Sapphire R9 390x Nitro Review

By jarred walton 18 june 2015.

Sapphire r9 390x nitro review.

The tri x cooler keeps the gpu at a reasonable. Sapphire tri x amd r9 390x review. Intelligent fan control and two ball bearings on the fan spindles keep the noise down to an exceptable level. Sapphire has its tri x r9 390x clocked slower than the msi radeon r9 390x gaming 8g we tested before this with the gpu clocked at 1055mhz versus 1100mhz on the msi card and the 8gb of gddr5 is.

With a price of 340 the card is more expensive than other r9 390s from other manufacturers sitting at a price point that competes with many high end gtx 970 cards. Are they worth buying now that amd has hbm technology in its fury series. The tri x cooling design keeps everything cool under the hood. Sapphire s tri x r9 390x comes with three fans and two yes two 8 pin pcie power connectors.

Power efficiency has been the weak point for amd in recent years and sapphire s r9 390 nitro is no exception as the only difference is that sapphire s cooler manages to hide the secondary effects of increased power consumption heat and noise very well. The sapphire r9 390 nitro comes with a gpu overclock of 40 mhz out of the box while memory has remained at the amd default of 1500 mhz. Sapphire s nitro edition delivers a tweaked 390 x straight out to box including 8gb of vram and a very nice looking thermal backplate. Sapphire s radeon r9 390 nitro offers a tremendous value for the money.