Need a little extra firepower to play the latest demanding games? Affordable GPUs that pack a punch are hard to come by, but every now and then a genuine deal crops up.
Today’s pick of the bunch is Sapphire’s Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB. Said card typically retails for well over £500, but you’re in luck as a price drop at Amazon UK brings it down to a cool £406.92. That’s very close to the lowest I’ve ever seen.
Stock does appear to be fluttering in and out, so you may need to be patient, yet I’ve been able to add it to basket throughout the morning.
Nitro+ RX 7800 XT
“Gain the edge over others with the Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card, built with top-notch cooling technology, premium components with a stylish industrial design incorporating the iconic Sapphire Pantheon features found on every Nitro+ product”
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The price drop is particularly potent in the UK, though if you’re in the market there are similar bargains in other regions. Over at Amazon US, ASRock’s RX 7800 XT Challenger OC is back to an all-time-low of $479.99.
To recap, RX 7800 XT arrived in September 2023 as a full implementation of AMD’s Navi 32 chip. Built on the RDNA 3 architecture, it touts 60 compute units, 3,840 stream processors and a boost clock of 2,430MHz. A generous 16GB of GDDR6 hums along at 19.5Gbps, making it a fine fit for high-quality, high-resolution gameplay.
I’m particularly fond of Sapphire’s top-end variant. Nitro+ is not only built like a tank but it looks the business, with a lavish lightbar adorning the length of the card. Underneath the hood, there’s a dual BIOS switch, header for aRGB synchronisation, and a fan connector handy for linking external fans to GPU temperature.
Tarinder described it as “an absolute weapon of a card” in the Club386 review, and it’s clear to see why it remains a firm favourite for high-refresh QHD action.
Expect in excess of 100 frames per second in most titles at 2560×1400 with the settings dialled up, and don’t worry about heat or noise. In our testing we found the GPU barely tickled 63°C and kept noise down to 33dB, making it one of the quietest graphics cards we’ve tested.
We’re at the stage where attention naturally begins to turn toward Black Friday, yet it’s hard to imagine the Nitro+ getting any cheaper than this. If you’ve been sat on the fence, now is an opportune moment to join the latest generation. You’d do well to find a better GPU at this price point.