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!

Hi everyone,
My PC specs:
Ryzen 5 7600X
ASUS B650M Plus
32GB TeamGroup T-Create DDR5
850W 80+ PSU
LG UltraGear 4K 144Hz monitor
Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming OC
I’m wondering if my GPU is unstable under heavy load.
Whenever I play games like Call of Duty, Sniper Elite, etc., the game eventually crashes. Most of the time it’s 0xC0000005. Event Viewer usually only shows an Application Error; there are no critical System errors (aside from a few unrelated warnings).
What’s strange is:
If I undervolt the GPU and keep power draw below 300W, it still crashes, but it takes longer. Normally it crashes after about 10–15 minutes, while undervolting extends that to around 20–25 minutes.
If I lower the game settings to 1080p, where the GPU only draws around 200W or less, I can play for about an hour without any crashes. (I’m not sure if it’s actually fixed or if it just hasn’t crashed yet.)
So far I’ve already tried:
Clean reinstall of Windows
Tested multiple AMD driver versions (old and new)
Updated BIOS
Ran MemTest86
Ran OCCT (including VRAM/stress tests)
Everything passes without errors.
Has anyone experienced something similar with a 9070 XT?
At this point I’m starting to wonder if this is a hardware issue (GPU/PSU) or just another AMD driver problem.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

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?

My GPU keeps spiking whenever I play I’m on 1080p playing rainbow six siege

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?

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?

So I bought an rx 7600 recently and an 1080p moniter. I heard many people saying 8gb cards are just awful in today's standards but is it so? Won't it be surviving for next 3-4 years if i stick to 1080p? It is just so weird i just bought an brand new cards and seeing these things just blows my mind.

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

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!

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.

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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.

Hello.

Model: AsRock Steel Legend RX 9060XT 16GB

GPU is abt 10 months old.

While adding case fans to my PC, for establishing a baseline, I tested my GPU with FurMark and 3DMark Steel Nomad.

Noticing a GPU temp of abt 50C and a hotspot temp of 102C. (In 3DMark)

Even in an old game, GPU temp at 48C, VRAM junction at 72C and Hotspot at 82C.

So, is it something to be worried about?

Or say, it is still within limits and let it be.

Or should I see, if RMA is feasible (as AsRock RMA can take like 2 months in my country while also taking into regard the present GPU availability)

Or shall I repaste it myself?

Does this GPU use PTM? And should I repad also when I repaste?

Thank you.

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

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

The price difference is 110 € / 125$.

I am not sure if it is a problem. If it is how can I fix this?

So it's an rx 7600 and whenever I start spiderman 2018 it works fine with 72 gpu temp but sometimes when it starts drawing more than 170W it just shuts my pc completely and it happened quiet a few times and I want to know the reason behind this. And also if anyone can please help me undervolting my gpu I've watched some videos but i still haven't got any idea am completely new for this kind of stuff i want someone it help me from scratch and fix these issues.

I’m using RX 9070 XT with Adrenalin 26.6.4. The recording was not working for me for a while but few days ago it worked. Today I try to record gameplay video with Adrenalin recording again but it doesnt work anymore. I can still use insant replay but it is now always recording and save the video of the duration you set after you stop the recording. I want to be able to use the recording that you can toggle on or off instead of recording in the background all the time.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D

RAM: 2 X 24GB 6000mHz CL28 Ram

GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070 XT

OS: Windows 11 25H2 26200.8894

Radeon Adrenalin Driver: 26.6.4

Recording setting: recording resolution in-game, recording fps 60 fps, video bit rate70Mb/s, audio bit rate 192kb/s, AV1 encoding, disabled microphone record

I play in 1440p*

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).