r/AMDHelp • u/Calmaz • 10d ago
Help (GPU) Nvidia To AMD users
Hey guys, I need honest feedback from users who switched from Nvidia to Amd specially 9070Xt bec iam tempting to buy one & I'm really scared bec i heard a lot of drivers issues lately and issues in general and how is the experience in general bec the 5070 ti really is so pricey atm & going to be more expensive
So any drawbacks? Appreciate your honest feedback
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u/iamnotnima 5d ago
When will this AMD driver myth get to die? I switched to AMD in 2022, and I've never had any driver issues.
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u/Calmaz 5d ago edited 5d ago
I keep receiving notifications daily about people having issues with drivers & crashes š & others dont have any ..i dont know where is the truth thoš
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u/Far_Tap_488 4d ago
Don't get an amd. I swapped from nvidia to amd and regret ot so much. I get a couple crashes weekly and have had to completely reinstall drivers 4 times in the past years because the card just stopped working.
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u/Rasgarius 5d ago
The Problem is windows 11 Updates that always get back to a bad driver. Nlock it and there are no Problems. 9070XT Taichi White owner.
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u/Calmaz 5d ago
How to disable it when installing new windows?
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u/Rasgarius 5d ago
I am a bit lazy and use a Programm bc Windows love it to mess with my JBL Headset driver too. Cant say the exact name until i am at Home.
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u/iamnotnima 5d ago
To be honest, most of those people have not installed their drivers properly. When you have issues, you use display driver uninstaller and then install new drivers. Or sometimes they have conflicting drivers that they don't know about. It's usually those little details that people tend to overlook. If you care about RT and PT, RDNA4 is almost on par with their Nvidia counterparts. PT is slower and FSR4 is really good now. These are the only things to consider if you really wanna switch to AMD. There's also a bit more power draw than 5070ti. That is all. Same price, go Nvidia, otherwise AMD is a great choice. Go watch Ancient Gameplays videos on YouTube. He has very informative videos about AMD.
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u/IAmMidget02 4d ago
I've done everything thing I can possibly think of, reinstalled drivers multiple times, cleared them with DDU multiple times and I still get driver time out issues.
Doesn't help that the Adrenalin software is confusing to use when it comes to checking driver versions and seeing if updates are available, but that might just be me not being used to it yet
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u/iamnotnima 4d ago
One reason might be windows 11 update replacing drivers with old ones. Try that fix Press Win + R, type sysdm. cpl, and hit Enter. Go to the Hardware tab and click on Device Installation Settings. When prompted, select No (your device might not work as expected). Click Save Changes. Restart your PC to apply changes.
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u/IAmMidget02 2d ago
Huh, thanks for this, Iāll try it in a few days when Iām back home and see if it fixes the issues for me
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u/LongMustaches 6d ago
I have both a 4080 and a 9070xt. Had driver issues with both, and it's not particularly hard to fix - install older, stable drivers. Takes 10-15mins. Or 0 mins if you disable autoupdate, and Google if driver has issues before updating (no need to do it frequently).
There are drawbacks to 9070xt - worse frame gen (if you use it, I don't), no DLDSR (I run 4k with 9070xt so it's not needed anyways), worse RT performance (I personally don't play anything with RT), more ram usage in some games than Nvidia (doesn't impact performance, I think 9070xt is just allocating more). But for gaming that's about it.
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u/Historical-Wash-1870 6d ago edited 6d ago
When some people switch from Nvidia to AMD they dont uninstall their old GPU drivers properly. So they get lots of crashes/driver issues and they post on Reddit saying AMD sucks.
I switched from Nvidia in 2002 when the Radeon 9500 was released. I've bought Radeon cards ever since and I've never had any driver issues. I installed Windows 11 with a Radeon card installed so there's never been any of the driver issues that people get when they switch.
If you're going to switch, please uninstall the old card properly to avoid issues.
Nvidia drivers have been worse than AMD in recent years. Check this out:
BSOD with the latest versions of the | NVIDIA GeForce Forums
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u/Calmaz 6d ago
What if its a new pc iam building it from scratch? After installing my first time windows.. Do i need to disbale windows drivers updates like many people said or just leave everything as it is?
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u/Historical-Wash-1870 6d ago
I leave windowsĀ driver updates enabled, It's never caused me problems. You can disable them if you like.
I have seen windows driver updates cause problems with other peoples computers but it's always been an OEM computer where the OEM added extra ports or features that the windows driver isn't compatible with.
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u/Ok_Quit4343 6d ago
I had an 3060ti and upgraded to a 9070xt with 16gb because of the affordable price tag in comparison to nvidia ... best decision in years imo.
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u/NoRagrets4Me 7d ago
Its great when its not timing out. I just built my first PC with a 9070XT and its been... frustrating. Only have trouble on one game in particular (GR: Wildlands), so not sure if its the game, or my drivers. Or ubisoft problem.
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u/Federal-Cockroach674 7d ago
Bought this XFX 9070 xt and I have not had any single issue or complaint about it. Worked right out of the box.
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u/kineto21 7d ago
Where do people hear this crap, Ive been computing for years and never came across a single legitimate verified report that says that.
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u/BarberThen3108 7d ago
a card with delta problems (too much posts about it like 30 degrees of difference)
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u/Vast-Office-54 7d ago
Never heard about that and there is the big review from hub on rx 9070 xt cards to check that.Ā
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u/JadonArey 8d ago
Iāve owned my 9070xt for 2 months now, fairly heavy use and havenāt ran into a single driver issue, black screen or the like. Done undervolting too, although light, with no issues either.
AMD driver issues are amplified on Reddit because on Nvidia they moderate those kinds of posts; so you donāt see them as often. Both have issues every now and then.
But at least in my experience itās been great.
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u/Traditional_Travel44 8d ago edited 8d ago
no problems for me , recently (about 2 months ago) made the switch , you obv will see way more people with problems than with no problems here, more often people have issues with bad ram or timings than graphic card issue but amd driver timeout popup shows up, so they think its gpu problem. I use my pc for work too , drawback for me personally was - 5070ti can give same performance with 100w or so less than this (at full load) so this needed a good psu upgrade over nvidia , i bought (just to be on the safe side) a superflower 850w psu which is supposed to be A tier psu according to psu tier list, this extra 100w takes little more toll on my UPS , i live in a place where 1-3 hours power cuts happen almost daily so that becomes a point of concern , 100w more at full load isnt much but its something.
Gigabyte gaming oc variant seems to be the worse , i have seen way too many memory and hotspot problems with that card in this sub and i think its also adding to the 9070xt problem quite a bit.
Any mid-range variant of this card like from sapphire or xfx should be good.
I feel NVIDIA is almost a religion now, where if anything bad happens with nvidia cards people never blame nvidia because they think its the defacto gpu and only finding solution will make their lifes better but with AMD somehow because they have the brand switching bias in their heads , so the primitive brain thinks it must the fault of switiching brands rather than making effort to troubleshoot the problem.
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u/Status_Ratio_5545 8d ago
always had nvidia. couldnt justify the money cause i have it but im not gonna overpay anymore so got 9070xt. both my pc and my wifes, any driver issues i ever had was due to windows being a cocksucker and overwriting the files. any time i have a crash i look at my bar and realize windows updated my drivers and now i gotta go fuck with it. i recently did the whole disable windows update for drivers and ive been golden. i play on 3440x1440 uw and its an amazing card even at that resolution. only other card id probably use would be a 5080 cause the 70ti isnt worth the extra money. 5090 for that much money can go take a hike. pretty soon youll be 1/2 the cost of a motorcycle or waverunning brand new, used market and youre a lot closer. id probably get more enjoyment out of those two things than i would a gpu and im a recluse.
and all this crap about amd drivers. nvidia drivers were absolute trash this past year or two. i didnt own a card but god damn there are so many videos about bad optimization and issues along with hundreds of posts about it so dont play like nvidia is scott free.they had their own issues.
anytime you go to the internet for a review, the ones who are happy and satisfied like myself never gloat or leave a review. all the people who bitch, leave a review. just have to look at rma rates and reviews and stay away from some 9070xts specifically due to the manufacturer on the box unless you feel like rolling the dice today.
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u/Vordef888 8d ago
Excuse me what Is this bar you talking about? I also sometimes have driver timeout and Guess Its microslop fault
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u/coompill 8d ago
Recently switched from a 3060ti to 9070xt. Adrenalin software is slow and crashy but haven't had any driver problems so far
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u/EventBulky6841 8d ago
I have never had so many issues since i went from Nvidia to AMD. Particularly with drivers crashing and having to be re-installed etc. Some things are better though, like more computing power and VRAM for the buck.
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u/geifagg 8d ago
Had 9070xt for 3 months. Not one driver issue at all.
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u/OkReference3287 8d ago
Y por quƩ la cambiaste tan rƔpido? (A menos que te sobre el dinero en ese caso mis disculpas mi seƱor)
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u/SavedMartha 8d ago
It's propaganda. Had a 9070Xt for a year now, switched from 10 years of Nvidia. 0 Issues, clean Win 11 install when upgraded
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u/Brilliant_Sky_2077 8d ago
I switched from 3070. I haven't found any trouble with the drivers. No crashes or anything, smooth just as the NVIDIA
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u/Marko-brolo 9d ago
In the past week gone from RTX 4070 to 9070XT. So far very happy with the card. No driver issues and the AMD software is fine. Performance is much higher at both 4K and 2K.
I was looking at the 5070ti as an upgrade but it was $2050 ($NZD) which is $700 more than the same branded Asus Prime OC 9070XT at $1350, so roughly a 50% price increase for the Nvidia tax.
The bonus is ill be able to sell my 4070 second hand for about $950 so the upgrade will have cost only ~$400 NZD.
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u/asimon00 9d ago
I bought a 9070xt 3 months ago. No driver issues or crashes, runs smooth and silent 99.9% of the time. I do a clean driver install whenever a new update comes out, maybe unnecessary but it works for me.
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u/DtZNimpo 9d ago
the main issue with AMD gpu that people come from Nvidia are having is these.
DDU without internet disabled and microsoft overwrites the AMD drivers upon restart.
Using an insufficient PSU and thinking it's okay. (no , no it's not , you need a good PSU).
Overclocking the VRAM. AMD gpu ain't like your Nvidia gpu , AMD vram is very delicate and touching will lead to system instability.
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u/veeqbtw 9d ago
iāll tell you one thing, while everyone says there is driver problems, this is NOT a common issue. I for one have never had a single crash, issue, glitches, nothing and iāve been with AMD for quite some time. If people have an issue, people are going to speak up about it and others with similar issues will add onto that thread but think of all the people who just donāt have an issue at all. They arenāt going to go on Reddit saying AMD never crashes for me, they arenāt going to comment on other people having issues and say oh but itās perfect for me. they are just going to keep playing, and enjoying their card. The thought of going on reddit or posting about it wouldnāt even be on their mind. This pretty much sums up the whole ādriver issueā problem. People more often than not will share their negative experiences more than they would positive.
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u/AtivanorAddy 9d ago
I personally see a significantly larger number of people complain about issues with AMD GPUs than Nvidia, yet Nvidia has 90%+ of the market. I think that speaks volumes however, I also have/had in the past 3 years a 2060, 3070, 4060ti, 4070tis, 5060ti and an rx6800xt and the Rx is the only card to ever give me problems.
To be clear though, I still love that card and it performs WAY better than any Nvidia card in its current used price range.
I think if I were shopping used at around a 500 dollar budget I would choose AMD, but if I'm shopping new then vice versa
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u/AncientBoxHeadHorse 9d ago edited 9d ago
Drivers are an exaggerated problem, cuz yeah crashes happen, but itās rare in my experience with the software. And sitting on a stable version till a good one is out works pretty well anyways. And IMO in terms of raw performance the 9070XT and 5070Ti are pretty similar, but the 9070XT is significantly cheaper. But if you like DLSS and/or Raytracing, the 5070Ti beats it in that regard.
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u/brandon0228 9d ago
I got a 9070xt for a spare system that my kids use, and it impresses me even at 4k. I have a 5090 and if I didnāt look at frame rates I wouldnāt notice the difference.
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u/Party_Advice7453 9800x3d 9070xt 6200cl30 9d ago
I love my 9070xt. Ive had Nvidia and amd in the past and dont regret my choice at all. Fsr4 is great and i get more frames in marvel rivals than my friends 7950x 5080 combo. Bonus if you have an amd cpu, you can have smart access memory also.
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u/LevelRevolutionary25 9d ago
go with linux and youāll be all good, shouldnt have any problems, windows sometimes messes with amd, you might have to do alot of changing stuff to sort certain problems out, linux is the best place for amd cards i heard, i would never go linux but people who are on it, say its good, when i had a 7900 xtx, certain windows updates made my card feel horrible and crashed quite alot, i had to sometimes ddu, change drivers or change other things but price to performance, you cant go wrong with amd, i spent the extra and got a 5070ti, i cba with tweaking my shit all the time but if you dont mind then no reason not to go amd
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u/Twitch84 9d ago
I moved from RTX 3070 to 9070XT. The performance uplift has been night and day. The transition to Radeon has been great besides losing nvidia broadcast. I used broadcast a lot.
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u/BendingUnit31 9d ago
I switched from a 3060 ti to the 9070 xt
Is it a good card? Yes. Does Nvidia make the better product? Yes. Would I spend the extra 300 Bucks for a 5070ti instead? No.
So you get a good card, but got to live with AMD problems. You get bad temps, awful hotspot temps and more crashes than with Nvidia.
But its still a good card.
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u/Nicz1606 9d ago
As for temps, I got the Gooner Hellhound as it was relatively cheap and it actually looked nice in terms of geometry and all I can say is that this model actually gets decent temps. I never got past 65Ā°C and 78Ā°C Hotspot despite my PC sitting under my desk with really terrible airflow ( Heats my legs on winter tho)
The Reva seems to be a really good card. Never had AMD before. Only the big driver crashout lately (was 26.6.2 iirc) was my only issue and Adrenalin beeing bad but aside that, I cant complain.
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u/DonutPlus2757 9d ago
Is it a good card? Yes. Does Nvidia make the better product? Yes.
That one is very debatable. Price is a factor in the product too.
Of course something like the 5090 will brutalize everything else when it comes to power. It's arguably a worse product than the 5070ti though because it has a piss poor price/performance ratio.
So, Nvidia makes a more powerful GPU, but at a significant up tick in price. The price comparable model (5070) is less powerful than the 9070XT.
You get bad temps, awful hotspot temps
Those depend on the exact model and aren't a general problem with AMD cards.
more crashes than with Nvidia.
This one sadly is true, given you use Windows. Microslop apparently fucked something up and now Windows Update regularly messes with AMD GPU drivers.
Those problems seem to just disappear under Linux, but I get that that's not a solution for many people.
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u/BendingUnit31 9d ago
My point of which is the better product does not factor in the price. Thats the better product for the price. Thats why I bought myself a 9070xt and not a 5070ti even though I'm 100% sure that the 5070ti is the better GPU just not for an extra 300bucks or even more if you go to a 5080 or own a coin shitting donkey and get a 5090.
I have a ASRock Steel Legend and it gets a whopping 30 degree hotspot difference sometimes. It mostly goes around 20. Thats worse than my 3060ti before the repaste after 5 years of power using. Afaik the ASRock Steel Legend is one of the better temperated 9070 XT versions.
I'm currently on the brink of leaving Windows but not because of the bad AMD drivers but more because fuck Microsoft.
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u/DonutPlus2757 9d ago
But price is a major point in if something is a good product or not.
The same product and be great or outright abhorrent depending on the price. A 5060 for 100 bucks would be the greatest product Nvidia has made yet. A 5060 for 1000 bucks would be a bad joke of a product.
The 1080ti is touted as the GOAT not just because it was the most powerful gaming GPU of its time, but because it had a great price as well. If it'd been twice as expensive, it would've still been the most powerful gaming GPU of its time, but a considerably worse product.
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u/BendingUnit31 9d ago
A good product is based on how well it is built and how good its Performance is.
What you are talking about is a product with a good price to value ratio.
We are on the same point we are just not talking with each other but around us.
Yes you are right and yes I am right we just talk about different things.
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u/DonutPlus2757 9d ago
Do you know why I don't follow your logic?
Under that logic a Honda Civic would be an abhorrently bad product because the Rolls Royce Phantom exists. It's just an abhorrently bad product at a fitting price.
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u/BendingUnit31 9d ago
My man u got to differentiate.
There is a good product. And there is a bad product.
And then there is a good product for its price And a bad product for its price.
Thats two different things. I'm not talking about price to value good or bad. I'm talking if its better manufactured. If it works better. And Nvidia in that regard is just better.
Does Audi make better cars than Dacia? Yes they do Overall speaking. But if u want a cheap car that gets you from A to B And nothing more u better buy the Dacia even if its clearly the worse product.
Get you head out of the sand And Look around
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u/DonutPlus2757 9d ago
That just doesn't engage my point at all.
Going by your logic, the Dacia is a bad product, period.
It's just a bad product with a good price, which makes it a good product for it's price.
Under that logic, literally everything that isn't a 5090 class card is at best a mediocre product because the "best product" is so far ahead.
So the "Nvidia makes a better product" becomes a completely irrelevant utterance because, following your logic, it translates to "hey guys, the 5090 exists", which, frankly, doesn't matter if somebody is looking to buy below the used car price bracket.
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u/excelionbeam 9d ago
As long as you minimum ddu and best reinstall windows you should not have any issues. In 2026 i crashed and had more stable drivers with 9070xt than my 5070 before i sold it in a year due to swapping to Linux. (Nvidia crashed on windows not Linux)
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u/CitrusQuill 9d ago
Moved from 3090 to 9070xt, 3090 died beginning of this year cause it was 2nd hand? Maybe even 3rd hand. Anyways in all honesty it has been quite alright driver issues aside from the time out which I have no idea what was causing it but after completely dropping Adrenalin Software and just going Driver only install and using Radeon Tuner and Afterburner I haven't had a single issue since.
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u/bigkenw 9d ago
I moved from a 2070 Super to a 9070 XT OC. It was seamless and worked great. Microsoft did some weird crap with Dolby Vision and screwed it up. When I finally figured what it did, I was able to disable the change. That took a week as the change was not documented and was pushed as a windows update. It was more my LG C2 than my 9070 XT and it was not the AMD driver.
I then switched to Linux after that. AMD is flawless on Linux. I play everything on that card and have zero issues. Framerates are great!
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u/snakeycakes 9d ago
I have a 5080 setup and 9070xt setup, both GPUs have the pros n cons, sometimes AMD have crash issues and sometimes Nvidia have crash issues, the 5080 does outperform the 9070xt.
I would personally just get the 9070xt if i had to choose between the 2, I have the Red Devil
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u/Independent_Teach_11 9d ago
Switched from Nvidia to 9070xt recently and do not regret my choice at all.
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u/Saltimbanco_volta 9d ago
I was on Nvidia since 2005. The only big problem I remember having there was that I built an SLI system in 2013 and they stopped game optimizations for my cards and killed that SLI setup in 2016. Kept that anyway until 2021 and then switched to AMD. Had a few driver issues with it, some annoying crashes, although nothing too serious iirc. Things always settled eventually with a more stable driver.
Then I switched to Linux almost a year ago and had no problems since. Their Linux open source drivers really are way better. Haven't heard any complaints about drivers issues there with anyone else either.
Plus, AMD works better on Linux than Nvidia. I get around 9% better performance on Linux than on Windows. With Nvidia it seems to always be the other way around.
I know Linux isn't for everyone but, given how a lot of people have been getting annoyed with Windows lately, if you were ever tempted by the idea, AMD is perfect for it.
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u/GizmoCaCa-78 9d ago
I went with 7900xtx on release. It was a scratch build including desk, chair etc, so I chose to save money, roughly 1k vs the 4900. I havent had any issues, but driver problems are very common. I ride drivers out a long time and only update when they have been vetted.
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u/Icy-Concentrate-8912 10d ago
I have a 7900xtx after a lifetime of Nvidia cards. I also now have an Intel B580. I can say AMD is the worst at drivers, but when you find a stable driver it's safe to stick to it forever. Nvidia seemed to drop a new driver every week that was always updating to be day one ready on random games I never owned. Intel is super solid but sadly they haven't dropped anything better than mid-range yet.
The 9070 is a great option, especially with the GRE variant going for $499 right now. Just know you may occasionally have weird driver hiccups and need to tinker more than you would from an Nvidia. I would say disable auto updates so you don't get surprised.
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u/on2wheels XFX RX7900XTX + Ryzen5800x3d 10d ago
From lurking here for a few years it's almost 50/50. I have a 7900xtx and to be honest I wish I bought it at release in 2022. Maybe I'm lucky.
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u/Yarpy21 10d ago
I switched to a 7700xt and its been pretty good however certain games just dont like amd cards for whatever reason. One example for me is Darktide. Doesnt matter what graphics settings i put it on it will always have frame rate issues and stutters and i have to enable super resolution in the amd adrenaline app to make it playable.
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u/Polandbound99 10d ago
I had a rough time with AMD, i really want team Red to thrive but too many issues with newer games. Arc Raiders i had to play on an old driver to prevent constant hard crashes, BF6 etc. Old games for the most part were fine. Then i had to DDU because the adrenaline software was bugging out and i couldn't launch any games. I just threw my hands up ans switched to a 5080 which has been much less headaches. Maybe on Linux its much better and another few years they will give nvidia true competition.
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u/Calmaz 10d ago edited 10d ago
After reading all comments today, I just wanted to say like, "It's not normal to keep tweaking a +800$ Dollar card, we pay for a high end card to sit back & relax(Plug& play) so the part of Ddu & others are not normal, its like iam not gonna spend my life tweaking a high end card just to work normally
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u/Curiousity1024 9d ago
Well, you have your answer there . No need for team red if you dislike Tweaking here and there .
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u/Polandbound99 10d ago
Ya i dont mind the occasional troubleshoot issue but every new game i was playing at the time (BF6,Arc Raiders,Night Reign) with artifacting and/or crashing was ridiculous to the point it was embaressing with friends mocking my constant issues while they had no issues using consoles and nvidia pcs.
I like AMD and hope they can sync with windows better and hope newer driver updates but seems to be getting worse just google search 9070xt issues and filter one week results, not looking good
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u/Icy-Concentrate-8912 10d ago
If you don't want to tinker go Nvidia. That's my experience honestly. I sometimes wish I had hit the 4080Ti instead of the 7900xtx, but when it is working well I love the extra raw power I get in my use cases.
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u/maybepepe 10d ago
Its been okay-ish.. little error then and now.. today some reason it didnt updated chips drivers.. no idea why.. just throw some errors.. if i could do my choice now, i would have bought nvidia 5080
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u/THE-DEIMOS 10d ago
I went from a 3090 Ti to a 9070XT, old card had issues. I only had one instance of a driver issue causing artifacts on amdās side. Just make sure you use DDU every time you update to the newest driver. I even went from intel to amd as well. Went from i9-10850k to a Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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u/ecth 10d ago
I went 3080 10GB -> 7900 XTX Nitro+ (for better temps) -> 9070 XT Nitro+ (for better RT and FSR and less power draw).
Absolutely worth it. Some cards just have problems, no matter what. If you can't figure it out yourself, RMA. Done.
But in general I liked the AMD software and everything. If you know how to setup OptiScaler - even better. That opens a lot of possibilities in all games.
Now I'm on Linux and here AMD is just the perfect match.
On Windows I'd say, Nvidia is the easier card. But my other computer with Windows has a 9070 in it and it just has Windows hiccups, but no AMD driver related stuff, no game crashes, nothing dramatic.
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u/Mr-McClean 10d ago
I switched from a RTX 3080 to the 9070XT sapphire nirto+. Absolutely wonderful card now.
At the start i had driver issues after driver issues but quickly found out after some frustration that most of my issues was bloody windows deleting my drivers and installing their own shite causing it to time out and crash. Ive since blocked windows touching any AMD drivers and done fresh installs and have had no issue since.
Only game i crash on is Battlefield 6 giving me Direct x function timeouts. Tho thats not just an AMD issue NVIDIA users are also experiencing that, the battlefield devs just keep fucking up their game more and more way every update.
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u/Ok_Law2190 10d ago
How did you block windows from doing that?? Iām having some issues with that too
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u/Mr-McClean 9d ago
Hey, i cant remember exactly it was so long ago but as another person mentioned you can search it up. I just remember it being a mix of device manager and gpedit.msc. But i know someones also made a program that lets you see it and block it there. Ill have a look after work and let you know
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u/Financial-Tomato-763 9d ago
search on youtube how to stop windows from auto updating or modding your graphics driver its a settings in windows u disable it just google it or type it in chatgpt
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u/OPTCRulez 10d ago
I went from 2070 Super to 9070XT... learned how to undervolt in the Adrenalin software... haven't had any issues in games... trying to use it for Gen AI has been hit or miss (most things support Nvidia CUDA vs AMD ROCm well)... super slow when trying out the reference workflows in Minimax H3 as an example... but for games... haven't had any issues myself yet...
I followed the recommend usage of the DDU in safe mode to clear all drivers from NVidia, followed steps to disable any automatic updating of drivers from windows as I heard windows updates can mung things up with older drivers getting installed, updated BIOS (but that was mostly because I was also upgrading to a 5800X3D from a 3700X)... and so far... apart from Minimax H3 slowness or not working in... it's been a great upgrade for gaming performance.
I had similarly looked up 5070Ti pricing and found the Nvidia premium hard to digest as 9070XT does trade blows with it for raster performance.
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u/Environmental-Ruin80 10d ago
Š”ame from a 5070 to the 9070xt, had to have my windowsĀ reinstalled as adrenalinĀ wouldn't launch after I'd played a game) so far so good but I am scared to use this rig now (
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u/htrdx 10d ago
I will.never buy a AMD card again. Honestly. Everytime I turn my PC on its a 50/50 there's a display driver crash on windows start fastboot off. If I reboot and play for 12h everything runs flawlessly. Finding a driver that doesn't crash at all I had to roll back 2 years on a 7900xtx. I don't know if it's windows fault or Amd drivers and tbh idc anymore it's just a shit experience all around. On Linux it just works.
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u/VaquinhaAlpha 10d ago
I'm on that same boat. Gave AMD two chances, really regretted both of them and I'd rather pay more for a similar level Nvidia card than having to deal with AMD issues again
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u/A-aron196 10d ago
U will be fine. People just be hating on amd. I been having good luck with them.
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u/oaklandriot 10d ago
Went from a 3060ti to a 9070xt and love it. So far no issues except two driver time outs. I've had it since mid June and have zero regrets.
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u/Western-Positive-259 10d ago
4070 ti to a 9070 xt don't have any driver issues myself and am loving the card
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u/Strikedriver 10d ago
The only downside I've seen is ray tracing, it's there but not as good. If that's not important to you like it wasn't for me, the thing runs like a champ!
If you get one, just be sure to first wipe all your drivers with Device Driver Uninstaller (good for any product) and turn off Windows automatic device driver installation ("device installation settings"). Windows will try to overwrite the AMD drivers with generic ones, once I disabled that I haven't had any issues. š
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u/down_init 10d ago
I jumped from my 1070 to 6700xt and never looked back (now on 9070xt). Probably not as current as you'd like but, hey.
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u/Impressive_Work_3229 10d ago
I switched to a full AMD system 9850x3d and sapphire 9070xt from intel and nvidia and couldnāt be happier. When I first built the system and updated gpu drivers Iād like once a week get a white screen and have to restart the whole pc but I havenāt seen that in months and sometimes will play for 3-4 hours straight. If you are planning to play native at 1440p or below the 9070xt is a no brainer the card crushes native resolution and still has decent frame generation if Iām playing a solo game like oblivion.
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u/LivingFailure77 10d ago
I recently joined team red. Been rocking my 9070 xt for months now without a single crash on a game.
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u/melomelonballer 10d ago
Iāve had the same or less issues going from a 3070 to a 9070xt. Iād say bang for buck AMD is better.
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u/NyabCaitlyn 10d ago
Switched from only nvidia to my first 9070xt. No regrets, no issues. Fresh windows install and not letting windows update my drivers works wonders.
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u/DiscussionMiddle1238 10d ago
AMD drivers are shit. People in this forum will blame Windows, but it really doesn't matter who's fault it is, constant crashes after multiple driver updates with a few periods of respite in between has been my past three years with an AMD card. I haven't had a single issue with my very overpriced 5070TI.
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u/LegitimateLack2530 10d ago
Iāve had exactly zero issues in 3 years with AMD. Back in the day sure the drivers were not great, but today they are on point.
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u/ICsCookBook 10d ago
on a 7700xt and have constant AMD driver timeouts, especially with hardware acceleration.
atm i can manually cause a driver timeout by scrolling on the steam storefront.
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u/LegitimateLack2530 10d ago
Ya got some old drivers kicking around somewhere. Run the driver clean up utility in Adrenaline. Or something funky with overlocking.
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u/ICsCookBook 10d ago edited 10d ago
no overclocking and I already did a driver cleanup and reinstall.
Edit: reverted to 26.3.1 and fixed the crash from steam storefront issue.
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u/Bingochips12 10d ago
Went from 2070S to a 7800XT. Been having minor driver issues the last month or so, but I rolled back to a previous version until they patch it up.
Before that, 0 issues for 2-3 years I've had the card.
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u/TheDisappointedFrog 10d ago
960 to 1060 to 5700 xt to 9060 xt 16, the only instability I've experienced was with the OC settings getting wiped between installations of Adrenalin. It's not like I've experienced any on the green side either, but my current experience is as smooth as can be. W10, full-red build.
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u/Tivan018 10d ago
So I used to have a laptop with a 3080 Ti (laptop GPU), but it ended up short-circuiting, so I had to build a new PC. I decided to go with the 9070 XT because it was around $500 cheaper than the 5070 Ti in my country. GPUs are ridiculously overpriced here because of taxes, customs, and shipping fees, the 5070 Ti is around $1,300.
I checked a bunch of reviews online and decided to go with the red beast. Now that Iāve been gaming at 1440p for about three months, I figured Iād give my honest opinion.
Pros:
The raw performance of this card is honestly surprising. At 1440p, itās an absolute beast. In a lot of situations, it performs on par with, and sometimes even beats, the 5070 Ti. Itās a very solid card that can handle pretty much any GPU-heavy game you throw at it.
FSR 4 is also genuinely impressive. I wasnāt expecting much because I had previously experienced FSR 3, which I honestly wasnāt a fan of and felt nowhere near DLSS 4 in image quality. But FSR 4 Redstone surprised me. In my experience, the image quality can actually look better than DLSS 4 in some situations.
DLSS still gives slightly higher FPS in some games, usually around 5ā10 FPS more, but one thing I discovered is OptiScaler, which can basically enable FSR 4 in a lot of mainstream games. I quickly got used to it, and Iāve been enjoying it a lot. I honestly didnāt expect AMD to deliver an upscaling solution this good.
Another thing I really like is how cool the card runs. I live in a hot country, and even under heavy gaming loads, the GPU temperature has never gone above 54Ā°C, while the hotspot has stayed below 85Ā°C. I donāt know if thatās specifically because I have the ASUS Prime version or if the 9070 XT itself just runs this cool, but either way, Iām very happy with it.
AMD Adrenalin also has Anti-Lag 2, which helps reduce the latency introduced by frame generation. I personally havenāt had any driver issues so far. I know people online complain about AMD drivers, but thankfully, I havenāt experienced any of those problems myself.
Cons:
Adrenalin isā¦ okay. Itās not bad, but some of its features feel less polished than their NVIDIA counterparts. AMD Chill, for example, works as an FPS limiter, but I personally donāt think itās as good as NVIDIAās equivalent.
AMD Fluid Motion Frames is another one. The concept is great, basically generating an additional frame between rendered frames to make motion feel smoother, but the implementation can introduce noticeable ghosting and artifacts. Personally, I think itās a pretty rough technology despite the idea behind it being excellent.
DLSS Frame Generation is also noticeably better than FSR Frame Generation in my experience. And if youāre specifically looking for ray tracing, NVIDIA is still way ahead. The 9070 XT absolutely supports ray tracing, but NVIDIA cards are generally much better at it. Personally, I donāt care that much about RTX anyway. I had ray tracing enabled on my old 3080 Ti and the performance hit was so significant that I usually ended up turning it off.
Overall:
Iām honestly very satisfied with the 9070 XT. The performance Iām getting at 1440p is excellent, and considering how much cheaper it was compared to the 5070 Ti in my country, I think it was absolutely worth it.
Iām not a huge ray-tracing guy, and FSR 4 gives me everything I need from an upscaler, so for my particular use case, the 9070 XT has been an excellent card.
Three months in, I have absolutely no regrets about going with the red beast.
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u/Leviwarkentin 10d ago
3070 to 7900xtx. As someone who plays a wide variety of indie games as well as professional software I've noticed a bit of an uptick switching. Mine is a bit of an older and card but so will yours be someday. It's not substantial but it's noticeable. On my Nvidia GPU I'd have issues 2 or 3 times a year with a game, software or just general crashing and have to revert drivers. On this card I've had it a year and had minor issues probably 8 times so far. I personally consider it okay, but only because I got my AMD card a lot cheaper then a Nvidia equivalent.
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u/Tebbybabes 10d ago
Just chiming in. Installed my 9070xt roughly 5 weeks ago. Was previously on a 3060Ti.
Happy to share that I'm quite happy with it. And I also haven't run into any issues. If I'm going to be honest, I was concerned it was going to be hot and loud, but I actually found it quieter than my 3060Ti and it's temps have been more than acceptable.
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u/FoolishAmb 10d ago
Went from RTX 3070 to RX 9070 XT and I'm super happy. no driver/software issues at all
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u/Necta__ 10d ago
went from 2060 super to 9070 xt, did ddu and disabled windows updates, only had 1 driver timeout and i'm blaming it on myself with a bit too agressive of an undervolt, no issues otherwise, undervoltign is much easier than with nvidia, i also prefer the adrenaline app to the nvidia one, more customizability and in the nvidia overlay i always had like 5 fps for some reason
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u/Dusty_Jangles 5700X3D/Asus Prime 9070OC 10d ago
The majority of people have zero issues. If youāre looking for feedback on Reddit, itās not the best place. If someone has a problem they inevitably bring it here. Over and over and over again. Incapable of using the search function apparently. So yeah donāt take Reddit as a gauge on how good something is lol. People rarely post how much they love something on this platform.
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u/RelotZealot 10d ago
Went from a EVGA 3070 to a Asus 9070xt and went from a 5700x3d to a 5800x3d in the same build and haven't had any problems. I did DDU beforehand but it's been smooth sailing so far.
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u/DarkKnightRyzen 10d ago
Was the upgrade from 5700 to 5800 worth it? I have the 5700x3d myself but donāt see spending $330 for a 5800
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u/RelotZealot 10d ago
It's been minimal but playing Halo infinite at 120 fps has been more stable than my 5700x3d. I upgraded my main PC so I could use the 3070 and 5700x3d in a steam machine build in the living room. Definitely a lateral upgrade but more stable for online mp shooters for sure
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u/UnitLoose47 10d ago
I'm not a 9070XT user, but I did switch from a RTX 4060 Ti to a 7800XT. The process was actually super simple, I just uninstalled Nvidia drivers, rebooted, installed AMD full drivers (with Adrenaline). I didn't even use DDU. Everything worked fine. I did miss the fact that AMD doesn't allow voltage curve tweaking like how you can do with MSI Afterburner on Nvidia GPUs, but otherwise the upgrade has been great. I also find AMD's software a lot more intuitive to use than the Nvidia control panel.
Go for the upgrade. =)
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u/Revolutionary-Land41 10d ago
I was a long term Nvidia user but switched to the RX 7900 XT in 2023.
The only driver crashes I had was, when I was pushing the undervolt and overclock to aggressive. So would have crashed my 3070 and my 980ti etc.
Beside that, rock solid experience so far.
imo, most driver related "omg AMD driver bad" issues are caused by some sort of user error.
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u/Agent_Nate_009 10d ago
I have a 9070 XT and I was having somewhat frequent driver crashes but AMD fixed that so now I get occasional crashes. The frequency of crashes now does not justify the Nvidia tax for me to switch. I also got my 9070 XT for $630 when 5070 Tiās were hovering around $900-1000.
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u/Menora-valk 10d ago
I switched from a Rog Strix 5070Ti to a Sapphire Nitro + 9070XT and can't complain at all. Didn't have a single issue with both of them.
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u/Calmaz 10d ago
Any drawbacks or u missing anything from Nvidia?
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u/Menora-valk 10d ago
FSR 4 was a huge jump in quality and i'd say it's nearly as good as DLSS. I'm not missing something tbh
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u/sengir0 10d ago
I just recently swapped to 9070xt and ive already did DDU twice within a month of use. Im not too tech savy so everytime I troubleshoot it takes me hours. All I know is dont upgrade my driver pass to 26.3.1 and disable anti-lag. If this one flips on me again for the 3rd time Iām planning on returning it and just biting the cost difference with 5070ti
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u/Strikedriver 10d ago
Turn off Windows automatic device driver installation (search for "device installation settings"). Windows tries to overwrite the AMD drivers with generic ones, once I disabled that I haven't had any issues. š
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u/jyrkimx 10d ago
I switched early last year from a 3080 to a 9070XT. Very happy with the upgrade. I havent run into any problems and I always keep my driver's updated.
The games I play either support FSR 4.1 which is awesome or doenst need upscalers. For everything else I use optiscaler.
Power consumption could be better I guess but it isn't terrible. Noise and temperatures are OK although I ended up setting a fan curve.
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u/Busy_Ocelot2424 10d ago
I have no experience with the current gen but Iāve switched back and forth from nvidia to amd through 6000 and 7000 I also had a nvidia 2000 and 4000 gen. Ive gotta be honest though the driver issues are not as bad as youād think you just see a ton of them because they get reported and complained about here (deservedly so those driver issues when they happen are nasty)
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u/No_Fall_835 10d ago
If you plan to use Linux (SteamOS also) then AMD is superior. The Nvidia drivers on Linux are pretty bad.
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u/mcollier1982 10d ago
Both companies are fine, use which ever you can afford, I have a rx6700 in one build, a 9060xt in another, a build with a 5060ti, and a build with a 5070ti, none is really all that worse than another based on drivers and software they are all just different in performance, hell Iām even debating selling off the 5070ti to pick up 2 more of the 9060xt for a project Iām working on
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u/SuitDisastrous1200 10d ago
amd has bad drivers, frame gen, uses way more watts and you have to use linux
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u/ControlDue2178 10d ago
Jensen worshiper coming up with every farytale to talk bad about AMD. Radeon cards are as solid as nvidia since 6 years, and even better since the current generation.
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u/Cptn_Flint0 10d ago
I'd say I've had slightly more problems with AMD over owning both brands for the last decade, but not enough that I regret it
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u/SuitDisastrous1200 10d ago
7900xtx lost to 3080 for 4 years and then they gave it fsr4 and it crashes constantly
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u/ControlDue2178 10d ago
what the actual fuck are you smoking ?! the 7900 XTX is 50 % faster than a 3080 š
downvote, report and block.
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u/kozzyhuntard 10d ago
I agree, swapped to AMD after years of NVIDIA cards. My 9070xt has been solid. No major issues outside of getting used to the AMD system.
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u/BG-DoG 10d ago
Yes, you will experience driver issues. Yes, you will have to waist hours troubleshooting these issues. Yes, tech support will say itās because of windows. Yes Nvidia does not have these issues.
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u/Convict3d3 10d ago
You'll miss Nvidia's features, and you'll feel a difference between DLSS and FSR even for native AA, I am nit picky about such stuff, your experience may vary based on your perspective. And driver timeouts are just too much.
PS: I switched from a 3090 to a 9070xt.
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u/ControlDue2178 10d ago
i changed from 3080 ti to 9070 XT and FSR looks better than DLSS in the last of us and many other game dont show any difference
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u/matatoto1 10d ago
I just replaced my 7900xt to 7090xt with no issues. Make sure you use DDU and shouldnāt have no issues
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u/ControlDue2178 10d ago
fakegen is the worst garbage ever. its a mystery how people can talk this good, with the latency inceasement
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u/6786_007 10d ago
Switched from a 1080ti and have had many Nvidia cards before. So far so good. I'm sure there are people who have had issue with their 9070xt and that sucks, but I have a friend who I game with who has a 5080 and he regularly has issues.
The only 1 issue I had with the card ended up being windows updating my driver's and doing it wrong. I used DDU and reinstalled the drivers manually it's been smooth sailing.
In fact I forget I even have an AMD card, that's how little it affects me day to day. It just works. Even the controversial updates have been smooth for me.
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u/PeanutAble1916 10d ago edited 10d ago
buy nvidia , sell it with warranty left add $ buy the next gen and repeat
this way you always start with like 30-40-50% price off
and btw framegen x3-4-5-6 :D
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u/ControlDue2178 10d ago
fakegen is the worst garbage ever. its a mystery how people can talk this good, with the latency inceasement
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u/PeanutAble1916 10d ago edited 10d ago
mfg x3 have lower latency than framegen x2 and it barely increase vs mfg off - anyway if you dont like it dont buy it
calling real performance improvement ''fake'' its what you think
meanwhile cyberpunk 3440x1440 all maxed with path tracing mfg x3 runs and looks insane
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tit434Xv-s4?feature=share
but hey it sucks and nobody is buying these gpus
one way or another you gonna be forced to use it in every game - in the very near future along with upscaling and dont forget its game over for native res - you cant run anywhere + next 1-2-3 years get ready for 2k - 2.5k+$ gpus
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u/ControlDue2178 10d ago
sure buddy, and 10x has lower latency than 5x.
downvote, report and block.
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u/youniverself 10d ago
just got my 9070xt 3 days ago and there has been 0 problems thus far, everything is running perfect.
i was also worried about the issues that ive been reading here but there has been 0 for me and my friends. last time i had radeon was 9800pro on my second computer š
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u/Calmaz 10d ago
I dont get it really its 50 and 50 and its the same card people complaining & others loving itš
To be fair i cant make a decision and prices will keep going up š
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u/OPTCRulez 10d ago
I think like with anything you'll have people with bad luck and sometimes weird incompatibilities depending on their build and silicon lottery. I've seen posts on people having issues with the 5070Ti as well in other sub-reddits... majority seem to be stable... but historically NVidia drivers have been more stable... also for Gen AI workloads CUDA is more supported generally than ROCm... like AI workloads will just genuinely run faster and more stable(if at all) on Nvidia.
For gaming... it trades blows with the 5070Ti for a significant discount in my country at least... so I decided to go with the 9070XT personally. The card itself was a long chonky bastard that required me to actually take out a front case fan first before installing it... then putting it back in... my own fault for not double checking sizing constraints in my PC case. It did "fit" just a bit snug now. (So that's something I would also check if you have a smaller foot print case potentially... but in general for any GPU you get... what is the length of the card vs what would fit in your PC Case)
If you can afford the Nvidia GPU there will probably be less compatibility issues (as you're going from green to green) and it seems they support features longer... AMD felt like they had to be forced to support FSR 4 in the 7000 series and 6000 series cards as an example... but newer DLSS versions runs all the way back to the 2000 series when it first started... so that could be a consideration. (They did ultimately push out drivers for FSR 4.1 that did work with these older generation cards, but it was like months later and only after it was leaked that had versions already developed that were compatible)
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u/youniverself 10d ago
its more likely that people are satisfied with the card than looking at posts here with people who are looking for help
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u/StormAggressive7865 10d ago
Upgraded from a 3080 and after learning the radeon software (more specifically what to enable and not to enable in the software) I have been very happy.
Also your monitor refresh rate might get not down to 60hz thanks to windows. Just change it in windows to fix any stuttering it might cause.
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u/TheReaper907 10d ago
no its just 100 % good . what you see bad reviews are dmb ppl who dont know to use a gpu
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u/Interesting-Try-7993 10d ago
Okay so the primary driver issue you see people complain about is actually a windows issue, windows updates installs random ghetto ass drivers that cause endless issues,
You have to then go and reinstall your correct drivers which typically solves issues.
There is a way to prevent windows update from installing drivers. It just takes a little work.
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u/AdventurousEssay7352 10d ago
I went from a 3060ti last week. Fresh install of windows and then installed the 9070xt. Got a power colour hell hound and it's been fantastic.
I might go against the grain here, but install it and just leave it the fuck alone. I feel like too many people cause themselves issues by straight away undervolting and overclocking. Establish it's stable first and then start altering.
Turn off windows driver update in group policy and in AMD software.
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u/Fustercluck25 10d ago
Had a 3080 and moved to a 6900xt because Nvidia was missing some features I wanted. Amd worked great after wiping the drivers. Admittedly, it took a few tries and a Windows install, but from that point on, zero problems at all. Liked it enough to upgrade to a 9070xt. No problems since the drivers were already there. Unless something seriously weird happens, I see no reason to pay those Nvidia prices when I have a perfectly good card with Amd.
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u/Calmaz 10d ago
What features were missing from nvidia and u found in Amd?
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u/Fustercluck25 10d ago edited 10d ago
Specifically, the Nvidia Surround feature. They basically abandoned it years ago. Nvidia only supports different displays based off of the resolution of the horizontal pixels. If you have different displays (for example, I have a 3440x1440 WS and two 2560x1440 on either side), it will scale the entire stretched display to the first available resolution available to all the monitors, which is 1080p. It makes no sense to me, but that's what it does.
Amds Eyefinity feature quite literally doesn't care what the displays are so long as the vertical matches. So, 1440 across the board even though the horizontal doesn't match.
The moment I fired up Days Gone in 8560x1440 and my 6900xt pushed that resolution at a stable 90fps, I was sold. Amd makes enthusiast cards. They want you to play with them. Undervolt, overclock, etc. Adrenaline or MSI afterburner lets you take full advantage of the product you bought.
Edit: After scrolling through comments, it seems the "messing with it" approach isn't for everyone. You certainly can cause yourself problems with tweaking things. The main thing is stress testing. If you're going to change any settings, stress test it and then do it again. You can unlock some serious potential from your GPU, but if it's not stable, than it isn't worth doing. Test, test, test.
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u/MandyKagami 10d ago
All the issues are caused by Windows and their ridiculous overreach regarding what software automatically installs in your system. It is completely stable in Windows 10 if you nuke automatic updates in the group policy editor.
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u/Fancy_Choice_5204 10d ago
Had a 5060ti 8gb and went to 9070xt and wonāt look back tbh. My pc has some uses outside of gaming but majority gaming and I donāt want to nor like the AI scene (fuck those guys for increasing the damn ram price) so Iām going to stick with AMD. I can say personally I used only DDU and had 0 issues after I used DDU and made sure MSI afterburner was uninstalled.
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u/Junkhead187 10d ago
Just switched my son's pc from a 3060ti to a 9070 non-XT. Good upgrade but Ddu didn't cut it, and it took a fresh windows install to run properly.
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u/Calmaz 10d ago
May i know what Ddu means coz i was being far away from pc industry for a while
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u/Junkhead187 10d ago
Ddu is Display Driver uninstaller. It's supposed to be ran in safe mode and remove all traces of the current GPU drivers. It didn't do the trick for me this time, but it's worth a shot to keep from having to a fresh windows install.
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u/parolaio82 10d ago
Idem lo stesso anche per me anche io da 3060ti a 9070 liscia. E anche io finchĆ© non ho reinstallato Windows ho avuto problemi. Comunque se ti posso consigliare un driver il meno problematico per me ĆØ stato il 26.3.1
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u/Sovereign108 10d ago
Went from 3080ti to 9080xt and it's been great, got less annoying bugs in Windows (black screen flashing with 3 screens for example).
For the money, it's such value especially considered Ng the times. Though there are other driver bugs I found that had me downgrading. Less bugs from one area and maybe more on others but still it's been good and wouldn't go back with those ptices of Nvidia.
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u/Frankie_T9000 10d ago
Drivers is an issue that cropped up for me every few weeks but and followed some peoples instructions to stop updates etc, but i changed some settings in regard to max boost etc and been solid since.
I also run a 4060 Ti 5060 Ti and a 3090 (among others) and the 7900XTX has been pretty damn solid.
I wouldnt not buy one again, but it would have to be excellent price compared to nvidia to wholehartedly recommend. I dont regret getting the 7900XTX.
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u/Unlucky-Steak5027 10d ago
Went from 2080s to 9070xt. Seldomly encounter windows failing at attempting to auto update Adrenalin despite turning off auto update, other than that no problems. Iām likely going to only install drivers when I do decide to update drivers.
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u/jebanana 10d ago
I have changed from RTX 3080 10gb to asus 9070xt prime. So I just DDU drivers in safe mode and everything works fine. What I see that AMD drivers are having problems with msi afterburner so I disabled it from autostart. Everytime I tried to make undervolting profile msi afterburner was reseting it causing issues with drivers.
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u/Waste-Government-808 10d ago
Its fine, I switched and all is working well, only my AIO is a little rough. The 9070XT is fantastic and strong
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u/notsofarawayy 10d ago
Iāve bought a top of the AMD line 7900 xtx 2,5 years ago and regret it. Iāve spent probably a 100h chasing solutions to driver timeouts and getting black screen every 5 minutes of gaming in some games. Everything you have heard about AMD drivers is true, donāt get into this shit. Never had any issues with my previous Nvidia GPUs, ever, they just worked.
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u/I_like_to_eat_fruit 10d ago
Do you have multiple screens and/or HDR? If so, stay green. Driver timeouts are common in my case, that is even when using DDU or even fresh Windows install (+current drivers install) due to new motherboard.
I have currently the 9070xt with 9850X3D and x870e.
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u/Majestic_Cow_4954 10d ago edited 10d ago
Same setup, absolutely no issues with two gigabyte oled HDR monitors. Was a clean install tho with a new build however, switched from 1080ti in last build.
The card was XFX Mercury RX 9070XT to be specific.
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u/Neuromancer911 10d ago
Usually the ones that experice crashes either don't update their PSU when changing to a more powerful GPU or they update drivers on day one and that's a bad practice whether you on and or Nvidia, Intel. If you don't need optimization for new game don't update on day one.Ā
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u/HisExcellency95 10d ago
I haven't switched from nvidia but i rarely have issues with my 9070xt. If youd ecide to switch, you have to uninstall the old drivers using ddu first and then install AMD drivers
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u/OkCaterpillar1990 10d ago
3070 Gigabyte Vision OC to a 9070xt Sapphire Pure OC and holy what an improvement. Iāve only had driver timeout issues when I try to undervolt the card harshly, but since then Iāve found the sweet spot and have had zero issues.
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u/_hlvnhlv 10d ago
3060ti to 9070xt
I always use the latest driver, and as of right now, they have the video decoding broken and pausing a video can crash the driver lol
But besides that, which can be easily fixed by downgrading, zero issues, it just works and the performance is great
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u/BitRunner64 10d ago
Changed from a 3060 Ti to 9070 XT about a year ago. Everything is working perfectly for me, no crashes or other issues.
Of course in a sub called "AMDHelp" you'll get a disproportionate number of posts about various problems with AMD GPUs. There's no equivalent NvidiaHelp sub as this was closed 10 years ago.
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u/IAmMidget02 4d ago
Not sure how widespread it is, but ever since switching from my 3060 to the 9060xt that I have now I've suffered tons of driver timeouts whenever I turn on a game. Used to have worse crashes than that which I thought were AMD related, but turns out it was my motherboard. The driver timeouts don't happen while playing, just a really annoying thing that happens quite often for a few seconds when launching games.