The Radeon RX9070XT / RX9070 Owners Thread

[GoogalyMoogaly]

I apologise if this isn’t the right place to ask, but I thought I’d post in this thread rather than start a new one.

I have a PowerColor Red Devil 9070XT that I purchased in March. Initially, I experienced occasional driver timeouts while gaming. They were infrequent, so I didn’t think much of it.

In May, while browsing, the bottom 4/5 of my screen began cycling through colours while the top 1/5 displayed normally. Power cycling the monitor didn’t help, but rebooting the PC did. This concerned me, so I asked on various forums, but I never found a cause.

Over the next few weeks, driver timeouts became more common, specificly when playing PUBG. At first, it was once or twice a week, then a few times in one week, then it eased off again. Recently, however, it has gotten worse. For the past two weeks, I’ve had two or more driver timeouts every time I play PUBG, with no clear pattern. It can happen immediately after starting a game or over an hour in, whether the PC has been freshly booted or running for a while.

Today, when I booted my computer and logged into Windows, the screen stayed black with orangey pink flecks across the screen before the image went back to normal. It didn't last long so I was unable to get a picture. Later, I had two driver timeouts without gaming, once while idle and once while browsing which was not common.

I’ve checked Event Viewer but haven’t found anything, any advice on specific terms to search for would be appreciated.

I did wonder about overheating but I think this all looks within normal.

Temperatures (monitored with HWiNFO64, room at roughly 27 °C):

Gaming (default fan curve): GPU 60 °C, Hotspot 90 °C, Memory 95 °C, 100% usage, TBP 330 W.
Idle: GPU 40 °C, Hotspot 45 °C, Memory 64 °C, 8% usage, TBP 18 W.

Troubleshooting so far:
Tried multiple cables, monitors, and TVs.
Tested several driver versions, including 25.8.1.
Used DDU to uninstall drivers and install fresh.
Reinstalled Windows (twice, on different drives).
Reseated the GPU.
Tried GPU in a different PCIe slot.
Changed desktop resolution (1440p → 1080p).
Lowered in-game resolutions.
Checked power cables.
Applied a custom fan curve to improve cooling.
Underclocked the GPU (per forum suggestion).

At this point, I’m unsure if I’m missing something obvious, if it’s user error, or if the card itself is faulty. The randomness is driving me crazy since I can’t reproduce the issue at will.

System specs:
Windows 11
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
ASRock Nova X870E
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360
32 GB CL28 6000 MHz Corsair Vengeance
PowerColor Red Devil 7900XT
2 TB Lexar M.2
2 TB Crucial P3 Plus M.2
Corsair RM1000x PSU

Any help, advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Not sure what cable you're using, but may be worth trying a different DP/HDMI cable?

 

[timmothy]

We're an RDNA4 family now

Picked up a BGrade 9070 for my son's birthday to replace his RX7600 (Thanks @Robbie_G !) it still has the peels on

This is a PowerColor Reaper 9070 vs an XFX Swift 9070XT, the XFX card is also about twice as thick.

That is ridiculous to see those side by side. I didn't realize the 9070xt was so big.

 

[moss87]

Not sure what cable you're using, but may be worth trying a different DP/HDMI cable?

I have tried a few both HDMI and DP but it won't hurt to try another one.

Do you have a previous card as it might be worth putting back in and running a few games to see if you have any problems. Failing that running furmark for no more than 15 mins should cause the card crash if it has any hardware problems.

I ran furmark for 20 minutes and it was solid. I ran it at 1440p, an average of 248fps with the max temps being GPU 60°C, Hotspot 88°C, Memory 92°C.
It looks like it isn't physically the GPU which is the issue which is good.

 

[mattyfez]

That is ridiculous to see those side by side. I didn't realize the 9070xt was so big.

Here's my xfx quicksilver 9070xt next to my sapphire pulse 6800xt...
They are... Big lol

 

[moss87]

Ok I have no idea what is going on but something definitely isn't right. I was listening to music and browsing when the screen went solid colours cycling through. The audio kept playing and I was even able to pause, resume and skip tracks using macros on my keyboard, which suggests it wasn't an issue with the system. I recorded waht happened on my phone but have spoilered it due to the flashing images.

WARNING! FLASHING IMAGES!

Spoiler

 

[freddie64]

Tested several driver versions, including 25.8.1.

Have you tried any of the optional drivers or just the WHQL ones?

Maybe try with XMP/EXPO off, etc. (system may not be as stable as you think)

I am having very random restarts when i try to undervolt/overclock my 9070XT but it runs perfect at stock.
I did read that it could be a system instability that is causing it and will be testing sometime this week.

 

[Nate75]

I know you said you have no other card to use to test.

But is it possible you could pop it into a mate's machine to test etc...

 

[RBImGuy]

Ok I have no idea what is going on but something definitely isn't right. I was listening to music and browsing when the screen went solid colours cycling through. The audio kept playing and I was even able to pause, resume and skip tracks using macros on my keyboard, which suggests it wasn't an issue with the system. I recorded waht happened on my phone but have spoilered it due to the flashing images.

WARNING! FLASHING IMAGES!

Spoiler

I would increase cooling (fans) and drop voltage/mhz a bit and figure if that helps or not.

 

[melmac]

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately I do not have any other cards to test with so I shall give furmark a go.

It's a faulty card, Return it.

 

[ljt]

It's a faulty card, Return it.

Yup. If you can't test it on another machine then RMA it and get them to test it.

The delta of 30 degrees seems quite large between GPU and Hot-spot temps as well. Mine doesn't go above about 20 degrees delta.

 

[Rob_B]

undercook a bit,

That is ridiculous to see those side by side. I didn't realize the 9070xt was so big.

The XFX cards in particular seem to be huge, but not that long thankfully.

 

[moss87]

Have you tried any of the optional drivers or just the WHQL ones?

Maybe try with XMP/EXPO off, etc. (system may not be as stable as you think)

I am having very random restarts when i try to undervolt/overclock my 9070XT but it runs perfect at stock.
I did read that it could be a system instability that is causing it and will be testing sometime this week.

I have tried both WHQL and optional and the same behaviour has persisted.
I just went to turn off EXPO and it was already off. I had forgotten I that did that a couple of weeks ago for that exact reason.
The system isn't restarting or locking, I just get kicked to the desktop with applications closed and a message about the AMD driver timing out or like the video where the sound is still working and it sounded like I still had control but I had to reboot to resolve the issue, saying that I didn't try reseating the DP cable so I can't say if that would have worked.

I know you said you have no other card to use to test.

But is it possible you could pop it into a mate's machine to test etc...

Unfortunately all my friends that are into gaming and have a PC I could test out live several hours away so it isn't viable. There is the iGPU but I don't know if that has enough go in it to test gaming? I don't know if it is also worth mentioning that the issues only began after the switching to this GPU.

I would increase cooling (fans) and drop voltage/mhz a bit and figure if that helps or not.

I've tried that and had the same issues

It's a faulty card, Return it.

I think I am going to have to go down this route and reach out to overclockers.

Yup. If you can't test it on another machine then RMA it and get them to test it.

The delta of 30 degrees seems quite large between GPU and Hot-spot temps as well. Mine doesn't go above about 20 degrees delta.

I was surprised by the large difference but I knew they ran hot so was unsure if it was ok.

 

[welshrat]

I have tried both WHQL and optional and the same behaviour has persisted.
I just went to turn off EXPO and it was already off. I had forgotten I that did that a couple of weeks ago for that exact reason.
The system isn't restarting or locking, I just get kicked to the desktop with applications closed and a message about the AMD driver timing out or like the video where the sound is still working and it sounded like I still had control but I had to reboot to resolve the issue, saying that I didn't try reseating the DP cable so I can't say if that would have worked.



Unfortunately all my friends that are into gaming and have a PC I could test out live several hours away so it isn't viable. There is the iGPU but I don't know if that has enough go in it to test gaming? I don't know if it is also worth mentioning that the issues only began after the switching to this GPU.



I've tried that and had the same issues


I think I am going to have to go down this route and reach out to overclockers.



I was surprised by the large difference but I knew they ran hot so was unsure if it was ok.

Not to worry you and it's very likely the GPU but as you have an asrock mb and 9800x3d (same as me) just be aware that there are issues with that board and they are killing some CPUs which in some cases appears as instability initially

 

[moss87]

Not to worry you and it's very likely the GPU but as you have an asrock mb and 9800x3d (same as me) just be aware that there are issues with that board and they are killing some CPUs which in some cases appears as instability initially

Fingers crossed this isn't the case.

 

[mattyfez]

Sounds like an RMA to me, to be fair...it's a shame you can't test the card in a friends machine, or test a friends card in your machine, but the symptoms could easily be bad ram on the card, **** happens...

 

[freddie64]

Fingers crossed this isn't the case.

As long as you are on the latest bios your CPU should be ok.

Looks like you have done all the fault finding you can so it does seem to be RMA time.
Hopefully OCUK will be able replicate the fault straight away and get a replacement out quickly.

 

[moss87]

As long as you are on the latest bios your CPU should be ok.

Looks like you have done all the fault finding you can so it does seem to be RMA time.
Hopefully OCUK will be able replicate the fault straight away and get a replacement out quickly.

Hopefully it would be quick and smooth. My fear is that I can't replicate the fault at will so wonder if they will be able to, if the fault is the card and not something else.

A friend of mine said he should send me his old GTX 980, Would this be worth using to test if it is the gpu?

 

[MyBrainz]

Hopefully it would be quick and smooth. My fear is that I can't replicate the fault at will so wonder if they will be able to, if the fault is the card and not something else.

A friend of mine said he should send me his old GTX 980, Would this be worth using to test if it is the gpu?

Just take the card out, enable iGPU in BIOS if not already done so and test with that, this way you already have AMD drivers installed and you wont have to install any Nvidia drivers.

Thats the best place to start imo.

I've ran 2 displays at 120Hz perfectly fine from my 7800X3D iGPU before I bought this 9070.

 

[Sumanji]

Finally caved in and got the Asus 9070 XT for ~$760 incl. tax (~565 gbp)... the CP2077 2.3 patch with FSR4 is what pushed me over the edge sorry @Thekwango

One thing that struck me out of the box was the weight difference between my reference 6900XT (1.52kg) and this Asus card (1.16kg). Copious amounts of cheap plastic have definitely been used.

I'm on the latest 25.8.1. driver - any other suggestions for a 9000 series noobie please?

@CAT-THE-FIFTH can you TROH me up please? Apologies for the awful pic!

 

[Minstadave]

Finally caved in and got the Asus 9070 XT for ~$760 incl. tax (~565 gbp)... the CP2077 2.3 patch with FSR4 is what pushed me over the edge sorry @Thekwango

One thing that struck me out of the box was the weight difference between my reference 6900XT (1.52kg) and this Asus card (1.16kg). Copious amounts of cheap plastic have definitely been used.

I'm on the latest 25.8.1. driver - any other suggestions for a 9000 series noobie please?

@CAT-THE-FIFTH can you TROH me up please? Apologies for the awful pic!

Quick under voltage (-50mv is a good starting point), fast memory timings and set it to 2750mhz. Can all be done in Adrenaline menus.