Excellent, nice and quiet
by Will
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Really great card giving me high FPS in a lot of games. Nice and quiet too, although I noticed a little bit of coil whine in the menu of one game. My understanding though is that this is common across pretty much all graphics cards, and can often be resolved (google it!).
Please note, this is a pretty big card, so make sure you have enough space in your case before buying. It also needs one 8-pin and one 6-pin PSU connection, so make sure your PSU can support it.
VERY GOOD
by ric
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Even though i am running this on a PCIe 3.0 motherboard ,, the graphics are unreal .Running resident evil village so smoothly ,,, fans are so quiet , compared to my rx580
Excellent GPU
by Janet
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I bought this gpu in December 2021 and have been enjoying it ever since. The prices back then were still bonkers but although I paid £749 for this card I don't regret it at all, even though the current price is more like it should have been.
I use this with an intel i5 12400F and it makes for an amazing 1440p combo when gaming with high settings all round. When I moved from my previous 1080p i7 4770/gtx 1070 setup I was amazed at the difference, although I was still able to play at 1440p on the 1070 with medium settings so that older pc is still going strong for other uses now. I needed a card that would look great with my 27" 1440p 144Hz monitor all the time, so an upgrade was required.
The card is well constructed and has a metal backplate which looks beautiful and makes the card feel solid. It is a big card with 3 fans (31.5cm long) but fits perfectly into a Kolink Citadel Mesh case with room to get it back out again without your hand getting trapped or stuck in the front case fans. It is so quiet and the cooler is very efficient keeping the card cool when gaming. Although it is solidly constructed, it isn't too heavy. My motherboard has a metal gpu slot and uses 2 screws to hold it in place. There is no sign that it will ever sag or cause problems so I don't think you would need an extra bracket with this card.
I slightly undervolted the card (1150mv) and removed the power limits as well as the zero rpm fan option (set to 66%) and am very pleased with the results. The card never seems to draw more than 150 watts (at the top end) even when gaming is more intense, and the temps are around the mid 60's maximum. This card is so power efficient which is a bonus with increasing electricity prices.
The other thing I like a lot is that you can easily replace any of the fans if they fail by removing a single screw and sliding it out. After fan problems with older cards this is a much better solution.
The Sapphire Trixx software also lets you play around with the rgb settings, has a system monitor, bios options as well as the resolution scaling options if required.
I love this card and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone looking for an amazing 1440p experience.
