Sapphire RX 6800 XT Nitro+ Review

1. Introduction2. Sapphire RX 6800 XT Nitro+3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Control7. F1 20208. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint9. Metro Exodus10. Red Dead Redemption 211. Watch Dogs: Legion12. Clock Speed13. GPU Frequency Response14. Temperatures15. Acoustics16. Noise-Normalised Temperatures17. Power Consumption18. Overclocking19. Closing Thoughts20. View All Pages

Following on from our stock thermal and acoustic testing, here we re-test the operating temperature of the GPU, but with noise levels normalised to 40dBa. This allows us to measure the efficiency of the overall cooling solution as varying noise levels as a result of more aggressive fan curves are no longer a factor.

So we have covered the default thermal and acoustic behaviour of the card, but here we look at thermals when noise-normalised to 40dBa. For the Nitro+, this meant setting a fan speed of 55%, around 1890rpm, and here we can see the Nitro+ does fractionally better than the Red Devil. We’re talking a very small differences though, as the Nitro+ Performance BIOS is just 1C cooler than the Red Devil’s OC BIOS when looking at junction temperature, while the Nitro+’s Silent BIOS is 2C cooler than Red Devil’s Silent BIOS.

At the end of the day, both cards deliver great results, but the Nitro+ is technically superior. We also have to factor in power draw here – as we see on the next page, the Nitro+ does have a higher power limit, which needs to be kept in mind when looking at these results.

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