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AMD’s latest Radeon 7000 series GPU is an upgraded budget-level model that’s slated for a release – the . Priced at , the graphics card offers a bump in performance over the ( ) – which was catered for – and could be the answer to affordable . If you had been on the lookout for budget-friendly cards that don't shy away from 1440p gaming, AMD's previous attempt with the Radeon RX 7600, priced at , was a bit of a letdown. It came with a modest 8GB of memory, which felt somewhat limiting. However, AMD seems to have taken note, doubling down on this aspect in the RX 7600 XT by packing it with . This is a curious decision, especially considering the comes with . The move to position the RX 7600 XT for 1440p gaming is bold, to say the least. The hardware specs of the RX 7600 XT mirror its forerunner in many ways, maintaining , , and a . AMD has, however, revved up the base and boost clock speeds and nudged the total board power to , a step up from the 165 watts in the RX 7600. According to AMD’s presentation slides, the RX 7600 XT will deliver over in titles like and . But based on AMD's own data, the GPU is still essentially a 1080p card first and foremost, with the potential to handle 1440p only in certain games. Comparatively, AMD's data pits the RX 7600 XT against NVIDIA's ( ), showing competitive performance at both 1080p and 1440p in some games. I’ll reserve my judgment until we get a hold of a card for a comprehensive review. The Radeon RX 7600 XT will be available from 24 January onwards from board partners like ASUS, Gigabyte, PowerColour, Sapphire and XFX.