Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Phoenix 6GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Phoenix 6GB GDDR6
Most users find the GTX 1660 Super offers great value for its price, with solid 1080p and even 1440p gaming performance. Several mention it runs hot and the single fan can be noisy, but many note that undervolting or adjusting fan curves solves the issue. A few users report compatibility with older CPUs and praise the easy installation. Overall, it's seen as a reliable budget GPU, though thermal and noise management could be better.
Pros
- Great value for money
- Solid 1080p and 1440p gaming
- Easy installation
- Compatibility with older CPUs
- Good 4K video playback
Cons
- Runs hot (often 75-85°C stock)
- Single fan can be noisy
- Needs fan curve adjustment or undervolt
- Noisy under load
- LED stays on after shutdown without ErP
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Phoenix | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Turing |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | 12 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB★ | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 96★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 5.0269999504089355 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339 | 120★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 300★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Single Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 2 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | 3 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680x4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 174★ |
| Slot Width | 4 | 2★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.00 kg | 0.77 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | — |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Phoenix 6GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Strong affordability (72nd percentile)
- Strong efficiency (68th percentile)
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average compute (17th percentile)17th %ile
- Below average ai (20th percentile)20th %ile
- Below average vram (23rd percentile)
Pricing
ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Phoenix 6GB GDDR6 offers 1.5x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 39 specs.
