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Its seems to me a question at this point would be to ask:
After his physical form being destroyed at Numenor, how much of the power of the Ring did Sauron have to "use" to remain a potent threat to the material world?
Or, put another way, was there any sigificant change in the Ring itself pre and post destruction of Sauron's physical body? Or was the "usage" of the power changed?
IMO, the more Morgoth inserted his power into his "ring", the less powerfull his physicall entity became. But the power of his ring was still there, at least mainly there. The breaking of Beleriand would have (mabye?) decreased his power. If Morgoth was not captured and cast out into the void, the influence of his power in Arda could still be tapped, or manipulated by him.
Sauron, after the sinking of Numenor, vitally depended on the Ring's power to assert influence in ME. So, Sauron's Ring by the 2nd age appears to be the more powerfull. But only (again IMO) because of the dire need of it by Sauron. The loss of his Ring demonstrates this to me.
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