Although its position is no longer as prevalent due to competition, and especially when we see that assemblers like XFX and PowerColor tend to have better prices, sapphire It is still the one with the closest connection to AMD Radeon graphics, so many are already looking forward to it custom RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX modelswhich are apparently on the way and starting to be displayed by the assembler.

Sapphire has begun releasing images of the Nitro line of RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX builds, Radeon graphics cards that aim to compete with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080. The assembler posted a short video on Twitter in which you can see its logo occupying the center of at least the central fan. Moreover, it can be seen the fans have a square design with 9 blades, which is supposed to be something new within the brand. There is a silver metallic cover on the front and a decoration of RGB lights showing the color pink on the sides.

Apart from a short video that can be defined as a teaser, Sapphire hasn’t explained much about the specific potential features of its own RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX models, but it can be confirmed that they will keep the system cool. three cooling fans. reference design. Looking at the current graphics of the Nitro+ PURE, it is possible that the assembler retains three eight-pin connectors for power, but without an official presentation or marketing, this data is nothing more than speculation.

According to the latest rumors circulating, the custom RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX models aim to go on sale a week or two after the official graphics launch, which we recall is scheduled for December 13, 2022. if all goes according to AMD’s plan. On the other hand, Sapphire is actually the third assembler to appear on the scene after PowerColor and ASUS.

Another aspect in which AMD seems to want to be in a good position is the availability, which could be higher than the NVIDIA RTX 40 series, although not before the placement of its reference models. Therefore, we’re looking forward to the end of the year with an interesting train wreck between the Radeon RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX on the one hand and the GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 on the other. More than the performance level comparison, what is interesting is how different the designs are from one manufacturer to another.

While NVIDIA continues to bet on increasing performance and its own technologies, AMD Radeon decided more on the price-quality ratio, improved its architecture and offered a framework that is more familiar to users because it does not use “modern” connectors for power.

Now we already know some important aspects of the RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX, such as the fact that they will continue to be clearly behind NVIDIA in ray tracing and that FSR 3 will reach the previous generation of Radeon graphics, while DLSS 3, at least for now, is exclusive to the RTX 40 .Hopefully, AMD will release the source code for FSR 3, just like they did with previous versions of the upscaling technology.