Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X
The only review mentions a shipping issue that was resolved quickly with a full refund, praising customer service. However, the user never received the GPU itself, so product performance is unrated. The Q&A section asks about warranty, cooling, performance comparison, power requirements, and dimensions, but no answers are provided.
Pros
- Responsive customer service
- Quick refund processing
Cons
- Shipping issue (lost package)
- Product not received
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 3090 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | 8 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 96★ | 82 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 35.58000183105469 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339★ | 350 |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 750★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 16X |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 313★ |
| Slot Width | 4★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.00 kg★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (18th percentile)18th %ile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X
- Strong vram (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong ai (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong compute (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Strong rt (78th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average affordability (10th percentile)10th %ile
- Below average efficiency (29th percentile)
- Below average thermal (32nd percentile)
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver offers 3.3x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 19 of 40 specs.
