Packaging

The Card

The Sapphire RX 6950 XT Pure looks fantastic thanks to its white color theme and clean design. On the back, you'll find a high-quality metal backplate, which has a part cut out to let airflow through the card.


Dimensions of the card are 32.5 x 13.5 cm, and it weighs 1576 g.


Installation requires four slots in your system.


Display connectivity includes three standard DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.1.


Near the back of the card, you'll find this header, which lets you feed the RGB signal from your motherboard into the graphics card to synchronize it with the rest of your system.


The card uses a 8+8+6 power input configuration. This configuration is rated for up to 450 W of power draw.


The AMD Radeon RX 6000 series doesn't support multi-GPU. Here you can find the dual BIOS switch, which lets you activate the "OC" BIOS. Please note that the Sapphire Pure BIOS switch has three positions. The left-most setting is for software control through the TRIXX software.

Teardown

Sapphire's heatsink uses six heatpipes to quickly move heat away from the GPU and to the cooler. The main heatsink also provides cooling for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.


The backplate is made out of metal and protects the card against damage during installation and handling. Note how it wraps around the card to create a more solid product look and feel.