SAPPHIRE Announces NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Graphics Cards

[MxPhenom 216]

Here is the very first 5080 report

RTX Cablegate update: First RTX 5080 cable melts, more 5090 cases, MODDIY changes its upgrade recommendation page - VideoCardz.com

Blackwell and Ada are hot right now Daisy chain of expansion cables are not a good idea for RTX 5090 FE Redditor RevolutionaryPea7570 claims that his RTX 5090 Founders Edition experienced a cable burn. While the card appears to be unaffected, the same cannot be said for the PSU cables, which...

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Also der8auer said himself you can't simply replicate it as the power balancing is basically random and that's the whole issue. There's nothing balancing the load between the cables.
This is not about probabllity of burning but about the fact it is possible. Who wants to spend 600-1000$ for a GPU knowing it might burn out one day as a factory feature?

Why does it seem like 99% of reported melting are from founders cards? Is it possible, at least with the RTX50 is because the rotation of the connector Nvidia did where the pin goes into 1 contact for power and 1 contact for ground pins on the board is part of the problem? Rather than being soldered into Indvidual contact points per pin? Custom cards use a standard horizontal mount of the connector with solder points per pin and I dont think theres been many reports for custom cards. At least the load across pins seems better in a few data compilation reports ive seen. -> doesnt explain it for RTX40 FE cards though

 

[Cakanik]

Why does it seem like 99% of reported melting are from founders cards? Is it possible, at least with the RTX50 is because the rotation of the connector Nvidia did where the pin goes into 1 contact for power and 1 contact for ground pins on the board is part of the problem? Rather than being soldered into Indvidual contact points per pin? Custom cards use a standard horizontal mount of the connector with solder points per pin and I dont think theres been many reports for custom cards. At least the load across pins seems better in a few data compilation reports ive seen. -> doesnt explain it for RTX40 FE cards though

It might be a factor but the root issue is connector itself. It essentially works as a single wire from PSU to GPU. So you can cut all but one cable and it will run eventhough with catastrophic overload.

 

[edeni]

It still better having an alternative variant, with 3x 8pin. Call this stubbornness, and stupidity, but there's no trust on it, even if it's done properly.
But let these wealthy folks beta-test it at their expense...

Isn't the board power of the 9070 around 300W? I don't see the 12V2x6 burn out with that haha.
Anyway, I did order it just as a fallback option in case the other models are scalped or generally unavailable. Can always return within 30-days on amazon. It's arriving tomorrow evening.

 

[Jtuck9]

It still better having an alternative variant, with 3x 8pin. Call this stubbornness, and stupidity, but there's no trust on it, even if it's done properly.
But let these wealthy folks beta-test it at their expence...

It's currently listed at £11,999.99 on Overclockers (inc vat). So between that and the Corsair PSU it's probably the more expensive sunken cost choice.

 

[Random_User]

My biggest gripe with the Pulse version, is a lack of switchable BIOS, and the somewhat "shoddy" cooling and power delivery, compared to the Nitro+. And with the later, being too big and chonky. If there was the middle ground, like Nitro+, but without OC, so the cooler would be the size of Pulse, while retaining the "premium" features of the Nitro+.

Isn't the board power of the 9070 around 300W? I don't see the 12V2x6 burn out with that haha.

Gotta see the reviews first, of both professional reviewers, and the regular users.

Anyway, I did order it just as a fallback option in case the other models are scalped or generally unavailable. Can always return within 30-days on amazon. It's arriving tomorrow evening.

Godspeed with your purchase. May it serve you well!

 

[Dimitriman]

Amazon Netherlands premature scalping the 9070 today 3rd March for anyone interested.

Amazon.nl

 

[Cakanik]

Isn't the board power of the 9070 around 300W? I don't see the 12V2x6 burn out with that haha.
Anyway, I did order it just as a fallback option in case the other models are scalped or generally unavailable. Can always return within 30-days on amazon. It's arriving tomorrow evening.

But the Sapphire Nitro 9070 XT is 330W+ so when overclocked manually it will for sure park itself in 5080 power envelope. That means there might be a small chance of burning and for what? Ugly brick design?

 

[Caring1]

I quite like the look of the Nitro+, only negative to me is the power connector.

 

[Cakanik]

I quite like the look of the Nitro+, only negative to me is the power connector.

I don't like it. Looks too brick-ish to me and is needlessly big because of that. However I wouldn't mind it if it wasn't form over function, but it literally is. It hurts me to see Sapphire of all AIBs to use the melting connector as except for one ASUS card, all other AMD cards I used over the past ~20 years were Sapphire and I was very happy with them but this might be a dealbreaker for me..

 

[robert-tech]

They can keep this with their flawed connector, I'm going with the Powercolor Red Devil 9070 XT, at least it won't melt on me when overclocked as the power consumption will approach 5080 levels and there is no way I'm going to trust this connector which is architecturally flawed, 3 X 8pin all the way. It's a shame really as I like my Nitro+ 5700 XT, however, it seems that Sapphire is now down the toilet.

 

[Cakanik]

So for everybody saying its a 300W card go check reviews it can only dream about 300W just as ASrock and Sapphire can only dream about my money.