When it comes to AMD video cards, Sapphire has always been known for their quality and great performance. Sadly I missed out on seeing any of Sapphire's cards for the 5000 series, the last Sapphire card we have had a look at was the RX580 but that changes today. I’ve had the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6700XT in the office and I’ve been doing some testing on it. Today we (you and I) are going to check out what Sapphire is doing differently from the last time I saw them and what they are doing differently from the competition, then we will see how the Nitro+ RX6700 XT performs in our test suite. I can’t wait any longer, lets dive in!
Product Name: Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6700XT
Review Sample Provided by: Sapphire
Written by: Wes Compton
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Specifications |
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GPU |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT Graphics Card 7nm GPU AMD RDNA™ 2 Architecture |
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Engine Clock |
Boost Clock: Up to 2622 MHz Game Clock: Up to 2548 MHz
Boost Clock is the maximum frequency achievable on the GPU running bursty workload. Boost clock achievability, frequency, and sustainability will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to: thermal conditions and variation in application and workloads.
Game Clock is the expected GPU clock when running typical gaming applications, set to typical TGP(Total Graphics Power). Actual individual game clock results may vary. |
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Stream Processors |
2560 |
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Infinity Cache |
96MB |
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Ray Accelerators |
40 |
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Memory Size/Bus |
12GB GDDR6 |
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Memory Clock |
16 Gbps Effective |
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Displays |
Maximum 4 Displays |
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Resolution |
HDMI™: 7680×4320 DisplayPort1.4: 7680×4320 |
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Interface |
PCI-Express 4.0 |
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Output |
1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort |
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BIOS Support |
Dual UEFI |
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Game Index |
4K |
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Sapphire Features |
Dual BIOS TriXX Software BIOS 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 |
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AMD Features |
AMD RDNA™ 2 Gaming Architecture DirectX® 12 Ultimate Hardware Raytracing Smart Access Memory Infinity Cache 7nm GPU PCI® Express 4.0 Support AMD FreeSync™ Technology DisplayPort™ 1.4 with DSC HDMI™ 2.1 VRR Video Streaming up to 8K Radeon™ VR Ready Premium AMD FidelityFX Radeon™ Image Sharpening Radeon™ Anti-Lag Radeon™ Software Game Driver Optimizations |
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Cooling |
3 Fans |
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Form Factor |
2.5 slot, ATX Dimension: 310.05(L)X 130.75(W)X 51.4 (H)mm |
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Power Consumption |
260W (Board Power) |
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OS |
Linux®, Windows® 7*, Windows® 10, and Windows 8.1. 64-bit operating system required *Does not support all features including but not limited to Hardware Raytracing |
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System Requirement |
Minimum 650 Watt Power Supply 1 x 8-pin + 1 x 6-pin Power Connector. PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard. Minimum 8GB of system memory. 16GB recommended. |
Before diving into everything I do always take a look with GPUz to double-check that the listed specifications match up with what I am getting in my testing. I also want to give some reference to the overall clock speeds that the Nitro+ RX 6700 XT has compared to past 6700XT’s that have come into the office. So the Nitro+ has a boost clock of 2622 MHz which was reflected in GPUz. This is close to the 2629 MHz of the MSI Gaming X that I took a look at and the same as the XFX MERX319 which was also at 2622 MHz. The GPUz also helps document what firmware our GPU has for future reference and the driver that I tested on which was the April 13th driver.
