Packaging

The Card

The ASRock RX 9070 GRE Steel Legend features a triple-fan cooler shroud in ASRock's signature Steel Legend design. The backplate carries the Steel Legend branding and circuit-board pattern artwork that the lineup is known for.


Dimensions of the card are 30.0 × 13.0 cm, and it weighs 1100 g.


Installation requires three slots in your system. We measured the card's width to be 58 mm.


Display connectivity includes three DisplayPort 2.1a ports and one HDMI 2.1b port.

RDNA 4 features a dual VCN media engine with two independent hardware accelerators for encoding and decoding. AMD has improved H.264 and HEVC encoding quality—a long-standing complaint from streamers—and added AV1 B-frame support for better streaming bitrates.


The card uses two 8-pin power connectors, which allow a maximum of 300 W power draw, plus 75 W from the slot. The board power limit is set to 240 W, with the manual adjustment range allowing up to 264 W.


ASRock includes an RGB element running along the top edge of the card, behind the "Steel Legend" logo.


This little switch lets you turn off the lighting instantly, no software required. Right nearby is an ARGB header that lets you sync the card's lighting with the rest of your system.

Teardown

The main cooler uses five heatpipes with a large aluminium fin stack, providing cooling for the GPU, memory and VRM circuitry.


On the back, you'll find a metal backplate with a big cutout to improve airflow.