AMD RX 9070 XT & RX 9070 non-XT thread (OC, undervolt, benchmarks, ...)

[Krit]

I suspect something may be wrong with driver 25.3.1. I had a very hard time to stabilize my undervolt. I had occasional crashes even at only -20mV. I DDU'ed my PC and jumped straight to 25.3.2 (now on 25.4.1) and the problem to stabilize was gone. I run -60mV since then.

If you have unexpected behavior when undervolting or raising the power limit, I strongly recommend that you use DDU and jump straight to drivers v25.4.1. It could help, it worked for me so it's worth a try.

25.3.1 -60mV was not stable the weak link was metro exodus when loading save game driver will crash. So far for stability testing metro is the worst case scenario for me. Now using -45mV @282w as far it's stable. Ram is stable fast timings @2714mhz. 25.4.1 was not better!

How big is the diffeence between "stock" 304w models and "stock" high end 355w models in STEEL NOMAD ?

 

[Noctis]

I was buyed a few days ago the new Gigabyte Aourus Elite RX 9070 XT. The temperature of memory (Hynix) is about 86 Celcius. Is there anything you can do about it? Why is it so hot?

 

[Zach_01]

I was buyed a few days ago the new Gigabyte Aourus Elite RX 9070 XT. The temperature of memory (Hynix) is about 86 Celcius. Is there anything you can do about it? Why is it so hot?
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Why do you expect to have good temperatures with only 23% (1035rpm) fan speed?
You have a tool in your hands inside adrenalin drivers. You can use it.

Here is how

This is my GPU with default fan settings
Same crappy VRAM temperature with low fan rpm



Here with custom fan curve



You can find your own fan curve settings

 

[LittleBro]

These cards have just way too much relaxed fan curves. 10 degrees temp difference for 1-2 dB(a) is a good tradeoff.

 

[Krit]

These cards have just way too much relaxed fan curves. 10 degrees temp difference for 1-2 dB(a) is a good tradeoff.

It's definitely not a 1-2 dba difference between 1100 rpm and 2000 rpm it's night and day difference or silent vs loud if case fans and cpu fans are adjusted correctly!

Why is it so hot?

86C is not hot it's decent for VRAM.

 

[Zach_01]

It's definitely not a 1-2 dba difference between 1100 rpm and 2000 rpm it's night and day difference or silent vs loud if case fans and cpu fans are adjusted correctly!


86C is not hot it's decent for VRAM.

Its not 1-2db for sure but depends on the card and what short of fans has.
Mine from 1000~1100 to 2000~2100rpm is going from not hearing it at all to a gentle air rustling and most importantly the "noise" frequency is far from being annoying.
Around 2400~2500rpm it gets loud but still I wouldn't call it annoying. After 2500~2600rpm yes... GPU fans top at 3200+rpm.

86C or even 90C is well within the specs of temp limit (~110C) but why let it up there if you can have it under 80C with "minor noise" increase.
If a GPU has noisy fans then bad luck.
Dumping 340~370W inside the case also needs serious case airflow and those fans are usually louder, unless you have too many of them on "low-er" rpm.
Having an over-ear headset helps a lot too. When I play games usually I focus on gameplay and what ever is coming from the case, within reasonable levels, its dampened down significantly.

Anyway, I find ~1000rpm (20~25% PWM) way too relaxed for a well over 300W card. It doesnt have to be 2100. Who ever doesn't like 85+C can try different levels of air flow to find the balance between temperature and comfort. And this is where large GPU heatsiks shine. At least 3 slots.
Its easy to edit a fan curve and it doesn't get any simpler than that ... we have the tool right in the drivers. Lets use it!
I did and I found my balance.

 

[Krit]

Mine from 1000~1100 to 2000~2100rpm is going from not hearing it at all to a gentle air rustling and most importantly the "noise" frequency is far from being annoying.

I had sapphire RX 7900 XT and RX 7800 XT with similar if not the same fan design as nitro+ and i agree at 1000-1100 it's basically silent but when using 2000rpm+ it transforms to jet and is clearly hearable over Arctic P12 case fans in that scenario it was around 1000rpms for case fans. I'm very picky when it comes to PC noise output because i'm not using headphones.

 

[AVATARAT]

Remove the original fans, install 2x120mm @1000 RPM = your card will be quiet and cold.

 

[Krit]

Remove the original fans, install 2x120mm @1000 RPM = your card will be quiet and cold.

Original fans are fine usually up to 1250-1300rpms...... but they are a lot smaller than 12 or 14...... When looking at TPU reviews it's seems to be that XFX has bad fans (Bad Fan Design) when it comes to noise output and other brands had better fans.

The bigger the fan the noisier it will get for example P12 will be noticeably quieter than P14 at the same rpm. And that additional airflow will not be so much better when looking at the final noise level because P12 will spin noticeably faster than P14 at the same noise level dba.

I managet to optimize P12 and P14 in my case @around similar noise level P12 900rpm vs P14 740rpm under load. GPU fan speed under load 1230-1250rpm @282w around similar or slightly higher noise output than case fans.

 

[AVATARAT]

Original fans are fine usually up to 1250-1300rpms...... but they are a lot smaller than 12 or 14...... When looking at TPU reviews it's seems to be that XFX has bad fans (Bad Fan Design) when it comes to noise output and other brands had better fans.

The bigger the fan the noisier it will get for example P12 will be noticeably quieter than P14 at the same rpm. And that additional airflow will not be so much better when looking at the final noise level because P12 will spin noticeably faster than P14 at the same noise level dba.

I managet to optimize P12 and P14 in my case @around similar noise level P12 900rpm vs P14 740rpm under load. GPU fan speed under load 1230-1250rpm @282w around similar or slightly higher noise output than case fans.

At 1000-1200 RPM, 120/140mm fans will be about the same noise as the card's fans and will be running close to double or triple the airflow that will be enough to keep the card cold.
I said something that I tested myself on my old 6800 XT.

 

[Zach_01]

I had sapphire RX 7900 XT and RX 7800 XT with similar if not the same fan design as nitro+ and i agree at 1000-1100 it's basically silent but when using 2000rpm+ it transforms to jet and is clearly hearable over Arctic P12 case fans in that scenario it was around 1000rpms for case fans. I'm very picky when it comes to PC noise output because i'm not using headphones.

I understand that not all people have the same useage cases and/or tolerate the same levels of noise and frequencies.
These are never some copy/paste settings. Everyone configures to their preference.

 

[Noctis]

@Zach_01 I use your settings of fans and I got about 80 celcius. I will try tomorrow a more settings but result is good! I also made undervolt -60mV and -20pl (270W instead 330W).

 

[itzFizzer]

This pulse card has no factory OC right? Nice tuning settings.

Yes indeed, thanks! Can get slightly higher with a more aggressive undervolt but it's not game stable in all my games past -80mV. I really like the Pulse 9070.

I just got an XFX Quicksilver Magnetic Air 9070 XT for £599 so I'm going to be selling the 9070, had to order a new case though because XFX insists on making their cards obscenely long

 

[itzFizzer]

Test results with the 9070 XT