Today's smart buy:
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RX 9070 XT—16 GB—$549—highest value score this week · check price
Arc B580—12 GB—$249—best card under $300, stock stable · check price
RTX 3090 (used)—24 GB—$410—best VRAM-per-dollar for local AI · eBay listings
RTX 5090—worst value this week—$2,699—wait 6–12 months · see analysis
RX 9070 XT—price trending up—buy before inventory tightens · check price
RX 9070 XT—16 GB—$549—highest value score this week · check price
Arc B580—12 GB—$249—best card under $300, stock stable · check price
RTX 3090 (used)—24 GB—$410—best VRAM-per-dollar for local AI · eBay listings
RTX 5090—worst value this week—$2,699—wait 6–12 months · see analysis
RTX 4070 Super—DLSS premium still costs too much vs AMD equivalent · see comparison
Used GPU Fair Price Checker
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Used GPU Buyer Notes
Safest Used Buy
RX 6800 XT
Low mining saturation, strong thermals, safest current used value. AMD RDNA2 cards were rarely run at sustained mining loads.
Highest Risk
RTX 3080
Many mined cards remain in circulation. Verify seller history carefully, request GPU-Z screenshots, and only buy with a return window.
Best AI Used Buy
RTX 3090
24 GB VRAM still unmatched below $500. Correct choice for local LLMs, Stable Diffusion, and any VRAM-limited workload in 2026.
Local AI Buyer Notes
Best Starter
RTX 3060 12GB
Cheapest serious local inference card. 12 GB runs small Llama models and Stable Diffusion. ETH limiter kept mining saturation low — safer used buy than most Ampere cards.
Best Used
RTX 3090
Strongest VRAM-per-dollar for local LLMs. 24 GB for ~$390 used. No new card under $1,000 matches it for local inference value.
Best New
RTX 4070 Ti Super
Safest modern balance for new buyers. 16 GB VRAM, current architecture, CUDA ecosystem fully supported. Better long-term driver support than used Ampere cards.
Current Buyer Traps
Worst High-End Buy
RTX 5090
Huge spend, weak return. At $2,699 the performance gain over an RTX 4090 does not close the price gap by any reasonable measure. Wait or buy used 4090.
Worst Mid-Tier Buy
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
Too limited now. 8 GB VRAM is a real ceiling in 2026. Arc B580 at $249 gives 12 GB. The math is not close.
Most Misunderstood
RTX 5080
Sounds premium. Math says otherwise. $1,149 for 16 GB when the RX 9070 XT delivers comparable real-world performance for $549. The Blackwell premium is not earned at current pricing.