Sapphire Radeon RX 6950 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Pure review

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The Radeon RX 6900 and 6950 XT features 5120 active stream/Shader processors, whereas the 6800 features 3840. This card does indeed return to us with a maximum Turbo clock speed of 2368 MHz. With TRIXX you can set this at 2435MHz, however, as per policy we test out-of-the-box performance. The BIOS supports fan stop in idle mode, which means the card is passive (no fans spinning) while not in use, which results in a perfectly silent device. The card is just over 32cm long and 14cm tall. The board design and cooler are capable of 450W, the cooler is comprised of 6 composite heat pipes. 


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The Nitro+ card should be faster than AMD's reference board. The display outputs around the back are limited to the typical quartet of HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 1.4.


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Because it is huge, Sapphire has the option to improve the cooling on the Made By AMD board. The cards include a full-length heatpipe-infused heatsink as well as a separate one for the memory, VRMs, chokes, and Mosfets. Thermal pads make good contact with the components beneath, and the XT variant features the higher-performing versions. Size is 320 x 134.75 x 71.57mm


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Yes, 2x 8-pin and a single 6-pin header will be needed.PCIe feeds 75W, the 6-pin 75W, and each 8-pin 150W. 

 

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At the top of the card, there's also a BIOS switch with three options (default/quiet/software controlled).


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It looks quite nice, fitted into the test PC, with Sapphire providing adequate illumination. The Sapphire logo and light strip at the top, as well as a logo on the backplate, are all in aRGB, and there are enough LEDs to ensure an even distribution of light. 

 

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