New graphics card unveiled by Sapphire’s Chinese branch: the RX 6500 XT Polar Elves. It’s a diminutive card featuring an all-white PCB and heatsink!
RX 6500 XT Polar Elves: an all-white Sapphire card!
White graphics cards are back with a vengeance these days. And Sapphire is adding its contribution to the mix. What’s more, unlike some manufacturers, this model also features a white PCB, and not just the shell.
As you can see, this is a compact board with a single fan. Clearly, the board adopts an ITX format with a very short fairing. What’s more, this fan benefits from the new blade profile found on the brand’s RX 7000 Pulse.
Be that as it may, we wonder if Sapphire isn’t a step behind with this model. Yes, an RX 6500 XT isn’t the most peppy GPU on the market, far from it. It contains a total of 1024 stream processors, backed up by 4 GB GDDR6. Memory bandwidth is also limited by the 64-bit bus width: 143.9 GB/s.
Finally, one wonders why this type of design is not offered on the much more recent RX 7600. Finally, if Sapphire is doing it, it’s because there must be a market. As such, it would not be surprising to learn that the card is intended exclusively for the Chinese market.