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The Radeon RX9070XT / RX9070 Owners Thread

CoLDAzures said:
Hi guys,

I was lucky enough to snag myself a 9070XT from OCuk last week. Unfortunately I've had a number of issues with it. Firstly the bracket was oddly aligned and when I screwed it in firmly to my case it lifted the card enough it didn't make contact with the PCIe lane.. not visible with naked eye unfortunately so took a while to diagnose. I got around it by using the anti-sag bracket to lever the card in place as it went over the top of the same screw holes, it hasn't budged an inch since and I've been unplugging/re-plugging screens constantly because of my main problem..

Main issue is I get random black screening when I reboot my PC, it's like the PC is failing to post. It's a white line (like a MS-DOS style cursor) on a black screen. If I button the PC it goes straight off, and if I turn it straight on it does it again but this time after a few seconds proceeds to BIOS splash screen and Windows boots up normally. Once I'm in Windows it's solid. No driver issues, great performance, no crashes. Used it since Thursday like this and it's been great apart from when I need to reboot for a driver or Windows update.

I've updated my BIOS and disabled auto-GPU detection for onboard iGPU (although I don't have one on my 5900x) and also forced the PCIe and Chipset into Gen4 from auto after I read about issues with Auto defaulting to Gen 5 which I don't have. List of specs below. Any advice appreciated, I really, REALLY don't want to return the card but if I can't have a reliable boot.. then guess there's no choice for me.

Specs below:
  1. Manufacturer: Sapphire
  2. GPU: Sapphire Nitro + Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  3. OS: Windows 11 24H2
  4. The other specs of your machine:
    • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor @ 3.70GHz
    • MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS (Latest BIOS applied)
    • Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3600MHz DDR4 RAM
    • NZXT C850 850 Watt 80+ Gold PSU
    • 4 x Monitors connected.
      • 2 x LG Ultragear+ 32inch @ 4k/240hz
      • 2 x LG 24BA650 24inch @ 1080p/100hz
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Haven’t read all the thread in detail, but, have you simply reseated the GPU? Have heard of similar issues with the 9070XT that reseating fixed.

Have you also/or reset the BIOS to defaults and/or cleared the CMOS by jumper or removing the battery?

If it still doesn’t work, I’d update the BIOS if you haven’t already done so.

I’ve never personally heard of a GPU that is working perfectly but causing a specific issue like that. Similar to what Andy had with his and it turned out being a power issue.

This sounds more BIOS/settings related to me.
 
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Just read it properly lol. Sorry.

That’s a rather odd issue, but, there’s a setting or issue somewhere that’s causing it, and, I doubt it’s the GPU. As said, a GPU wouldn’t cause this issue and then work perfectly once it does POST.

FrogboyX1Gaming on Youtube had an uncannily similar issue to this on an MSI board. Replaced his RAM, motherboard and CPU trying to solve it and it still didn’t work lol.

If you’ve updated the BIOS, that’s obviously not it, but there there will be a settings issue or problem somewhere. A GPU doesn’t work perfectly in all Windows cases if it’s defective.
 
So I am running:

-75mv undervolt
-10% power
2750Mhz mem clock with fast timings

I'm hanging around 273W and 3100Mhz in horizon forbidden west running at 4k native at a nice frame rate

:)
 
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CoLDAzures said:
Hi guys,

I was lucky enough to snag myself a 9070XT from OCuk last week. Unfortunately I've had a number of issues with it. Firstly the bracket was oddly aligned and when I screwed it in firmly to my case it lifted the card enough it didn't make contact with the PCIe lane.. not visible with naked eye unfortunately so took a while to diagnose. I got around it by using the anti-sag bracket to lever the card in place as it went over the top of the same screw holes, it hasn't budged an inch since and I've been unplugging/re-plugging screens constantly because of my main problem..

Main issue is I get random black screening when I reboot my PC, it's like the PC is failing to post. It's a white line (like a MS-DOS style cursor) on a black screen. If I button the PC it goes straight off, and if I turn it straight on it does it again but this time after a few seconds proceeds to BIOS splash screen and Windows boots up normally. Once I'm in Windows it's solid. No driver issues, great performance, no crashes. Used it since Thursday like this and it's been great apart from when I need to reboot for a driver or Windows update.

I've updated my BIOS and disabled auto-GPU detection for onboard iGPU (although I don't have one on my 5900x) and also forced the PCIe and Chipset into Gen4 from auto after I read about issues with Auto defaulting to Gen 5 which I don't have. List of specs below. Any advice appreciated, I really, REALLY don't want to return the card but if I can't have a reliable boot.. then guess there's no choice for me.

Specs below:
  1. Manufacturer: Sapphire
  2. GPU: Sapphire Nitro + Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  3. OS: Windows 11 24H2
  4. The other specs of your machine:
    • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor @ 3.70GHz
    • MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS (Latest BIOS applied)
    • Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3600MHz DDR4 RAM
    • NZXT C850 850 Watt 80+ Gold PSU
    • 4 x Monitors connected.
      • 2 x LG Ultragear+ 32inch @ 4k/240hz
      • 2 x LG 24BA650 24inch @ 1080p/100hz
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I see you have 4 monitors hooked up.

Have you had a look in here
Thread '9070 XT - 2x HDMI high refresh displays (144 and 120 Hz) not working' https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...displays-144-and-120-hz-not-working.19000012/

Looks like multi monitors can throw up issues that AMD appears to be working on.

Does this happen with just one monitor attached?
 
Andromeda1983 said:
Im debating getting a 9070 non-xt before the prices go up because of the tariffs but I see that there's a lot of talk about the 9070 series having high VRAM temp's. Do you think any of the cards will be viable in a low airflow enviroment ( Fractal Design R6 ) ?
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I have a Define 7 and haven't noticed any high memory temperatures so far (9070XT).
 
CoLDAzures said:
Yeah just checked. Boot is UEFI not CSM and I have no option to enable or disable fast boot in UEFI, it's only an option if I switch to CSM. Still stumped. It's still doing it. I guess I'm going to have to return the card which massively sucks.
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Also disable "Fast Startup" in Windows settings. Sometimes this is referred to as "Fast boot" and can cause all manner of oddness with AMD drivers.
 
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adidan said:
I see you have 4 monitors hooked up.

Have you had a look in here
Thread '9070 XT - 2x HDMI high refresh displays (144 and 120 Hz) not working' https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...displays-144-and-120-hz-not-working.19000012/

Looks like multi monitors can throw up issues that AMD appears to be working on.

Does this happen with just one monitor attached?
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Yes the posting issues still happen when on just one display, I did test that by just having my main monitor hooked in on a DP. It's very strange. I've only had it fail to boot more than once in a row once. Every other time it's pretty consistent. I reboot the PC from Windows, it fails to post.. I button it. It comes back on, hits the pre-POST screen again but this time passes it, gets to BIOS splash and Windows boots normally. It's frustrating because it means if I leave it to do Windows updates its going to need babysitting. It's also a little unsettling knowing it's not functioning exactly as it should be, some niggle in the back of my mind makes me think that it'll come back to bite me if I don't address it now and whilst I'm in the 30 days window for a return. I don't really want a potential £700~ paperweight in the near future.
 
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CoLDAzures said:
Yes the posting issues still happen when on just one display, I did test that by just having my main monitor hooked in on a DP. It's very strange. I've only had it fail to boot more than once in a row once. Every other time it's pretty consistent. I reboot the PC from Windows, it fails to post.. I button it. It comes back on, hits the pre-POST screen again but this time passes it, gets to BIOS splash and Windows boots normally. It's frustrating because it means if I leave it to do Windows updates its going to need babysitting. It's also a little unsettling knowing it's not functioning exactly as it should be, some niggle in the back of my mind makes me think that it'll come back to bite me if I don't address it now and whilst I'm in the 30 days window for a return. I don't really want a potential £700~ paperweight in the near future.
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Send it back get refund and try another one.
 
Still got serious issues with dead space remake. The stutter is terrible and I even get two second pauses sometimes. Seems worse in certain sections of the game than others.

I have pretty much tried everything, including a windows reinstall and different drivers. Tried running three pcie cables to the card too. PSU is 1200w, so not a power issue. Temps are fine on both the card (50c ish) and CPU (60c ish). Not seeing this issue in any other game I've tried.

Baffling.
 
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IvanDobskey said:
Still got serious issues with dead space remake. The stutter is terrible and I even get two second pauses sometimes. Seems worse in certain sections of the game than others.

I have pretty much tried everything, including a windows reinstall and different drivers. Tried running three pcie cables to the card too. PSU is 1200w, so not a power issue. Temps are fine on both the card (50c ish) and CPU (60c ish). Not seeing this issue in any other game I've tried.

Baffling.
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If you’re referring to traversal stutter, that is inherent to this game and happens on any rig. It’s to do with the shaders, and EA never fixed it.

It does get less severe further into the game, but never goes away. I’ve had it on two separate rigs (7900XTX 5800X3D/7800X3D/9800X3D and 9070XT 7800X3D/9800X3D). Two second freezes often happen.

Look on YouTube gameplay/benchmarks and you will see it too. Doesn’t matter what rig it is.
 
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matty007 said:
If you’re referring to traversal stutter, that is inherent to this game and happens on any rig. It’s to do with the shaders, and EA never fixed it.

It does get less severe further into the game, but never goes away. I’ve had it on two separate rigs (7900XTX 5800X3D/7800X3D/9800X3D and 9070XT 7800X3D/9800X3D). Two second freezes often happen.

Look on YouTube gameplay/benchmarks and you will see it too. Doesn’t matter what rig it is.
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I played through the entire game on my 3070 and only really got a few minimal stutters here and there.

On my 9070xt, it's really bad at times. I've checked the frame rate and it's really high, but the stuttering is awful at times. Even getting pauses where I think it's locked up for a second.
 
IvanDobskey said:
I played through the entire game on my 3070 and only really got a few minimal stutters here and there.

On my 9070xt, it's really bad at times. I've checked the frame rate and it's really high, but the stuttering is awful at times. Even getting pauses where I think it's locked up for a second.
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I think the stuttering is fairly consistent across any rig, whether it’s NVIDIA or AMD. My friend has a 4090/13700K build and the stutter was quite similar to mine.

I’m not saying that it can’t happen more on specific setups, but, it’s an inherent problem with the game rather than with your rig. Similar to how most UE5 titles (like Silent Hill 2) will stutter on any rig to some extent.

There’s probably not much you can do. If it’s the only title you have these issues in, put it down to the game, rather than your setup.
 
matty007 said:
I think the stuttering is fairly consistent across any rig, whether it’s NVIDIA or AMD. My friend has a 4090/13700K build and the stutter was quite similar to mine.

I’m not saying that it can’t happen more on specific setups, but, it’s an inherent problem with the game rather than with your rig. Similar to how most UE5 titles (like Silent Hill 2) will stutter on any rig to some extent.

There’s probably not much you can do. If it’s the only title you have these issues in, put it down to the game, rather than your setup.
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I'm starting to think this is the case. I was getting really worried my GPU was going to have to be RMA'd, but I'm just not seeing the issue anywhere else. So I think it is specific to this game. A real shame as it's a really fantastic game otherwise.
 
eeii said:
Send it back get refund and try another one.
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Not sure they have stock now to even get another one, I'd happily pay a little more to change it for something else. I've never bought Sapphire before and I'm massively unimpressed with the issue I have with the bracket but that wasn't a show stopper.. I've had a few cards back in the day with similar lesser issues where a little bend here and there on the bracket or case sorted it.
 
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