The Radeon RX9070XT / RX9070 Owners Thread

[Dontrocktheboat]

It's the competition we needed. Just a shame nothing to compete at the top end.

We need Intel to get more competitive too.
Imagine 3 companies all producing top end cards or even mid range?
It would be like 1995 all over again.

 

[Ironic Namesake]

I seem to have stuttering on YouTube videos - would this be GPU / driver related?

Here's what YT shows under the "Stats for nerds"

663 dropped of 4326

Connection is fine and definitely not the issue.

 

[NutritioN]

Did you have to disable hardware acceleration in your browser because of issues with this card?

 

[Ironic Namesake]

Did you have to disable hardware acceleration in your browser because of issues with this card?

Only installed it the other day and barely used it so far, not changed any settings. Will try to disable hardware acceleration and see if that makes a difference

 

[Kirkatron]

I know, i felt the same until I started mining that baby. She started giving rather than taking money from me lol.
And in the end she paid for the 685£ Nitro. Maybe I was just lucky - and I looking at it with rose tinted glasses...

I don't know why I didn't mine with my 3090, I mined with my 1080 Ti but for some reason didn't use my 3090 to do the same.
Maybe i'd have liked it more if I had.

 

[NutritioN]

Ah sorry, I should've been clearer. Personally, if you have it disabled I think there's a chance in some scenarios that video playback will be worse.

 

[GhostDog1981]

Has anyone managed to install the AMD AI chat thingy? Mine doesn’t seem to install after downloading the updates. I’m on 25.3.2

 

[d_brennen]

Does the Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 non-xt come with an adaptor cable for 6 pin pcie and if so, how long is it?

 

[Ironic Namesake]

Ah sorry, I should've been clearer. Personally, if you have it disabled I think there's a chance in some scenarios that video playback will be worse.

Turned it off and back on as I didn't want to restart Chrome yet (got a bunch of tabs open atm ..) and somehow it's fixed itself. 0 dropped frames like it should be .. strange.

 

[ljt]

Chrome used to drop loads of frames on YouTube on both nvidia and amd for me. Firefox rarely drops any.

 

[nelbert]

Definitely don't regret going from 7900XTX to a 9070XT either. Seen some people say it's a side-grade but with how god awful FSR 2 - 3.1 is, i think FSR 4 alone makes the switch worth it.

I came from the other direction, 7900xt to 9070xt as the performance increase in the games I play mean I can finally change from Windows to Linux as it exceeds 4K/60 so the lack of vrr under Linux which was often required with my 7900xt is a non issue.

For turning my tv gaming pc into a bazzite console style pc it was worth it.

 

[doody]

I came from the other direction, 7900xt to 9070xt as the performance increase in the games I play mean I can finally change from Windows to Linux as it exceeds 4K/60 so the lack of vrr under Linux which was often required with my 7900xt is a non issue.

For turning my tv gaming pc into a bazzite console style pc it was worth it.

I came from the other direction, 7900xt to 9070xt as the performance increase in the games I play mean I can finally change from Windows to Linux as it exceeds 4K/60 so the lack of vrr under Linux which was often required with my 7900xt is a non issue.

For turning my tv gaming pc into a bazzite console style pc it was worth it.

which linux are you on imay give it a try is it ok for gaming

 

[jtkirk]

Best score i got yet loving this saphire 9070xt nitro+

I scored 28 170 in Time Spy

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT x 1, 65536 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

 

[Etheco]

Installed this at the weekend, what a dream it is.

I did decide to go full a fresh install of windows which I am sure has helped

 

[michty_me]

Looks like adrenalin 25.4.1 is out now.

 

[Firegod]

Looks like adrenalin 25.4.1 is out now.

Good spot. Optional update.

Highlights​

• New Game Support
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Remastered
• Expanded game support for AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4)
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Remastered
  • Assassin's Creed Shadows
  • Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
  • Dynasty Warriors Origin
  • Civilization 7
  • Naraka Bladepoint
• Fixed Issues and Improvements
  • Failure to apply effects models may be observed while using "Adjust Lighting v1" and "Adjust Lighting v2" features in Topaz Photo AI with Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
  • Flashing or flickering may appear while using AMD Freesync™ technology.
  • Lower than expected performance may be observed while running DirectML/GenAI models in Amuse 3.0 with Radeon™ RX 7000 series graphics products and Ryzen AITM 300 series processors.
  • Image corruption may be observed while running certain diffuser models in Amuse 3.0 with Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
  • Lower than expected performance may be observed while playing World of Warcraft (western plaguelands) with Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
  • Failure to detect integrated camera may be observed after driver installation using factory reset option on some Ryzen™ AI Max and Max+ series products.
  • Added support for Amuse 3 and AMD-optimized models.

Important Notes​

• FSR 4 is not currently supported by Naraka Bladepoint for some users under Windows 10.

• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing The Last of Us Part 2.
• System crash may be observed due to a memory leak when using SteamVR on some AMD Radeon™ Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 9000 series. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to turn off Motion Smoothing in SteamVR settings.
• Installation progress may persistently display 0% while installing AMD Chat within the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition user interface after upgrading to AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics products.
• Stutter may be observed while playing games with some VR headsets at 80Hz or 90Hz refresh rate on some AMD Radeon™ Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 7000 series. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to change the refresh rate as a temporary workaround.
• Intermittent system or application crash may be observed while playing Cyberpunk 2077
• Intermittent system or application crash may be observed during shader compilation while playing Fantasy VII Rebirth during shader compilation.
• Failure to launch may be observed for Battlefield 1 on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products with Ryzen™ 9 9950X integrated graphics. Users experiencing these issues are recommended to disable integrated graphics (iGPU) in system BIOS as a temporary workaround.
• Intermittent failure to launch may be observed when AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition user interface is launched from desktop context menu or system tray.
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Monster Hunter Wilds with Radeon™ Anti-Lag and Instant Replay enabled.
• Intermittent system or application crash may be observed while playing Marvels Spiderman 2 with Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 enabled on Radeon™ RX 7000 series graphics products.
• Artifacts or corruption may appear while playing BattleField on Radeon™ RX 7000 series graphics products.

 

[Kirkatron]

Best score i got yet loving this saphire 9070xt nitro+

I scored 28 170 in Time Spy

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT x 1, 65536 MB, 64-bit Windows 11}

www.3dmark.com

The Nitro+ is a great card can get silly scores. I almost matched my XTX 34k, but just fell short. I reckon with some tweaking I could get 34k though.

31424 with 33789 GPU score
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/54748375

 

[nelbert]

which linux are you on imay give it a try is it ok for gaming

I usually test every 6-9 months and this time I installed Bazzite Home Theatre PC version to a usb nvme drive for testing. I've been using it on my Legion Go and is closest to how I want my PC to run out the box. It boots straight into the SteamDeck interface rather than a desktop. My Windows install is just a way for me to run the steam client, I don't use my gaming PC for general use.

If I was wanting a desktop based PC, then I'd probably use Fedora. While I prefer OpenSuse Tumbleweed (installed on my laptop), Fedora supports the xbox wireless adapter more simply. My use of Fedora/Tumbleweed is more one of familiarity and they keep upto date with the latest stable drivers than any other reason.

Apart from CyberPunk all the games I actually play are in my steam account, so even though I have more in other stores (gog/epic) due to the freebie codes, I don't actually play them. The few I did, such as mass effect legendary edition, Immortals Fenyx, Forza, Subnautica I picked up cheap in one of the many steam sales.

There is a community website which tracks anti-cheat status and which games with it work on linux and which don't, so if there are particular games with anti-cheat you regularly play you can have a quick check. https://areweanticheatyet.com/

The main differences for me between Windows and Linux have been:
- AMD means no hdmi 2.1, so no vrr, no 4k/120 because the PC is attached to an AVR & TV so can't use display port. People have experimented with adapters but it's messy and maybe works rather than an always works solution.
- No Atmos, only 2.x/5.1/7.1 sound options. Atmos is nice to have, but not critical and until the patents expire I doubt it will ever be supported.
- HDR is work in progress. It doesn't work directly from the desktop atm, only via gamescope/steamdeck mode. The steam deck interface makes it easy to set per game profiles to enable HDR. HDR is hit and miss in PC games anyway so I don't usually enable it.
- No option to force the video mode to be RGB444(full) or 10bit mode. In windows I have to set it via the AMD Adrenaline settings, but with Linux it's an autodetect feature with no simple way to override it. It is a long standing issue (years) so I don't expect it to be resolved anytime soon and only appears to affect AVR/TVs.

Gamewise my only issues so far have been the usual Bethesda Skyrim & Elder Scrolls online need the sound changing to 5.1 or lower so they don't play static on cutscenes.

 

[nelbert]

The Nitro+ is a great card can get silly scores. I almost matched my XTX 34k, but just fell short. I reckon with some tweaking I could get 34k though.

31424 with 33789 GPU score
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/54748375

I am curious about how the cpu/graphics weighting affect 3d mark scores.
Before putting my pc into it's new case, curiosity got the better of me from your postings and other here.

In Time spy my nitro+ out the box got 25,420 with 30,038 GPU score.
Clearly time spy is favourable for CPU as my CPU score is far below yours at 13,534

I scored 25 420 in Time Spy

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT x 1, 32768 MB, 64-bit Windows 10}

www.3dmark.com

My highest Steel Nomad with limited messing around was 7782 (-75mv, 2746 mem clock)

I scored 7 782 in Steel Nomad

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT x 1, 32768 MB, 64-bit Windows 10}

www.3dmark.com

What I find interesting with the Steel Nomad results for my board (miniforums bd795i se MoDT with a 7945hx) is across the results for that board/processor and 9070 xt combo there isn't a specific combination of dimm speed, cpu boost clock or GPU brand that rises to the top.

3DMark.com search

3DMark.com search

www.3dmark.com

 

[Kirkatron]

I am curious about how the cpu/graphics weighting affect 3d mark scores.
Before putting my pc into it's new case, curiosity got the better of me from your postings and other here.

In Time spy my nitro+ out the box got 25,420 with 30,038 GPU score.
Clearly time spy is favourable for CPU as my CPU score is far below yours at 13,534

I scored 25 420 in Time Spy

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT x 1, 32768 MB, 64-bit Windows 10}

www.3dmark.com

My highest Steel Nomad with limited messing around was 7782 (-75mv, 2746 mem clock)

I scored 7 782 in Steel Nomad

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT x 1, 32768 MB, 64-bit Windows 10}

www.3dmark.com

What I find interesting with the Steel Nomad results for my board (miniforums bd795i se MoDT with a 7945hx) is across the results for that board/processor and 9070 xt combo there isn't a specific combination of dimm speed, cpu boost clock or GPU brand that rises to the top.

3DMark.com search

3DMark.com search

www.3dmark.com

Yeah Steel Nomad is less effected by CPU but the X3Ds have the edge when tweaked.

My best Steel Nomad is 7952
https://www.3dmark.com/sn/5286621

Which like my Timespy is one of the best for my CPU but not so great against some other machines.