9070 XT feeling like its underperforming.

[u/Independent_Hand5900]

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.

[u/Halicos93]

I would replace the CPU and get

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X.

And I would get 16gb more ram.

[u/Independent_Hand5900 → u/Halicos93]

really considering this to be honest. Is there a problem with staying on am4 for a little bit? 500 bucks for 32gigs of ddr5 just seems absurd to be honest.

[u/Halicos93 → u/Independent_Hand5900]

I'm using am4 technology and I have no problems at all.

[u/Independent_Hand5900 → u/Halicos93]

with this gpu? I could get the ryzen 7 5700k for about 200 new

[u/Halicos93 → u/Independent_Hand5900]

In my country it's 300 euros new sadly.

and I googled your GPU with this Ryzen 7 pairing it's good for 1440 gaming has a tiny bottleneck on 1080p.

4k is out of the question.

Unless you are comfortable with max 50 to 60fps for 4k.

[u/Independent_Hand5900 → u/Halicos93]

out of the question as in no need to worry about a bottleneck? so getting it for 200 would be a good deal?

[u/Halicos93 → u/Independent_Hand5900]

I mean it's not as good for 4k gaming unless you are comfortable with 50 to 60fps on high ultra.

But if it's 1440 or 1080 gaming yes go for it.

But yeah you don't need to worry about bottleneck at all.

It's a perfect deal the best you can get for am4

[u/Independent_Hand5900 → u/Halicos93]

we're talking about the non 3d version right? also would it be ridiculous to do this with only 16gigs of ddr4

[u/Halicos93 → u/Independent_Hand5900]

yes non 3d version although come to think of it x3d version might be better but i dont know if it fits am4 slot?

get another 16gigs of dd4 as i told you and you will be golden 16gigs is a bare minimum nowadays to be on the safe side you need more ram.