Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
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
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 is widely praised for its exceptional performance in gaming, rendering, and AI workloads, with users noting it runs very cool and quiet. However, a few verified buyers report severe driver issues and blue screens, and some mention the high price and power connector concerns. Overall, it is seen as a powerful but expensive card with mixed reliability.
Pros
- Exceptional gaming performance
- Very cool and quiet operation
- Excellent for rendering and AI
- Compact size for a 4090
- No coil whine
Cons
- Severe driver issues and blue screens
- Very high price
- Power connector concerns
- Poor customer support from MSI
- Large size may not fit all cases
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 4090 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Ada Lovelace |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5 | 5 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 96★ | 76 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 32.97999954223633 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339★ | 450 |
| Recommended PSU | 800★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | AIO Liquid★ |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express Gen 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 8K |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320★ | — |
| Slot Width | 4★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.00 kg | 0.05 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
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
- Strong raster (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong vram (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong ai (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong rt (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average affordability (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
No current pricing available
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 17 of 39 specs.
