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Best budget GPU

The strongest option for a build where the graphics card has to stay under $350.

No graphics card currently meets the eligibility rules for this category.

Nothing meets this rule today. The rule is: Cards priced at $350 or below only. 55% performance per dollar at 1080p, 30% performance index at 1080p, 15% VRAM headroom. At current prices no card in production qualifies, and the rule is not relaxed to fill the page. These are the cheapest cards CompareYourGPU tracks instead, in price order. They are not picks and they are not ranked.

If your budget is below these prices, the realistic options are a used or previous-generation card, or waiting to see whether prices move. Each has trade-offs: a used card carries no warranty and an older one can miss current upscaling support, while waiting is a bet that nobody can promise.

The thinking behind this category

These picks come from the database. The guide explains the decision they are meant to answer.

The best budget graphics cards

This ranking covers cards priced at $350 or below. At this end of the market the differences between products are large in percentage terms and small in absolute money, so a careful choice is worth more here than anywhere else in the range.

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