After a long arduous search for best bang per buck card, bought a new XFX Merc 9060 XT 16gb to replace my 1060 6gb and join a long serving R5 1600 and upped the ram, honestly couldn't be happier, hardware offerings are horrible right now, nvidia has nothing good in the budget cards segment with more than 8 gigs of vram that's capable of decent 1440p, was considering also making the jump to AM5, but again, not really worth it return wise.

I still remember the jump from a Phenom II X4 GTS 450 to that R5 1600 and the GTS 1060, it blew my fucking mind, now it's so damn expensive to make a similar jump and get the same return, wouldn't really advise anyone of upgrading.