Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+ Review: In-Depth Thermals, Noise, Overclocking, & Power

This Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+ OC review benchmarks the thermals, noise, overclocking, and power capabilities of one of the highest-end RX 5700 XT cards that's coming out.
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That one chart is obviously supposed to be labeled "Fan RPM" on the left axis -- oops!

The RX 5700 XT Nitro+ should appear on Amazon here: (the Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+ OC wasn't listed on Amazon at the time of writing this description, but that'll land you on the search phrase)

Article: we're delaying this one so that the team can get some sleep! You can read about testing methods in our Pulse or Gaming OC reviews.

The Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+ OC is one of the higher-end cards coming to the Navi lineup. This one is interesting for its cooling solution, clearly opting for a larger, tri-axial cooler with a large heatsink. It's also got triple VBIOS with different power targets, making testing more challenging than typically as each power target will permit different boosting behavior. In this review, we'll look most heavily at thermals versus the Sapphire RX 5700 XT Pulse, the MSI RX 5700 XT Evoke, Gigabyte RX 5700 XT Gaming OC, and AMD RX 5700 XT Reference card.

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Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke
Video: Andrew Coleman

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