The Radeon RX9070XT / RX9070 Owners Thread

[t2na]

I’ve played around with just the power limit and not had a crash yet. So far tried -10 -20 and -30. Undervolting is a different story and very game dependent.

Lowering the power limit won't cause a crash, you're not stretching the card like you are with an undervolt.

All you're doing is telling the GPU "hey instead of using 330w, just use 275w and produce the performance to match".

 

[Rob_B]

Just had a weird crash in HL Alyx. PC locked up and rebooted into repair, couldn't then boot so I let it restore to a prior state.

I'm assuming this is due to the restore but it then booted fine but no 9070XT found in device manager and only 1 monitor working (via HDMI on the card) - After a minute it detected it but still no signal on DP so had to power cycle the monitor and it's back.
-85mv Voltage offset, - 5% power limit, maybe that was too low but I've never seen such a spectacular failure of an undervolt like that.

Hoping this isn't why the card was in B Grade :/

 

[Rob_B]

and have just done some tinkering with monitor refresh rates on my 2 screens, my secondary 1080p one does't make much difference between 60/75Hz but dropping my main from 180Hz to 144Hz saves 10W-15W at idle!

 

[t2na]

Just had a weird crash in HL Alyx. PC locked up and rebooted into repair, couldn't then boot so I let it restore to a prior state.

I'm assuming this is due to the restore but it then booted fine but no 9070XT found in device manager and only 1 monitor working (via HDMI on the card) - After a minute it detected it but still no signal on DP so had to power cycle the monitor and it's back.
-85mv Voltage offset, - 5% power limit, maybe that was too low but I've never seen such a spectacular failure of an undervolt like that.

Hoping this isn't why the card was in B Grade :/

-85mv is a pretty big undervolt, did you test higher/lower values in furmark to check it was stable?

Some games are more sensitive to it a larger undervolt than others too. I found that my -75mv was stable in 90% of games but Finals would crash, even with -75mv being stable for a full hour torture test on Furmark - so dialled it back to -65mv and no issues on any games at all so far.

 

[renkinjutsushi]

Known issue:

• Stutter and lower than expected performance may be observed while playing 4K resolution YouTube videos in Chromium. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to play videos in full screen as a temporary workaround.

I am currently having this issue in a 4k monitor while playing videos in 720/1080p videos - I will assume that this might be an issue with any other streaming service.

This is not an issue when using Firefox.

 

[Rob_B]

ok

-85mv is a pretty big undervolt, did you test higher/lower values in furmark to check it was stable?

LOL, errr...

I still wouldn't have expected such a big crash, I've gone overboard on other cards as it usually just CTD.

I dialled it back a bit and have just had an hour session on Alyx with logging, card stayed cool and under 300w with no problems so maybe it was just unlucky.

 

[t2na]

LOL, errr...

Haha, I appreciate the honesty!

Yeah, depending on how hard you've pushed it some crashes can be a bit more 'dramatic' than others. Least it's all good now!

 

[Kirkatron]

Another roundup of 14 9070 XTs. This time from Techspot, pretty much identical to the Techpowerup roundup.

https://www.techspot.com/review/3015-amd-radeon-9070-xt-roundup/

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

i knew i spoke to soon, think all was fine until last 2 days and ACC keeps crashing on me. i havent changed a thing, no ACC updates. very strange and very infuriating as just about to start LFM at spa and bang it went down twice

 

[Troop]

i knew i spoke to soon, think all was fine until last 2 days and ACC keeps crashing on me. i havent changed a thing, no ACC updates. very strange and very infuriating as just about to start LFM at spa and bang it went down twice

No problems here with ACC, been driving it hard last couple of days, 9800x3d/9070xt -30W and -75mv.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

No problems here with ACC, been driving it hard last couple of days, 9800x3d/9070xt -30W and -75mv.

hmm strange how all of sudden its playing up, im upped power a few % and all seems ok atm, just werid havent had any issues until couple days ago

 

[eeii]

hmm strange how all of sudden its playing up, im upped power a few % and all seems ok atm, just werid havent had any issues until couple days ago

Could be you were on the ragged edge.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

possible i guess, though i been playing at those setting since owning card, seems to have solved the issue for now

 

[Firegod]

possible i guess, though i been playing at those setting since owning card, seems to have solved the issue for now

Maybes a weak PSU or sign of PSU issue and not necessarily the GPU. I could be wrong.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

i have a EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, 80+ GOLD 750W. its a few yrs old, well just over 7yrs to be exact. isnt 750 the recommended spec for 9070xt? maybe i could do with an upgrade

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[t2na]

i have a EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, 80+ GOLD 750W. its a few yrs old, well just over 7yrs to be exact. isnt 750 the recommended spec for 9070xt? maybe i could do with an upgrade

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750w should be fine tbh, maybe a random spike pushed it above but nothing else from your components suggests excessive power drawer. A 13500 isn't exactly a 14900k.

 

[Minstadave]

i have a EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, 80+ GOLD 750W. its a few yrs old, well just over 7yrs to be exact. isnt 750 the recommended spec for 9070xt? maybe i could do with an upgrade

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Would use what you have.

 

[Tommy_Here]

i have a EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, 80+ GOLD 750W. its a few yrs old, well just over 7yrs to be exact. isnt 750 the recommended spec for 9070xt? maybe i could do with an upgrade

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I have the G2 1000w fantastic PSU imo and it’s powering the 9070 Xt no drama. It’s even managed the 3090 with a 500w Vbios put on it

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Would use what you have.

@MCFC_ANDY I would also give what you have a go - your CPU isn't something like a 14900K being heavily loaded and pulling 250W+ by itself; but if you see any issues, replace it with something new. A good PSU will overlast its warranty, and will have some headroom built in, but capacitor aging etc is a thing, and output can deteriorate over the longer period, and at 7 years already, your PSU can no longer be considered fresh.

I'm intending to go all the way to a 1200/1300W on my current WIP build (waiting for all the parts to arrive, in signature), but that is partially because PSUs have a habit of 'living on' within my friends and family for a good many years, and I also wanted the build to stand as a foundation; where if the next gen of CPU or GPU are supremely awesome, it SHOULD just be a simple swap out, with no other parts needing attention, even if power draw is higher, or recommended RAM speed is a bit higher (C26/28 6000MT RAM will usually clock higher with more voltage or slightly slackened timings fairly easily); which dependent on power draw, might not have been so assured with a 900W or less, even if the current rig should draw nowhere near that. It's also nice to be within the optimal efficiency area of the draw curve; which on your PSU you might be starting to head out of, not that you should be anywhere near the 750W the PSU should be able to provide.

 

[Alexrose1uk]

I have the G2 1000w fantastic PSU imo and it’s powering the 9070 Xt no drama. It’s even managed the 3090 with a 500w Vbios put on it

The G2 range is, or at least used to be basically made by Super Flower, so its not a suprise they're excellent, as they're one of the best PSU manufacturers in the consumer market.