CONCLUSION

   The Radeon RX 6800 Nitro+ by SAPPHIRE performed admirably all across the board and even though i did come across a couple of bugs which i did report back to AMD and SAPPHIRE (these may not be game breaking bugs but they did push my review back quite a bit - just my luck) the overall experience was very positive. Unfortunately, i still don't have a GeForce RTX 3070/3080 card to compare it with (RTX 3060 12GB/3090 models are on the way) but it's very easy to tell just by looking at the charts just how faster the Radeon RX 6800 Nitro+ is compared to the fastest card i have here now, the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming X Trio. Now if someone had come to me less than a year ago and had told me that AMD would release a card which would be able to easily surpass even the RTX 2080 Super (let alone go up against the RTX 3060/3070 models - at least in games without Ray Tracing) I’d have a really hard time believing that but they did exactly that so kudos to them. Of course, SAPPHIRE always takes things a step further with their cards (especially the Nitro+ models) so things are very good both in terms of overclocking potential (which as expected varies from card to card), noise levels and temperatures.

   Due to COVID-19 and severe chipset shortages prices have skyrocketed and so currently the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6800 Nitro+ retails for USD1599.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for around 1200Euros inside the EU. Unfortunately, the same applies for all RX 6800/XT models out there and so as expected this is the sole drawback of these cards. Of course, if AMD manages to improve availability (and the same applies for manufacturers like SAPPHIRE) prices should begin to normalize in a couple of months or so but at least for now this is it. Overall, the Radeon RX 6800 Nitro+ by SAPPHIRE delivers on everything a card should (performance/image quality/low noise, temperature and consumption levels) and for that it deserves the Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (Backplate / Reinforced Metal Frame)
- Top Of The Charts Performance
- Factory Overclock
- Very Good Overclocking Headroom
- Noise Levels / Power Consumption / Temperatures
- Looks (3 Zone RGB System)
- Supported Technologies
- TRIXX Software

CONS

- Price (Current Ones)
- Size (3 Slot Card)
- Ray Tracing Performance