Thursday, August 28th 2025
Sapphire Prepares Global Launch of NITRO+ Motherboards
While we caught a lot of new products at this year's Computex from Sapphire, their offerings, especially in the motherboard category, have been mainly region-limited to China. However, it appears that Sapphire is preparing for the global launch of its motherboard series. In a post on X, Sapphire noted that the company has "something exciting coming up soon," which is likely a global expansion of its NITRO+ motherboard series. At the same time, a well-known leaker, @momomo_us, showed a listing of Sapphire motherboards in Australia, which further confirms that the company plans to expand its global presence.
During our visit to the Computex booth, we saw the Sapphire X870EA Wi-Fi PhantomLink Edition motherboard, which is Sapphire's first high-end motherboard in years. The Socket AM5 motherboard is based on the flagship AMD X870E chipset and offers premium connectivity and I/O features. Other motherboards, such as the B850 NITRO+ boards, are also more budget-friendly and could see great adoption among gamers. We are awaiting official confirmation, but for now, Sapphire is just teasing the expansion.
Sources:
Sapphire, @momomo_us, via VideoCardz
During our visit to the Computex booth, we saw the Sapphire X870EA Wi-Fi PhantomLink Edition motherboard, which is Sapphire's first high-end motherboard in years. The Socket AM5 motherboard is based on the flagship AMD X870E chipset and offers premium connectivity and I/O features. Other motherboards, such as the B850 NITRO+ boards, are also more budget-friendly and could see great adoption among gamers. We are awaiting official confirmation, but for now, Sapphire is just teasing the expansion.
25 Comments on Sapphire Prepares Global Launch of NITRO+ Motherboards
Hopefully this X870E motherboard would be the same.
Biostar, NZXT and Sapphire should release their motherboards much earlier.
If there is a well known brand behind they should name it, e.g. ASROCK.
Biostar has always made their own boards and likewise for Sapphire, but I don't know if this applies to these new boards.
BTW, There's an importer on Newegg already importing these at minor markups; I almost bought one.
Hopefully that means we'll start seeing Radeon BTF cards from Sapphire that can also slot into ASUS BTF boards.