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The Radeon RX9070XT / RX9070 Owners Thread
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I'm the same.
New version of the FSR4 dll is available. Showing as FSR4.0.1 when used in Optiscaler. Didn't notice any major difference in output quality but the file size is 13.8MB compared to the older dll which is 17MB.
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does it change, like 144hz it's ok but 180hz it's worse? like my pure
I have the Nitro+ and it has coil whine but I just use Radeon Chill to limit fps to the monitor refresh of 165Hz. The coil whine usually happens when the frame rate is very high such as in title or settings menu.
It may improve with use. I've seen some people say theirs have got better with a few hours of gaming. I got a good one as my Nitro+ doesn't whine unless you go above 300 fps. I'm at 144hz 4k though so it's absolutely silent when limited to the refresh rate.
So far I've tried it on Red Dead 1, that has zero coil whine, Last of Us 1 and 2 its pretty bad unless I limit the frames below 100, Baldurs Gate 3 again have to limit frames to around 100 and Cyberpunk, can hear it but not as bad as Last of Us and using Optiscaler helps a lot.
Will download and test a few more games on Game Pass over the weekend
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Flashed an RX 9070 XT Hellhound bios on to my 9070 Reaper, previously clocks were 2800 mhz tops, now 3200-3300 mhz 
, took it from 240 watts to 300, gets very unhappy at 330 (tested for a few seconds out of curiosity)
Interestingly even at 240 watts cap with the hellhound bios the clocks are much higher than before, depsite being stable, odd!
Don't have Windows at the moment but will install for some 3dmark fun soon.
, took it from 240 watts to 300, gets very unhappy at 330 (tested for a few seconds out of curiosity) Interestingly even at 240 watts cap with the hellhound bios the clocks are much higher than before, depsite being stable, odd!
Don't have Windows at the moment but will install for some 3dmark fun soon.
Should we replace the System32 file with this also? Or, just use it in Optiscaler?. I assume the new file will be installed in System32 when the new driver comes out, but not sure.
The link you’ve provided shows as 17Mb. I had to back out to parent directory and click the bottom link, which then shows as 13.8MB.
I’ve got a nitro+ and it’s silent
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Just installed the white Hellhound and it looks ace in my all -white build.
As a bonus the card is precisely the right length for the Frame 4000d case integrated anti sag pillar. Like they were designed to go together!
The whole thing looks really really clean. Just installing drivers... Don't think I'm going to have any buyers remorse with this, touch wood!
As a bonus the card is precisely the right length for the Frame 4000d case integrated anti sag pillar. Like they were designed to go together!
The whole thing looks really really clean. Just installing drivers... Don't think I'm going to have any buyers remorse with this, touch wood!
These cards are good.
The Nitro+ 9070XT is the first GPU i've been really happy with since my Asus ROG 1080Ti. I had a 3090 for 2 years and a 7900 XTX for 2 years after that, but they were like space heaters, and I was never fully happy with either of them. The XTX's main issue being FSR 2, 3 and 3.1 were garbage, and the 3090 just didn't perform anywhere near as well as is its paper specs suggested, with the 3080 being only around 10% behind back then.
I've been looking for something with similar performance, decent upscaling, but less power hungry for a while. This runs so quiet and cool and, when frame capped, uses so much less power than both the previous cards ever did at the same settings and FPS. Its performance for its price is spot on too, I haven't lost out on switching from the XTX like I expected to.
In all honesty, I originally bought it expecting to return it and keep the XTX, the XTX however never went back in my PC and got sold on eBay. I don't think you'll have buyers remorse either.
Great work with the BIOS flash!Flashed an RX 9070 XT Hellhound bios on to my 9070 Reaper, previously clocks were 2800 mhz tops, now 3200-3300 mhz
Interestingly even at 240 watts cap with the hellhound bios the clocks are much higher than before, depsite being stable, odd!
Don't have Windows at the moment but will install for some 3dmark fun soon.
I've been very impressed with this (the 9070) cards performance and stability under Linux so far as I was expecting it to take 3-6 months to get where I feel we are now.
I'm on a later kernel than you (6.14.2) and later mesa (25.0.4) and have absolutely no complaints for my usage.
Until what FPS though? All electronics make noise when pushed. Is it an XT?
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Can’t say I’ve noticed it but yes it’s a “XT” model, I play all FPS though
I meant frames sorry, first person shooters are my gig too though
The only trouble with asking other people if they have coil whine, is unfortunately everyone's hearing is different, especially at the higher frequency end where coil whine sound sits. Variables like age (the older you get, you start to lose the ability to hear higher frequency sounds) and the amount of abuse ears may have taken over their life (going to loud concerts/clubs. loud music/movies through headphones etc, work related damage etc)