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Sapphire Also Teases Radeon RX 6800 XT Pulse

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Following yesterday's teaser of its top Radeon RX 6800 XT NITRO+ graphics card, Sapphire today teased its affordable custom-design offering, the Radeon RX 6800 XT Pulse. The Pulse brand extension represents cost-effective, low-noise custom-designs that are priced close to reference. It's likely that there could be variants of the card, one which sticks to AMD reference clock speeds, and the other with a mild factory overclock. The teaser picture reveals a card that's more than 2 slots thick, and features three evenly sized fans. Sapphire already announced its AMD reference-design cards for the RX 6800 XT and RX 6800, which would mean their Pulse and Pulse OC SKUs are slotted a notch above, followed by the NITRO+ series.



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wooow a tripple fan dual slot design? holy macaroni!
 
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At first glance it doesn't look like a dual slot
Yea looks 2.5~2.75 slot-ish.
Why no dual fan love Sapphire? Cause reference PCB?
 

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Yea looks 2.5~2.75 slot-ish.
Why no dual fan love Sapphire? Cause reference PCB?


I really wish on these big cards they would just stop messing around, give us full 3 slot designs as being normal. i'd prefer colder temps more than anything else, and dual cards doesn't ever work lets just face the truth by now.
 
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There definitely is a probability this and the Nitro use the same PCB. Not sure if ref based tho.
I don't think I remember first wave AIB cards ever coming out with custom PCB unless AMD/Nvidia didn't release a reference model.

I really wish on these big cards they would just stop messing around, give us full 3 slot designs as being normal. i'd prefer colder temps more than anything else, and dual cards doesn't ever work lets just face the truth by now.
Tbh though 3 slot coolers look plain fugly imo. 2.5~2.75 slot also looks ugly but not to the extent that is 3 slot or 3+. If a gpu needs 3 slot cooling why not do exotic liquid cooling at that point is my opinion.
 
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Did 3+ slot cards even exist? Other than the new & terrible aorus 30 series ones i mean.
 
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They are very rare and usually limited editions

that is a monster of a card lmao.

I don't think I remember first wave AIB cards ever coming out with custom PCB unless AMD/Nvidia didn't release a reference model.


Tbh though 3 slot coolers look plain fugly imo. 2.5~2.75 slot also looks ugly but not to the extent that is 3 slot or 3+. If a gpu needs 3 slot cooling why not do exotic liquid cooling at that point is my opinion.


i forget most of you have window cases. i have a silent foam case no windows. so i could care less about looks. i just want awesome cooling and no water, cause i dont like taking risks even if they are tiny
 
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I don't think I remember first wave AIB cards ever coming out with custom PCB unless AMD/Nvidia didn't release a reference model.

That actually happened many times before, HD3000-7000 had AIBs on launch with custom PCB, R9 290(X) had them, this sort of a thing even sort of happened on RX 400 albeit a very slight delay.
Rumors have it, that many of the AIB design RX 6000 cards will get their reviews only within 4-7 days from reference design, which isnt bad really.
 
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I really wish on these big cards they would just stop messing around, give us full 3 slot designs as being normal. i'd prefer colder temps more than anything else, and dual cards doesn't ever work lets just face the truth by now.
They do this so the airflow cant be block off with an expansion card, its really a 3 slot card. but it looks like 2 slots to me on that image
 
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these teases are so dumb
 
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