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AMD Radeon 9070XT review thread

I DDU everytime.

My config is Ryzen 7 7800x3D, 32GB RAM, WIN11.

25.9.2 just restarts my PC after like 10 to 20% install and sometimes I can see AMD Adrenalin even but ... it's a messy install only goes through when I click on it a second time without DDU lmao. And my games crash.

While 25.9.1 installs normally after DDU and games don't crash.
 
I have a really weird one with HDR - HDR has worked fine on my PS5 and Series X and I am using the same cable on my PC as I did with those 2.

One thing I have noticed that I find strange - if I turn HDR on my PS5 the TV will flag in Game Bar or in the top right that a HDR signal is active/being received.

When I turn HDR on in Windows the screen flashes black as it turns on but my TV doesnt seem to recognise or acknowledge that there is a HDR signal there - I have the enhanced HDMI port on and plugged into the 2.1 port as well.

Auto-HDR has broken my machine too much for me to want to try it again - I did really like that feature on Xbox though so its a shame.

Another weird thing I have found is my GPU specs (Sapphire Pulse 9070XT) doesnt mention HDMI 2.1 at all - just says it has HDMI and Display Port 2.1 - would it be better for me to use a Display port to HDMI cable?
 
Shockwave_Fox said:
I have a really weird one with HDR - HDR has worked fine on my PS5 and Series X and I am using the same cable on my PC as I did with those 2.

One thing I have noticed that I find strange - if I turn HDR on my PS5 the TV will flag in Game Bar or in the top right that a HDR signal is active/being received.

When I turn HDR on in Windows the screen flashes black as it turns on but my TV doesnt seem to recognise or acknowledge that there is a HDR signal there - I have the enhanced HDMI port on and plugged into the 2.1 port as well.

Auto-HDR has broken my machine too much for me to want to try it again - I did really like that feature on Xbox though so its a shame.

Another weird thing I have found is my GPU specs (Sapphire Pulse 9070XT) doesnt mention HDMI 2.1 at all - just says it has HDMI and Display Port 2.1 - would it be better for me to use a Display port to HDMI cable?
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HDR looks shit for me on PC (my monitor doesn't have proper HDR, but it looked shit on my TV as well).
According to this it's 2.1b https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/sapphire-pulse-rx-9070-xt.b12275

2x HDMI 2.1b
2x DisplayPort 2.1a
 
really considering dropping the hammer and pairing this with 9800x3d

not sure if its worth the extra money and just get the 7800x3d
 
INC said:
really considering dropping the hammer and pairing this with 9800x3d

not sure if its worth the extra money and just get the 7800x3d
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Im rocking 7800x3D with RX 9070XT. Got it significantly cheaper than 9800x3D - not to mention I have an AsRock mobo so it would be risky. Havent have hit 100% CPU usage in any game.

Even MP.

EDIT: COD sits mostly at 50% while 7600 had 100% usage and Helldivers 2 hits like 50-70% tops for me.
 
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AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2


New Product Support
AMD Ryzen™ AI 5 330

New Game Support
Battlefield™ 6 (DX12)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (DX12)

Expanded Vulkan Support
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Work Graphs Support
Initial introduction of Work Graphs support on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
Important Information
When downgrading to previous version of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition it is recommended to use AMD Cleanup Utility.
USB-C power charging has been disabled for Radeon™ RX 7900 series graphics products. Users requiring this feature are recommended to use AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition version 25.3.1.
Using a magic string that can be configured in SBIOS by customers, the driver will determine what codec must be disabled, this includes HEVC, H264, VP9 and AV1. This is available on Radeon™ RX 7000 and 9000 series graphics products.
New Game Support and Expanded Vulkan Extensions Support is available to Radeon™ RX 7000 and 9000 series graphics products.
Fixed Issues
Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing The Last of Us Part II on Radeon™ RX 7900 series graphics products.
Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing FBC: Firebreak on some AMD Ryzen™ processors such as the Ryzen™ AI 300 series and the Ryzen™ 8000 series.
Corruption (missing scan travel lines) may be observed while playing GTFO™ on Radeon™ RX 7000 series graphics products.
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Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while loading a saved game in Cyberpunk 2077 with Path Tracing enabled. AMD is actively working on a resolution with the developer to be released as soon as possible.
Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Battlefield™ 6 on AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Roblox Player (Car Zone Racing & Drifting) when task switching between media on Radeon™ RX 7000 series products.
Texture flickering or corruption may appear while playing Battlefield™ 6 with AMD Record and Stream on some AMD Graphics Products.
Radeon Anti-Lag 2 option may not be available while playing Counter-Strike 2 (DX11) with Radeon Anti-Lag 2 enabled on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 9070 XT. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to use the Vulkan API as a temporary workaround.
 
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RDNA4 pretty well selling
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Just sold my ASUS TUF 6800XT OC (for 300eu) and bought the 9070XT OC Hellhound from PowerColor (for 660eu).

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My full specs:
MOBO:Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2
GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6800 XT OC
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D + Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.C
RAM: Kingston Fury Renegade KF436C16RB1K2/32
Audio: Asus Xonar Essence STX 124dB SNR
PSU: Cooler Master V750 Gold-V2
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
SSD: Kingston A2000 1TB M.2
SSD: WD Black SN850X 1TB M.2 SSD
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact Black TG Dark Tint
 
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I know we're all chasing high framerates on "epic" settings and what not but what kind of frametimes are viable these days?

I've seen a ton of benchmarks for the 9070XT for instance, all getting really solid framerate results but the frametimes vary WILDLY. I've even seen frametimes up to 25ms(?!) on 4K.
 
Sanepar said:
Get 7800x3d like I did and wait for zen6x3d.
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INC INC I also got the 7800x3d it was significantly cheaper than 9800x3d not to mention I have a AsRock motherboard and I have a peace of mind it doesn't fry.

Edit: Oh I already replied to that post, lmao.

Anyways I'm curious what INC INC went with.
 
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BeardSpike said:
INC INC I also got the 7800x3d it was significantly cheaper than 9800x3d not to mention I have a AsRock motherboard and I have a peace of mind it doesn't fry.

Edit: Oh I already replied to that post, lmao.

Anyways I'm curious what INC INC went with.
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i was gonna buy a full system, then found out im going to australia for a month in december, so itll be in the new year, hopefully by then the HAVN HS 420 case will be availible to buy in the UK
 
INC said:
i was gonna buy a full system, then found out im going to australia for a month in december, so itll be in the new year, hopefully by then the HAVN HS 420 case will be availible to buy in the UK
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I went with mATX build, rocking Lian Li x Dan Cases A3 Black with wood panel.
 

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.11.1


Highlights

  • New Product Support
    • AMD Ryzen™ 5 7500X3D
  • New Game Support
    • Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
    • Anno 117: Pax Romana
    • ARC Raiders
  • Fixed Issues
    • Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing games with Easy Anti-Cheat enabled when using the Radeon™ Overlay.
    • CPU metrics/tuning may not appear in the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ Application after updating the graphics driver using the AMD Software Install Manager.

Known Issues

  • Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while loading a saved game in Cyberpunk 2077 with Path Tracing enabled. AMD is actively working on a resolution with the developer to be released as soon as possible.
  • Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Battlefield™ 6 on AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Roblox Player (Car Zone Racing & Drifting) when task switching between media on Radeon™ RX 7000 series products.
  • Texture flickering or corruption may appear while playing Battlefield™ 6 with AMD Record and Stream on some AMD Graphics Products.
  • Radeon Anti-Lag 2 option may not be available while playing Counter-Strike 2 (DX11) with Radeon Anti-Lag 2 enabled on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 9070 XT. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to use the Vulkan API as a temporary workaround.
  • Intermittent system crashes may be observed while using some high-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 displays during display standby. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to use a DisplayPort connection as a temporary workaround.
 
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FSR Redstone will drop with Call of Duty Black Ops 7.

Edit: It may already be in newest drivers it seems. They did similar thing with FSR4.


It's here. Ray regeneration.
 
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I am looking at buying a 4070ti (used) a 5070 new or RX 9070xt new. All roughly the same price ATM.

My concern is I'm using a PSU 650w gold. Find conflicting information that my PSU might be not good enough for the Rx
 
Just do it! News spread, scalpers gonna scalp and that is it for this batch.

The next shipment will probably see higher prices and limited stocks 🤷‍♀️
 
Donald mac Ronald said:
I am looking at buying a 4070ti (used) a 5070 new or RX 9070xt new. All roughly the same price ATM.

My concern is I'm using a PSU 650w gold. Find conflicting information that my PSU might be not good enough for the Rx
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Depends what CPU you're gonna a pair it with.

And what model of PSU you have. Gold is not measure of quality of PSU.

For example my Corsair RM750x doesn't have much trouble with my Ryzen 7800x3D and RX 9070XT, it also powers 8 fans, 4 SSDs and a bunch of other USB peripherals but it's also in Tier 1 at PSU Cultist list.
 
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BeardSpike said:
Depends what CPU you're gonna a pair it with.

And what model of PSU you have. Gold is not measure of quality of PSU.

For example my Corsair RM750x doesn't have much trouble with my Ryzen 7800x3D and RX 9070XT, it also powers 8 fans, 4 SSDs and a bunch of other USB peripherals but it's also in Tier 1 at PSU Cultist list.
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Couldn't tell you tbh. I don't want to disassemble half my pc to pull the PSU out fully. I can only slightly pull it out and see x650m on the side,gpt seems to think it could be a corsair. When I bought it in 2018 I remember being it gold.

I'm using a 5700x3d
 
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Donald mac Ronald said:
Couldn't tell you tbh. I don't want to disassemble half my pc to pull the PSU out fully. I can only slightly pull it out and see x650m on the side,gpt seems to think it could be a corsair. When I bought it in 2018 I remember being it gold.

I'm using a 5700x3d
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If it really Corsair then you could risk it.

Going by TDP calculators it telling me I need 850W PSU minimum for my build.

I also run external USB HDD and SDD, mechanical wired keyboard, wired mouse, USB DAC, 3 controllers charging stations, 3 2.4Ghz dongles for them and USB Bluetooth adapter plus PWM hub for those 8 fans. So it's not like I'm not pushing it.

Corsairs PSU calculator is more accurate it said my PSU could handle this build, so I said f it.

Maybe try this calculator, others were basically BS. See what it says.

TX650M is gold certified. See the pics online if it looks similar.
 
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BeardSpike said:
If it really Corsair then you could risk it.

Going by TDP calculators it telling me I need 850W PSU minimum for my build.

I also run external USB HDD and SDD, mechanical wired keyboard, wired mouse, USB DAC, 3 controllers charging stations, 3 2.4Ghz dongles for them and USB Bluetooth adapter plus PWM hub for those 8 fans. So it's not like I'm not pushing it.

Corsairs PSU calculator is more accurate it said my PSU could handle this build, so I said f it.

Maybe try this calculator, others were basically BS. See what it says.

TX650M is gold certified. See the pics online if it looks similar.
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You checked my Amazon from 2018
Corsair tx-m 650 plus gold and according to your calculator you recommend it's actually recommending me a 650psu.

If I change to amd I will need a new monitor my current one is when gsync had actual hardware in it.
Thanks bro.
 
Just a heads up with the latest AMD drivers, because they have diverged RDNA 2 and RNDA3/4 drivers there is now an issue if you use your iGPU (9800X3D) for one screen and the others on a RDNA4 GPU like the 9070XT, basically you have to install a combi driver for the different chip sets but then adrenaline won't start, only way to get it to startup is if you physically remove the cable from the iGPU.

AMD are aware of this issue and it's being worked on but just in case it bites someone else like it did me :-)
 
Donald mac Ronald said:
You checked my Amazon from 2018
Corsair tx-m 650 plus gold and according to your calculator you recommend it's actually recommending me a 650psu.

If I change to amd I will need a new monitor my current one is when gsync had actual hardware in it.
Thanks bro.
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In 2021 it was in Tier A list in single rail on PSU list, similarly to my RMx now, should be still a high quality PSU and if Corsairs PSU calculator says it can handle it, it will. Mine did and it went well all according to theirs calculator.

Be sure to drop in after upgrading your PC.

If it will run well then both our choices of PSU where indeed golden then, lmao.

PSU was something I didn't absolutely wanted to cheap out on.
 
Donald mac Ronald said:
I am looking at buying a 4070ti (used) a 5070 new or RX 9070xt new. All roughly the same price ATM.

My concern is I'm using a PSU 650w gold. Find conflicting information that my PSU might be not good enough for the Rx
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Also depends on the condition of the power supply. Things with wear and tear benefit from lower "duty cycle". So if that thing was supplying everything it can day and night, that would be 100% duty cycle and it's life would be harder. If you have a good overhead and your power supply is operating more like 20%-80%, it will live longer. So you can have an old psu that would keep trucking for a long time, but you ask more of it and it and that will speed it's demise.

If it's old and you can afford the upgrade, it's a really overlooked component and worth buying a good one that can supply required power and then some.
 
Crayon said:
Also depends on the condition of the power supply. Things with wear and tear benefit from lower "duty cycle". So if that thing was supplying everything it can day and night, that would be 100% duty cycle and it's life would be harder. If you have a good overhead and your power supply is operating more like 20%-80%, it will live longer. So you can have an old psu that would keep trucking for a long time, but you ask more of it and it and that will speed it's demise.

If it's old and you can afford the upgrade, it's a really overlooked component and worth buying a good one that can supply required power and then some.
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I mean the "Gold" rating should work in 20-80% range but if you get a huge power supply just for the sake of it, you can often fall below 20% in normal PC usage like browsing Web or listening music, or watching movies.

Which can often engage burst mode in newest of PSUs, which in fact has a huge coil whine. EU regulation, basically power saving mode.

My Corsair has this, when I had it in my Ryzen 5 7600 x RX 6700XT build and it was bought so I could basically upgrade CPU and GPU it did engage it. It was awful whine btw.
 
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Does anybody has used a 9070 XT with a 600W PSU (I have the BeQuiet Pure Power)? I think it might be a bit tight. A Non-XT should work though, right?
 
BeardSpike said:
I mean the "Gold" rating should work in 20-80% range but if you get a huge power supply just for the sake of it, you can often fall below 20% in normal PC usage like browsing Web or listening music, or watching movies.

Which can often engage burst mode in newest of PSUs, which in fact has a huge coil whine. EU regulation, basically power saving mode.

My Corsair has this, when I had it in my Ryzen 5 7600 x RX 6700XT build and it was bought so I could basically upgrade CPU and GPU it did engage it. It was awful whine btw.
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Whoa I'd never heard of that.
 
Crayon said:
Whoa I'd never heard of that.
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Me too prior to buying it, lmao.

I even hopped on PSU Cultist list discord and they pointed towards burst mode.

Basically all new PSUs post 2024 will have this.

I think my Corsair is new version and they just added ATX 3.1.

I though it was defective but it doesn't whine with 7800x3d and 9070XT like at all.

Like it's finally at good enough load to not engage this.

The power supply in a desktop computer can switch to burst mode. Burst mode is a technology in which the power supply intermittently switches on and off at low loads to enhance efficiency and reduce power consumption. Especially when the load on the power supply switches from low to high, a noise might be heard.
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Södy said:
Does anybody has used a 9070 XT with a 600W PSU (I have the BeQuiet Pure Power)? I think it might be a bit tight. A Non-XT should work though, right?
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Tier B so still pretty high quality PSU.

It depends, same situation as Donald really, depends on CPU you're gonna pair it with really, if it's something like 7600 it could still theoretically work. But we're going down and down with wattage and quality of PSUs, lmao.

I personally? Wouldn't risk it. Either upgrade PSU or drop to non xt version.
 
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ASRock mentions "FidelityFX Super Resolution 4.1" for RX 9070 XT: new AMD feature or simple typo?


First, let's start with the most obvious question: does FSR 4.1 exist? Technically, the latest version is 4.0.2. AMD recently released FSR Redstone Ray Regeneration technology alongside Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, so it is possible this is how AMD is now referring to this technology as a whole. That is the theory. In reality, we could not find any reference to FSR 4.1 on any official site.
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BeardSpike said:
Tier B so still pretty high quality PSU.

It depends, same situation as Donald really, depends on CPU you're gonna pair it with really, if it's something like 7600 it could still theoretically work. But we're going down and down with wattage and quality of PSUs, lmao.

I personally? Wouldn't risk it. Either upgrade PSU or drop to non xt version.
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Yeah just after I posted it, there was a nice offer for a Sharkoon P20 850W PSU (80€) so I ordered it. Now I only need a good price for a 9070 XT :)
 
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A 9070 (non-xt) with a 12400f is too much? Or maybe even a 9070xt if the gods of black friday blesses me.

Minimum recommended PSU for both still is at 750w?

Seeing what NVidia is doing with the 5070 and I'm really tending to go to the red side this time (both closely priced)
 
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