Sapphire RX 6700 XT Nitro+ Review

1. Introduction2. Sapphire RX 6700 XT Nitro+3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Clock Speed20. Temperatures21. Acoustics22. Noise-Normalised Temperatures23. Power Consumption24. Overclocking25. Closing Thoughts26. View All Pages

We take our noise measurements with the sound meter positioned 1 foot from the graphics card. I measured the noise floor to be 32 dBA, thus anything above this level can be attributed to the graphics cards. The power supply is passive for the entire power output range we tested all graphics cards in, while all CPU and system fans were disabled. A reading under load comes from running Cyberpunk 2077 for 30 minutes.

The thermal results only tell half the story however. The fact is, despite running a fair bit cooler, the Nitro+ is also significantly quieter, to the point where it is practically inaudible. There isn't a big difference between the Silent BIOS, which saw the fans spin at 950rpm, versus the Performance BIOS which had the fans at 1040rpm, but either way, this is one of the quietest graphics cards I have ever tested.

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