I've been eyeing the rx 7600 from Sapphire, but it struggles with 1440p as well due to low amount of vram.

The newly announced rx 7600 xt seems to be the sweet spot for 1440p to me, since it has 12gb of vram, and slightly higher clocks, but I'll wait till the reviews and benchmarks are out.

Edit: a secondhand 3060 ti or 3070 could probably also be seen as the value king, but it depends on the state of your regional secondhand market

I would say Steam Deck, but that would be me being a troll... 🤣

How do you define value? Frames per €? Or just something under a specific price?

Had pretty much the same experience. Got a 6600XT, moved to 1440p.

I bought a 6700XT and I' m pretty happy with it. If I had to buy something today, would probably try to find a 7700XT

For me, I think the 6000 series is remarkably good. I picked up a 6800 non-XT for something like 380 dollars late last year. Personally, I think that's my suggestion if you plan to move to 1440p (that was my reason for upgrading as well).

IMO 8 GB VRAM isn't enough nowadays, and I suspect 12 GB is next on the chopping block. It may be barely enough for now, but I don't think it'll be enough in the near future. Nobody can predict the future, but I would honestly go straight for 16 GB VRAM cards if you want your card to have any lasting power

I managed to snag a second hand 6800xt for basically 350$ and its a beast. 80 fps avg on cyberpunk high settings (no RT). It is power hungry though. Otherwise as people said, maybe a new 7600xt. Whatever you pick, have a lool at the 2nd hand market.

FPS divided by price at the settings you want it to run at. For example, you want 1080 or 1440, 60 or 120fps. Then find cards that can run that. 3rd party cards vary widely at those prices.

You can take the cheapest one at this point, but if you do the ratio, then you can find that maybe one is just a few dollars cheaper but gives more performance