Vega 56 Sapphire Review

Radeon rx vega 56 is the second amd vega card launched today.

Vega 56 sapphire review. Radeon rx vega 56 has the potential to be a geforce gtx 1070 killer if amd can make enough of them to hit its pricing target. And it s a cute little card. Uk pricing isn t confirmed but a simple conversion plus 20. As far as we ve seen it s the best cooled rx vega 56 out there.

The saphire vega 56 is fast quiet and has no coil whine. Sapphire s nitro rx vega 56 8g is a distinctly high end implementation. Launching today is the sapphire nitro version of both vega parts. The amd radeon rx vega 56 was the second tier option in the 14nm vega family and that would have normally made it our price performance favourite but the vega 56 was always onto a bit of a.

Unfortunately it s also difficult to find as the company. It comes at an affordable 399 price point with a slightly reduced shader count that actually improves things greatly. For example power efficiency now trades blows with some pascal cards which means less heat and noise too. We ve got the rx vega 56 for review which retails for a cool 569.

I paired it with a 750 watt psu which works amazingly and i ve never seen the temps go over 66c here on the oregon coast. Although the card uses a lot of power kicks out quite a bit of heat.