Now, let's cut to the chase: three of PC Gamer's favorite AMD graphics cards are now available at very reasonable prices: the Acer Nitro RX 7800 XT is currently on sale at Newegg for $460 (save $60) and the Acer Nitro RX 7900 GRE for $520 dollars ($20 discount). And if you can't afford $460, don't worry, the Acer Nitro RX 7700 XT is also available for $360 (a $60 savings).

If I were building a new PC today, I would personally opt for the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT or the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE. Both GPUs would be priced like this if they weren't such a bargain, so if you're buying a new GPU for mainstream 1440p gaming, it pays to take advantage of these discounts.

These prices are the lowest we've seen so far for two of our favorite GPUs at PC Gamer Hardware Den. There is a lot to like about both GPUs. In fact, if you don't care too much about ray tracing, there are few downsides to the price.

Start with the RX 7800 XT. When Dave reviewed this product when it launched late last year, he described it as "probably the best upper-midrange graphics card you can buy today," considering its MSRP of $499. Now, if you take another $40 off today's bargain price, you could have the best upper-midrange, but now closer to midrange than upper-midrange, graphics card on the market. This is even more so when one takes into account related GPUs released after the 7800 XT, such as the RTX 4070 Super and RX 7900 GRE, whose price tag is even less expensive than that of the 7800 XT.

What makes the 7800 XT so great is that it can get RTX 3080-level frame rates for less money than any other current generation GPU in its price range, especially now that it is offered for well under $500. In fact, if you disable ray tracing and use the Ultra setting at 1440p resolution, you will achieve about 100 fps in most good-looking modern games. Perhaps most importantly, given the year 2024, this product has 16 GB of VRAM.

That said, if you can stretch to $520, and if you're willing to pay another $60, the 7900 GRE offers a significant performance step up in some titles. And if not RTX 4070, you can also fight with RTX 4070 Super and get a GPU that starts to approach RTX 4070 Ti or RX 7900 XT performance in some titles.

After all, the 7900 GRE is powered by the same (but lower-binned) Navi 31 chip found in the RX 7900 XT, which costs about $700. This graphics card, initially exclusive to China but now available in the West, is probably the best value for money, offering consistently excellent frame rates in high refresh rate 1440p games. It also supports 4K gaming. Personally, I would choose this one.

Finally, there is the RX 7700 XT. This card initially failed to impress because its $449 price was too close to the RX 7800 XT. However, "$360" changes things somewhat. For this price, which is clearly far from high-end, you get 12GB of VRAM and enough raw rasterization power for 1440p games at 60fps or higher, not to mention 1080p games at high refresh rates.

Whichever of AMD's three brothers you choose, you get a good deal because these discounts are applied against an already reasonable MSRP (excluding the original MSRP of the RX 7700 XT). Just keep in mind that you won't get DLSS or decent ray tracing capabilities. But if you're into raw raster power like I am, you can't go wrong with this product. Oh, and I'm pretty excited about these deals. Can you tell?