Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X
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
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X
This EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid/SC2/FTW3 is praised for incredible gaming and rendering performance, running most games maxed out at 1440p and 4K. Users note it runs cool (often below 50-65°C under load) but point out the stock fan is always on and can be noisy; many recommend swapping to a PWM fan or using fan control software. The card is very large and heavy, potentially overlapping SATA ports and requiring careful case selection. Some users experienced minor issues like coil whine, received the wrong model, or found overclocking gains minimal, but overall sentiment is very positive due to the raw power and EVGA build quality.
Pros
- Incredible 1440p/4K performance
- Runs cool under load (sub 50-65°C)
- Solid EVGA build quality
- RGB lighting customization
- Plenty of connection options
Cons
- Stock fan always runs and is noisy
- Very large and heavy, may overlap SATA ports
- Coil whine reported by some users
- Minimal overclocking gains out of the box
- Wrong model shipped occasionally
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Pascal |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB★ | 11 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6★ | GDDR5X |
| Memory Bus | No data | |
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 96★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | No data | |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 11.34000015258789 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | No data | |
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339 | 250★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | — |
| DisplayPort | 2★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680x4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 267★ |
| Slot Width | 4★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.00 kg★ | 1.36 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | — |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| 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
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (72nd percentile)
- Below average thermal (18th percentile)18th %ile
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
- Below average compute (24th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (28th percentile)
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 25 of 39 specs.
