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yes yes please, BZ breakdown if it's not just a ref PCB. BZ rants or ravings are the best. B) I like seeing fins on stuff, that cold plate is sexy as hell with them fins. Great vid Steve and crew. B)
@@decree72 Its worth the price its supposed to be and is in the US, you cant just say "no" cause its more expensive where u live when hes talking about where he lives lmao
@@Cooe. There are no significant tariffs on imported computer hardware to the EU. The cost difference compared to the US is mostly caused by the higher sales tax (and it being baked into the price). Accounting for this the cost difference is less than 10%, then you have things like more complex handling and a couple dollars extra magins and the price is about equal.
That will certainly be a beefy GPU, I'm going for the 5700 Pulse though, plenty good enough for me. Heck, my RX560 Pulse has coped well until now, so a 5700 Pulse will be a massive upgrade.
The minute I saw that the saphire card was different then reference card - I knew this tear down would be interesting. This card is pretty incredible given its price, to value.
3 cheers to sapphire for separating the baseplate from the main heatsink. Hope to see others doing that to help the memory from cooking. Running an HR-03 GT on my 5700XT 50th at the moment, and its a tad better than stock but have to watch memory temps when ambient is 30c..
The memory would actually run cooler if it were integrated in a proper way to the main cooler, but then you wouldn't have as much cooling capacity for the gpu itself. Sapphire went and cooled the memory just enough to ensure it doesn't run too hot and that's ok, this is the Pulse after all and not the Nitro+
@@or2kr that would be dependent on the temperature of the main heatsink. Having the base place separated allows it to be less linked to the temperature of the main heatsink. Unfortunately no reviewers really do "hot" testing so it kind of hard to say one way or the other.
Does anyone else like the test points on ALL the PCIE lanes? (and that they're labeled?) (and out of order?) And jumpers everywhere that let you tie different power planes together? This looks like an engineering sample that accidentally made it to retail. I love it!
I'd like to see other partner models tested as well Steve, please. Especially the xfx thicc since, well, it seems to be pretty thicc and have great cooling.
computerbase tested it, it's no better than the pulse, and considering its size it's pretty disappointing. which is a complete shame cause it's gorgeous! the strix has the best PCB this time around according to buildzoid, and the cooler is pretty good as well, but you'll apparently have to make your own fancurves cause the stock one is too loud and the quiet one is too hot...
FYI- calipers and micrometers should not be stored completely closed. You should leave a bit of air between measuring surfaces as the gage may 'spring' with temperature changes and measuring surfaces will not be parallel any longer. (aerospace quality manager here)
I am surprised about Sapphire being so well built. Just like my XFX RX480 card. Nice to see this as now i will seriously consider the Sapphire which in the past i wouldn't look at them. Good job Sapphire.
Sapphire cards are always very well done and never overly complicated. I have some 570s and a Fury Nitro and in case of a dead fan you just strap a noctua or two on there and you're good.
I was impressed by this engineering sample on the subject of refrigeration, its quality is immense, I had never seen this type of solution in the voltage phases and in the memories regarding the power dissipation
I'm more impressed with the build quality than I was with the performance. Sapphire has done an amazing job with that design. I just wish it had Samsung memory on it.
@@zontarr22-zon it might be just down to the sapphire having a better design of cooling for the ram than the stock amd cooler (maybe thats what roger meant) and thus might clock higher with samsung dies + sapphires cooler
so you're saying i can repaste my card without wrecking almost every thermal pad there is, clean the fans and heatsink without having to fiddle with more than one small cable or connector with my sausage fingers, and (potentionally) mod the bios without worry i'd broke the card entirely, for a mere 10 bucks more? holy tech jesus, this might be just the right card for me!
@@ronald666mcdonald The cooler looks like it would have no trouble with even with Radeon VII, it should handle Navi 10 just fine. Pretty sure the Strix is going to one of the best 5700 XTs out there, also one of the most expensive.
I'm so grateful for the visible and correct length measurement. Building mini-itx stuff often requires this level of precision for clearance purpose. Also measuring an AMD card with an nVidia ruler is the epitome of impartiality :D
Hmm...Sapphire did such a good job on making that shroud's attachment to the card simple that it occurred to me I could 3d print a new shroud to hold two Noctua NF-A9x14 29.72 CFM 92 mm fans. Wonder how that might affect the thermals? Or if the card fan connector could power two Noctua's like that with an adapter? (yes, I just like to fiddle with stuff)
It should work. The fan used (FD10015M12D) is specced as 4.5W max input while the NF-A9x14 is specced as 1.32W Max input. They are also both PWM fans so hooking them up should be easy. As for how this would change the temperatures I'm not certain it would do much good. I don't have any figure for how much static pressure the OG fan can handle, but as the Noctua fan is said to push just over 50 m³/h at 2200 RPM while the OG fan is said to push 34 m³/h at 3500 RPM I'm guessing that the OG fan can handle a higher static pressure. So the question is how much the heatsink impedes the airflow. If there is to much resistance the Noctua fans might not be able to push enough air through the fins to match the origina fan. As for noise I'm pretty sure the Noctua fans will be quieter, it's their main claim to fame after all.
got this card based on your recommendation, its an amazing card and apparently amd has said that its cards are supposed to run standard at 110c which they recognize as being disconcerting to the culture. i havent seen it go past 93c myself. would prefer to keep it from thermal throttling. this card is as stable as you recommended and its a beauty, thank you for recommending.
I bought one. Its amazing for 1080p, running super quiet with great temps and maxed graphics. Seems great for other resolutions, but I can't speak to that since I only use 1080p. The cooler on it is very good.
@@SSPear66 in my case no,but i buy my 5700xt pulse later that drivers improved and did good overclocking,cleaning good leftovers from other card and no black screen but i had one when i got it but what i learned is you give the card voltage from the psu by two seperate cables not one, one for 8 pin one for 6 pin and from that day it never happened ,only one time the time i bought it and a very small flickering here and there but after this method it never happened,mabe it worked...and we speak on 1080 if any matters...
i've had to swap fans on my last Sapphire card (R9 280x), it wasn't hard cuz i have experience on these kind of repair but its great to see they made even easier to the regular joe
I like how they did do the memory heatsink, no matter it is not touching the main GPU heatsink, the air from fan still reach the memory heatsink and will cool it. I think Ill buy the Saphire pulse 5700 XT ill check few more reviews until the card is available in Bulgaria. Thanks for showing us these details its important to know what you buying :)
Yep paying at least 100$ for that Asus brand plastic and strix logo even though there’s not much difference... maybe if they had a partnership with custom nactuia fans for there gpus I could see why all the extra money for just a shroud difference with very marginal performance increase.
@@cyzcyt Its definitely a better card, and its not twice the price. You're paying for the name. Everything about the name is premium and extremely expensive
Compared to the one you released a few weeks ago (one of the Supers) this design is pretty straightforward to disassemble and service, still effective. Props to Sapphire... yet again.
@@hyperstimmed did you even hold in your hands nitro+ next to pulse grapchic card?Let me answer it for you,no you didnt.Otherwise you would know how silly your comment is.
Only thing I'd like to add, because Igor pointed that out, it would be great if you guys would use an external thermal scan test. Igor noted that the 90+° on the memory are borderline impossible, since his heat spectrum camera read out over 20° less in actual temps. Something like that might get lost if you guys rely too much on the internal sensors. Thank you very much!
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This was the last Sapphire motherboard I was ever interested in for my FX-60. It looked awesome, but had lots of BIOS and overclocking issues. Such a shame... www.techpowerup.com/9408/sapphire-releases-crossfire-xpress-3200-pure-mainboard
The copper staining on the die seems like a failure waiting to happen. Copper is toxic as far as semiconductors are concerned. The copper interconnects within modern CPUs and GPUs are very meticulously encased in a barrier metal that stops the copper from diffusing out into the chip. The reason for this is that copper forms deep-level traps that practically inhibit transistors and other semiconductors from working. The diffusion barrier on the back of the chip (the surface connected to the heat sink) does slow down diffusion, but inherently doesn't stop it. (same thing goes for the barrier metals surrounding the copper interconnects.) In essence, the copper will leach out over time and eventually stop the device from working. (the speed of this diffusion is directly proportional to the temperature. (rough rule of thumb, 2x faster for an increase of 10 degrees C.)) So seeing the chip stained with copper is mildly concerning, since the diffusion barrier shouldn't easily get stained. (unless it is missing, or if the chip has had a copper coating on its back, could be for thermal transfer reasons, not that this really would do much other then be a very thin base extension per say...)
Sapphire making a red accented card is interesting. Yes sure sapphire can come in red (as it's a corundum crystal) but the colour of sapphire itself is well...blue. Also that backplate is an eyesore to look at, maybe would be okay in a "racecar" themed build?
it looks like the vrm heatsink/base plate is connected to the main cooler assembly. the heat pipes are directly in contact with it just below the gpu, you can see the outline of the pipes on the baseplate
Have you ever cleaned a heatsink/heatpipe assembly in the kitchen sink or dishwasher? With all electronics removed (wires, fans, etc) of course, it's just metal. Same with CPU cooler with the fans removed. I've done this before to "deep clean" dust and grime out of the heatsink fins, let it dry for about an hour, and it really helps (I've not used a dishwasher, just did it in the sink.)
Hey Steve I have this card and I opened it yesterday. I can say that some components are different. For example caps and inductors are different. Didn't look at the mosfets though.... are you interested to check the differencies?
If you read sapphire's official warranty policy, "The limited warranty does not cover products that the user has disassembled. GPU or ASIC devices (VGA) are sensitive to thermal (heat) issues. The heat sink has been designed to meet the requirements to ensure reliability of the product. Any warranty is rendered invalid if the product has been dismantled or the heat sink has been removed as this may cause damage to the GPU or ASIC device. Non-compliance will cause the warranty of the product to be void and repair will be at the users cost." So yes, by disassembling the card, they state that you have voided the warranty. You should get on that.
It seems Sapphire has used the same fans on this card as on at least some of their earlier Radeon cards. From what I can see these fans have a ball bearing, don't know if it's dual or what the other bearing is if it isn't. It's listed as having a 30,000 hours fan life and a max speed of 3500RPM. And yes, it's available from AliExpress, though it's not the cheapest at $20. Hopefully the quality matches the price.
Amazing job from sapphire as usual, would absolutely be all over this card if I hadn't jumped on a nitro+ V64 on sale several months back, the cooler sapphire implemented on that is god damn heroic, even for cooling Vega64. I never see max gpu core temps exceed 50 celsius with my usual uv/oc gaming profile at 240 Hz, ~1600 MHz core/1100 MHz HBM2 at 1.056V.
what is the thickness of the vrm's thermal pads. i'd like to replace mine while doing a repaste. they look slimmer than the ones on the back of the card.
The separated smaller heatsink for the memory and vrm reminds me of the passive cooling fins that Gigabyte used for their top end Motherboards which was overkill specially when the vrm design was already over kill as well.
this would be a great card to hybrid-mod. the non XT pulse costs the same as the reference where i live, i could slap an alphacool hf-14 on there and integrate it into my custom loop for 40 bucks extra. 80mm fan from a wraith stealth on the baseplate and you should be golden.
damn Sapphire is on the ball always,every card I bought from them was good,and reliable xfx on the other hand... had 2 cards die on me in 1 month due to too little cooling (thermal paste)
lots of plugs for gn merch in this video but strangely I don’t mind at all lol, thanks for focusing on the toolkit and modmat instead of shirts and coffee mugs
Those easy swap fans isn't new for Sapphire, it's derived from their RX500 series card iirc. I can see they're experimenting with new solution on vram cooling because they usually connected to gpu coldplate on older sapphire cards.
I believe it was the 470's and 480's that had them first but I could be wrong. I know I personally have changed out more than 20 of them 95mm fans. A lot of fans were loud and needed to be replaced with in days of being brand new or just over time. RMA was actually easy back then not sure about today though cause there not really a problem on new cards. Send them a video and they'll send a new fan in the mail. Then you mail them back the broke fan. Now you can get these fan replacements at a lot of places. No need to RMA. I like to buy used components to build PC's to sell in my spare time.
I build myself a Black PC with Red RGB around a Year ago. Brought a Sapphire RX 580 Nitro + which are coming with Blue RGB Fans by Default. Got the Red Fans from Amazon (which cost around 15€ per Fan, not cheap, but worth it) and swapped them. I think they even sell/sold different colored Shrouds and Backplates for the Nitro Series.
@@natterman2037 yeah, they fixed all RX400 series problem on RX500 cards while giving Nitro proper treatment it should have and came up with Pulse edition to those who want similar performance with reference card but better cooling.
When i bought my RX-580 I discovered the BIOS switch was for Normal mode and Mining mode, which has tighter timings and clockspeeds for mining. I hope theybdo that again with these cards because it's actually a really nice feature.. Also, mining mode doesn't game well, and you can't change the clocks so i couldn't adjust the memory frequency lower to stabilize it. P.S. I bought an RX-580 Nitro+ 8 gb from newegg for the game Bundle. Also, mining mode doesn't break Driver Signatures
My Samsung memory also clocks like shit. Maybe the memory controller works better with Micron, or it actually is better memory. Apex Legends crashes even with 25mhz bump. (900mhz)
Great work as always. Interesting that it's using Micron gddr6. I have the 50th anniversary edition and it's using Samsung and it's unstable at 895 mhz which hilariously enough is where the driver puts it on auto overclock memory.....
¡Excelente review! Super profesional. Muchas gracias. Me ha sorprendido el diseño de disipación de esta tarjeta. Estaba indeciso entre comprar ésta o comprar la Gigabyte OC Gamming 5600XT, pero me gusta mucho más la Sapphire. La RAM esté mucho mejor refrigerada con este sistema de disipadores. Gracias de nuevo desde España. ;)
with the baseplate i wonder if attaching the arctic cooler still attaches directly to the board or is the plate in the way? plate may help a little bit with ram cooling but maybe not so well with the kraken g12 still
Dude, you're really good. If you ever need an intern, I'd fly from Brazil straight away. Learning from you would be huge. Anyways, I've got one of those and I'm planning to change the thermal pads. Never done that before, so I'd like to know if I can buy any sort of thermal pad or there are specific ones. Not only that, but does their thickness matter? You mentioned the first ones were 2mm and 1.5mm, what about the others? Same thing basically? Keep up the good work. Look forward to your reply.
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reviewed positively in "Linus review"? Description needs some touch up.
yes yes please, BZ breakdown if it's not just a ref PCB. BZ rants or ravings are the best. B)
I like seeing fins on stuff, that cold plate is sexy as hell with them fins.
Great vid Steve and crew. B)
Can you test the Raijintek morpheus II? It fits the 5700 apprently.
Gamers Nexus
When will you have a reference RX5700XT PCB analysis video up?
Please release the reference PCB BZ analysis
Never thought I would say this but I think this card is worth the price.
No, it starts at €470 here, closer to 400 would do that.
Yes , its really worth the price
@@decree72 Its worth the price its supposed to be and is in the US, you cant just say "no" cause its more expensive where u live when hes talking about where he lives lmao
Not wanting to crash the party still a small question did you remove your VAT and checked if it about €400?
@@Cooe. There are no significant tariffs on imported computer hardware to the EU. The cost difference compared to the US is mostly caused by the higher sales tax (and it being baked into the price). Accounting for this the cost difference is less than 10%, then you have things like more complex handling and a couple dollars extra magins and the price is about equal.
Simple and effective at a great price. Love the cooler design.
the shroud though. preferred the previous design.
"Great price." Only in America, that is.
@@killafx4726 430 euros in Finland for the non xt model. So thats like, what 480 dollars? Cheapest xt with a custom cooler is 490 euros.
@@TheIdiotPlays Jeez, what would happen if they didn't lower the prices
Love the design but i would want the fin stack to be 50% wider at least.
im excited to see the 5700XT Nitro+ im sure its going to be a beast
5800*
any ideas when it would come out? too impatient to wait
That will certainly be a beefy GPU, I'm going for the 5700 Pulse though, plenty good enough for me. Heck, my RX560 Pulse has coped well until now, so a 5700 Pulse will be a massive upgrade.
Sapphire always kills it man. I love those guys.
You'd never guess that they're owned by the same company which owns Zotac! :O
@@syncmonism wtf
@@syncmonism Really? I had no idea.
@@syncmonism what is the name of the company?
@@thesickness2080 pc partner maybe
The minute I saw that the saphire card was different then reference card - I knew this tear down would be interesting. This card is pretty incredible given its price, to value.
that's a damn impressive design, considering it's only 10 bucks more than reference card
good job Sapphire
3 cheers to sapphire for separating the baseplate from the main heatsink. Hope to see others doing that to help the memory from cooking. Running an HR-03 GT on my 5700XT 50th at the moment, and its a tad better than stock but have to watch memory temps when ambient is 30c..
The memory would actually run cooler if it were integrated in a proper way to the main cooler, but then you wouldn't have as much cooling capacity for the gpu itself. Sapphire went and cooled the memory just enough to ensure it doesn't run too hot and that's ok, this is the Pulse after all and not the Nitro+
@@or2kr that would be dependent on the temperature of the main heatsink. Having the base place separated allows it to be less linked to the temperature of the main heatsink. Unfortunately no reviewers really do "hot" testing so it kind of hard to say one way or the other.
@@ProfTheorie just bare with air flow from the fan.
@@ProfTheorie have a ton, hr-03 is just a stopgap since it performs barely better than stock so not worried.
Does anyone else like the test points on ALL the PCIE lanes? (and that they're labeled?) (and out of order?)
And jumpers everywhere that let you tie different power planes together?
This looks like an engineering sample that accidentally made it to retail. I love it!
Sapphire has always been my "go to" for the AMD (ATi) GPU side of things. They've earned it.
The fan model number is FD10015M12D just in case you have trouble pausing
I'd like to see other partner models tested as well Steve, please. Especially the xfx thicc since, well, it seems to be pretty thicc and have great cooling.
As soon as GN gets their hands on other cards you know they'll test them.
I would love to know when it releases :)
Read a post on reddit the xfx thicc2 vram temps hit 98c. I hope that's not an issue and gddr6 are fine at those temps.
There are links to reviews on the AMD subreddit
computerbase tested it, it's no better than the pulse, and considering its size it's pretty disappointing. which is a complete shame cause it's gorgeous!
the strix has the best PCB this time around according to buildzoid, and the cooler is pretty good as well, but you'll apparently have to make your own fancurves cause the stock one is too loud and the quiet one is too hot...
FYI- calipers and micrometers should not be stored completely closed. You should leave a bit of air between measuring surfaces as the gage may 'spring' with temperature changes and measuring surfaces will not be parallel any longer. (aerospace quality manager here)
AMD should get sapphire to do their stock coolers, imagine the positive reviews regarding cooling and noise on release.
i liked the little finned heatsinks on the vrm\pcb plate thingy. sapphire make a good card
I am surprised about Sapphire being so well built. Just like my XFX RX480 card. Nice to see this as now i will seriously consider the Sapphire which in the past i wouldn't look at them. Good job Sapphire.
Sapphire cards are always very well done and never overly complicated. I have some 570s and a Fury Nitro and in case of a dead fan you just strap a noctua or two on there and you're good.
I was impressed by this engineering sample on the subject of refrigeration, its quality is immense, I had never seen this type of solution in the voltage phases and in the memories regarding the power dissipation
I'm more impressed with the build quality than I was with the performance. Sapphire has done an amazing job with that design. I just wish it had Samsung memory on it.
Roger J why? Micron they say, clocked higher and more stable.
@@zontarr22-zon it might be just down to the sapphire having a better design of cooling for the ram than the stock amd cooler (maybe thats what roger meant) and thus might clock higher with samsung dies + sapphires cooler
@@tonybarden8563 I doubt that as the new dies from Micron: E-die run higher ~ freq~ than Samsung's B-die.
@@s1l3nc3r3 HBM samsung indeed but Micron has E die now, for the RAM Micron is renowned for stability an reliability .
Wow incredible design. I hope they sell a lot of these cards.
It's really nice, but it ain't thicc.
@@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy but who cares, that's a 3-slot pain.
so you're saying i can repaste my card without wrecking almost every thermal pad there is, clean the fans and heatsink without having to fiddle with more than one small cable or connector with my sausage fingers, and (potentionally) mod the bios without worry i'd broke the card entirely, for a mere 10 bucks more?
holy tech jesus, this might be just the right card for me!
Just waiting for Bullzoid PCB review
Hes done asus one, conclusion was extreme massive overkill
@@pilerks1 Asus and Sapphire don't make same PCB ...
@@janeksheppix I know, I'm just saying he did the asus one first
@@ronald666mcdonald The cooler looks like it would have no trouble with even with Radeon VII, it should handle Navi 10 just fine. Pretty sure the Strix is going to one of the best 5700 XTs out there, also one of the most expensive.
I like the mechanical design of that card, its so simple compared to some of the recent NVidia cards.
-Matt
The small heatsink bellow the main one is just so good!!!
Cant wait to see nitro or to or version!!!
Saphire knows how do their job right
As soon they will release RX5800 or 5900 i will switch to them from my amazing rx590 Nitro+
@@_yuri lol what?
Effective and not complicated to disassembling.
Really like it.
Best tech channel on TH-cam. Keep up the great vids man
I'm so grateful for the visible and correct length measurement. Building mini-itx stuff often requires this level of precision for clearance purpose.
Also measuring an AMD card with an nVidia ruler is the epitome of impartiality :D
Hmm...Sapphire did such a good job on making that shroud's attachment to the card simple that it occurred to me I could 3d print a new shroud to hold two Noctua NF-A9x14 29.72 CFM 92 mm fans. Wonder how that might affect the thermals? Or if the card fan connector could power two Noctua's like that with an adapter?
(yes, I just like to fiddle with stuff)
I'd watch that! or at least I'm curious about stats
That would be most interesting.
plz do!
Just Dooo it! (Flex) :D
It should work. The fan used (FD10015M12D) is specced as 4.5W max input while the NF-A9x14 is specced as 1.32W Max input. They are also both PWM fans so hooking them up should be easy. As for how this would change the temperatures I'm not certain it would do much good.
I don't have any figure for how much static pressure the OG fan can handle, but as the Noctua fan is said to push just over 50 m³/h at 2200 RPM while the OG fan is said to push 34 m³/h at 3500 RPM I'm guessing that the OG fan can handle a higher static pressure.
So the question is how much the heatsink impedes the airflow. If there is to much resistance the Noctua fans might not be able to push enough air through the fins to match the origina fan. As for noise I'm pretty sure the Noctua fans will be quieter, it's their main claim to fame after all.
got this card based on your recommendation, its an amazing card and apparently amd has said that its cards are supposed to run standard at 110c which they recognize as being disconcerting to the culture. i havent seen it go past 93c myself. would prefer to keep it from thermal throttling. this card is as stable as you recommended and its a beauty, thank you for recommending.
I bought one. Its amazing for 1080p, running super quiet with great temps and maxed graphics. Seems great for other resolutions, but I can't speak to that since I only use 1080p. The cooler on it is very good.
Didnt experience any blackscreen?
@@SSPear66 in my case no,but i buy my 5700xt pulse later that drivers improved and did good overclocking,cleaning good leftovers from other card and no black screen but i had one when i got it but what i learned is you give the card voltage from the psu by two seperate cables not one, one for 8 pin one for 6 pin and from that day it never happened ,only one time the time i bought it and a very small flickering here and there but after this method it never happened,mabe it worked...and we speak on 1080 if any matters...
Can't wait for you to gently remove the screws from the thicc Boi. Pls do a shirtless XFX thicc review
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covered in fudge.
@@eugkra33 Thermal paste
Nic omg yes yes and yes.
I am confused
i've had to swap fans on my last Sapphire card (R9 280x), it wasn't hard cuz i have experience on these kind of repair but its great to see they made even easier to the regular joe
Wonder if it's cheaper as it may make RMAs cheaper.
@@jasonmcgrody9472 its probably the same but with a different power delivery
I like how they did do the memory heatsink, no matter it is not touching the main GPU heatsink, the air from fan still reach the memory heatsink and will cool it. I think Ill buy the Saphire pulse 5700 XT ill check few more reviews until the card is available in Bulgaria. Thanks for showing us these details its important to know what you buying :)
Thanks for the help with my repaste! You wouldnt believe how dried out mine got. It practically flaked right off at the slightest touch. 😂
Cant wait for your ASUS Strix review that is inevitably coming and see you roast them hard for not only being hotter but also much more expensive.
Me too
It probably won't be hotter. It'll definitely will be more expensive. The Strix tax is so retarded
Yep paying at least 100$ for that Asus brand plastic and strix logo even though there’s not much difference... maybe if they had a partnership with custom nactuia fans for there gpus I could see why all the extra money for just a shroud difference with very marginal performance increase.
@@cyzcyt Its definitely a better card, and its not twice the price. You're paying for the name. Everything about the name is premium and extremely expensive
The Asus card has a overclock already applied, which pretty much maxes out the card. Despite that it's barely louder or hotter than this card.
Compared to the one you released a few weeks ago (one of the Supers) this design is pretty straightforward to disassemble and service, still effective. Props to Sapphire... yet again.
That is one beautiful cooler assembly.
Just ordered the card, can’t wait till it gets here
I wonder how cool the Nitro+ version will be.
Not a whole lot cooler since that'll be the card with the binned/overclocked silicon underneath lol
@@hyperstimmed lol
I usually buy the Nitro+ cards.
@@hyperstimmed did you even hold in your hands nitro+ next to pulse grapchic card?Let me answer it for you,no you didnt.Otherwise you would know how silly your comment is.
@@deemonk7860 Have you seen which cards I own and use in my computers? No, or you'd know how silly your own reply is.
Only thing I'd like to add, because Igor pointed that out, it would be great if you guys would use an external thermal scan test. Igor noted that the 90+° on the memory are borderline impossible, since his heat spectrum camera read out over 20° less in actual temps. Something like that might get lost if you guys rely too much on the internal sensors. Thank you very much!
“A couple things here ...” actually, dozens of fins there.
what i have learned about PC building and tinkering in general 9 out of 10 times if i am looking into something or curious about it! Steve will likely have done it or have a how to video about it! thanks GN you guys rock!
Nice! Was looking forward to this.
Quality build and functional design. Especially love the nitro+ aesthetics. I wish Sapphire made motherboards, too.
i think that would be excellent id buy one in a flash
@@keptinkaos6384 they used to make em years ago. Idk why they dont anymore
They used to make desktop boards (AM#, X79 etc.) but not anymore except for embedded boards.
This was the last Sapphire motherboard I was ever interested in for my FX-60. It looked awesome, but had lots of BIOS and overclocking issues. Such a shame... www.techpowerup.com/9408/sapphire-releases-crossfire-xpress-3200-pure-mainboard
The copper staining on the die seems like a failure waiting to happen.
Copper is toxic as far as semiconductors are concerned.
The copper interconnects within modern CPUs and GPUs are very meticulously encased in a barrier metal that stops the copper from diffusing out into the chip. The reason for this is that copper forms deep-level traps that practically inhibit transistors and other semiconductors from working.
The diffusion barrier on the back of the chip (the surface connected to the heat sink) does slow down diffusion, but inherently doesn't stop it. (same thing goes for the barrier metals surrounding the copper interconnects.) In essence, the copper will leach out over time and eventually stop the device from working. (the speed of this diffusion is directly proportional to the temperature. (rough rule of thumb, 2x faster for an increase of 10 degrees C.))
So seeing the chip stained with copper is mildly concerning, since the diffusion barrier shouldn't easily get stained. (unless it is missing, or if the chip has had a copper coating on its back, could be for thermal transfer reasons, not that this really would do much other then be a very thin base extension per say...)
Can’t wait for THICC boii
I hope they'll release on in the classic Tri-X style later.
Good stuff GN! I want to get one now. I currently have a Sapphire Radeon RX590 Nitro+ Special Edition 8GB...
It seems like a really well thought out design.
I saw that Steve! You damaged the fins! You Linus you! lol
For $10 extra this is very good design. Well done Sapphire.
Pretty good cooler design, never seen that ram heatsink design before.
Yeah, Sapphire's easy-to-replace fans are super convenient. I had one go bad on my 580 Nitro and they sent me two new ones within two weeks!
Thanks for all the content!
Also, we need some pricing on those other AIB 5700XTs! :)
0:46 Hard-smaks the pci part into desk.
Linus - That`s my boy!
Sapphire making a red accented card is interesting. Yes sure sapphire can come in red (as it's a corundum crystal) but the colour of sapphire itself is well...blue.
Also that backplate is an eyesore to look at, maybe would be okay in a "racecar" themed build?
it looks like the vrm heatsink/base plate is connected to the main cooler assembly. the heat pipes are directly in contact with it just below the gpu, you can see the outline of the pipes on the baseplate
It's just the same as their older designs. My old 290 TriX had the same concept
Noticed that aswell.
Sapphire have always been a solid choice if not the best.
Have you ever cleaned a heatsink/heatpipe assembly in the kitchen sink or dishwasher? With all electronics removed (wires, fans, etc) of course, it's just metal. Same with CPU cooler with the fans removed. I've done this before to "deep clean" dust and grime out of the heatsink fins, let it dry for about an hour, and it really helps (I've not used a dishwasher, just did it in the sink.)
That's a very good looking card, can't wait to see the other models.
Hey Steve I have this card and I opened it yesterday. I can say that some components are different. For example caps and inductors are different. Didn't look at the mosfets though.... are you interested to check the differencies?
I hope the price won't increase much here in the Philippines, I am planning to buy an RX 5700 XT :D
its only 10$ more than amd's 1
It's a hot card yes. But I'll take the blower to keep the heat out of the case. I got the fan curve tolerable for noise and I'm happy.
If you read sapphire's official warranty policy, "The limited warranty does not cover products that the user has disassembled. GPU or ASIC devices (VGA) are sensitive to thermal (heat) issues. The heat sink has been designed to meet the requirements to ensure reliability of the product. Any warranty is rendered invalid if the product has been dismantled or the heat sink has been removed as this may cause damage to the GPU or ASIC device. Non-compliance will cause the warranty of the product to be void and repair will be at the users cost."
So yes, by disassembling the card, they state that you have voided the warranty. You should get on that.
Really solid card design from Sapphire. Didn't disappoint. Proves that RDNA has everything to become a success.
7:52 “I am a big FAN of this” ;)
lmao :D
It seems Sapphire has used the same fans on this card as on at least some of their earlier Radeon cards. From what I can see these fans have a ball bearing, don't know if it's dual or what the other bearing is if it isn't. It's listed as having a 30,000 hours fan life and a max speed of 3500RPM.
And yes, it's available from AliExpress, though it's not the cheapest at $20. Hopefully the quality matches the price.
sounding much less sick, glad you're doing better!
Ordered an EVGA 2060 Super today (I know it's worse than the XT in most scenarios), but I'm still interested to see this 5700 XT content.
Amazing job from sapphire as usual, would absolutely be all over this card if I hadn't jumped on a nitro+ V64 on sale several months back, the cooler sapphire implemented on that is god damn heroic, even for cooling Vega64. I never see max gpu core temps exceed 50 celsius with my usual uv/oc gaming profile at 240 Hz, ~1600 MHz core/1100 MHz HBM2 at 1.056V.
sapphire review finally. *
That fin design is amazing! I had originally wanted to wait and see EVGA... but i might go with this one.
what is the thickness of the vrm's thermal pads. i'd like to replace mine while doing a repaste. they look slimmer than the ones on the back of the card.
Did you ever find the answer? Im about to replace mine and trying to find the pad size, thanks!
Yea, waiting for buildzoid!
I like that the cooler/shroud is wider than the pcb, should provide better airflow and direct the airflow further away from the card's fans.
That looks like a very good g20 / g12 Hybird card with that nice base plate
just reccomended this card to one of my custom PC customers
The separated smaller heatsink for the memory and vrm reminds me of the passive cooling fins that Gigabyte used for their top end Motherboards which was overkill specially when the vrm design was already over kill as well.
this would be a great card to hybrid-mod. the non XT pulse costs the same as the reference where i live, i could slap an alphacool hf-14 on there and integrate it into my custom loop for 40 bucks extra. 80mm fan from a wraith stealth on the baseplate and you should be golden.
I already want to see the Nitro + version...
Sapphire did the best job considering the price:)
damn Sapphire is on the ball always,every card I bought from them was good,and reliable
xfx on the other hand... had 2 cards die on me in 1 month due to too little cooling (thermal paste)
Oh wow how exciting another teardown video.
That's nice steve, every time you pull out that gpu teardown kit, it's a free ad slot for gamers nexus. Ha
It's a pretty thing in a 80s ghettoblaster sort of way.
Im waiting for the MSI gaming X card reviews
thank you for these amazing tear-down videos :)
lots of plugs for gn merch in this video but strangely I don’t mind at all lol, thanks for focusing on the toolkit and modmat instead of shirts and coffee mugs
Thermal grizzly improve temps?
Those easy swap fans isn't new for Sapphire, it's derived from their RX500 series card iirc.
I can see they're experimenting with new solution on vram cooling because they usually connected to gpu coldplate on older sapphire cards.
I believe it was the 470's and 480's that had them first but I could be wrong. I know I personally have changed out more than 20 of them 95mm fans. A lot of fans were loud and needed to be replaced with in days of being brand new or just over time. RMA was actually easy back then not sure about today though cause there not really a problem on new cards. Send them a video and they'll send a new fan in the mail. Then you mail them back the broke fan. Now you can get these fan replacements at a lot of places. No need to RMA. I like to buy used components to build PC's to sell in my spare time.
I build myself a Black PC with Red RGB around a Year ago. Brought a Sapphire RX 580 Nitro + which are coming with Blue RGB Fans by Default. Got the Red Fans from Amazon (which cost around 15€ per Fan, not cheap, but worth it) and swapped them. I think they even sell/sold different colored Shrouds and Backplates for the Nitro Series.
@@natterman2037 yeah, they fixed all RX400 series problem on RX500 cards while giving Nitro proper treatment it should have and came up with Pulse edition to those who want similar performance with reference card but better cooling.
Good baseline standard. Kept it simple and works well 😎👍
When i bought my RX-580 I discovered the BIOS switch was for Normal mode and Mining mode, which has tighter timings and clockspeeds for mining.
I hope theybdo that again with these cards because it's actually a really nice feature..
Also, mining mode doesn't game well, and you can't change the clocks so i couldn't adjust the memory frequency lower to stabilize it.
P.S. I bought an RX-580 Nitro+ 8 gb from newegg for the game Bundle. Also, mining mode doesn't break Driver Signatures
My Samsung memory also clocks like shit. Maybe the memory controller works better with Micron, or it actually is better memory.
Apex Legends crashes even with 25mhz bump. (900mhz)
i think the 5700xt memory controller is just garbage
@@BreakingDimes that is probably the reason
Steve, I was waiting for a teardown with a drill. Now my day will be sad. :-)
Great work as always. Interesting that it's using Micron gddr6. I have the 50th anniversary edition and it's using Samsung and it's unstable at 895 mhz which hilariously enough is where the driver puts it on auto overclock memory.....
¡Excelente review! Super profesional. Muchas gracias.
Me ha sorprendido el diseño de disipación de esta tarjeta. Estaba indeciso entre comprar ésta o comprar la Gigabyte OC Gamming 5600XT, pero me gusta mucho más la Sapphire. La RAM esté mucho mejor refrigerada con este sistema de disipadores.
Gracias de nuevo desde España. ;)
with the baseplate i wonder if attaching the arctic cooler still attaches directly to the board or is the plate in the way? plate may help a little bit with ram cooling but maybe not so well with the kraken g12 still
I went to purchase this card on Newegg.....out of stock
Dude, you're really good. If you ever need an intern, I'd fly from Brazil straight away. Learning from you would be huge. Anyways, I've got one of those and I'm planning to change the thermal pads. Never done that before, so I'd like to know if I can buy any sort of thermal pad or there are specific ones. Not only that, but does their thickness matter? You mentioned the first ones were 2mm and 1.5mm, what about the others? Same thing basically?
Keep up the good work. Look forward to your reply.