Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE Pure, 16GB GDDR6, 2x HDMI, 2x DP, lite retail

Der offizielle Verkaufsstart der Radeon RX 7900 GRE soll AMD im Preisbereich von 600 Euro für neuen Schwung verhelfen. In Form eines Modells von Gigabyte haben wir uns die Grafikkarte initial angeschaut, heute werfen wir einen Blick auf die Sapphire Pure Radeon RX 7900 GRE Gaming OC. Wir versprechen uns von dieser Karte eine bessere Kühlung, denn aus der Vergangenheit wissen wir, dass Sapphire darauf einen großen Wert legt. Die Ergebnisse des Tests gibt es in diesem Artikel.

After my previous Sapphire PURE experience, I had high hopes for the Sapphire PURE RX 7900 GRE, and in a majority of ways it didn’t disappoint. The bright white design is the highlight though, Sapphire did a great job putting together a clean design that still does integrate a little bit of flair. They did that with a few accent grooves and the use of grey accent lines. Having the shroud, backplate, and fans all matching with that bright white helps a lot. White can be tough and sometimes it can look good and not hold up but with our first PURE RX 7700 XT on hand to put next to the PURE RX 7900 GRE you can’t tell them apart. Not just because the white hasn’t changed at all but Sapphire’s design is the same between the two. It shows just how overkill that 7000 XT design was as well. Especially with the PURE RX 7900 GRE doing a good job with its cooling performance and leaving plenty of headroom for anyone who wants to overclock the card a little more. The Hellhound 7900 GRE that I previously took a look at does run cooler but the PURE RX 7900 GRE has done a better job on its fan profile to balance cooling and noise performance with it running extremely quiet in those important tests. The RX 7900 GRE as a whole of course performs well at both 1440p and 4k with 1440p performance capable of higher refresh rates and 4k performance that will stay smooth when playing demanding newer games. Of course, with esport-focused titles both resolutions aren’t going to be a problem at high refresh rates as well. That said, the PURE RX 7900 GRE did come in behind the Hellhound in almost all of our performance tests. The Hellhound had a more aggressive overclock and would most likely match up better against Sapphire's flagship line the RX 7900 GRE Nitro+. But the PURE RX 7900 GRE does still have the headroom for an overclock to catch up if needed.