Sapphire RX 6800 XT Nitro+ Review

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Time Spy stress test for 30 minutes.

Looking now at out of the box thermal performance, we can see the Nitro+ performs at a very similar level to the PowerColor Red Devil in terms of the raw thermals. In fact, the Silent BIOS on both the Nitro+ and the Red Devil recorded the exact same temperatures, hitting 77C on the edge and 94C for the junction. The Nitro+ Performance BIOS, meanwhile, hit 75C edge and 95C junction, which is an increase of 2C compared to the Red Devil’s OC BIOS. As we will see later though, power does play a part in this.

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