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—Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
The next set is from the Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition benchmark with Extreme settings at 3840 × 2160 resolution.
The GPU clock clock speed fluctuates between 2753 and 3019 MHz, with an average of 2871 MHz.
The card’s own power draw according to monitoring holds at an average of 182 W, matching the set power limit. The average system power draw is around 293.5 W.
The average chip temperature reached a maximum of 53 °C, memory reaches 82 °C, and the GPU hotspot is at 78 °C.
In this measurement set, the fan speed fluctuations are the greatest; with each loop, they start at 1740 RPM and during the roughly two-minute test duration, they drop 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.