Best AMD partner?

[Mahboi]

i don't know why everyone always says sapphire.
the PCBs are as normal as any other brand, the coolers are often trash, the thermal paste is atrocious.

Because when you run the MSI/XFX/anyone support, you get an RMA after weeks. With Sapphire, it's days, and consistently faster than anyone else.
Because their coolers are really great, and I have no idea what is making you say otherwise. The Sapphire 7900 xt was reviewed just a few weeks ago on this very website:

Our apples-to-apples cooler comparison test shows that Sapphire's RX 7900 XT Pulse comes with a cooling solution that's only slightly more powerful than the reference design cooler, which makes it weaker than many competing cards from other board partners. Nevertheless, Sapphire found amazing fan settings for their card. With less than 29 dBA, the card is almost whisper-quiet, yet temperatures are still good with 69°C. Other vendors are shooting for even lower temps (why?), and compromise on fan noise in the process. The XFX Merc 310 is very loud, much louder than the Sapphire Pulse, and the ASUS TUF has a huge, expensive cooler that's only marginally quieter than the Pulse.

ASUS will build a tank and ship a tank. XFX will feed you some shitty giant cooling solution with the noise of a jet engine. Sapphire? It's clean, efficient, and stays cool enough.

And if you want a tank, you'll need to pay for the Nitro+ and get what is probably about as good or better than any other AIB in every gen.
And even in lower tier cards, I've never even heard of someone saying that Sapphire was a bad pick. Powercolor has notoriously meh lower tier cards, only the Hellhound/Devils get the actual high quality stuff.
XFX is constantly feeding super cut down prices with loud cards.

 

[steelfox]

You can't even run most AAA games properly with a 670 so the 6700 should be a revelation.

I downloaded bunch of games but due to awful drivers i can not run them

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I downloaded bunch of games but due to awful drivers i can not run them

Lets be real the 670 is ancient something like 11 years old. It was good in like 2012/2013 but not in 2023.... Even getting a half decade out of a GPU assuming you want to play modern stuff is pretty good.

 

[steelfox]

Lets be real the 670 is ancient something like 11 years old. It was good in like 2012/2013 but not in 2023.... Even getting a half decade out of a GPU assuming you want to play modern stuff is pretty good.

I can play basic brands and rage in Leauge Of Legends still. It's been 10 years i have that GPU and same skill level

 

[Mahboi]

Yeah I just checked:
RX 6700 2304 cores 10Gb VRAM 160bit
RX 6700 xt 2560 cores 12Gb VRAM 192bit

It's basically exactly a 6700 xt with 1/6th of the VRAM taken out and 10% less cores.
I'd say the 6700 xt is the best product for entering 1440p, any lower is just bad. With this, you probably can't expect good 1440p but you can expect really solid 1080p. For 385 frankly I think you got a decent deal, just look up the 6700 xt first and see how much more it is. If it's $50 more, for me I think I'd buy the XT and it'll handle even a 1440p mono if you buy one later.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

It's a decent card and way faster than the 6600.... Here you go most the gpu in the general price range are represented so you can see how it compares.

 

[steelfox]

Yeah I just checked:
RX 6700 2304 cores 10Gb VRAM 160bit
RX 6700 xt 2560 cores 12Gb VRAM 192bit

It's basically exactly a 6700 xt with 1/6th of the VRAM taken out and 10% less cores.
I'd say the 6700 xt is the best product for entering 1440p, any lower is just bad. With this, you probably can't expect good 1440p but you can expect really solid 1080p. For 385 frankly I think you got a decent deal, just look up the 6700 xt first and see how much more it is. If it's $50 more, for me I think I'd buy the XT and it'll handle even a 1440p mono if you buy one later.

It is nearly 100 usd more and to be honest, by the time i will buy one i don't think i'd give that extra.

It's a decent card and way faster than the 6600.... Here you go most the gpu in the general price range are represented so you can see how it compares.

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Well as a person who do not play on Ultra preset i guess RX 6700 is the better choice.

 

[Mahboi]

It is nearly 100 usd more and to be honest, by the time i will buy one i don't think i'd give that extra.

Well as a person who do not play on Ultra preset i guess RX 6700 is the better choice.

Yep, not worth it.
Enjoy your 6700 if you take it.

 

[steelfox]

Yep, not worth it.
Enjoy your 6700 if you take it.

Thanks for the information.

 

[Shou Miko]

It really depends on what card model you want, it's like Asus generic, tuf and strix you get what you pay for.

In general Sapphire's Pulse version is a really good hard had their RX 5700 XT really good card for the price no complains from me.

Sapphire is a really good AMD partner when they make their card their Nitro and Toxic cards are top of the pop.

Currently I got Powercolor's Red Devil version of their RX 6800 XT and it's my third card of this RX 6800 XT line up and really wish I could get the Sapphire version but they ain't anywhere in my country to really be found.

My top 3 RX 6800 XT cards
1. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference
2. PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Devil
3. MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio

I wouldn't recommend MSI this time around their cooler is heavy and not connect to the rear io shield on the graphics card so the card hangs and sag a lot and their 0 dollar solution is the worst I seen for many years, I ended up emailing a complaint to MSI but it doesn't look like they care about user feedback.

I would say look at your budget and look at what cards you can get their cooling solution and build most of the cards can be found photos of.

 

[Waldorf]

@oxrufiioxo
most companies will not care if you removed/replaced the cooler, as long as the unit is shipped back the way you bought it.
short of using non-consumer grade cooling (chiller/LN2 etc), its not an issue anymore.

@steelfox
always look at the cooling fins, the lower end (cooling wise) usually have "cheaper" looking matt finished alu material,
the better cards use shiny ones or even copper, and usually also incl a mild oc and wider power/voltage range.

at least for Nv, some of the fastest cards are from MSI, as they tend to have (slightly) better cooling as their fans tend to be larger,
but havent kept up with specs from current cards.
I personally only get Gb if its the Aorus stuff with a block, most lower tiers often have revision changes after they get reviewed,
without them stating what was changed.
cant remember what gen it was, but the 1.0 hat samsung vram, the 1.1v hat hynix,
which could handle clock ramping as good as the samsung, leading to artifacts/crashes unless you downclocked vram by a few mhz.
not cool when you pay for a faster card (than stock)..

i would personally not discount Nv cards, as AMD wont give you something for free, just because you bought their brand.
check for the best deal, i would rather get a 3060ti/2080S for 300 than a 6600, just because of the perf diff.
maybe check with friends/relatives from other countries, big ticket stuff like gpu, it might be worth the wait (until they visit).

 

[AsRock]

At least while under warranty I tend to lean towards leaving the cooler alone and not modifying a card in any way even the thermals pads. I'd rather not give a company any extra reason to refuse an RMA.



It's going to be alot better than your GTX 670 assuming that is the card you are still using

each to their own, if you break it it is on you. never had a problem my self. Now if you were talking about GIGA or MSI well...

Because when you run the MSI/XFX/anyone support, you get an RMA after weeks. With Sapphire, it's days, and consistently faster than anyone else.
Because their coolers are really great, and I have no idea what is making you say otherwise. The Sapphire 7900 xt was reviewed just a few weeks ago on this very website:

Our apples-to-apples cooler comparison test shows that Sapphire's RX 7900 XT Pulse comes with a cooling solution that's only slightly more powerful than the reference design cooler, which makes it weaker than many competing cards from other board partners. Nevertheless, Sapphire found amazing fan settings for their card. With less than 29 dBA, the card is almost whisper-quiet, yet temperatures are still good with 69°C. Other vendors are shooting for even lower temps (why?), and compromise on fan noise in the process. The XFX Merc 310 is very loud, much louder than the Sapphire Pulse, and the ASUS TUF has a huge, expensive cooler that's only marginally quieter than the Pulse.

ASUS will build a tank and ship a tank. XFX will feed you some shitty giant cooling solution with the noise of a jet engine. Sapphire? It's clean, efficient, and stays cool enough.

And if you want a tank, you'll need to pay for the Nitro+ and get what is probably about as good or better than any other AIB in every gen.
And even in lower tier cards, I've never even heard of someone saying that Sapphire was a bad pick. Powercolor has notoriously meh lower tier cards, only the Hellhound/Devils get the actual high quality stuff.
XFX is constantly feeding super cut down prices with loud cards.

Well XFX in the US could not be any more helpful and prompt regarding a issue or RMA. Maybe they just suck in France \ Europe ?.

 

[Mahboi]

each to their own, if you break it it is on you. never had a problem my self. Now if you were talking about GIGA or MSI well...




Well XFX in the US could not be any more helpful and prompt regarding a issue or RMA. Maybe they just suck in France \ Europe ?.

I hear nothing good about XFX from anywhere in the world though? You're the first person I've known to present them as great.

 

[Divide Overflow]

I hear nothing good about XFX from anywhere in the world though? You're the first person I've known to present them as great.

I've had no problems at all with my XFX card.

 

[GamerGuy]

Depending on warranty period and good after sale customer service, if they're the same or similar, I'd always go for AMD exclusive AIBs, and they're Sapphire, PowerColor and XFX. In fact, I had three VEGA64, 2x Gigabyte RX VEGA64 Gaming OC, and a PowerColor Red Devil....the two Gigabyte VEGA64 died just after warranty period, and within two - three months of each other. My PowerColor VEGA64 Red Devil is still alive and kicking, hence my disdain for Gigabyte GPUs...I'm a fanboy of their mobos though. For the RX 6000 series, I went with a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900XT and it's a beast, pretty damn good cooler on it as well.

I'd also gotten the XFX MERC310 RX 7900 XTX, great cooler with vapor chamber, and runs pretty cool as well. With room aircon set to 25C, ambient temp's more like 23C, the card's running 33C GPU temp, 36C junction temp in desktop. When I game, temps hit 65+C with junction temp hitting 85C which is quite sustainable. Oh yes, I'd adjusted the fan curve to something more aggressive, plus I'd undervolted and OC'ed it.

And just to prove that I did have a pair of Gigabyte cards (have sworn off GB), here's a pic of them in CF mode.....ah, CF, those were the days.....

 

[amd64skater]

i don't know why everyone always says sapphire.
the PCBs are as normal as any other brand, the coolers are often trash, the thermal paste is atrocious.
they have a short warranty (2 years).
XFX gives three years, the Merc coolers wiping the floor with everything sapphire has and they run a LOT cooler.
Gigabytes aorus Cards are at least as good and you get a 4 year long warranty.
MSI is meh.
asus is at best not awful.

Sapphire is on the bottom of my AMD Partnercards list together with ASUS and MSI.

I can tell you this I have a Merc 6750XT and holy cow it is well built. Quiet when it want's to be but if you kick them up manually they move a ton of air and are very loud. "Dirt Devil loud" I have also have been very successful in great overclock beating out or keeping up with Sapphire, MSI, Asus, and Powercolor cards of the same make. This is my second XFX card and my last one lasted me 6 years before I bought my current the old one RX560 is still working just needed more for COD. Prior to that I did have a Sapphire. Never had an issue with either one. Hopefully this help's with your purchase. Also if going 6600XT just get the 6700 or 6750 more ram and better performance. Plus it will help if you don't plan on buy another card for a while. By the way not sure where you live but I have bought both my cards from Amazon. Both the seller and shipper is Amazon and paid $419 of course on Prime for my current card. They change prices a lot.

Sapphire all day long. I had to go with my 2nd choice Powercolor this round after using Sapphire since the 9800 because the Sapphires prices have become the "premium" for good reason of course but when I wanted a Nitro 6800XT and a Red Devil 6950XT was just " $50" more I just had to let my brand loyalty fall to logic.

Same had Sapphire and went to XFX.

So the cheapest RX 6600 XT is around 325 usd. Sapphire model is around 430-450, is it worth the difference?

No

Best: Sapphire, Powercolor's higher models (Hellhound, Red/Liquid Devil)
Mid: the usual ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI/Powercolor basic models/Asrock
Worst: XFX, usually the cheapest and fairly loud, and all the lesser known ones

I'm sorry but that is so not. XFX is not the worst I bet my current 6750XT from XFX and it's the Merc is a better performance card both from the factory overclock and and Really overclocking from the user for benchmarking is up there in the Top tier list of cards for AMD cards from any of those companies.
THIS SAYS SPEEDSTER BUT IT IS A MERC. This is a current link from Amazon for the the XFX Merc 6750XT @ for I have no Idea how long $419 Price

https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Speedster-MERC319-Graphics-RX-675XYTBDP/dp/B09ZHZZ6YH/ref=sr_1_14?crid=H2ZS9TFUS01J&keywords=6750+xt&qid=1680629864&sprefix=6750%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-14

 

[Bones]

I too vouch for Sapphire and must do so for Powercolor since I've had both and no issues to mention from either one.

 

[steelfox]

I too vouch for Sapphire and must do so for Powercolor since I've had both and no issues to mention from either one.

I guess i will look into XFX first, Sapphire second and Powercolor as my third choice.

 

[amd64skater]

I can tell you this I have a Merc 6750XT and holy cow it is well built. Quiet when it want's to be but if you kick them up manually they move a ton of air and are very loud. "Dirt Devil loud" I have also have been very successful in great overclock beating out or keeping up with Sapphire, MSI, Asus, and Powercolor cards of the same make. This is my second XFX card and my last one lasted me 6 years before I bought my current the old one RX560 is still working just needed more for COD. Prior to that I did have a Sapphire. Never had an issue with either one. Hopefully this help's with your purchase. Also if going 6600XT just get the 6700 or 6750 more ram and better performance. Plus it will help if you don't plan on buy another card for a while. By the way not sure where you live but I have bought both my cards from Amazon. Both the seller and shipper is Amazon and paid $419 of course on Prime for my current card. They change prices a lot.


Same had Sapphire and went to XFX.


No


I'm sorry but that is so not. XFX is not the worst I bet my current 6750XT from XFX and it's the Merc is a better performance card both from the factory overclock and and Really overclocking from the user for benchmarking is up there in the Top tier list of cards for AMD cards from any of those companies.
THIS SAYS SPEEDSTER BUT IT IS A MERC. This is a current link from Amazon for the the XFX Merc 6750XT @ for I have no Idea how long $419 Price

https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Speedster-MERC319-Graphics-RX-675XYTBDP/dp/B09ZHZZ6YH/ref=sr_1_14?crid=H2ZS9TFUS01J&keywords=6750+xt&qid=1680629864&sprefix=6750%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-14

That was fast sold out.