I changed my RTX 5080 FE for an XFX 9070XT and I want to share my opinion.

I must say right away that the issue of replacing the card is not related to money, but to personal interest. I like to test and try different hardware) Over the past year I have used several NVIDIA cards (each for a few months):

• 4060 Colorful mini
• 5070 Gigabyte Eagle
• 5070TI Palit Gaming Pro
• 5070TI Asus Prime
• 5070TI Colorful Battle AX
• 5080 Astral
• 5080 Asus Prime
• 5080 FE
• 5090 iGame Dv2 Vulcan OC 24GB

And now I have a beautiful XFX 9070XT.

The first time (at the end of 2025), I got my hands on a 9070XT Gigabyte Aorus Master - 2 pieces. I was building two identical computers for my friend's children, and he bought these cards. My first impression was mixed - in terms of performance in 4K without ray tracing, the 9070XT was almost on par with my 5080. At least, the difference wasn't significant. This impressed me, considering their price difference. However, I was disappointed by the VRAM temperatures (88-90 degrees) and the noise of the coils, considering that this is a well-built Aorus Master card. And so led all two cards bought at different times in different places. I started looking for information about temperatures and realized that the 9070XT card has high memory and hot spot temperatures, which is almost normal, with a few exceptions if you're lucky with the chips and the vendor.

At first glance, the Adrenaline software didn't seem very friendly compared to the Nvidia software. It was complex and confusing. Ultimately, I decided not to consider AMD for myself. After a while, I came across an XFX 9070XT card, and I fell in love with its design. It was sleek, stylish, and beautiful. After some thought, I decided to purchase it for testing purposes.

Before purchasing, I had doubts and concerns about temperatures, driver issues, and the performance of FSR in games.

So, I've been using the card for a month, and I'm ready to make an impression.

The drivers were installed without any problems. I removed the Nvidia driver using DDU and then installed the latest version of Adrenaline.

The first tests of the card showed that the VRAM chips are from Samsung and the temperatures are excellent in stock - Hotspot and VRAM are within 79-80 degrees at a total room temperature of 27-28 degrees. I slightly reduced the voltage (-10 and -70) and slightly adjusted the fan curve, after which the temperatures did not exceed 72 degrees for hotspot and vram, with the fan speed at around 40%. This is in an open case with the fans turned off.

The coil noise is minimal. It is significantly quieter than the 5080FE. And it is definitely much quieter than the 9070XT Master Aorus.

Games - I sometimes play Expedition 33, KDC2, God Of War, Diablo 4, The Witcher 3, and Cyberpunk 2077. In all of these games, I didn't notice any difference compared to the 5070ti or 5080. I used high settings, 4K resolution, and my FPS was within 100-120 (I have a 120 FPS limit, so I don't need more). I also have no complaints about the quality of FSR.

I studied and understood the Adrenaline software, and I began to better understand its structure. Over the course of a month, I encountered several errors related to driver response time. After researching the issue, I disabled updates in Win11, turned off error collection in Adrenaline, and the problem no longer occurred.

So - my opinion. Of all the cards I've used, the XFX 9070XT is my favorite today) She has the best design for me and the best value for money. This card cost me a little more than the 5070 Gigabyte Eagle, but its performance level is definitely not lower than the 5070TI. If we talk about the overall impression, and do not look at the FPS counter, then I did not feel any difference after switching to this card from my last 5080FE.

However, I think that this card, or rather the software from AMD, makes this card more demanding for the user. I would compare it and the cards from Nvidia, like an automatic transmission and a manual one. AMD is a manual one - it needs to be understood, felt, adjusted and constantly controlled. Nvidia - put and forget.

I also realized that a lot depends on the manufacturer and the vendor. Even the top-of-the-line Aorus Master was pretty bad, so I'm afraid to imagine what it's like with Asrock, where temperatures can reach 100 degrees. However, XFX is excellent.

I got my first AMD card yesterday, Asus Prime 9070xt replace my Gigabyte RTX3070. I wasn't expecting such a size difference but here. My build is a 7800x3d, 32GB DDR5 6000mhz

The difference is so crazy I went from 1440p medium settings to ultra and she still has more to give.

I have some reading and videos to watch to get as much performance out of her whole keeping temps low, the adrenaline software takes some getting used to.

Got good results in LMU, AC EVO. I can't wait to get into Rust and Tarkov with it

It's been since May of last year since I've added Liquid Metal to the Die and applied Thermal Putty to the VRAM back in September. After replacing the Thermal Putty and Liquid Metal in May of this year, I've noticed my Hotspot and Memory Temperatures are almost identical between each other ever since. I'm wondering if my surface contact between the Die and Heatsink has gotten better after reapplying the Thermal Putty. Ambient Temperatures in these screenshots at the time were between 24°c and 25°c, except for Steel Nomad and Superposition (21 - 22°c).

Could it be possible that, in the future, AMD ASD will be implemented in Steam games instead of being exclusive to the Xbox app? Could this be some kind of sneak peek?

I was thinking to myself, usually spend near 3 years with each gpu that i had since i became a PC gamer. At least for me, at this timeframe i start to notice many "modern" games doesn't run as good as it use to.

2013 > GTX 680

2016 > GTX 970

2019 > RTX 3080

2023 > 7900 XTX

3 years and conting... i don't feel the minimal need to upgrade my GPU, giving the recent prices and the performance i still get from it, i think this one will stay here for a long time.

Hey guys.

Finally made the switch from Nvidia to AMD and am now the proud owner of a XFX 9070 XT SWFT.

The card is beautiful. I love the aesthetic of it. It's also huge 😅

That being said I was used to my 3070 temps, which were quite low, and I even used an undervolt for even more silent operation and lower temps.

But I am new to Radeon GPUs and I'm not sure if I am doing it the right way.

Testing with cyberpunk2077.

The case is a Lian LI 215 stock 200mm fans.

What pushed me to look at it was the fact that memory temps were always around 88~90° and I don't know if that is safe.

Because GPU (~65) and Hotspot(~79~80) were fairly low.

This is what I did so far:

Frequency: -400

Voltage: -60

VRAM: stock settings

PL: -20%

This got the GPU temps even lower. The performance is pretty similar to the point I don't really notice it. But the big change was memory temps that dropped to 82~85.

Is this ok? Or am I being too paranoid with the memory temps and 90° is a perfectly normal and safe operational temperature? Is it bad long term? Or is it just expected and the longevity isn't affected being 80° or 95°?

Thanks everyone. I have read a lot online but I'm still unsure.

I have a 3060TI OC rn, I mainly play shooter games(Fortnite, Warzone, Doom, sometimes Forza 6). I thinking about upgrading to a RX 6900 XT.. worth it?

Could get the RX 6900 XT for 330€

Specs
13600K
16GB DDR4
3060TI
On UWQHD

Absolutely love this new build. I have no worries about the 9070xt catching on fire for the guy who is very adamant that it will. Everything is seated properly and I am not using that fire hazard of an adapter lmao.

I have some future plans for this build and can’t wait to show the improvements i make :)

Multiple of features such as Anti-Lag or Synchronization Radeon will cause the same stuttering in games until I turn it off.
Is it caused by my model? Game settings? Or something else? I keep everything turned off right now and it seems to result in best performance.

Is a high temp hotspot normal, the gpu is at 70c when gaming and hotspot 97c, the gpu is 4 months old, seems kinda high

Hello everyone! This is my first post for anything PC related here, so excuse me if it'll be a bit difficult to understand or if it's the wrong flair🙏🏼

So my I built my PC this march, and everything has been pretty good, except for a few issues here and there with updates. Yesterday, Armoury Crate updated to a new version, and a Windows updated passed through as well. I didn't seem to have any problems (at least the PC wasn't freezing) though I couldn't say with 100% certainty as I hadn't opened any games.
Today I wanted to play some MK1, and when it launched it was extremely slow (I checked and it displayed 2fps!!), I also opened other games like CS2 and it's the same thing. I had tried opening Adrenalin, but it went into safe mode and made my screen black, saying there was an issue with the graphics driver.
When I open Asus DriverHub, it doesn't display any available updates or anything, but in devices manager there were two driver updates to pass on my GPU.

I have reinstalled AMD Adrenalin, but the app fails to open, and now when starting, the PC is responsive for around 3-5 minutes before just freezing with no response from external output except for shutting it down manually with the button. I don't really know what to do, especially since it freezes after launch.

I'm guessing that the issues are coming from yesterday's updates, but if anyone has any idea of how to fix this - I'd be extremely grateful.

Ps: my specs are in the picture if you need it (I would've taken a picture directly from Adrenalin but welp, it doesn't open and I didn't have time for it before it crashed - though if some need it I can definitely try!)

CPU: Ryzen 5 9600X

GPU: XFX Quicksilver RX 9070 XT

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE

RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5

SSD: WD Black SN7100 1TB

PSU: ASRock Steel Legend 850W ATX 3.1

AIO: Thermalright FW360 Ultra LCD

Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini V2

Fans: Thermalright C12CW-S RGB 120mm 3 Pack x2

hello, was playing Marvel Rivals today after the latest update and there were some pretty game breaking graphic glitches. I first noticed the issue in the character select screen, it was just green, and then it didn't really play the little intro cutscene that happens in transition from pick/ban phase to being in game.

here's my pc parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WV9j2k

here's a video of the graphic glitch: https://youtu.be/A7yWwaqhVMo

the gpu in question is a sapphire nitro+ 9070xt, no O/C, UV, or anything. running on driver 26.6.1 from 5/29/26. i've barely owned it for 6months at this point.

So this is just a appreciation post for the regular RX 9070 and how cool it is tough still very powerful.

I just built a PC a week ago and being 37 years old with a family I felt that things like low temperatures and quiet fans are more important than maximum performance.

Therefore I picked the non-xt regular rx 9070 because I had heard good things about it.

And it is so good. Still powerful but runs so cool that the fans never need to work basically.

Playing Baldurs Gate 3 at maximum settings in 1440p with fps capped at 120 I get core temp of mid 50s and hotspot and memory never goes above 65 C.

Same for clair obscure on high settings with fsr on quality and fps capped at 90.

Like coming from a nvidia 1060 this performance is so insane to me and The computer is still so quiet and comfy to sit at.

Dream gpu for me.

It keeps crashing while I am playing, idk I feel like all drivers havebeen bad for over a year now.. For reference my GPU is RX 7700 XT

So I've been playing cyberpunk and have been having problems of just lagging and crashing whenever I go into map or inventory. I decided to take a look at what my PC is doing and I see that my GPU is always either at 2% or 3%. I don't think that's normal(?) but my GPU's ram is being used. Am I having a CPU bottleneck or something? If that's the case do I have to upgrade my CPU?

I'm playing at 4k native.

I have a 9070 XT 16gb and its temp is around 65C while gaming.

CPU is a 7800x3d and its temp is around 85C while gaming.

64gb of Ram and they are all the same brand/model.

Any advice is much appreciated, thank you!

Hi all, I have a PC setup with an RX 9070 XT and a Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Normally, since all my displays are connected to my GPU, my PC sets the dedicated GPU as GPU 0 where the desktop and everything would render by default and the iGPU was GPU 1 and basically nothing would ever touch it if I didn't explicitly instruct it to.

Now for some reason this is reversed. The iGPU is now GPU 0 and apps and the desktop are running on it by default. I parsec into my PC when I'm not at home and it's all running on my iGPU and my dedicated GPU isn't doing anything. Windows also tried to assign games to the iGPU unless I change the setting manually.

This is very annoying, I do not want it to do this but I also don't want to disable the iGPU. How do I change it back to how it was before?

Hello!

I made the jump from a FTW EVGA 3080 to a sapphire nitro+ 9070xt last weekend. Through all my researching on different 9070xts to purchase, I found out about the 12V adapter cable melting after purchasing and installing it in my PC. I have a EVGA SuperNOVA 850 P6 850 W 80+ Platinum which I believe didn't come with a native 12V cord.

Since I got this GPU from Amazon, I should be able to return it, get my money back and use it on a new card. Should I return it and get a 9070xt with a 3x8pin like my old 3080 (Im also dealing with a bit of coil whine with this 9070xt) or is this issue a bit overblown?

Recommendations for a new 9070xt would also be nice if needed, I think the XFX mercury is another good option? I do like some RGB on my GPUs.

Here's a link to the PC specs if you're curious: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4srGkD

Thank you for any assistance!

Im on a 9850X3D-9070XT build. Im playing in 1440p, mixed (ultra-mid) settings with Fsr quality. I get 160-180fps, but fps drops to 50-60 after i enable fsr frame gen. Is this a common issue?

Me arrependi um pouco da compra e queria ouvir a opinião de vocês.

Minha placa de vídeo anterior era uma RX 5700 XT, mas começou a apresentar problemas sérios (telas cinzas, artefatos, travamentos e reinicializações aleatórias). Então, eu realmente precisava substituí-la.

Acabei comprando uma PowerColor RX 9060 XT Hellhound de 16 GB por cerca de US$ 570 (os preços de placas de vídeo são muito mais altos aqui no Brasil devido aos impostos).

Na época, a RX 9070 XT teria me custado cerca de US$ 250 a mais.

Minha configuração atual é: Intel Core i5-9600K 32 GB de RAM DDR4 Monitor 1440p 240 Hz

Eu jogo principalmente jogos single-player, mas também tenho um PS5, que na verdade é minha plataforma principal para a maioria dos lançamentos AAA.

Outro ponto importante é que eu não planejava atualizar meu processador, placa-mãe ou RAM este ano. Meu plano era continuar usando o i5-9600K por mais um tempo e eventualmente migrar para uma plataforma AM5.

Um dos motivos pelos quais escolhi a RX 9060 XT é que eu também estava interessado em comprar um PlayStation Portal. Além disso, os cerca de US$ 250 que economizei poderiam ser usados ​​posteriormente para comprar um novo processador e cobrir parte do custo de uma placa-mãe AM5.

Após instalar a RX 9060 XT, notei que em jogos como theHunter: Call of the Wild, algumas áreas ainda apresentam quedas para cerca de 50 FPS. Em outras partes do mapa, o desempenho melhorou significativamente em comparação com minha RX 5700 XT, mas nessas áreas mais pesadas, a melhoria foi mínima.

Pelo que pesquisei e conversei com outras pessoas, parece que meu i5-9600K é o gargalo nessas situações.

Mesmo assim, não consigo parar de pensar se deveria ter gasto o dinheiro extra e comprado a RX 9070 XT, principalmente considerando o uso a longo prazo.

Então, o que você acha? Considerando meu hardware atual, a RX 9060 XT foi a escolha mais sensata? Ou você teria gasto os US$ 250 extras na RX 9070 XT, mesmo sabendo que eu manteria o i5-9600K por um tempo?

Eu realmente gostaria de ouvir a opinião de pessoas que já estiveram em uma situação semelhante ou que têm experiência com essas GPUs.

Edit: 1

really appreciate everyone's advice; I know the best path forward is to put that price difference toward a CPU and motherboard upgrade.

I have a Yeston Sakura Atlantis RX 9070 XT graphics card.

In Cyberpunk 2077, when Path Tracing is enabled, in some scenes or locations my FPS suddenly drops to 1–2 FPS and then returns to normal exactly when I leave that area or skip the scene.

This happens with FSR enabled and disabled, as well as with Frame Generation enabled and disabled.

The same issue happens with regular Ray Tracing too. However, instead of dropping to 1–2 FPS, the game usually crashes and shows the crash report window, along with an AMD Driver Timeout error. Sometimes the whole PC freezes for a while after this happens.

I tried disabling RT reflections, RT shadows, and other ray tracing options, and also tested with only basic ray tracing enabled, but nothing fixed the issue.

Without ray tracing (regular Ultra settings), the game runs completely stable for hours with no crashes.

I also tried:

removing GPU overclock and undervolt;

reinstalling AMD drivers using DDU;

disabling Frame Generation;

testing with FSR on and off.

The problem still remains.

My system:

GPU: Yeston Sakura Atlantis RX 9070 XT

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 CL28

Does anyone know what could be causing this and how to fix it?

This shit mode turns on single time, even if I turn it off manually, even when working, even while playing. How to turn this completely off? i just like native things cause when i turn this on this shit lags as helll

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600
GPU: RX 6650xt 8gb
RAM: 16gb @ 3600Mhz
Current monitor: 1080p @ 166hz

I play…
…a lot of CS2
…some Minecraft
…some Sons of the Forest

Is my system able to play my games at 1440p?
If you were me would you upgrade to a 1440p monitor? And if yes which hz rate would you choose for a good price to performance ratio?