It is AMD launch day, with the company revealing the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards in full. As always, Sapphire is hot on the heels of the launch with its own custom-cooled models, and they look to be their best yet. 

Sapphire has new Nitro+, Pure and Pulse RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards hitting the market. The Nitro+ version will cost a little more, but you'll get the fastest out-of-box clock speeds, a beefy triple-fan cooler and a dual-layer all-metal black plate that lets you hide your power connector.

The Sapphire Pure model is for fans of all-white graphics cards offering a sleek white and black aesthetic with a hint of ARGB on the logo. Finally, the Sapphire Pulse model offers a slimmer all-black cooler.

The Sapphire TriXX software has also received a significant upgrade, introducing clean UI design to help gamers quickly find settings for overclocking, hardware monitoring, performance and efficiency profiles, as well as adjustments for the ARGB LEDs on your graphics card.

You can find the technical specifications for RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT in the table below:

GPU	Sapphire RX 9070 Nitro+	Sapphire RX 9070 XT Nitro+
RDNA 4 Compute Units	56	64
HW RT Accelerators	56	64
HW AI Accelerators	112	128
Peak AI TOPS	1165	1557
Boost Clock	Up to 3010 MHz	Up to 3060 MHz
VRAM	16GB	16GB
Total Board Power	220W	304W
Connectivity & Display	PCIe 5.0, DisplayPort 2.1a, HDMI 2.1b	PCIe 5.0, DisplayPort 2.1a, HDMI 2.1b

The Sapphire Pulse and Pure models offer the same specs, but with different clock speeds. For instance, the RX 9070 XT Pulse and Pure models offer up to 3010MHz boost clock speeds out of the box, and up to 2700MHz on the RX 9070 version.

Sapphire's RX 9070 series graphics cards will be available starting on the 6th of March.

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KitGuru Says: Sapphire has an excellent reputation for its custom AMD graphics cards and that looks to continue with the new RX 9070 series models. Are you thinking of making the jump to AMD's latest GPU? 

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