Monday, November 9th 2020
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT NITRO+ Pictured, Too
Hot on the heels of the Radeon RX 6800 XT Pulse picture leak, VideoCardz brings us pics of its pricier sibling, the RX 6800 XT NITRO+. This will be the most premium air-cooled custom-design RX 6800 XT graphics card by Sapphire. Much like the Pulse, the NITRO+ features a meaty triple-slot cooling solution ventilated by three fans. The heatsink of the NITRO+ is larger than that of the Pulse, and looks taller. The PCB is shorter than the card itself, so the extra length go toward air flow-through. There appears to be a design focus on making the cooler shroud airy, with large cutouts wherever possible. At the same time, as its premium offering, Sapphire gave the NITRO+ plenty of RGB LED bling. The card also appears to feature a header so you can sync your lighting to the card. The card draws power from a pair of 8-pin PCIe power inputs, outputs include two DisplayPorts, an HDMI port, and a USB-C port with DisplayPort passthrough.
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VideoCardz
33 Comments on Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT NITRO+ Pictured, Too
Oh yeah, people complain about RGB's all the time not even realizing you can switch it off. Maybe it's the time of the year.
It's a waste to buy this beefy air cooling solution just to slap water cooling on it.
I had similar thoughts for the 5700XT and I reached the conclusion that I much prefer to spend an extra 50 euro to buy a better air cooled card than deal with water cooling. It's cheaper, more reliable in the long run, and requires much less work.
IMHO water cooling is worth it if you want to do really heavy OC ar simply if you really like this type of tinkering or look.
I know the water can be tough and would require some time to get it running but I been promising myself I will go with the water but there was always something against. Also this Nitro looks awesome and that's the struggle.
If I go water I will OC but that depends how much OC can you get out of the 6800XT. Not sure if it will be hard but nothing would stood against heavy OC. Besides it would give me the comfort, to choose how much I would want to OC the card. Honestly, at this point I don't even know if the water is worth it with the 6800XT. Maybe it will not OC well who knows. Time will tell.