Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT OC is Sapphire’s top-tier 16GB RX 9060 XT model. Alongside powerful cooling and excellent operating characteristics, the manufacturer also bets on stylish looks and prominent ARGB lighting—elements that help it fit right into popular PC design cases. If you’re building a PC for gaming at the lower 1080p and 1440p resolutions and care about aesthetics, it’s certainly worth considering.
Clocks, Temperatures & Fan Speeds—F1 24
The next tests are from the F1 24 benchmark at 3840 × 2160 resolution with Ultra settings. This involves a benchmark with five laps on the Singapore map in wet conditions. Unlike other benchmarks, this is a sustained load; there is no drop in load between test cycles, and the card remains warmed up the entire time.
Compared to Cyberpunk, the clock speeds dropped by about 60 MHz. The heated card maintains a clock speed in the measured segment ranging from 2773 to 2873 MHz, with an average of 2837 MHz.
The power draw, at 181.6 W according to monitoring (light green), again holds almost perfectly at the 182 W power limit. The total PC power draw then averages 292.5 W.
The average temperature of the heated chip reaches a maximum of 54 °C according to monitoring, memory reaches 82 °C. The hotspot temperature is 80 °C.
The fan speed in the first two minutes after load starts reached 1600–1680 RPM, but as temperatures stabilized, it gradually decreased to around 1560 RPM.
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Honeslty, with how slow advancement in this tier is, there’s a very good argument for getting the Nitro on build so the thing will live as long as possible.