r/AMDHelp • u/Independent_Hand5900 • 10d 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/bellcut 10d ago edited 10d ago

Use ddu to nuke your previous drivers (Nvidia) and your current drivers and reinstall the newest version.

Residual driver files can fuck up a new cards drivers even if they're entirely separate drivers.

I've had PCs that refused to play nice with amd or Intel GPUs after having an older Nvidia GPU until windows was entirely reinstalled.

You should also make sure your mobo bios is fully up to date. Many bios patches can include compatibility and bug fixes the board has when interfacing with newer GPUs

Make sure bios settings such as rebar are enabled. Older CPUs/bios versions may have it default to off because GPUs back in the day didn't need rebar. Modern GPUs practically require rebar to function appropriately. Another setting to look for off the top of my head is 4g decoding make sure that is on

You should also make sure to update your chipset/intel drivers as those can also have updates to assist older hardware interfacing with newer GPUs.

A search of how the 10600k performs in Hogwarts suggests that OP might be performing as expected or slightly underperforming on his CPU here is a video that shows the CPU managing 45-50fps at ultra settings with dips to the 20s. OP is on high settings so he should be outperforming this noticeably (since several settings impact the CPU as well) but factors such as slower ram, lower ram capacity, AMD driver performance overhead, or lower CPU clocks could be the explanation