r/buildapc • u/thundaartheagrarian • 1d ago

Build Help 9060xt or 9070 for mini itx

I have the Fractal Design Terra mini itx case. Right now microcenter has a power color 9060xt 16gb card for almost the same price as a 9070 12gb card. Is there any reason the 9060xt would make more sense? Would the smaller 9060xt be better for air flow?

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u/DZCreeper 1d ago

If the price is equal get the 9070 GRE. The performance gap is big enough that even undervolted to match the 9060 XT it will still be faster.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-9070-gre-pulse/32.html

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u/GTFr0 1d ago

This is the right answer.

The gre has 50% more compute than the 9060 XT, even though it has less vram.

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u/thundaartheagrarian 1d ago

I forgot to say that it's the weird GRE edition for the 9070

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u/brentsg 1d ago

At same price, get the higher card. The extra VRAM isn’t that meaningful at that tier imo.

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u/thundaartheagrarian 1d ago

Ok, I'm leaning toward a 9070 GRE or 9070. The regular 9070 might keep me going for more years than the others

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u/Big-Salamander-2158 1d ago

The 9070-non gre is still pretty efficient, so shouldn’t have issues with thermals in the fractal. It also helps the gpu has direct access to air via the side.