Sapphire Launches Radeon R9 Fury NITRO Graphics Card

The second high-end Radeon R9 Fury graphics card revealed by Sapphire is the Radeon R9 Fury NITRO, which is meant to replace the brand’s R9 Fury Tri-X. The main visual difference between these two cards is based on the NITRO’s cooling system, which features a slightly greater height at 12.5 cm. Boasting a dense, split aluminium fin-stack heatsink and three fans, the cooler does a great job at keeping the card’s temperatures in check, even during intensive gaming sessions. The custom-design PCB was created by Sapphire, and it is slightly taller and longer when compared to AMD’s reference “Fiji” PCB. Moreover, the reference PCB comes with six layers, while Sapphire’s offering flaunts eight of them.

As far as overclocking is concerned, the company is offering a core frequency of 1050 MHz as well as a standard 500 MHz (512 GB/s) HBM memory. Other noteworthy details are linked to the display I/O, which offers a trio of DisplayPorts 1.2a, an HDMI port and a DVI connector. The Radeon R9 Fury NITRO by Sapphire is currently the company’s top-tier card, and it will surely be appreciated by numerous gamers, as it aims to offer a perfect balance between great looks, power and efficiency.

What do you think about Sapphire’s new offering?