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Best graphics cards for ray-traced gaming at 1440p

Graphics cards ranked for ray-traced AAA gaming at 1440p, balancing fit, delivered value and evidence quality.

Deterministic workload ranking · verified Aug 12, 2026 · 20 comparable products · commission excluded

Quick answer

Which graphics card is the best fit for ray-traced AAA games at 1440p?

93/100 overall

Ray-traced gaming changes the decision: ray-tracing capability and VRAM matter alongside ordinary raster performance.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is the current top-ranked choice at 98/100 workload fit. The category-specific requirements for Ray-traced AAA games at 1440p are met with strong headroom. Price and offer evidence are evaluated separately below.

1440p index: 98/100Video memory: 16 GBRay tracing index: 98/100
Overall
93/100
Workload fit
98/100
Value
66.6/100
Sample total
$945
Product evidence and offers

Workload fit vs delivered price

A Pareto-style decision map: efficient products are not beaten by another option that is both cheaper and at least as suitable.

Efficient frontier

Use the map to see where extra fit starts demanding a disproportionate price premium.

12 efficient
0255075100$278$736$1,194$1,652$2,110NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition: 98/100 fit at $945 sample delivered price1Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Windforce SFF 16G: 93/100 fit at $701 sample delivered price2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB: 91/100 fit at $650 sample delivered price3MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G: 100/100 fit at $1,748 sample delivered price4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition: 100/100 fit at $2,110 sample delivered price5ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 Super 16GB: 94/100 fit at $1,132 sample delivered priceSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 16GB: 85/100 fit at $532 sample delivered price7Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB: 90/100 fit at $844 sample delivered priceMSI Ventus 3X GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G OC: 88/100 fit at $755 sample delivered priceSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB: 84/100 fit at $723 sample delivered priceNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition: 80/100 fit at $521 sample delivered price11ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC: 78/100 fit at $484 sample delivered price12Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB: 76/100 fit at $467 sample delivered price13Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB: 71/100 fit at $378 sample delivered price14Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Super Windforce OC 12G: 75/100 fit at $572 sample delivered pricePowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB: 64/100 fit at $419 sample delivered priceASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5060 8GB OC: 58/100 fit at $329 sample delivered price17MSI Ventus 2X Black GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB OC: 57/100 fit at $393 sample delivered priceASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC 8GB: 49/100 fit at $311 sample delivered price19Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600 8GB: 43/100 fit at $278 sample delivered price20SAMPLE DELIVERED PRICE →WORKLOAD FIT →
Efficient frontierNumbered dots are the top five or frontier products.Higher and farther left is better.

Full workload leaderboard

Overall score keeps suitability dominant: 75% fit, 15% price-adjusted value and 10% specification confidence.

RankProductFit evidenceSample totalFitValueOverall
#1NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionNVIDIA · 3 sample offersBest overall98/1001440p index$9459866.693
#2Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Windforce SFF 16GGigabyte · 2 sample offers89/1001440p index$7019382.391.6
#3Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GBSapphire · 2 sample offers90/1001440p index$6509185.390.5
#4MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X 24GMSI · 3 sample offersFit leader100/1001440p index$1,74810031.189.2
#5NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionNVIDIA · 2 sample offers100/1001440p index$2,1101002287.8
#6ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 Super 16GBASUS · 2 sample offers92/1001440p index$1,1329448.887.3
#7Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 16GBSapphire · 3 sample offers81/1001440p index$5328591.987
#8Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GBSapphire · 3 sample offers94/1001440p index$844906386.5
#9MSI Ventus 3X GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G OCMSI · 2 sample offers84/1001440p index$7558868.185.7
#10Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GBSapphire · 2 sample offers87/1001440p index$7238464.982.2
#11NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders EditionNVIDIA · 3 sample offers79/1001440p index$521808482.1
#12ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OCASUS · 3 sample offers67/1001440p index$4847886.481
#13Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GBSapphire · 3 sample offers75/1001440p index$4677685.579.3
#14Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBSapphire · 3 sample offersBest value61/1001440p index$3787193.676.8
#15Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Super Windforce OC 12GGigabyte · 3 sample offers74/1001440p index$5727566.875.8
#16PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GBPowerColor · 2 sample offers66/1001440p index$4196468.767.8
#17ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5060 8GB OCASUS · 3 sample offers55/1001440p index$3295874.164.1
#18MSI Ventus 2X Black GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB OCMSI · 3 sample offers57/1001440p index$3935757.860.9
#19ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC 8GBASUS · 1 sample offer46/1001440p index$3114955.354.5
#20Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600 8GBSapphire · 1 sample offer43/1001440p index$278434748.8

How this ranking works

Workload fit is derived from canonical category specifications for the exact profile named above. Price-adjusted value uses delivered total and is normalized only inside this comparable candidate set.

The value model retains absolute fit so a cheap but unsuitable product cannot win. Stable product IDs break ties. Affiliate status and commission are not inputs.

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Why this page is indexable

100/100 quality-gate score

  • Unique curated decision intent

    Required: One canonical page per category and profile

    Unique

  • Comparable candidate depth

    Required: 8 candidates and 5 rankable products

    20 candidates · 20 rankable

  • Delivered-price coverage

    Required: At least 80%

    100%

  • Meaningful decision differentiation

    Required: At least 8 fit-score or overall-score points

    57 fit · 44.2 overall

  • Top-three specification confidence

    Required: At least 70/100

    95/100

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