If you allow stretching budget slightly (as the article does), B570 reduces the number of compromises that an A750 makes (though of course there’s still some).
Second-hand market is pretty serviceable at the price point too. I don’t know how the demographics for these preferences slice up, but I basically don’t play any new AAA games at release - so honestly 8GB is almost always enough for me, which makes a lot more second-hand cards viable (though I would still be hesitant to buy a new card with 8GB unless it was on a killer sale). There are surely a non-trivial number of people who also mostly buy several-year-old games on sales instead of new releases who don’t need the extra VRAM to still have a perfectly playable experience.
VRAM requirements are way overstated. 8GB is fine for most people. 55% of Steam users are still on 1080p with another ~8% or so on comparable resolutions like 1920x1200 or under 1080p; so almost 2/3rds of their user base. It’s good to future-proof, but it will be many years until 8GB VRAM becomes a true bottleneck.
B570 does seem like a solid option for the value space. That being said the B570 is closer to $290 (full out of pocket price) where I live. B580 goes for about $340. I feel like if you are paying ~$300 for a GPU, might as well save up another $50 and get the B580.
If you allow stretching budget slightly (as the article does), B570 reduces the number of compromises that an A750 makes (though of course there’s still some).
Second-hand market is pretty serviceable at the price point too. I don’t know how the demographics for these preferences slice up, but I basically don’t play any new AAA games at release - so honestly 8GB is almost always enough for me, which makes a lot more second-hand cards viable (though I would still be hesitant to buy a new card with 8GB unless it was on a killer sale). There are surely a non-trivial number of people who also mostly buy several-year-old games on sales instead of new releases who don’t need the extra VRAM to still have a perfectly playable experience.
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VRAM requirements are way overstated. 8GB is fine for most people. 55% of Steam users are still on 1080p with another ~8% or so on comparable resolutions like 1920x1200 or under 1080p; so almost 2/3rds of their user base. It’s good to future-proof, but it will be many years until 8GB VRAM becomes a true bottleneck.
B570 does seem like a solid option for the value space. That being said the B570 is closer to $290 (full out of pocket price) where I live. B580 goes for about $340. I feel like if you are paying ~$300 for a GPU, might as well save up another $50 and get the B580.
I still freaking can’t find a B580 that isn’t scalped. I haven’t bothered to look in about a month, so maybe things have changed.