Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
PNY Quadro NVS 310 1GB DDR3 workstation
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
PNY Quadro NVS 310 1GB DDR3 workstation
Most users found this PNY Quadro card to be an excellent, low-power upgrade for basic office or multi-monitor setups. It installs easily, is automatically recognized by Windows 11, and runs quietly—despite one reviewer's general dislike of fans. While not intended for heavy gaming, it reliably adds DisplayPort outputs and works perfectly for non-gaming tasks.
Pros
- Easy installation
- Automatic driver detection in Windows 11
- Low power consumption
- Dual DisplayPort outputs
- Quiet fan operation
Cons
- Fan present (despite being quiet)
- Not suitable for heavy gaming
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | PNY Quadro NVS 310 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Quadro NVS 310 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | RDNA 3.0 |
| Class | consumer | workstation |
| Process | 5 | 5 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB★ | 512 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6★ | DDR3 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | — | 48★ |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 96★ | 54 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 27.649999618530273 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339 | 295★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 450★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 0 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 2 |
| HDMI | 2★ | 0 |
| USB-C | 1★ | 0 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 279★ |
| Slot Width | 4 | 1★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | Low Profile |
| Weight | 1.00 kg | 0.20 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | ✗ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 11 |
| 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 (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
PNY Quadro NVS 310 1GB DDR3 workstation
- Strong affordability (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong social proof (77th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average raster (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average vram (10th percentile)10th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 20 of 39 specs.
