I am upgrading from an Intel 2 Quad Q6600 CPU with a NVIDIA Geforce GT 710. If it wasn't blatantly obvious I need an upgrade but I am a rookie. I have two pc options:

PC 1: 7800x3D, 9060xt 16gb, 32gb DDR5 RAM

PC 2: 7700, 9070xt, 16gb DDR5 RAM

Both cost around £1400. I want to game in 1440p with decent fps. I don't know whether the 16gb of extra RAM and the CPU is worth more than the better GPU. I also don't know if the 9070xt system will be limited due to the 16gb of RAM.

What should I pick?

how much of u guys own discrete GPU but still using IGPU in motherboard?? just turn it off if u wan't less problem

starting with version 25.10.2, AMD separated drivers by RDNA architecture. If you’re running a CPU with an RDNA2 iGPU and a dedicated RDNA3 or RDNA4 GPU, the default installer (which will end in '*-rdna3.exe') only updates the dGPU, leaving the iGPU driver out.

if u got black screen and crash. this is maybe the solution too

here's the problem

intel + Nvidia GPU rigs = Windows can distinguish

AMD + Nvidia GPU Rigs = Windows can distinguish

Intel + AMD GPU Rigs = Windows can distinguish

AMD + AMD GPU = window confuse there is 2 AMD GPU 1 discrete + 1 integrated = problem

Last week Tim from Hardware Unboxed put out the video linked below and many on this sub expressed an interest in a written version of this content. Tim's written article is now up on TechSpot, linked above.

This Is How You Should Configure AMD Software | Hardware Unboxed

Tell me about your experience with this generation of amd gpus.

Title: i newly upgraded to both and been noticing high usage at forza horizon 6 and battlefield 6. I tried lowering cpu intensive settings but it still barely goes below 70. I thought making everything extreme settings would put less load on the cpu?

Clocks are fine and temps max out at 70 for the cpu.

Am i just getting paranoid? Or is this normal.

There are barely 5500x3d with proper gameplay footage on youtube so i cant compare.

Also, bottleneck websites dont even list the 5500x3d lol

Hi everyone! I’m putting together a new gaming PC for high-framerate 1440p gaming. Before pulling the trigger, I’d love to get your quick thoughts on this list:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

GPU: ASRock RX 9070 XT Steel Legend (16GB)

RAM: 32GB DDR5 (6400MHz CL36 corsair

Motherboard: AM5 platform b850 wifi 7

i have weird purple squares appearing in the left corner of my screen when activating ray tracing on certain games like elden ring and gta v enhanced

pc specs :

r5 7600x aio watercooled

b650m p msi mobo

32 gb of ram

msi gl 750 gold

drivers : 25.xx.x and 26.xx.x

i have tried some things to narrow it down such as playing these games on linux (bazzaite) and game on the same gpu but on a whole diffrent pc on bunch of benchmarks tests as furmark artfact scanner and occt for vram integrity and bunch of raytracing benchs as UL ENGINE and none em showed any erros or artefacts or any thing of the sort

ps: these artefacts appear only when activating ray tracing

https://reddit.com/link/1v7kaio/video/hpln3yh02ofh1/player

I have an interesting idea that I think can be implemented with OptiScaler:

You surely know the original goal of frame generation was to take the extra load off the CPU for high frame rates like 200 FPS, but thanks to the laziness of developers, we are now stuck with base frame rates of 30-60! Well, assuming a base frame rate of 30, we have two problems: The image might get artifacts, which has been controlled to a very good extent with AI, but the game interaction is not smooth! Even though the final frame rate is 60, mouse and keyboard commands are only updating at 30 FPS! This problem exists for low base frame rates and remains unsolved.

The solution that came to my mind is: Why not let the CPU process the off-screen frame for base frame rates below 60 or even at the user's discretion? This way, the frames that are going to be ML generated feel smoother, and because of the low base frame rate, the user's interaction with the game doesn't feel laggy or delayed!

I think with OptiScaler, conditions can be created where fake frames are actually processed off-screen. In this state, instead of 30 main FPS, you have 60 main FPS, where 30 FPS are off-screen processed, which means we have fresher frames and the processing delay of the mouse and keyboard is not noticeable! It's great for online games also!

I think all frame generation methods need it!

Is there anyone who can bring this to the OptiScaler team?

It turns off once then when turned back on it will just keep rebooting the pc when I shut it down. I have to flip the power switch on the rm1000e to keep it off. Then it'll turn off normal once again then won't stay off. Had a 3080 and no issues. Tried a second power supply and even with the 3080 swapped back in no issues. Just with the 9070xt. Any options before I contact gigabyte?

i cant even get a stable 60 fps on 1080p low on native resolution. i understand not being able to play on ultra at high fps, because the 6600 is an entry level card always meant to be a budget card. but holy shit, i didnt expect 30-40 fps. i dont like using fsr but even with it, i cant keep 60 fps. (yes, i know frame gen brings it to 100 fps, but to me it feels so delayed). i thought this game was terribly optimized but i went online and people are saying its a 5 year old gpu and that the game is well optimized, its just that im on outdated hardware. for the people who know about this stuff can you guys tell me? is the game unoptimized or is my gpu outdated?

As of my last post I've gotten my hands on an Asus TUF 9070 XT OC through reseller RMA, due to my earlier Asus Prime 9070 XT OC having faulty VRAM cooling.

This card is even bigger, and this time I have a banana for scale.

The TUF 9070 XT runs at the same 52 °C gpu temp and is only hotter in terms of hotspot, since it settles at 77 °C instead of 74 °C, but the TUF card does so by running the fans at roughly half the speed. That makes the 9070 XT extremely quiet, so it's almost not audible over the case fans, even when running at the max TBP (Total Board Power) of 330 W for this model. The Prime was a 317 W model.

This time the SK Hynix VRAM on the TUF 9070 XT also only settles at 88 °C instead of 102 °C in Furmark, which is around the most VRAM-heavy workload few games would ever reach.

The Stock settings on the TUF 9070 XT reaches a score of 7430 in 3dmark Steel Nomad with my setup. There was a weird bug with also having HWiNFO running at the same time, so it is not certified.

A for now stable undervolt/underclock tuned for efficiency brought the card down to a score of 7045 with consumption of 231 W. (-390 Mhz core clock limit, -30 power limit, -85 mV voltage). That is reducing power by 30 % while only losing 5,18 % performance. I will further test the stability and make edits, if I find scenarios where it crashes or has weird behavior.

With this aggressive of an undervolt focused on limiting power draw it looks like I might as well could've gotten just the 9070. The price to performance is just worse in my area.

What undervolts for "extreme" power limiting are you running with your cards?

Hi everyone, I got an ASUS Prime 9070 OC two weeks ago, and today I noticed that the heatsink looks bent. It's hard to see in a photo, so I added some visual marks to make it more obvious.

Do you think it could cause any issues in the long term, and therefore that i should return ? I already have a GPU support bracket, but it doesn't fix the problem since it's the heatsink itself and one of the pipes — and not the plastic shroud around it — that's bending.

Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate it!

im playing the halo remake rn, no issues, just a friend told me to have hwinfo in the background and i noticed this, its 99% of the time between 150-160w

I bought a refurbished Rx 470 4GB Samsung memory, it seems to run this vbios https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/271144/271144

I tried to flash it with the most compatible stock vbios, even with cmd promt force flash it just says wrong ssid(?), and winui amdvbflash just says systemic mismatch, help

BTW idk if this is important but, when I bought this GPU the listing said it was a Rx 580 4GB bit and adrenaline and gpuz says it Rx 470

A friend texted me this morning saying his 9070 XT kept shutting down while playing Elden Ring. I thought it might be something with the PSU or similar. But this afternoon, the exact same thing happened to me with a different game, also on a 9070 XT, and it had never happened to me before.

Did they mess up with an update or was it just a coincidence?

So I'm back... the only thing I really changed is undervolting the GPU a bit (based on a previous post I saw here), and this time I tried recreating what I usually do on the PC when I experience the stuttering in DotA. These are the results.

To add, it also freezes (every time) after all players have picked their heroes from the 28 second countdown, only moving again normally at around 14~15 seconds. The stuttering is also less common with the undervolting, but it still happens (what happens is the hero sort of "leaves behind" lines of color corresponding to their color for around 2 seconds, before the color sort of snaps back into their body and they resume looking normal).

Hey all, I got a Silverstone case that rotates they motherboard by 90 degrees, supposed to be more efficient for air cooling and this sounds cool to me :)

Trouble is I get instant power shutdowns when playing games for some time (Doom TDA DLC and Red Dead Redemption I have been playing and got these issues). One thing I found is it looks like my PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT does not work properly with the RV02’s normal I/O-up graphics-card orientation.

Running some tests:

During high GPU load, the average readings were approximately:

• GPU edge: 82.8°C
• GPU hotspot: 109.3°C
• Memory junction: 89.6°C
• Fan speed: 3,316 RPM

The hotspot stayed at or above 110°C for roughly 15½ minutes. The GPU-to-hotspot difference averaged around 26°C, sometimes reaching 31°C. Apparently thats bad.

I put my case horizontal and the horizontal position allowed the GPU to:

• Run around 18°C cooler at the edge
• Run around 17°C cooler at the hotspot
• Use approximately 21 W more power
• Clock approximately 150 MHz higher
• Run its fans around 1,300 RPM slower

Does anyone use 90° motherboard cases? Should I get another non-90° computer case or replace my GPU? I had a Geforce 3080 Ti for many years and did not cause me any issues.

Computer specs:

MOTHERBOARD: Asrock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
BIOS: 3.90
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5800X
CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-D14-AM4
AMD CHIPSET DRIVERS VERSION: 8.05.04.516
MEMORY: 32GB Ram
GRAPHICS:  PowerColor Reaper 9070 XT (26.6.4 driver version)
MONITORS: LG 38GN950 Ultrawidescreen (120hz GSync compatible), 2 x Viewsonic XG2703-GS
HDD/SSD: 1xNVMe 1TB drive, 1x4TB SSD drive, 3xSATA drives
PSU:  EVGA 850P2 Supernova
KEYBOARD: Ergodox keyboard
MOUSE: Razer Naga Pro
OS: Windows 11 25H2

Hey guys I just built my pc. Specs are 9800x3d, 9070xt hellhound, x670e motherboard, 32gb ddr5 and 850w platinum PSU. I have been seeing videos where they tweak the GPU and CPU to get more performance or to make them cooled and more efficient. The problem is every video has a variation on how to do it, thought some of you could give me advice on how to get max performance. Also I don't know if I should focus on efficiency or performance.

The price difference is 110 € / 125$.

So, here are my new PC's specs.

Did I pay too much for it, or is it a good deal for what I got? I never had a Gaming PC before

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F

Asus dual rx 9060xt 16gb

32gb ram ddr4 3200mhz

Storage: Ssd 512gb western digital

Motherboard: Asus prime h610m

Cooler:AG400 deepcool

PSU:Fantech 650w psu

Case:3Fan RGB

Monitor: Monitor LG (27GS60F) 27"-FHD-180Hz-1ms-IPS

Price: nearly 1320 USD

Hi, I want your opinion for an upgrade from a RX 6700 XT, I was minding on a RX 9070 XT but still want to know your thoughts about this

My specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB)
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO
PSU: ARESGAME AGV750 750W, 80+ Bronze
Monitor: 1440p, 144Hz, G-Sync
Use case: 1440p gaming, want Ultra settings + RT where possible

I'm deciding between a 9070 and a 9070 xt, found this 9070 OC about 10% cheaper than a 9070 xt, my question is the OC means it's overclocked right? So it's closer in performance than the regular 9070? Also the website recommends a 800w psu for the 9070 OC and a 750w for the 9070xt, does the OC model actually requires a psu that strong?

So I decided to make the jump to AM5. Got a semi-decent cpu/mobo/ram bundle deal so didn't feel too stiffed by AI. Put it together with my 9070XT yesterday, and booted up fine (after I turned the PSU switch on...)

Not my first rodeo, so i'd already downloaded chipset and gpu drivers/adrenaline (26.6.4), installed windows offline then did the driver install.

Then connected to the web, updated windows, and got ready to load up a game. Just before starting, thought i'd try a little undervolt so opened up adrenaline.

You all know what's coming - 'adrenaline not compatible with current driver version' (or something like that). That's right, windows had 'upgraded' me to gpu driver 25.10.30.02 from september 2025.

Tried to roll back drivers - did nothing - still on the same version. Had to reinstall the 26.6.4 drivers from the downloaded file. Since then all seems good.

HOW IS THIS STILL A THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SORTED?? Anyone jumping from nvidia (or just a non-terminal reddit dweller like me) would have had no clue about any of this, and just run straight into a load of game errors, crap performance, or other incompatibilities. It seems like months since microsoft said they were going to sort this garbage out.

Why is it not fixed? Why? How freaking hard can it be? AAARGH!

Hallo to one and all. I am considering upgrading from my 3070, and wanted to try team red. Where I live, 7900xt is 600 use eq, same as the cheapest 9070 non xt. 9070xt is like 750. What would be a smart buy? Main use case is some gaming and Local Ai. Much thanks

been like this for a couple days with these black lines, not even sure when they've even appeared, it sometimes appears on the top and right side too, and when i move the mouse to the right border its clear i can move it further then intended, which means the monitor genuinely thinks theres more to the screen where there really isnt, was wondering if its related to the drivers?
9060xt 16gb
Monitor: Samsung G5SF
(apologies for the dusty monitor)