Black Friday graphics card deals 2026: the biggest sales event of the year is just around the corner

This Battlemage-powered card is only a fraction slower than the last-gen A770, the most powerful Alchemist model, but it's worth noting that some games still don't like Intel's GPU architecture. You are getting quite a lot of GPU for the money, but it's a tough one to recommend when an Arc B580 costs only a little more.

Key specs: 2304 shaders | 2660 MHz boost | 10 GB GDDR6

Arc B570 price check: Walmart $289.99 | Newegg $289.99 | Best Buy $307.49

Nvidia's lowliest member of the RTX 50-series family isn't going to win many awards. Well, that was before prices for all GPUs went up and while the RTX 5050 is only a little faster than the Arc B570, its performance is more consistent. As things currently stand, it's actually the best budget graphics card around.

Key specs: 2560 shaders | 2587 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR6

RTX 5050 price check: Walmart $399 | Amazon $408.99 | Newegg $399.99

Although it can be really fast in some games, the B580 isn't as consistent as AMD and Nvidia's offerings. However, the one thing it is consistent at is sporting an increased price tag and a reduction in stock levels. Only worth considering if you want more than 8 GB of VRAM or Intel's excellent video encoders.

Key specs: 2560 shaders | 2670 MHz boost | 12 GB GDDR6

Arc B580 price check: Amazon $369.99 | Walmart $341.21 | Best Buy $361.99

The RTX 5060 isn't massively faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4060, but having full support for DLSS 4.5 is certainly a plus. It's not a bad graphics card, by any means, but it should really be cheaper than this.

Key specs: 2048 shaders | 2535 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR7

RTX 5060 price check: Best Buy $449.99 | Amazon $459.99 | Walmart $439

Nvidia's RTX 5060 has superior upscaling and frame generation technologies, but AMD's little RX 9060 XT has it beat on raw GPU power, including ray tracing. It probably isn't worth paying $70 more for the 16 GB version, though, even though the extra VRAM can make a big difference in some games. You have to sign up for free for the extra discount here, using your email address.

Key specs: 2048 shaders | 3320 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR6

RX 9060 XT 8 GB price check: Best Buy $459.99 | Walmart $469.99 | Amazon $459.99

The 8 GB version of the new RTX 5060 Ti is a lot cheaper than the 16 GB one, and while the extra VRAM will be useful in the future, it's absolutely not worth paying $200+ more for it, despite the clear benefits.

Key specs: 4608 shaders | 2602 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR7

RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB price check: Walmart $499 | Newegg $489.99 | Best Buy $499.99

The 16 GB version of the RX 9060 XT isn't quite as fast as the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB card when ray tracing is involved, but outside of that, it's generally on par, and you're paying quite a lot less money. That counts for a lot these days.

Key specs: 2048 shaders | 3290 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9060 XT 16 GB price check: Amazon $519.99 | Walmart $629.99 | Best Buy $519.99

The RX 9070 GRE is the latest entry in AMD's RX 9000-series, and for the money, you're getting a great mid-range graphics card. If it stays at this price, then it will be the sensible choice over the 16 GB RTX 5060 Ti. Let's hope that there's enough supply, as stocks are already looking a bit thin.

Key specs: 3072 shaders | 2920 MHz boost | 12 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 GRE price check: Amazon $599.99 | Walmart $633.99 | Newegg $599.99

The RX 9070 is a really solid mid-range graphics card, but it suffers from highly inconsistent pricing. At the moment, it undercuts the RTX 5070 and outperforms it, so it's certainly worth considering. It is over MSRP, sadly by a fair chunk now :(

Key specs: 3584 shaders | 2520 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 price check: Newegg $739.99 | Walmart $739.99 | Best Buy $746.77

Although the RTX 5070 is a good deal faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, it's less of an upgrade compared to the RTX 4070 Super. DLSS 4.5 just about tips the balance in favor of the newer model, but it's a very hard sell at this price. Yeah, forget this one.

Key specs: 6144 shaders | 2542 MHz boost | 12 GB GDDR7

RTX 5070 price check: Best Buy $849.99 | Amazon $869.99 | Newegg $919.99

While the specs suggest it should only be a little faster than the RTX 4060 Ti, the use of super-speedy GDDR7 gives the RTX 5060 Ti a surprisingly big boost. It's probably not worth paying significantly over the MSRP to bag one, though, especially when the RX 9070 GRE is cheaper and faster.

Key specs: 4608 shaders | 2602 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR7

RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB price check: Newegg $829.99 | Best Buy $788.99 | Walmart $789.99

The RX 9070 XT is AMD's best graphics card in recent years, but it was hugely overpriced for a long time. While we did manage to enjoy this GPU at a sensible price towards the end of 2025, it's now headed back into the realm of unaffordability for the market it was initially pitched at.

Key specs: 4096 shaders | 2970 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 XT price check: Walmart $899.99 | Newegg $899.99 | Amazon $919.99

At its $749 MSRP, the RTX 5070 Ti was an expensive but superb graphics card. Alas, while it's still very good, prices have risen to ridiculous levels, and overall stock levels aren't great either. You need to fill in your email details and make an account at Newegg for the $100 discount to get this card at the above price.

Key specs: 8960 shaders | 2572 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR7

RTX 5070 Ti price check: Walmart $1,199.99 | | Amazon $1,249.99 | Newegg $1,179.99

Nvidia's RTX 5080 is now consistently well over MSRP, but even at $999, it's arguably not worth the price. That's because it's not that much faster than the RTX 4080 it replaces. You do get the full DLSS 4.5 suite, including Multi Frame Generation, but you're better off waiting until prices become more sensible, assuming they ever do.

Key specs: 10752 shaders | 2640 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR7

RTX 5080 price check: Newegg $2,099.99 | Walmart $1,920 | Amazon $1,979.99

Intel's budget B570 is a lot of GPU for the money, though it's worth noting that AMD and Nvidia's cards are generally faster. It can be a bit picky about which games run well on it.

Key specs: 2304 shaders | 2690 MHz boost | 10 GB GDDR6

Arc B570 price check: Amazon £335.90 | Overclockers £359.99

Nvidia's lowliest member of the RTX 50-series family isn't going to win many awards. Well, that was before prices for all GPUs went up and while the RTX 5050 is only a little faster than the Arc B570, its performance is more consistent. As things currently stand, it's actually the best budget graphics card around.

Key specs: 2560 shaders | 2570 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR6

RTX 5050 price check: Currys £329.99 | Scan £319.99 | Amazon £335.99

The RTX 5060 isn't massively faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4060, but having full support for DLSS 4.5 is certainly a plus. Nowadays, the problem is the price. It's very expensive for what it is.

Key specs: 3840 shaders | 2497 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR7

RTX 5060 price check: Currys £379.99 | Overclockers £399.99 | Amazon £374.99

The 8 GB version of the new RTX 5060 Ti is a lot cheaper than the 16 GB one, and while the extra VRAM can make a big difference in some games, it's absolutely not worth paying loads more for it.

Key specs: 4608 shaders | 2632 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR7

RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB price check: Scan £489.49 | Overclockers £439.99

Nvidia's RTX 5060 has superior upscaling and frame generation technologies, but AMD's little RX 9060 XT beats it on raw GPU power, including ray tracing. It isn't really worth paying £120 more for the 16 GB version, though, even though the extra VRAM can make a big difference in some games.

Key specs: 2048 shaders | 3150 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR6

RX 9060 XT 8 GB price check: Scan £349.99 (pre-order) | Amazon £499.99

The 16 GB version of the RX 9060 XT isn't quite as fast as the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB card when ray tracing is involved, but otherwise it's generally on par, and you're paying quite a lot less money. That counts for a lot these days. Then again, it's also quite a lot over MSRP.

Key specs: 2048 shaders | 3250 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9060 XT 16 GB price check: Overclockers £539.99

The RX 9070 GRE is the latest entry in AMD's RX 9000-series, and a great mid-range graphics card. It's one of the only GPUs close to its MSRP today.

Key specs: 3072 shaders | 2920 MHz boost | 12 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 GRE price check: Overclockers UK £539.99

While the specs suggest it should only be a little faster than the RTX 4060 Ti, the use of super-speedy GDDR7 gives the RTX 5060 Ti a surprisingly big boost. It's probably not worth paying over the MSRP to bag one, though, especially when the RX 9070 GRE is the same price and faster.

Key specs: 4608 shaders | 2572 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR7

RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB price check: Overclockers £689.99

The RX 9070 is a really solid mid-range graphics card, that's becoming difficult to find for a good price in the UK at the moment. It's got great gaming chops for the cash, as long as you pick one up for a decent price of course.

Key specs: 3584 shaders | 2610 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 price check: Overclockers £749.99 | Scan £718.99

The RTX 5070 is a good deal faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, and it should be a similar price. Though recent price increases have hit the RTX 5070 hard. It's pretty much pointless at this price.

Key specs: 6144 shaders | 2542 MHz boost | 12 GB GDDR7

RTX 5070 price check: Amazon £799.99 | Scan £819.98

The RX 9070 XT is AMD's best graphics card in recent years, but it was hugely overpriced for a long time. While we did manage to enjoy this GPU at a sensible price towards the end of 2025, it's now headed back into the realm of unaffordability.

Key specs: 4096 shaders | 3060 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 XT price check: Scan £799.99 | Amazon £799.99

At its MSRP, the RTX 5070 Ti is an expensive but superb graphics card. Alas, while it's still very good, prices are now a lot higher, and overall stocks aren't great. This offer is still massively overpriced, but it's the best price we can find for this otherwise really good graphics card.

Key specs: 8960 shaders | 2482 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR7

RTX 5070 Ti price check: Overclockers £1099.99 | Scan £1129.98

This RTX 5080 is only slightly above the launch MSRP, but it's still arguably not worth the money, as it isn't that much faster than the RTX 4080 it replaces. You do get the full DLSS 4 suite, including Multi Frame Generation, but you might be better off waiting for price drop.

Key specs: 10752 shaders | 2617 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR7

RTX 5080 price check: Scan £1,594.99 | Overclockers £1,439.99