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I will echo this, were expecting AMD to release their next gen RX 8800 XT's as soon as next month. Nvidia is not expected to release anything but a new 5090 this year but there may be a chance they react to AMD's expected high value card with a solid bottom upper tier or higher midrange card.You can also wait a couple of months for a new gpu as new ones will be out towards the end of 2024/beginning of 2025. Worst case it makes 4000/7000 series cheaper new or used.
... if you can wait.
You dont seem to keep rigs forever, so I'd also not worry about vram unless you're playing at 4k. If so, you may want to jump up a class of cards anyway. But for 2560x1440 or less, 12gb is fine for the next couple of years.
And while I normally advocate for more vram better, unless your gaming in 4k and keeping your card for 3+ years you will probably be fine with less, so long as its not 8gb. I do disagree about RT only because its functionally unplayable in most games with mid range cards from either vendor so unless your buying a high end card in my opinion RT does not move the needle.