Sapphire RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the Sapphire RX 9070 XT Nitro+3. Testing Methodology4. Game Benchmarks5. Clock Speed6. GPU Temperatures7. Does the Backplate Affect Thermals?8. Acoustics9. Noise-Normalised Temperatures10. Power Draw and Efficiency11. Overclocking12. Closing Thoughts13. View All Pages

Following on from our stock thermal and acoustic testing, here we re-test the operating temperature of the GPU, but with noise levels normalised to 40dBa. This allows us to measure the efficiency of the overall cooling solution as varying noise levels as a result of more aggressive fan curves are no longer a factor.

When we ran our noise-normalised test, the results of all three cards basically became indistinguishable. The Nitro+ did offer the lowest hot spot, at 72C, but the GPU metric was at 46C, just 1C hotter than either the Taichi or Red Devil, so close enough to call a tie.

Noise-normalised memory temperatures are also very similar to the Red Devil, though we do see a 5C reduction compared to the Taichi.

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