It should be able to handle 1440p gaming as well, with 9.6 TFlops of RDNA 2 performance.
AMD has introduced its 1080p flagship, the RX 6600 XT, after returning to the mid-range with the RX 6700 XT GPU. With 9.6 teraflops of RDNA 2 performance compared to 7.19 teraflops for the previous model, the new model is a worthy successor to the popular RX 5600 XT card. Not only that, but it has 8GB of GDDR6 RAM, up from 6GB on the previous model.
On paper, the RX 6600 XT appears to offer similar performance to the RX 5700 XT (9.75 teraflops) and only slightly less than the GPU in the PS5. Given that the RX 5700 XT was a 1440p-capable card (and the PS5 can do 4K), it doesn't seem unreasonable to assume that the new model will be at least good.
However, AMD is touting this card as a "new standard for 1080p," claiming that it boasts a 1.7 times performance boost over the previous generation for 1080p titles like Doom Eternal. According to AMD, almost two-thirds of monitors supplied are still 1080p, indicating that 1080p is still the standard for PC gaming.
Other highlights include 32 compute units (vs. 40 on the RX 6700 XT), a gaming clock of 2359 MHz, and a single 8-pin power connector that uses 160W. Radeon Boost for faster frame rates and Radeon Anti-Lag for lower latency are two of AMD's unique features.
However, ray-tracing is the most notable new feature of the 6000-series GPUs. Higher resolutions (1440p and 4K) are possible because of this feature, which allows for more realistic visuals while keeping good frame rates. However, don't expect too much from the RX 6600 XT, as the RX 6700 XT performed poorly in our ray-tracing tests when compared to NVIDIA competitors, and the RX 6600 XT has lower specifications overall.
Nonetheless, for a budget-level 1080p card, it appears to be quite amazing. ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI (above), ASRock, and others will soon release RX 6600 XT variants, with MSRPs starting at $379 and shipment slated for August 11th. If you can find one at that price, consider it a miracle - the RX 5600 XT had a suggested retail price of $300, but street prices were sometimes double that or more due to crypto mining and a global GPU shortage.