RX 9000 series GPU Owners Club

[eidairaman1]

Hoping to have a GPU in 6 months, 9070 (XT) depends on how I'm feeling at that point

 

[b0uncyfr0]

For those of us who plan to mount it vertically, is there a specific brand we should choose?

As far as I can tell, all 9070xt's use vertical heatpipe so temperatures arent going to be optimal right? Especially with the longer cards. Ive struggled with this on my nitro 7800xt as well.

 

[cinemaware]

What's your ambient temp, by the way? According to the software and GPU sensors, yes, the limit is 108°C, and it's probably showing some kind of VRAM junction temperature, not the chip's surface temp. Why do I suspect that? Because according to Micron, the max operating temp for GDDR6 chips is 95°C, so my guess is the reading comes from a hotter point, if that makes any sense.

Anyway, 102°C is quite high. The highest I've seen on mine is 86°C. I've seen other users reporting temps in the low to mid 90s, but no one past 100. Could you try improving the airflow a bit around the card? Have you played with the card's fan curve? On my 7800XT I had to tweak it a little and saw a memory temp drop of up to 10°C — definitely worth a try. You can do it in Adrenalin -> Performance -> Tuning -> Manual (on the card) -> Fan tuning.

If nothing helps, I'd definitely contact the vendor or retailer and let them know about the situation. Maybe they can provide more clarity about the limits and give everyone some proper feedback.
Best of luck!

PS: Hello there, staff member! If you're reading this, it would be great to have 'Edit' access to the first post in this thread so I can add and update the owners table there. Thank you very much in advance!

Thanks for the tips. The situation is a bit sketchy atm because I'm in transition: I just rammed this card into my "old" rig, based on 5600X and the now-sold RTX 4070. It's a pretty basic ATX case with 3 fans...but also I don't think it’s really bad re: airflow, and I also keep it open for now. The ambient at the time was about 25C indoors. I did try to up the fan curve a bit, but didn't really have time to do any proper testing. Also, I just got the 9800X3D and so will build the new rig in the next week or so, most likely with a slightly bigger case and maybe an extra fan.

But even so, I'd have thought that a GPU should respect my current kind of setup regarding temps...they don't say it's a requirement for some super special fan arrangements or case just to keep the temps reasonable.

I saw this quick underclock guide and maybe could try it, but isn't messing around with that invalidating warranty or something?

If the situation persists after my new case build, I will definitely contact the shop.

 

[Oasis]

Got a Sapphire Pulse 9070XT at 757USD (including tax) (in new zealand) it launched at 3am and I bought it 2 seconds later.
(Upgrading over RX 6800 nitro plus)

Super great card
Quiet fans, very low coil whine noise

100% usage in gaming
55C Core
75C Hotspot
<88C memory
300W
1600RPM~ (quiet)

Overclocks very well +7.4%
+400MHz
-130mV Core
2800MHz memory
fast timings
+10% power (only 1-2% affect)

3D mark score is with 5800x OC
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/54131814

Very happy with the gpu, 10/10, super fast

 

[Shou Miko]

I don't get why people keep saying they experience coilwhine a lot because I don't and I know if I have it I get headaches so either I am just always lucky in this regard or my components just really work well together.

I been testing my Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 Pure Gaming OC at -100mv and so far it looks like it's stable while gaming Assassin's Creed Mirage gonna try Disorder later.

It boosts higher but GPU temps and Memory temps are kept really good.

 

[SirKeldon]

I did try to up the fan curve a bit, but didn't really have time to do any proper testing.
...
I saw this quick underclock guide and maybe could try it, but isn't messing around with that invalidating warranty or something?

I managed to drop VRAM temps by almost 8 to 10°C just by tweaking the fan curve by 5–7%. Yesterday I played around with it a bit, and went from 84–87°C during gaming and 3D tests down to around 75–78°C. So yeah, I totally get your transition phase, but if you already started playing with the fan curve, keep going, at least for me it really helped, so definitely worth another shot. Attaching image of my current fan configuration just for reference, I need to adjust it a bit more since some situations still leave the fan at 0 during some game passages and I don't like that.

As for undervolting, it mostly helps with core and hotspot temps, but not with VRAM. But it’s still worth trying for overall efficiency. And don’t worry about warranty., as long as you’re doing software-level tweaks, nothing gets permanently changed. Everything resets when you shut down the PC. Unless you’re flashing the VBIOS and not re-flashing the original one before a possible RMA, there’s no real way to tell you messed with anything.

Super great card
Quiet fans, very low coil whine noise

Totally agree. I came from a brief experience with a couple of 7800XTs, and both had noticeably worse coil whine than this one. My best experience with that card was with a Sapphire Pulse, so I went for the same brand and model again. And I couldn't agree more, the fans are quieter, and coil whine is significantly reduced by a lot. Even on Doom Eternal loading screens, where you can hit close to 2000 FPS, this card was maybe 30% as loud as the quietest 7800XT I tested.

Great results on the OC as well, I'm trying to optimize efficiency on my non-XT for now, just undervolt on -85 and fan curve, boosted nearly 5.5%, now trying to cut a lil bit on the power limit to even safe a couple of watts more without losing that boost

Thanks for your info, added to the list!

I don't get why people keep saying they experience coilwhine a lot because I don't and I know if I have it I get headaches so either I am just always lucky in this regard or my components just really work well together.

I must say I wasn't really aware of coil whine on any of my previous cards, probably because my old case had a transparent side panel that muffled a lot of the noise. Now, with my new case being full mesh and with no sound-dampening at all, all those electrical noises are way more noticeable. That’s probably why it started to bother me more, maybe none of the cards were that loud to begin with, but since the case is wide open and sits just 50cm away from me, it’s way more noticeable and much easier to hear.

Btw, great results, keep up the good tuning!

 

[AusWolf]

Guys, you need to update your motherboard BIOS to receive a new GPU that has just been released.

Good point. Shouldn't be necessary, but just in case.

You also need to use Windows 11 24H2 for better compatibility.

Not a chance. I'd rather endure some bugs than switch back to Windows.

Speaking of... Guys, how are your cards in idle?
Mine has 20 W power, 45-50 °C on the GPU, 65-75 °C on the VRAM, and 456 MHz reported VRAM clock (x16 = 7 GHz effective). That's on a 3440 ultrawide at 144 Hz.

 

[tpa-pr]

@AusWolf Good news, LACT (the undervolting GUI for Linux) now supports RDNA4: https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT/releases/tag/v0.7.2

So once Bazzite has updated their linux-firmware/mesa you can undervolt your GPU if you like

 

[SirKeldon]

Speaking of... Guys, how are your cards in idle?
Mine has 20 W power, 45-50 °C on the GPU, 65-75 °C on the VRAM, and 456 MHz reported VRAM clock (x16 = 7 GHz effective). That's on a 3440 ultrawide at 144 Hz.

3440x1440 @ 70Hz - all results are based on 5-10 min average

Activity	GPU	VRAM	Hotspot	TBP	GPU Max	VRAM Clock
Total Idle	30ºC	52ºC	32ºC	10W	18W	28MHz
Web Browsing + Discord	32ºC	54ºC	34ºC	17W	43W	435MHz
Web Browsing + YT 1440p	35ºC	58ºC	37ºC	25W	47W	905MHz

 

[AusWolf]

9070 XT owners, would one of you be so kind as to run Portal RTX briefly and see what framerate you get with the rendering quality (in the Alt+X menu, not the Source menu) set to "High"? I'm curious as to how well RDNA 4 will perform compared to my RDNA 3 card.

(@AusWolf If you end up being the guinea pig, be aware that alt-tabbing from the game causes amdgpu driver timeouts in fullscreen mode, so enable borderless first).

Here's a couple of screenshots from my 7900XTX for comparison. This is running at 1440p. Best fps I can get is ~25fps.
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Finally I managed to run the test, albeit on Windows. I'm getting between 30-35 FPS with rendering quality on high, TAA-U Performance at 3440x1440 (a bit more pixels than normal 1440p).

I'm also getting a weird graphical glitch when I move close to shiny objects:

 

[remekra]

Finally I managed to run the test, albeit on Windows. I'm getting between 30-35 FPS with rendering quality on high, TAA-U Performance at 3440x1440 (a bit more pixels than normal 1440p).

I'm also getting a weird graphical glitch when I move close to shiny objects:
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Turn off Volumetric Lighting option, glitch will go away.

 

[AusWolf]

Turn off Volumetric Lighting option, glitch will go away.

Ah, good to know.

Anyway, a bit more performance than the 7900 XTX. A huge step forward towards being playable, still not quite there yet.

Edit: 1440 UW is 34% more pixels than 1440p, so I'd expect around 20-30% higher FPS at 1440p. Maybe 40-45 max.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

I set my cyberpunk OC as Mem 2814 but it still uses the default fast mem OC of 2714. When you get into OC tuning per game - should the individual game profiles be respected?

 

[Oasis]

I set my cyberpunk OC as Mem 2814 but it still uses the default fast mem OC of 2714. When you get into OC tuning per game - should the individual game profiles be respected?

Use this, https://github.com/GpuZelenograd/memtest_vulkan, all of the GB/sec should in very close, if its out by a few numbers then its unstable, I thought 2800mhz mem was stable using 3d mark but with this test only 2700mhz was truely stable (2700mhz below, stable)

 

[TSiAhmat]

Apparently Tjmax is 120+ C° on Gddr6.

 

[NSR]

Saw your comment on LittleBro's thread, may as well join the club.

GPU: 9070
Brand: Sapphire
Model: NITRO+
Store: Amazon
Price: £614 (VAT included)
Country: UK
Purchase Date: 18th March 2025

Very happy with my purchase. The most I was willing to spend on a post-launch card was £600 but I was able to justify buying this specific model for the cooler. I'll share a comment I posted in another forum about my tuning:

After a lot of testing in Steel Nomad, my most optimised UV to match stock performance is -90mV / -15% PL for a score of 6240. That's 35-40W less power and 3-5 degrees less in GPU / Hotspot. 1 degree less in VRAM.

-80mV / -20% PL takes me to 40-45W less power at a 3% loss with a score of 6080. I can't use -90mV here, it's unstable with -20% PL. GPU / Hotspot both drop an additional 1-2 degrees, VRAM drops by 1 also.

GPU VRAM Temperature: 60-70 general use, 80 gaming
GPU Core to Hot Spot Delta: 1-5 general use, 20 gaming

I've also ran the Vulkan Memtest test and found stability up to around 2850. Anything beyond 2900 shows errors but 2800 and below is fine.
Scratch that, if what Oasis says is true, then my stability for VRAM is closer 2700. Memtest reveals no errors at 2800 but the GB/sec aren't as consistent.

 

[Splinterdog]

I'm not in the club yet because I'm still weighing options between 9070xt and 7800xt. Surprisingly, they are both roughly the same price where I live, so it depends on the payment options.
(use peso/usd exchange rate of 1250 approx)

 

[Shou Miko]

I'm not in the club yet because I'm still weighing options between 9070xt and 7800xt. Surprisingly, they are both roughly the same price where I live, so it depends on the payment options.
(use peso/usd exchange rate of 1250 approx)
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With the RX 9070 and XT you get access to FSR4 which might not be for RX 7800 XT.

 

[SirKeldon]

Saw your comment on LittleBro's thread, may as well join the club.

GPU: 9070
Brand: Sapphire
Model: NITRO+
Store: Amazon
Price: £614 (VAT included)
Country: UK
Purchase Date: 18th March 2025

Very happy with my purchase. The most I was willing to spend on a post-launch card was £600 but I was able to justify buying this specific model for the cooler. I'll share a comment I posted in another forum about my tuning:

GPU VRAM Temperature: 60-70 general use, 80 gaming
GPU Core to Hot Spot Delta: 1-5 general use, 20 gaming

I've also ran the Vulkan Memtest test and found stability up to around 2850. Anything beyond 2900 shows errors but 2800 and below is fine.
Scratch that, if what Oasis says is true, then my stability for VRAM is closer 2700. Memtest reveals no errors at 2800 but the GB/sec aren't as consistent.

Added to the list!! Welcome to the club! Good results there!!

With the RX 9070 and XT you get access to FSR4 which might not be for RX 7800 XT.

Yeah, that's quite true. Despite the rumors, there's nothing official yet, and they'll probably wait until the 9070 hype dies down before saying anything. I agree with you, the 9070 is the best bet right now if you want to “future-proof” in terms of FSR4. That’s actually one of the reasons I returned the 7800 XT and jumped on this new generation.

 

[NSR]

Added to the list!! Welcome to the club! Good results there!!

Thanks! I noticed for the store you put "Unknown", the store was Amazon fyi.

I agree with you, the 9070 is the best bet right now if you want to “future-proof” in terms of FSR4. That’s actually one of the reasons I returned the 7800 XT and jumped on this new generation.

I think it's very hard to make a case for the 7000 cards which are priced close to the 9070. They're still good cards but you're just getting more for your money if you choose RDNA 4.

 

[TSiAhmat]

I'll also join the party:

Purchase Date: 08/Mar/2025
GPU: 9070 XT
Brand: XFX
Model: Quicksilver White edition Magnetic (non OC)
Store: Amazon
Price: 799 € (Vat included)
Country: Germany

VRAM Temps general use around 53 ~ 54 C°, vulkan_memtest 86 C°

Spoiler: vulkan_memtest

Current Overclock/changes of the GPU

Spoiler

vulkan_memtest hardcrashes/boots at 2800 MHz instantly on my card

Changed the PC-Case yesterday and the temps improved by quite a bit. (hated the old one)

 

[spacer00ster]

New join here:

Date: 07/March/2025
Card: XFX Quicksilver RX 9070 OC Gaming Ed
Store: Amazon US
Price: $670

VRAM idle 55-56C
VRAM load 80-82C
GPU currently undervolted -100mv, PL +10%
GPU idle 32C, 54-57C load

This card is NICE! I chose it initially because of its power consumption, averaging about 100W less than the XT. Electricity is very expensive where I live, and I run my PC 24x7 as it is my unraid server/gaming PC. Only after I got the 9070 did I find out the new (well, new to me) undervolting & power limiting. You would understand, I'm coming from a GTX 1070 LOLOLOL. This is a huge upgrade for me.

These temps are in a Phanteks G500A with 3 x Noctua A14 PWM front intake and 1 x Noctua S12 PWM rear exhaust.
CPU is AMD 3950X with Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120SE.

BUT.............I got a 9070XT this morning, well ordered and waiting on arrival. I hope it's not an April Fool's joke.
Will sell the above 9070 once all goes well with the XT (knocks on wood).

Date: 01/April/2025
Card: Gigabyte RX 9070XT Gaming OC
Store: Amazon US
Price: $730

Will post some tests after I receive the Gigabyte card.

 

[Oasis]

Saw your comment on LittleBro's thread, may as well join the club.

GPU: 9070
Brand: Sapphire
Model: NITRO+
Store: Amazon
Price: £614 (VAT included)
Country: UK
Purchase Date: 18th March 2025

Very happy with my purchase. The most I was willing to spend on a post-launch card was £600 but I was able to justify buying this specific model for the cooler. I'll share a comment I posted in another forum about my tuning:

GPU VRAM Temperature: 60-70 general use, 80 gaming
GPU Core to Hot Spot Delta: 1-5 general use, 20 gaming

I've also ran the Vulkan Memtest test and found stability up to around 2850. Anything beyond 2900 shows errors but 2800 and below is fine.
Scratch that, if what Oasis says is true, then my stability for VRAM is closer 2700. Memtest reveals no errors at 2800 but the GB/sec aren't as consistent.

Because GDDR6 has error correcting you can't really have actual errors (in that software) unless its broken or way off, when its getting inconsistent numbers that's the (vram errors) slow error correcting taking place (which you don't want)

 

[SirKeldon]

@TSiAhmat and @spacer00ster, you were both added to the list

Btw, spacer00ster, I added the two cards you purchased, at least for now, you tell me. Really looking forward to hearing if you notice a big difference between the two. Please share your thoughts when you get the chance!

Just as a side note; for now, the ratio is close to 2:1 in terms of people having the XT vs the non-XT, and honestly, I thought it would be more like 3:1 or higher. So I'm pretty happy to see the non-XT isn’t being forgotten at all.

 

[Jtuck9]

Ah, good to know.

Anyway, a bit more performance than the 7900 XTX. A huge step forward towards being playable, still not quite there yet.

Edit: 1440 UW is 34% more pixels than 1440p, so I'd expect around 20-30% higher FPS at 1440p. Maybe 40-45 max.

Is this "faffing" around with Optiscaler?