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OcUK RX9070 Series Review Thread
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Yeah I just watched the same one, his game selection seems to have been really good for the 9700/XT - but even in games which HUB also reviewed he's getting quite a bit better performance - Cyberpunk and Plague Tale for instance, it takes it from tied with the XTX/5070ti/4080 to ahead of them, or from behind to tied
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On the subject of temps, as far as I can tell (assuming TPU results are accurate) it seems the cores run pretty cool, which coupled with a BIOS tuned for quiet on the Sapphires is making the memory temps look bad.
Default fan profile here is hitting around 25dB under load... that's whisper quiet!
Normalised to 35dB the temps seem good or at least fine
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Review - Beating NVIDIA
AMD's new RDNA 4 GPUs are launching today. The Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ is a fantastic custom design with powerful cooling and whisper-quiet fans. In terms of FPS, the RX 9070 XT offers competitive performance with similarly priced NVIDIA options in both raster and ray tracing.www.techpowerup.com
Hardly anything in it compared to the base pulse model
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Yeah, that's kinda what I meant - That Sapphire are prioritising quiet over temps... at the prices as currently listed, I'd definitely be leaning towards the Pulse over the Nitro! (Very happy with my 7900XT Pulse though and won't be changing it out!)
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Is it that bad power wise really?
Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD pulls off an upset in the battle of the midrange GPUsuk.pcmag.com
The power section of this review for gaming has it pulling the same as the 5070ti pretty much.
If you look at TechPowerUp's review of the Nitro+ they show gpu only power draw and that card pulls a ridiculous 351w while gaming (standadr XT is 330w). That's a lot of power for a high mid range card and 101w more than the 7800XT which I belive this card replaces. I thought my 7900GRE was bad enough but this is getting daft now. I am not crazy about the power draw from any of the new cards from any manufacturer although the 9070 non XT has decent power/performance levels and could be the exception.
Weird. A lot reviews show the non high end cards (IE the pulse etc) only pulling the stated 300 or so watts which isn't far off the 5070ti.
IIRC, AMD mentioned there was an 'OC' version that had a higher power draw than the normal one.
Anyone seen any reviews on the encoder improvements?
Yes I think the high end ones push the board power to 340w or so instead of 304w.
I don't think the extra percent or two in frames is really worth 10%+ power usage personally but I know enthusiasts like to squeeze every last frame no matter the power use!
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No I bought mine a week after it came out, if anything I feel rather smug. I've had it over 2 years and the latest AMD cards are out and it's still classed as their top card and has more vram and I still don't care about RT or frame gen technology. I'll wait for the next gen of graphics cards.
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I should have clarified I meant if you had purchased one in the last month or two, if you bought it a launch then you've got no complainants with what AMD is doing with the price if the 9000 series.
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People can't rate it that high given there's MSRP stock still
Edit : actually the MSRP isn't in stock, it just says it is
The £569 9070 stock is though
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its £50 overpriced but that doesn't make it a bad GPU, as a GPU its good and if it gets that price drop, which it probably will in a few weeks, it puts it in to perspective.
Steve made the point that its overpriced but he is reviewing the hardware, he likes the hardware, just not the price. I agree.
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There's no such thing as a bad GPU, only bad pricing
But given the MSRP's required rebates, I'm expecting worse pricing in the next few weeks
Either way, people have hyped themselves up for products in a market that would be laughable years ago.
Console games are the real winners.
yeah people are like its not as fast as the XT but when you look in most games benched its only like 5 -10 fps max and its £50 cheaper. also in some scenarios uses less power and better than a nvidia 5070. nvidia need to do some repricing restructure.
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Shows they can't produce a higher tier card either as the effiency to get the 9070XT is miles behind
Its ****! to put it bluntly, i can't and wouldn't argue with you there.