I normally do not state memory size for cards but I had to for this one as the SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R7 370 as it comes with 2GB and 4GB flavors and you should check out my 2GB vs 4GB video if you haven’t. Now back to the card……..
It is a beautiful card, short and sweet seems to describe it well. The cooling system shroud is box-like and the power connector is at the front.
The Sapphire R7 370 Nitro does not come with a backplate.
Here’s the view from the rear and bottom.
Here’s the GPU-Z of the card.
More details at the official product page.
Test Setup
Processor | Intel Core i7-5960X |
RAM | Apacer Blade Fire 2x 8GB DDR4 2400Mhz @ 3000Mhz |
Motherboard | ASRock X99 OC Formula |
Power Supply | Cooler Master V850 |
Operating System | Windows 10 64bit |
The card doesn’t work well with overclocking, I did manage to up the Core and Memory speed but the result was negative, resulting in the card performing less than what it does on stock.
Benchmarks
Unigine Heaven 4.0
*NOTE : Details are set to maximum.
Card | 1080p (avg) |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro | 24 |
ASUS R7 360 | 16.9 |
Metro Last Light
Card | 1080p (avg) |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro | 35 |
ASUS R7 360 | 27 |
Bioshock Infinite
Settings are at
2 – UltraDX11_DDOF | 2 – Custom | 1 – 16:9 | 4 – FullHD / 4K
Card | 1080p (avg) |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro | 55 |
ASUS R7 360 | 41 |
*I seem to be getting faster numbers than my previous benchmarks, I don’t know whether the boost is from the latest driver.
Shadow of Mordor
Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync OFF.
Card | 1080p (avg) |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro | 46 |
ASUS R7 360 | 31 |
*Strange but it seems like the R7 360 is faster, perhaps due to the newer drivers.
Grand Theft Auto V
Settings : Every option to the MAX setting available.
Card | 1080p (avg) |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro | 16 |
ASUS R7 360 | 13 |
The Division
Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync OFF.
Card | 1080p (avg) |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro | 32 |
ASUS R7 360 | 23 |
Temperature
Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.
Card | Idle(°C) | Load (°C) |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro | 30 | 71 |
Sapphire R7 370 Nitro (Full RPM) | 28 | 57 |
The fan hovers at around 41% on AUTO settings where the noise level is silent.
Power Consumption
The stress was done with Furmark Burn-in Test. Power consumption reading was taken from the watt-meter, actual power draw by the entire system from the wall point. I’m using an Cooler Master V850 with around 90% efficiency and the estimated system power draw (CPU, not including GPU) during Furmark test is 80w.
Card | Sapphire R7 370 Nitro |
Furmark Burn-in | 181 |
Estimated Actual System Draw | 163 |
Estimated Card Power Draw | 98 |
The Verdict
The SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R7 370 4GB GDDR5 retails at around RM 750, the card performs much better than any R7 360 cards and offers much better value. With the Sapphire NITRO model, you get not only good graphics performance but also a good cooling system.