Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro+

[W1zzard]

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro+ is the company's top dog custom-design variant. Its large triple-slot, triple-fan cooler runs cooler and quieter than the AMD reference. Thanks to a dual BIOS, you may go even quieter by switching to the "quiet" BIOS.

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[Flanker]

Soooo much more expensive than ref

 

[Dristun]

How does it get a highly recommended if it's almost the same as the ref card by all metrics but costs 120$ more?

 

[Chomiq]

Soooo much more expensive than ref

Yeah that reference design was gone within minutes with no stock updates. I guess $700+ will be real base price.

People (including some reviewers) keep saying "it wasn't paper launch if people were able to buy it". How come those cards are no longer listed then? At least with 30-series those cards are listed, either out of stock or ridiculously expensive but they are listed. Here the reference design was listed for few hours and then completely erased from store pages.

 

[ARF]

As fast or faster than the graphs for RTX 3080 10GB when used with Ryzen 5000 CPU with Smart Access Memory on and PCIe 4!

 

[W1zzard]

How does it get a highly recommended if it's almost the same as the ref card by all metrics but costs 120$ more?

Because it's a really good graphics card?

 

[Xuper]

wow $770 ?!! , RIP customers. both AMD/Nvidia screwed up Customers.I expected better temp yet It's worse than reference.Sapphire , What the actual happened? Little OC because of higher clock of Card.

Edit : my bad , temp is a little better than reference

 

[xkm1948]

$770 ehhh no. At this premium price I would want all the features, like playable RTX.

$649~$699 it is fine. At this price might as well just get 3080

 

[jesdals]

In Denmark no AIB cards for sale today and the Nitro is almost 13% more than the reference models

 

[Sandbo]

Nice, 100$ more MSRP and then maybe another couple hundreds on Newegg. I never thought I will say this, but, Intel, please save us from AMD and Nvidia.

 

[Dristun]

Because it's a really good graphics card?

Well, on a technical level of course it is, no arguments, but I just can't grasp why would it be recommended highly. It's a bad deal, isn't it? Of course right here and right now the prices are all over the place but I feel like to be able to compare we have to take the MSRP's into account.

Looks like the only gamers getting a decent deal this year are people buying new consoles while those on PC wanting to upgrade are getting massively shafted.

 

[Sandbo]

Well, on a technical level of course it is, no arguments, but I just can't grasp why would it be recommended highly. It's a bad deal, isn't it? Of course right here and right now the prices are all over the place but I feel like to be able to compare we have to take the MSRP's into account.

Looks like the only gamers getting a decent deal this year are people buying new consoles while those on PC wanting to upgrade are getting massively shafted.

Or maybe we need to give Stadia and Amazon’s new streaming service another shot.

 

[mb194dc]

Pricing is a bit ridiculous, people are desperate for cards at the moment though so not surprising all vendors are taking advantage.

Hopefully GPU prices come down a lot next years supply increases and demand eases.

Interested to see full range of benchmarks at the max OC.

 

[ARF]

This is designed with the future in mind. I expect Radeon's 'fine-wine' to kick next year or two.

I'd be happy when @W1zzard upgrades the testing setup to Ryzen 9 5900X and X570 motherboard.

 

[W1zzard]

I expect Radeon's 'fine-wine' to kick next year or two.

Like it kicked in on 5700 XT or Fury X ?

Ryzen 9 5900X and X570

Soon, just too many launches at the moment, I have no time to do anything other than review stuff

 

[Colddecked]

Yikes, plus 120? So pulse will be plus 60-70 now?! Everyone trying to cash in man... good thing I didn't want to buy a new card this year, will wait for the price drops next year.

 

[Chomiq]

Well, on a technical level of course it is, no arguments, but I just can't grasp why would it be recommended highly. It's a bad deal, isn't it? Of course right here and right now the prices are all over the place but I feel like to be able to compare we have to take the MSRP's into account.

Looks like the only gamers getting a decent deal this year are people buying new consoles while those on PC wanting to upgrade are getting massively shafted.

It isn't a bad deal when reference design will be no longer available officially (it's already unavailable) after the new year.

Edit.
Caseking has Nitro+ listed for €942, SE for €971 - ooooooof. That's €32 and €61 over reference.

 

[EarthDog]

This is designed with the future in mind. I expect Radeon's 'fine-wine' to kick next year or two.

Naa...

...this...

Like it kicked in on 5700 XT or Fury X ?

Don't hold your breath guy. You've been suckered into their marketing hook, line, and sinker.

 

[ShurikN]

Yeah that reference design was gone within minutes with no stock updates. I guess $700+ will be real base price.

People (including some reviewers) keep saying "it wasn't paper launch if people were able to buy it". How come those cards are no longer listed then? At least with 30-series those cards are listed, either out of stock or ridiculously expensive but they are listed. Here the reference design was listed for few hours and then completely erased from store pages.

Real msrp will be whatever price the Pulse launches at. Hint, it won't be under $700...
Let's be real here, the reference card is as paper launch as a book release.
It's pretty smart (and anti-consumer) from AMD, launch a brutally good reference model that reviewers cannot complain about (for once), slap whatever price on it, a handful of units will actually reach consumers so who cares, and reap awards and recommendations.
The fact that the reference will be produced until January only solidifies their plan.

 

[dir_d]

I wonder if the AIBs have raised their price to reflect the market, makes no sense for this card and the other AIB cards to be expensive as they are compared to reference.

 

[Vya Domus]

At least with 30-series those cards are listed, either out of stock or ridiculously expensive but they are listed.

What difference does it make ?

 

[Chomiq]

What difference does it make ?

You can place an order and get in the queue versus nothing at all?

 

[Ravenas]

I have always expected Sapphire to set the bar with Nitro series. They came somewhat short here due to pricing, but they still provide gains over reference. Extracting price non-reference versus reference is always hard, but since when has AMD created a good reference card???

 

[Vya Domus]

You can place an order and get in the queue versus nothing at all?

Again, what difference does it make. Most stores provide zero information on when it will be available.

Regardless we know reference cards will be gone forever anyway.

The fact that the reference will be produced until January only solidifies their plan.

I wonder what's to be gained from that though, the margins from the more expensive models will go to AIBs not AMD.

 

[xkm1948]

Like it kicked in on 5700 XT or Fury X ?

I feel personally insulted lol

Yeah FuryX was a POS GPU that is the step middle child neither RTG nor AMD cared for. It was rather Fine Vinegar as it performed pretty horrible versus 980Ti in new titles.