AMD RX 6950 XT, 6750 XT & 6650 XT Review ft. Sapphire

1. Introduction2. Sapphire RX 6650 XT Nitro+3. Sapphire RX 6750 XT Nitro+4. Sapphire RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure5. Testing Methodology6. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy7. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing8. Assassin's Creed Valhalla9. Cyberpunk 207710. Dying Light 211. F1 202112. Far Cry 613. Forza Horizon 514. God of War15. Horizon Zero Dawn16. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy17. Red Dead Redemption 218. Resident Evil Village19. Total War: Warhammer III20. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)21. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207722. Ray Tracing: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition23. Ray Tracing: Resident Evil: Village24. Clock Speed25. GPU Temperatures26. Acoustics27. Power Draw: 1080p28. Power Draw: 1440p29. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)30. Performance per Watt: 1080p31. Performance per Watt: 1440p32. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)33. Total System Power Draw34. Overclocking35. Closing Thoughts36. View All Pages

The Sapphire RX 6650 XT Nitro+ ships in a purple-coloured box, with the Nitro logo taking pride of place on the front. On the back, Sapphire highlights a few key features of the GPU itself.

Inside, accessories are sparse – we find a quick start guide and manufacturer not, but that's it.

Taking a look at the card itself, it is in keeping with the Nitro+ styling that we have become accustomed to over the last couple of years. That means we have a silver and black plastic shroud that looks clean and fairly minimalistic – it certainly doesn't scream ‘gamer' at you.

We can also note the two 100mm fans nestled in the shroud. If they look slightly different to you, that's because they are now using ‘Second Generation Angular Velocity' fan blades which Sapphire claims can offer up to 44% more air pressure, at 30dBa, when compared to the first generation design.

For a dual-slot card, it's by no means tiny – it measures in at 260 x 130 x 57.57mm. The thickness is most eye-catching, as this is approaching a triple-slot form-factor, but it should fit in most cases on the market.

We can also note a tasteful silver backplate, made from metal. This sports the Nitro+ and Radeon logos, while there's a large cut-out at the end of the backplate to allow airflow directly through the heatsink and out the back of the card.

Towards the I/O bracket, it is worth pointing out the dual-BIOS switch, allowing a choice of the Performance or Silent modes. There is even a third option to let users toggle between these BIOS modes using Sapphire's Trixx software, which is a nice touch.

Power requirements consist of 1x 8-pin PCIe connector, and we can note 3x DisplayPort and 1x HDMI 2.1 video outputs.

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