Radeon RX 9070 (XT): Sapphire hides 12V-2 × 6 connection in nitro + 129 comments
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Most AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards will launch with conventional 8-pin power connections in the coming week, but there are exceptions. The Asrock Taichi has been known since January, but Sapphires Nitro+ will also use 12V-2×6 behind a magnetic backplate.
12V-2 × 6 under a magnetic backplate
The Radeon RX 9070 (XT) Nitro+ Sapphires have positioned the 12V-2×6 socket at the end of the PCB, the cooling system protrudes well beyond the PCB. Sapphire has run the cooler and the backplate firmly installed so that the socket is accessible and the cable to the main board and therefore not directly visible to the power supply. To ensure the approach remains hidden, a second can be placed on the actual backplate via the magnet.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro + (Image: Sapphire)
In addition to the power connection, there is also an RGB header to connect to the main board, so that the graphics card can be perfectly configured with the main board’s lighting via its software suite.
The 12V-2×6 port is at the end of the PCB and is routed externally under the magnetic backplate to the main board. (Image: Sapphire)
On the lengthy product page for the new Nitro+, Sapphire also reveals that the XT variant will hit the market with 3,060 MHz instead of a 2,970 MHz boost clock. The non-text version is 2700 instead of 2540 MHz.
Sapphires Radeon RX 9070
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