Sapphire R9 390x Nitro Review

The tri x cooler keeps the gpu at a reasonable.

Sapphire r9 390x nitro review.

Sapphire tri x amd r9 390x review. 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. 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.

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

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. Intelligent fan control and two ball bearings on the fan spindles keep the noise down to an exceptable level. Sapphire s tri x r9 390x comes with three fans and two yes two 8 pin pcie power connectors. Sapphire s radeon r9 390 nitro offers a tremendous value for the money.