The Radeon RX9070XT / RX9070 Owners Thread

Mercurial · Tuesday at 08:29

Agree completely, and worth reiterating that it needs removing as someone who had been using NV for years may just assume it is part of "how things are done", and explain the odd issues you see posted in this forum, which in xx years of AMD use I personally haven't ever experienced (I know, lucky me

).

eeii · Tuesday at 09:11

ICDP said:
As an IT professional myself, if this were an actual quality check on someone in my technical team, I would be using this as a “teaching” scenario.

a) Why as a person with over 20 years experience of GPUs and an IT technician no less, did you completely fail to diagnose and resolve an obvious hardware fault after 6 months?

b) Why are you concluding it is working as intended and indicative of the entire brand? Wouldn’t the more rational step as a IT professional be to get the GPU replaced under warranty to get a bigger sample size?

Me to 28 years IT support. As soon as I saw what he said I was like hhmmmmm.

Dirk Diggler · Tuesday at 13:03

What's the best setting for the driver, is it HYPR-RX? Also, when using FSR4 is it best to have frame gen off and start with upscaling Native, then drop through quality/performance when required?

MyBrainz · Tuesday at 13:17

Mercurial said:
Just wondering out loud, but do people who move from Nvidia to AMD normally uninstall Afterburner (if keeping the same Windows install) when moving manufacturers? I have heard that it can interfere with Adrenalin as both attempt to do the same thing (and Afterburner has more system wide settings than available in Adrenalin, which may not get reset).

When going from 3060Ti to 9070 I eventually uninstalled Afterburner as I realised I didnt need it anymore, AMD's monitoring software for the GPU works really good. I did a fresh install of Rivatuner because I still use the frame limiter in an app that AMD's frame limiter doesnt seem to work with, might be because the app is OpenGL but not 100% sure.

Have to say I dont miss Afterburner at all

eeii · Tuesday at 13:25

Never used hyper-rx. Only use frame gen if you are over 60fps. Use with anti lag. FSR 4 can be used with frame gen I’m using both working really well with borderlands 4. It’s worth trying different settings to see which works for you. What works with one game might not work for you in others. I have tried native FSR4 and it’s better than TAA.

Fluffybob · Wednesday at 11:23

Hi all, Just got myself a Sapphire 9070xt Nitro+

I have an Asus Tuf 1000w PSU with a cable to suit this card, do I need to worry about the few reports of cable melting or am I ok?

mattyfez · Wednesday at 11:43

Fluffybob said:
Hi all, Just got myself a Sapphire 9070xt Nitro+ I have an Asus Tuf 1000w PSU with a cable to suit this card, do I need to worry about the few reports of cable melting or am I ok?

I wouldn't have thought so, it uses about 275w less than a 5090

Sapphire RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Review - KitGuru

Following our launch-day review of AMD's RX 9070 XT, today we’re analysing the Sapphire Nitro+ partn

www.kitguru.net

Fluffybob · Wednesday at 11:57

mattyfez said:
I wouldn't have thought so, it uses about 275w less than a 5090

Sapphire RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Review - KitGuru

Following our launch-day review of AMD's RX 9070 XT, today we’re analysing the Sapphire Nitro+ partn

www.kitguru.net

Cheers @mattyfez that's a very thorough review

GuruJockStrap · Wednesday at 13:12

I’ve been getting an occasional Direct X Error when playing Battlefield 6 where game will freeze and then eventually dump me to the desktop or last night, black screen and nothing. Had to hard reboot my PC.

My 9070XT was undervolted so I’ve knocked back the undervolt twice as it’s happened twice already. I’m thinking what I thought was stable, clearly isn’t.

Going to revert to stock and see if the issue occurs again.

mattyfez · Wednesday at 13:35

GuruJockStrap said:
I’ve been getting an occasional Direct X Error when playing Battlefield 6 where game will freeze and then eventually dump me to the desktop or last night, black screen and nothing. Had to hard reboot my PC.

My 9070XT was undervolted so I’ve knocked back the undervolt twice as it’s happened twice already. I’m thinking what I thought was stable, clearly isn’t.

Going to revert to stock and see if the issue occurs again.

It's a very new game though... Can you replicate the issue with more mature games?

GuruJockStrap · Wednesday at 13:45

Only game I have installed at the moment.

I did play the Beta equally to full release and never experienced the issue. That was with the undervolt but an older driver ( I’m using the latest driver this time around).

For me, it’s either:

1. Unstable GPU undervolt - I’ve reverted to stock so will see what that does
2. AMD driver - I can do a clean install with DDU and install an older version if above doesn’t work
3. PSU - I am using a 650w PSU, so last stab would be some financial outlay.

michty_me · Wednesday at 14:58

GuruJockStrap said:
Only game I have installed at the moment.

I did play the Beta equally to full release and never experienced the issue. That was with the undervolt but an older driver ( I’m using the latest driver this time around).

For me, it’s either:

1. Unstable GPU undervolt - I’ve reverted to stock so will see what that does
2. AMD driver - I can do a clean install with DDU and install an older version if above doesn’t work
3. PSU - I am using a 650w PSU, so last stab would be some financial outlay.

I've got a -50mV and slight overclock with fast timings and not seen any crashes as of yet. I am on the previous driver though or I've not had a long enough gaming session.

GuruJockStrap · Wednesday at 15:13

I was on -80mV and then knocked it down to -70mV after first crash or two.

I could keep going down until I get to a stable place but it’s real pain when it crashes after 1.5 hours and I’m mid online game.

So, will try default settings on GPU and take it from there.

Whilst -80mV was stable during some benchmark runs, clearly 1.5 hours of gaming is a far better test!

rallyslag · Wednesday at 15:45

With my Taichi i got -120mv for benchmarking but kept getting Crashes and driver timeouts when gaming,sometimes after over an hours gaming .
I am now what seems to be game stable at only -70 MV. No OC as it already draws lots of juice anyway.
The Memory is fast timing and 2700 MHz. Im getting up to 3250 MHz on the GPU when gaming.
And it is very quiet with a fan profile . So am happy with that.

GuruJockStrap · Wednesday at 16:34

I think the difference at load between -70mV and stock for me was 270w vs 300w if I recall.

At the moment, I’d rather take the stability, game trouble free and put up with the additional power draw than start tinkering and testing.

Mercurial · Wednesday at 17:10

rallyslag said:
With my Taichi i got -120mv for benchmarking but kept getting Crashes and driver timeouts when gaming,sometimes after over an hours gaming .
I am now what seems to be game stable at only -70 MV. No OC as it already draws lots of juice anyway.
The Memory is fast timing and 2700 MHz. Im getting up to 3250 MHz on the GPU when gaming.
And it is very quiet with a fan profile . So am happy with that.

Interestingly, with my Taichi I've landed on pretty much the same settings as you (-75 undervolt and memory fast at 2700).l I'm boosting pretty much the same as well.

Edit - I've Hynix memory on my Taichi for reference.

rallyslag · Wednesday at 18:08

Mercurial said:
Interestingly, with my Taichi I've landed on pretty much the same settings as you (-75 undervolt and memory fast at 2700).l I'm boosting pretty much the same as well.

Edit - I've Hynix memory on my Taichi for reference.

GPUZ reports mine as being Samsung memory, Which i find strange that the same card would use different memory.

Edit: found this article on guru3d

AMD RX 9070 XT Update: Transition to Samsung GDDR6 Memory for Improved Thermal Performance

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has recently undergone an update involving a change in the type of memory used. Historically, the model has faced criticism for high temperatures associated with its GDDR6 memory, particularly in configurations that adhere closely to the manufacturer's suggested retail...

www.guru3d.com

Mercurial · Wednesday at 18:44

Not that unusual. In Crossfire days I had cards which used Micron/Infineon/Hynix as well as Samsung for the same model card.

Latterly (with the 9000 series) Sapphire has used a mix of RAM manufacturers for the Pulse and Nitro (that I'm aware of).

Tetras · Wednesday at 19:11

Mercurial said:
Not that unusual. In Crossfire days I had cards which used Micron/Infineon/Hynix as well as Samsung for the same model card.

Latterly (with the 9000 series) Sapphire has used a mix of RAM manufacturers for the Pulse and Nitro (that I'm aware of).

Yeah, not uncommon at all, I have a Pulse with Elpida and another Pulse (same model) with Samsung (not a 9070 XT).

welshrat · Wednesday at 19:48

I know I mentioned this earlier but have had a good few hours with my new Nitro+, and despite being really happy with my old card I can't believe how borked the cooling must have been on it. I am running BF6 with a 144hz FPS limit on ultra and the cards hot spot never goes above 60 degrees, GPU is 50 degrees, memory never above 60 and half the time the fan is turning off, with around 80% utilisation and wattage hovering between 125 and 160. Super impressed.

I have never owned a card this fast that I can limit FPS at 144 and ultra and it only hit 80% utilisation.