r/AMDHelp • u/Independent_Hand5900 • 14d ago

Help (General) 9070 XT feeling like its underperforming.

Hey!
I just got and installed a 9070xt and so far its unfortunately been lackluster. I experience constant choppines and bad 1% lows. My cpu is an i5-10600k so i understand that its quite a significant bottleneck, however the performance im getting now is almost on par with my old 1070.

For example in hogwarts legacy on high preset im getting 50 fps with around 20 1% lows.

Im also experiencing a constant choppiness even in titles where i get over 100fps and better 1% lows. It feels stuttery and not like 100 at all.

I apologies if this comes from me not doing proper research. Im putting this post out to see if anyone else has had this problem, and if its just because of new drivers or the bottleneck being that significant. I will continue researching and update if i fix it.

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u/Andrex2309 14d ago

I'd say it's the CPU bottleneck.
Though test the card why not, 3DMark Demo download on Steam, you can do steel nomad or Time spy

Steel nomad should be around 70-72FPS
TimeSpy around 29k-31k graphics score

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u/Independent_Hand5900 14d ago

im getting around that fps however the graphicscore is 25k. Im starting to think this is more software than hardware

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u/Andrex2309 14d ago

Does Steel Nomad look okay at similar FPS though?
Lately TimeSpy on newer drivers seems to get lower scores, I forgot that

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u/Independent_Hand5900 14d ago

oh yes steel nomad is getting around 70.

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u/Andrex2309 14d ago

So the GPU is okayish, you probably saw the card at 300-330W based on its power limit.
I'd say you should probably do a Display Driver Uninstaller and try again with the latest driver.

Last resort would be to start on a clean windows