16:12 Atomic Heart 1080p Medium
17:02 Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 1080p Balanced
18:03 A Plague Tale Requiem 1080p Ultra
18:50 A Plague Tale Requiem 1080p Medium
19:25 The Callisto Protocol 1080p Ultra
20:10 The Callisto Protocol 1080p Medium
20:52 Final Thoughts: AMD is crushing Nvidia in performance per dollar
21:16 Final Thoughts: What about ray tracing?
21:56 Final Thoughts: What about Intel?
23:33 Final Thoughts: Why you might choose Nvidia despite bad gaming value
24:34 Final thoughts: So Intel over AMD doesn't make sense
25:38 I've updated all my low and midrange GPU benchmarks, videos incoming
26:11 I even gave Intel a best case scenario set of games, older games would be worse