Sapphire GPU are poorly built? Or just not rugged

[Bravehash]

Avoid used sapphire GPUs, I don't know how this GPUs are made but they die easily after few years , this have happened to me with GPUs like Vega 56, rx580s and 570s, stay away from sapphire cards

[batsonxl]

Actually i like sapphire they are best in AMD gpus. I have many of sapphire being working since 2017 i got used sapphires cleaned changed thermal paste some raplaced fans working 7/24 since 2020 i thought they can die but doing great. Another good thing with sapphire is they always uses fuses so it protects pcb from burn. Unlike other venders you can find many burnt pcbs.

[BitKongy]

Actually i like sapphire they are best in AMD gpus. I have many of sapphire being working since 2017 i got used sapphires cleaned changed thermal paste some raplaced fans working 7/24 since 2020 i thought they can die but doing great. Another good thing with sapphire is they always uses fuses so it protects pcb from burn. Unlike other venders you can find many burnt pcbs.

What about Zotac? I have a gtx1660 super brand new that's not working anymore, fans run very slow when booting up but no display and I can't even identify the fuse on the GPU because I don't know what they look like, any link to where I can know what GPU fuses looks like?

[anu1908]

from what i've heard, sapphire is one of the best vendor for amd gpus out there. have you ever rma your devices or find out why your gpu dies? it might be related to something else, such as bad psu and so on.

What about Zotac?

zotac is a tier 2/3 vendor. it belongs to the same class as colorful afaik. temp is definitely the mian issue for gpu issued by them.

[rdluffy]

Can you share more info?
About the model and what's the issue with these cards

I had some Sapphire GPUs and they were pretty good, probably the best AMD partner in my opinion, specially the Nitro++ models, good and reliable fans, replaceable on some models, easy to clean
Even the entry models like Pulse are good

Only good experiences with sapphire here, the only downside in my country is the 1 year warranty vs 3 years with Asus or Gigabyte (only talking about AMD cards)

[Squezzi55]

from what i've heard, sapphire is one of the best vendor for amd gpus out there. have you ever rma your devices or find out why your gpu dies? it might be related to something else, such as bad psu and so on.

What about Zotac?

zotac is a tier 2/3 vendor. it belongs to the same class as colorful afaik. temp is definitely the mian issue for gpu issued by them.

I have 5 zotac GPU gtx1660 super and Ti, they are so cool when mining their temp is around 56°C at 31MH each so I believe the maker did a good job on the temp unlike bad manufacturers like maxsun and veinda

[Ramsete2]

Zotac improved a lot over the years.
I have 12x3080 amp holo and they are rock solid.

[fr4nkthetank]

Avoid used sapphire GPUs, I don't know how this GPUs are made but they die easily after few years , this have happened to me with GPUs like Vega 56, rx580s and 570s, stay away from sapphire cards

Sapphire GPUs are top of the line in most models.  Well built, durable double bearing fans, good cooling, etc.  Sure some may need to be RMA'd, but so do all the others.

[Refrumatrix]

Zotac improved a lot over the years.
I have 12x3080 amp holo and they are rock solid.

Yes zotac is good I've been buying their cards since gtx1080ti amp and it's working perfectly till date, I have 12 gtx1660 super that are all zotac too they work very well, zotac isn't a joke

[Gorosden]

There is nothing wrong with sapphire GPUs unless you buy used which might have been used for years on mining already, you need to be careful when sourcing for used GPUs as many won't tell the truth about using them to mine for years

[fenomenyaa]

Both of them is Pc partner group,Amd side Sapphire, nvidia side Zotac, Inno3D, and Manli.Sapphire is one of the best amd partner.(for me Best)

[batsonxl]

Actually i like sapphire they are best in AMD gpus. I have many of sapphire being working since 2017 i got used sapphires cleaned changed thermal paste some raplaced fans working 7/24 since 2020 i thought they can die but doing great. Another good thing with sapphire is they always uses fuses so it protects pcb from burn. Unlike other venders you can find many burnt pcbs.

What about Zotac? I have a gtx1660 super brand new that's not working anymore, fans run very slow when booting up but no display and I can't even identify the fuse on the GPU because I don't know what they look like, any link to where I can know what GPU fuses looks like?

I dont have zotac but ive seen bad mini series, they have alot problems.
Fuse looks like this :
https://m.made-in-china.com/product/1206-Fast-Acting-Slow-Blow-Surface-Mount-Fuses-SMD-Fuse-904271565.html

Sapphire uses it is BIG +++ for them
Lately rtx3000 also have fuses many vendors now understood to put fuses

[Pendrak]

For me the  Sapphire are best in AMD gpus i own. Fans are perfect, good quality and robust designs.

You have bad luck or you push too much overclock on your cards, OVERCLOCK AND TEMPERATURE KILL GPUS EASY.

[Metroid]

The only good thing about sapphire is the fan system, anything else is crap, friend bought a lot of sapphire gpus in 2016 and 88% died during those 5 years 2021 now, friend also bought a lot of asus, gigabyte and xfx and none died, only sapphire and most are nitro.

Avoid sapphire gpus, trust me, if the fan in the asus gigabyte or xfx die, you can always replace them with something else, is not hard. Not worth having sapphire gpus because of the fan system because they break 88% more than any other brand.

[deadsix]

Of about 200 Sapphire reference design RX 470's, 60 died over 4 years of the exact same problem - vrm mosfets blowing, usually so badly they burn through the PCB.
I believe this was a model specific issue where they cheaped out with components, because I haven't had any other sapphires ever die on me.

I also had 50 Nitro+ and none of them died over 4 years.

Gigabyte and HIS had the worst fans in my experience that literally begin to fall off in less than 2 years, while Sapphire has the most durable.

Bad risers (caps bursting) did take down a few GPU's over the years, but aside from the sapphire reference models almost no GPU's have died on me ever.
Most of them are either DOA when purchased or they just run forever with the occasional fans falling off (I never push them too hard).

[fenomenyaa]

owned 100+ sapphire 470-480 from 2016 ,just one died ,all others still working without any problem,gigabyte and asus strix have the worst fans,sleeve bearings fans dies very quick, changed fans 2 times already with this brands. .never problem with referance blower fans.

[FP91G]

Avoid used sapphire GPUs, I don't know how this GPUs are made but they die easily after few years , this have happened to me with GPUs like Vega 56, rx580s and 570s, stay away from sapphire cards

These are the only video cards that work for me for 5 years - rx480-470.
Sapphire made very good cooling for video cards.
I have already installed alternative cooling on other video cards.
Most likely you are out of luck or you bought a used video card.
And the new sapphires work great for me

[DrX]

I havent had any problems with Sapphire RX470-480 Nitro+ cards, ball bearings are the king.

Most of the cards use problematic sleeve bearings and those should be mounted vertically, like in tower case.

https://www.newark.com/pdfs/techarticles/mro/ballVsSleeve.pdf

But both fan types are usually easy to change or fix, or even change from sleeve to ball bearing, I did this on Gigabyte RX470.

https://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/sleeve-to-dual-ball-bearing-fans/

Worst fans i had were in XFX RX570 RS 8GB XXX Edition (Red fans), 6 months and the fans were dead, locked 60% speed.

[swogerino]

Avoid used sapphire GPUs, I don't know how this GPUs are made but they die easily after few years , this have happened to me with GPUs like Vega 56, rx580s and 570s, stay away from sapphire cards

I have Rx 570 and Rx 580 Sapphire Pulse which is not the top brand as the top is Nitro plus and they are still running fine mining Ethereum Classic right now.Probably it just happened to you as many think Sapphire is the best brand when it comes to AMD cards.

[Ceyflix-Rez]

The only good thing about sapphire is the fan system, anything else is crap, friend bought a lot of sapphire gpus in 2016 and 88% died during those 5 years 2021 now, friend also bought a lot of asus, gigabyte and xfx and none died, only sapphire and most are nitro.

Avoid sapphire gpus, trust me, if the fan in the asus gigabyte or xfx die, you can always replace them with something else, is not hard. Not worth having sapphire gpus because of the fan system because they break 88% more than any other brand.

Actually last time I traveled down to China most mining farms I saw are using sapphire model of GPUs the most, maybe your friend bought those GPUs from miners who don't take much care of their GPUs? Or maybe your friend don't care much about the longetivy of the GPUs and start OC too much? I don't see anything wrong with sapphire