OCing will make the delta greater. Both values (~30*C+ delta and ~18*C delta) are normal considering circumstances.
My RX 5700 XT had a large delta too, and it was at least 30*C when OC and H20 cooled.
My RX 6900 XT on the other hand does not.
Both make sense and are in line with reviews. Always read reviews, there is nothing different being shared so no reason to investigate or worry about it further.
Sapphire has been my brand choice for AMD cards, that or straight from the horses mouth, aka, AMD
Nitro is always their OC'd model, may require an additional PCIe power cable compared to other models as a result. Otherwise the Pulse models is what I personally go for if leaving on air. I would read reviews and get whichever one is quieter since performance is going to be super close I doubt you would notice in anything other than benchmarks. If you're going to H20 cool it, then go for performance (which means get the Nitro) since noise will be determined by your what I assume is an already existing loop setup, ie fans and pump
I'm not worried, people kept answering way after I thought things were handled.
Random question for you (and
@GamerGuy ): I always thought Sapphire cards weren't that great. Well, I got it in my head back in the early/mid 2000s and stopped paying attention to their stuff. I didn't ignore them, just never took them as serious contenders, certainly not to the extent "4090's are coming out, better find a retailer that stocks Sapphire at a good price".
Are they like Acer? If you don't know Acer, they're a company that makes a lot of different stuff - using laptops as an example of their product design philosophy early on as a younger company (mid 2000s to early 2010s): their laptops usually had the slowest processors, stupid models that barely cost less than somewhat capable ones, but they'd use them anyway. There usually wasn't enough RAM, and they'd use 2x1GB sticks instead of 1x2GB that could be easily upgraded to 4 by adding just one more 2GB stick. Not buying 2 and having 2x1s to throw out. They'd use 4200RPM hard drives with 2MB cache instead of 5400/7200 with 8/16. Their best product was a mid i5 (not the best i5) with a 45 W/h battery and the same crappy 1366x768 matte finish screen used throughout their barely differentiated models.
Now in 2022 they make a range of stuff, a lot that could be described as "good". People unaware of their past would see no problem with buying it, but me? I'm still wary. If I owned something of theirs, it'd always be in the back of my mind that they skimped on something I don't know about and my product might spontaneously fail. If it was a power supply for a very cheap product, I'd be concerned about leaving it plugged in when leaving home.
Because of what they so blatantly did in the past, I expect them to skimp on things that you can't see - most people buying their stuff didn't have a lot of money and/or weren't technically literate. I didn't have much money back then (still don't, really), but instead of buying one of their turds for $549, I'd wait until an Asus laptop went on sale to $600 from $1000, getting the model that was configured with 1x4GB RAM and 500 GB HD instead of 2x4GB RAM and 1TB HDD/120GB SSD for $1450. In a few months I'd grab another 4GB stick of RAM for $60 and a 250GB SSD for $150, bringing my total to just $810. The Asus configured the same cost $1800. I spent less than half, and that laptop is
still capable - my mom's still using hers (mine fell off my bed 4 years ago and the screen cracked, I would've retired it 3 years ago).
Hers specs: 4200u or 4210u, can't remember, 8GB RAM, 500GB Samsung 850 Evo, Intel 7260 AC (original). Christmas 2013 or 14 to now. 8 years. That acer, I doubt it lasted 3. Her battery is original and gets 4-5 hours browsing with high screen brightness, like it did when new
Anyway... is Sapphire good now? Not something to spontaneously combust? Especially a video card with as much power as they take now...
I'll put the 5700 in my second rig and sell the ROG Strix Rx 580, which is the plan to partly fund the new card.
