CONCLUSION

   It may have taken me no less than 6 whole months to get a sample of the NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X 24GB by SAPPHIRE but that’s also a blessing in disguise since now drivers are much more mature (and performance should be better overall). As always charts speak for themselves and so the NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X 24GB is not only the fastest card in them to date but it’s also quite faster than the PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Yes, it’s not the same across all games but for the most part you do see a 15-25% difference which may not seem like a lot at first but it’s actually quite a good number, especially if you game at 1600/2160p. Unfortunately, once again ray tracing performance is far from excellent and so I sincerely hope AMD further improves on that with their upcoming Radeon RX 8000 series. Power consumption is also a slight issue since during my tests I recorded up to 447W (not including overclocking) which is a rather considerable number (and quite higher than the reported 420W). Noise levels and temperatures on the other hand are very good so once again I guess we just can’t have it all. Last but not least the NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X 24GB is a very good looking card thanks to both the top and bottom ARGB LED bars and the rear logo.

   After several price cuts lately the NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X 24GB by SAPPHIRE currently retails for USD1069.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 1207Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) a price tag which is quite close to the announced MSRP by AMD for the stock model back in December. At the end of the day enthusiast-grade cards like the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX are among the top gamers can get their hands on today and thanks to SAPPHIRE things have gotten even better and yes their NITRO+ model may not be perfect but it’s clearly among the most complete solutions right now and for that it gets the Platinum Award.

PROS

- Excellent Build Quality (Materials / Backplate)
- Top Of The Charts Performance
- Very Good Overclocking Headroom
- Noise Levels & Temperatures
- 3 ARGB LED Zones
- Supported Technologies
- TRIXX Software

CONS

- Overall RT Performance
- Power Consumption
- Size (For Some)