Graphics card prices are supposed to be going up, but I just spotted an RX 9070 and RTX 5060 Ti at their lowest ever levels

Well, this one doesn't make much sense… We've just had Black Friday, a time when we normally expect prices for a wide range of gear to bottom out before jumping back up ahead of the holiday gift-buying season. Plus, we're seeing reports of GPU manufacturers upping their prices. Yet, here we are with two graphics cards hitting the lowest price we've ever seen for them. What's more, whether you're team green or team red, there's a graphics card deal here for you.

Specifically, you can grab either an AMD Radeon RX 9070 or an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB in these latest discounts. Neither card made it onto our best graphics card list at launch, because their value-to-performance ratio couldn't compete with other offerings. However, at these prices, they're much more tempting.

The first deal we're highlighting here is for an Asus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB. This lower mid-range GPU is a great choice for 1080p gaming, and even though it 'only' has 8GB of VRAM and there has been a lot of talk about how that isn't enough these days, for the vast majority of situations it won't be a limitation. It's a major concern for a card twice the price of this one, but for reliable 1080p gaming, this is now a great choice.

This Asus card crams three fans into its long cooler, and it uses a single eight-pin PCIe connector, so it should be a model that runs cool and quiet and is easy to fit into most existing setups, with no need for a power supply upgrade. It also comes with a dual-BIOS feature that lets you switch the card between a quiet mode and a performance mode.

Originally priced at a frankly ridiculous $469.99, this card has steadily dropped in price throughout the year, such that it was available for under $400 back at the start of November. However, right now it is just $332.99, making it the cheapest RTX 5060 Ti currently available on Amazon. Just follow this link to grab this deal.

The second discount we think you should sit up and pay close attention to is this Sapphire Radeon RX 9070. A more powerful GPU than the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, this chip is a great choice for 1440p gaming, delivering 140fps in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in our Radeon RX 9070 review, for instance. It can also turn its hand to 4K gaming, delivering 60-90fps in many of our gaming tests.

AMD's ray tracing performance has also improved massively with this generation of GPUs, and the RX 9070 is plenty capable for moments when you want to compromise on peak frame rate for stunning image quality.

This Sapphire card has a very simple design, with a very tall and long cooler being blown upon by two large fans. There are very few extras on the card, such as lighting, but if you just want strong performance for as little money as possible, it's a great choice.

Originally hitting as high as $789.99 soon after launch, this card has hovered around the $600 mark for a while, but today is available for just $539.99, again making it the cheapest option of its kind on Amazon. You can grab it via this link.

With DRAM, CPU, and graphics card prices all projected to increase in the coming months, it really is a good time to grab a bargain when you can find one, and this is one of those occasions.