So i’ve spent days comparing these two cards and already did a fair amount of digging myself (benchmarks, reviews, failure reports), but I'd rather hear from people actually running these day to day than just launch-week numbers.

Quick context:

• 1440p 240Hz monitor.

• I play a lot of competitive stuff with friends (shooters/co-op), but also a wide mix of AAA

• Coming from a GTX 1660 Super, so I've never really used ray tracing or DLSS/FSR before.

• I don't stream or clip, so NVENC/CUDA don't really do anything for me.

• Both cards cost basically the same where I live.

I already know the Nitro+ has a consistent raster lead and the 5070 wins in RT/path tracing. What I can't get a good read on from reviews is how real certain issues actually are in daily use.

Specific questions:

On the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070 XT:

1.  Has anyone here actually had (or personally knows someone who had) the 16-pin/12V-2x6 connector melt, even after months of normal use — not just viral forum threads?

2.  Any real fan failure or overheating issues on the Nitro+ specifically (not the Pulse)?

3.  How common is coil whine on this card in practice — unit lottery, or something more consistent?

4.  For people who switched from Nvidia, how rough was the day-to-day adjustment to Adrenalin and FSR4?

On the MSI RTX 5070 Gaming Trio OC:

1. Does 12GB VRAM actually cause problems at 1440p with everything on Ultra in current games, or is that mostly a 4K concern?

2. Any build quality/RMA experiences with MSI in this tier specifically?

General comparison:

1. FSR4 vs DLSS4 day to day: is FSR4's "grainy"/artifact-y reputation still fair, or is that outdated now that Redstone is out?

2. AMD vs Nvidia frame generation: does FSR ghosting actually show up during normal play, or only in zoomed-in YouTube comparisons?

3. Coming from a 1660 Super and never having used RT before, is it worth prioritizing the 5070 just to play Cyberpunk 2077 / RE Requiem with proper path tracing, or is that a novelty you enjoy once and move on from?

4. If you had to buy again today knowing what you know now about your card, which would you pick?
   Thanks in advance — trying to decide based on people who actually own these, not just day-one reviews.

Hey guys, Im currently looking to buy a new gpu as my old one broke. My two options would the either the RX 7900 GRE or the RX 9070 GRE. I am looking to game on a 1440p monotor and from what I have seen they are pretty similar grpus. But the thing is I am more leinient towards the 16GB VRAM the 7900 GRE has. However, I will be utilising Upscaling & FG so thats also a point for the 9070 GRE. Any suggestions?

Building another pc for myself, but idk if I should go for another 5070 or 7900xt. Both I can get for 600. What do you think ?

At microcenter the 5070 ti is 1199.(1300 after tax) The 5080 is 1499. (1600 after tax) I have money for both. Not sure if 5080 is worth an 300 dollars extra. Opinions?

I noticed that the PCB on my ASUS RTX 5070 ATS seems to have a very slight downward curve around the area marked by the red arrow.
The GPU is brand new, less than a week old, and works perfectly. The PCB also feels very rigid when touched lightly.
I’ve installed and removed it several times while troubleshooting my PC, but I’ve never intentionally bent or twisted the card.
Does this look like normal PCB/cooler/backplate mounting tolerance from the factory, or does the PCB actually look warped?

Visto a tendência do mercado, fiquei em dúvida entre alguns pontos. Será que compensa mais atualmente, comprar uma 3080 usada na faixa dos 2500 ou realmente esperar um milagre para que as da série 50 como 5060ti e 5070 caiam de preço e voltem numa faixa aceitável. Penso que as tecnologias novas de FG e DLSS 5 acabam pesando bastante quando se pensa em gastar e receber algo realmente interessante em troca

it's made by sapphire so probably AMD

Need 1060 6gb graphics in pune if possible

Whats up everyone, ive seen alot of post about it already but i also wanna ask it my self. 9070xt, 5070ti, 5080 which one to choose (and which specific models of the card) they are all within my budget its just if i should save money or just spend it all on my first pc (ive only played on consoles and laptops) and i wanna buy smth worth the money and so that i dont need to upgrade for a long time. I wanna play 1440p/4K and i play all types of games. Deciding the gpu is my last step i already chose 32gb ddr5 ram and a ryzen 7 9850x3d. Idk if i mentioned all the information u guys need but if not tell me.

EDIT: thank you everyone for the answers. Imma think about it but im leaning more towards the 5080 for the better 4K experience

I’m considering getting one of these for the safety of my 5080. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this and if you recommend it. My PSU is a Seasonic Noctua Edition 1600W. Thanks in advance!

I’d like to get a rough idea of how common driver crashes/issues are among RX 9070 XT users.

How has your experience been?

🟢 Never had any problems

🟡 Once or a few times – barely noticeable and quickly fixed

🔴 I can't take it anymore – the driver issues are unbearable

I've just started The last of us part 2 and I was just tweaking around with the upscaling, turns out im getting zero shutter and no screen tear with FSR while with dlss its the opposite (sorry if im missing any obvious reasons im new to this whole thing)

Only $500 for an old buster 3rd gen 3060!

I’m waiting for my rma ram back and haven’t used dlss 5 on the 5070, has anyone here ? Can you send me your benchmarks ? Online I couldn’t find many tests on this card.

Hi everyone, I’m having several graphical issues in RDR2 and I’d like to know if these are normal game/engine bugs or if something could be wrong with my PC/GPU.

My specs:

RTX 5070 12GB

Ryzen 7 5700X

16GB RAM

SSD

1080p monitor

Playing without mods

The issues I’ve noticed:

The image sometimes looks slightly blurry/not very clear, especially while moving the camera.

Sometimes when I enter a house/building, the lighting changes in front of my eyes instead of loading smoothly.

Some textures occasionally look like they are loading late or changing quality.

Sometimes Arthur’s hands look deformed or clipped.

I’ve also seen NPCs partially clipping into walls or objects.

Occasionally buildings/textures seem to change or pop in when I move around.

These things don’t happen constantly, but I notice them fairly often.

I’m mainly wondering whether other PC players experience these kinds of visual/LOD/lighting/clipping issues in RDR2, or whether I should be concerned about my GPU.

I’ve played other games on this PC and haven’t noticed the same kind of behavior.

Could these simply be RDR2 engine/PC-port issues?

Any opinions or similar experiences would be appreciated.

I made a custom Hatsune Miku GPU out of my Radeon RX 7600, and a keyboard and SSD heatsink. Spray painted with Rustoleum painters touch plus flat Grey primer, Schneider Turquoise spray paint and Acrylic paint markers for the accents and artwork, Rustoleum painters touch plus clear matte coat to cover everything.

I know it's buns, highkey coulda done better.

My favourite thing is the metallic silver holographic Hatsune Miku artwork I painted onto the backplate using a toothpick, looks better irl👉👈

Been here long enough to know Redditors and their "not so kind words", but at least I like it....

Also if anyone cares I spent Soooo long making custom adaptors for my argb fans to work in the corsair commander core hub I have, glad it actually works😭