Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Review: Aesthetics First

The Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT sits at the top of Sapphire’s lineup. AMD’s current Radeon generation focuses solely on the upper mid-range segment with intense price competition. As a result, Sapphire’s flagship isn’t a pricey premium model with a massive cooler like the previous-gen Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX. Instead, the designers focus on attractive aesthetics and distinctive features, such as the hidden 12V-2×6 power connector.

Clocks, Temperatures & Fan Speeds—Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition

The last set comes from the Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition benchmark at 3840 × 2160 with Extreme settings.

And even in the final round of measurements, there are no major surprises.

The GPU clock ranges from 2631 to 2899 MHz, averaging 2742 MHz.

The GPU power consistently stays at the set 330 W limit. Total system power reaches 466.5 W.

GPU temperatures are again fairly low: the GPU reaches 64 °C, the hotspot sits at a solid 87 °C, and memory is higher at 94 °C.

Initially, the fan again runs at a lower 1700–1800 rpm; after warming up, it runs at 2040 rpm.


⠀

AMD to Raise Prices on All Products: GPUs, CPUs and Chipsets

We reported that Intel was preparing to raise CPU prices next month, but according to further information, the same was planned by AMD. Further sources have now confirmed that this manufacturer will also be raising prices. However, the scope of the price increases is to be much broader—it will affect not only CPUs, but apparently all chips manufactured by AMD. As a result, graphics cards pricing will rise further, but so will prices of motherboards. Read more “AMD to Raise Prices on All Products: GPUs, CPUs and Chipsets” »

AMD Releases New Budget CPUs. Even for the AM4 Socket

It looks like whole ten years since the time AMD officially launched the AM4 platform (initially for the Excavator architecture and only on the OEM market, in 2016), a new CPU will now be released for this socket. But not a completely new one. AMD has now released two configurations that did not previously exist, but are based on 2020 and 2022 silicon, and the first of them is coming to the older platform using DDR4. Read more “AMD Releases New Budget CPUs. Even for the AM4 Socket” »

Next-gen Radeon GPUs: RDNA 5 architecture clock targets leaked

2027 is approaching with new generations of GPUs, although they will be delayed compared to the previous two-year cycles. AMD has GPUs with the new RDNA 5 architecture coming, which could incorporate fairly major changes compared to today’s RDNA 4 based  GPUs, as well as a new manufacturing process. Thanks to the latter, clock speeds will apparently increase, although perhaps not by as much as one would have expected. Read more “Next-gen Radeon GPUs: RDNA 5 architecture clock targets leaked” »

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *