Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card

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Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card

The Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card featured with Boost Clock: Up to 2190MHz, Game Clock: Up to 1980 MHz, Memory: 16GB/256 bit DDR6. 16 Gbps Effective, Stream Processors: 3840, RDNA 2 Architecture and 60 Ray Accelerator. It’s displays powerhouse 4K gaming performance with vivid visuals for an elevated experience. The all-new innovative Wave Fin Design working in tandem with V-Shape Fin Design for GPU Cooling reduces wind friction and centralizes airflow for optimal heat dissipation and a virtually silent system. This graphics card is also featured with Cutting edge Memory & VRM Cooling with Heat-Pipes ensures you can push your performance to new limits while keeping the NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 6800 components cool. In this graphics card, the brand new Hybrid Fan Design combines the tranquility and strong air pressure features that exhibit ultimate levels of downward air pressure through the fan while keeping fan noise low.

This Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card also featured with Dual BIOS, Max Boost, TriXX Software Switch, Premium Digital Power Design, Fuse Protection, Tri-X, Cooling Technology, Intelligent Fan Control, Precision Fan Control, Backplate with ARGB, Two-Ball Bearing Fans, Hybrid Fan Blade, Wave Fin Design, V Shape Fin Design for GPU Cooling, Integrated Cooling Module, TriXX Supported, Fan Check, Fan Quick Connect, TriXX Boost, NITRO Glow, External RGB LED MB Synchronization.

In this graphics card, AMD RDNA 2 Gaming Architecture, DirectX 12 Ultimate, Hardware Raytracing , 7nm GPU, GDDR6 Memory, PCI Express 4.0 Support, AMD FreeSync Technology, DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC HDMI, Video Streaming up to 8K, Radeon VR Ready Premium, AMD FidelityFX, Radeon Image Sharpening, Radeon Anti-Lag, Radeon Software, Game Driver Optimizations and High Performance 4K Gaming. The NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 6800 is a stunning addition to every enthusiast gamer’s PC and boost your gaming experience to the next level. This Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card has 02 years warranty.

Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Review

Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card is the latest graphics card from one of AMD’s biggest partners, even if its boards do sometimes fly under the radar. The company might not have the high profile of the likes of Asus or MSI in some markets, but it does have a well-deserved reputation for producing some excellent cards at highly competitive price points.

Sapphire NITRO PLUS AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card was one such card though, in hindsight, those cards were mere teasers as credible rumors of Big Navi began to circulate in mid/late 2019. We’ve covered a few RX 6800-series cards, and now it’s Sapphires’ turn.

The Nitro series sits above the Pulse in the Sapphire range, which puts it against premium tier cards such as the MSI Gaming X or Aorus Master among others.

Sapphire NITRO PLUS RX 6800 Gaming OC global GPU market is—how shall we say it without using a few choice expletives—<em>difficult </em>right now. But aside from value or price, there’s still a lot that separates the good from the merely average. We’ve covered a few RX 6800-series cards, and now it’s Sapphires’ turn. The Nitro series sits above the Pulse in the Sapphire range, which puts it against premium tier cards such as the MSI Gaming X or Aorus Master among others.

The reference AMD RX 6800 XT features a boost clock of 2,250MHz, whereas the Sapphire Nitro+ bumps it up to an impressive 2,360MHz. The memory specification of the reference RX 6800 XT and the Sapphire Nitro+ is identical, with 16GB of 16Gbps memory over a 256bit bus.

Sapphire NITRO PLUS RX 6800 Gaming OC 7nm Navi 21 GPU as found in in the AMD RX 6800(opens in new tab), AMD RX 6800 XT and AMD RX 6900 XT(opens in new tab) brings a big generational leap in traditional raster performance. It even surpasses the mighty Nvidia RTX 3080(opens in new tab) in some cases though it remains to be seen how current and future games will take advantage of AMD’s fledgling ray tracing and super resolution capabilities. Time will tell if these implementations contribute to the ‘fine wine’ reputation that AMD sometimes attracts.

We look forward to seeing how AMD performs in a game like Cyberpunk 2077 once all of its technologies are supported in the driver.

Like most custom RX 6800 XTs, the Sapphire Nitro+ makes use of a large triple slot, triple fan cooler. There’s a large cut out on the rear of the card to allow air to pass through it, not unlike the RTX 30-series Founder Edition coolers. The Nitro+ features standard black fans and three DisplayPort connections, plus a single HDMI 2.1 port. The triple DisplayPort of the Nitro+ could make it a favourite of triple monitor users, especially those with higher resolution screens that have older refresh rate limited HDMI ports. If you want a little more bling, the Nitro+ SE sits above the Nitro+, which adds RGB fans and omits one of the DisplayPort sockets in favour of a USB Type-C port. Both cards are otherwise identical.

Sapphire NITRO PLUS RX 6800 Gaming OC PCB of the Nitro+ packs in a 13-phase VRM powered by dual 8-pin power connectors. Its 350W TDP is quite a bump over the 300W of the reference card. Will it help with power limited OC? The PCB shares a lot in common with the reference PCB, but that’s because the AMD PCB is a good one, not that Sapphire is taking an easy option. There are still many differences. The card includes a dual BIOS feature, which includes an optional lower TDP setting in addition to the default one.

There’s a third setting too. It lets you choose between both BIOSes with Sapphire’s Trixx software app. If you’re after a good splash of RGB, you’re in luck thanks to an attractive RGB light bar and logo across the top of the card plus an additional graphic on the backplate. There’s also an ARGB header if you want to synchronize other RGB devices with those of the card.

Sapphire NITRO PLUS RX 6800 Gaming OC design of the cooler is quite aggressive. The outer shroud is plastic, though the backplate is metal. The centre fan has a slightly smaller diameter, likely chosen in order to keep the card to a total length of 31cm. That extra cm or two over the longest RX 6800 XTs could be the difference between it fitting in a case, or not. In addition to the beefy six heat pipe cooler, Sapphire has equipped a rather elaborate secondary heatsink to cool the memory and VRM. It has a large surface area thanks to its finned design. It’s a neat addition and all of this results in the Sapphire being the quietest of the three non-reference RX 6800 XT cards we’ve reviewed so far.

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