Sapphire R9 390x Nitro Review

Overclocking the r9 390 sapphire nitro as i mentioned earlier in this review it s currently the heart of the british summer which obviously means higher temps and lower overclockability.

Sapphire r9 390x nitro review.

It operates very quietly and has performance that outpaces the competition. Sapphire s radeon r9 390 nitro offers a tremendous value for the money. Even so the r9 390 managed around a 10 percent increase in clocks. 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.

The tri x cooler keeps the gpu at a reasonable. 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. Sapphire has its tri x r9 390x clocked slower than the msi radeon r9 390x gaming 8g we tested before this with the gpu clocked at 1055mhz versus 1100mhz on the msi card and the 8gb of gddr5 is. The tri x cooling design keeps everything cool under the hood.

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.