Today Amazon is offering an excellent deal on a very capable mid-range AMD GPU. You can pick up the XFX Speedster AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB GPU for only $429.99. Even better yet, you get a free voucher for the upcoming Starfield game. This card is a perfect card for 1080p and 1440p gaming and it's considerably less expensive than NVIDIA alternatives.
XFX AMD Radeon RX 6800 Video Card (Almost RTX 3080 Equivalent) with Free Starfield Voucher for $429.99
Here's your chance to get performance approaching a GeForce RTX 4070 for a much better price. The Radeon RX 6800 is only about 5%-10% slower than an NVIDIA RTX 4070. That means this card can easily push 60+fps in 1080p and 1440p gaming, even with graphic settings turned up. In fact, this card is powerful enough to accomplish 60+fps in 4K with a fair number of (older) games as well. AMD cards don't perform as well as NVIDIA cards when it comes to ray tracing, but for anyone who doesn't have the best $1000+ GPUs on the market, we'd recommend you never turn that on anyways. It's a huge performance hog for minimal visual improvement. NVIDIA's DLSS technology is also superior to AMD's FSR, but it only matters in games that support it. Starfield is a Radeon sponsored game and won't support DLSS out of the box.
From a dollar to performance standpoint, the RX 6800 is a far better value than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070. The 4070 has an MSRP of $599.99 and you won't find it for much cheaper than that. The Radeon RX 6800 launched with an MSRP of $579 and now it's $150 cheaper. At its current deal price, it's a whopping $170 cheaper than an RTX 4070.
Starfield is out on September 6. That's less than a month away and it retails for $69.99. For a lower priced card such as this, getting the game for free is hefty savings. Starfield is easily one of the most anticipated games of the year and it will probably be optimized for Radeon cards because of its AMD sponsorship. If you're looking to upgrade your GPU right now without spending a fortune, this is a solid pick.
