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

Brand new for the RX 6X50 series is Sapphire's Nitro+ Pure line, and we have this in the form of the RX 6950 XT. It ships in a light grey and yellow box, while the back is white and highlights key features of the GPU.

Inside, we find more of the same documentation, but there is a white GPU support bracket included as well.

Clearly, the ‘Pure' moniker describes the fact this new graphics card is mostly white, with white metal sections sitting alongside the three black fans. It's a lovely-looking graphics card and the photos don't quite do it justice, but it's good to see Sapphire trying something new as well.

Those three fans each measure 100mm, and once more they are using the new ‘Second Generation Angular Velocity' fan blades for increased air pressure.

This is a very large graphics card however, measuring 320 x 134.75 x 71.57mm – making it a 3.5 slot design. It also weighs over 1.5kg on my scales, so you will definitely want to use the included support bracket.

Thankfully, the white theme continues over to the metal backplate, with just a few grey elements to keep things interesting – it really is a beautiful graphics card.

As expected, we can also note the dual-BIOS switch, allowing a choice of the Performance or Silent modes, and the third option to toggle between the two using Trixx.

 

Power requirements are increased for the RX 6950 XT – it needs 2x 8-pin and 1x 6-pin connectors. We can also note 3x DisplayPort and 1x HDMI 2.1 video outputs.

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