Sapphire R9 390x Nitro Review

Even so the r9 390 managed around a 10 percent increase in clocks.

Sapphire r9 390x nitro review. Overclocking the r9 390 sapphire nitro as i mentioned earlier in this review it s currently the heart of the british summer which obviously means higher temps and lower overclockability. Sapphire s radeon r9 390 nitro offers a tremendous value for the money. Intelligent fan control and two ball bearings on the fan spindles keep the noise down to an exceptable level. 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.

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. It operates very quietly and has performance that outpaces the competition. Sapphire s nitro edition delivers a tweaked 390 x straight out to box including 8gb of vram and a very nice looking thermal backplate. The tri x cooler keeps the gpu at a reasonable.

In this review we take a look at how sapphire s high end hawaii based tri x r9 390x and midrange tonga based nitro r9 380 stack up against the competition.