Looking back on 2020 now is a bit of a strange experience, like looking back on a time that has passed. During the turmoil of that particularly difficult year, there were at least a few GPU announcements while we weathered the storm, most notably several announcements of the RX 6000 series of AMD GPUs.

We just discovered that a version of that generation's particular workhorse, the Radeon RX 6800, is $380 at Walmart in the form of the XFX Speedster SWFT 319 RX 6800, and even now, some of the more modern cards run money It has the kind of performance that will make you run for the hills.

For starters, check out the 16GB of VRAM, which has been a bit of a contentious issue in recent times, as there was quite a bit of backlash against the RTX 4060 Ti and its 8GB first release version, which many gamers felt was stingy, but the 256-bit RX 6800, with its large amount of GDDR6 with memory bus, eliminates such concerns. This memory is also aided by what AMD calls the Infinity Cache.

Speaking of the RTX 4060 Ti, the lowest price I could find is $370 for this Galax RTX 4060 Ti, although the RX 6800 is quite fast in general gaming benchmarks and Nvidia cards generally remain priced around $400.

There are several reasons to choose Nvidia's smaller GPUs, the first of which is the availability of DLSS 3 and its frame generation capabilities. With its wide memory bus, 60 compute units, and 2,105 MHz boost clock, the RX 6800 puts on a great show. In addition, AMD's own upscaling magic, FSR, is also available.

This XFX version also features a triple-fan cooling solution, and while the RX 6800 has been known to run at lower temperatures regardless, the slightly enhanced cooling capacity should once again allay fears that it will toast amongst the other components.

Of course, you could go a little higher and buy the RX 7800 XT for even more performance, but that's not much of an advantage and costs about $100 more; the RX 6800 is in the sweet spot at this price, on par with the latest cards that are less capable For about the same amount of money, it offers the great performance needed for real-world gaming, yet runs cool and efficient at a modest 250W TGP.

This is a card that likes to turn the noses of others at this price, and would be a great upgrade to turn a low-budget system into something more like a mid-range powerhouse; if you want 1440p performance on a low budget, this is the card for you.