AMD Radeon RX 9070 / 9070 XT review: back to winning ways
AMD Radeon RX 9070 / 9070 XT review: back to winning ways
DF tests the RX 9070 and 9070 XT. On this page: we introduce our test system, benchmarking methodology and initial impressions.
Go AMD and switch to Linux. It's time.
RX 9070 XT doesn't increase framerate by 100% compared to current card I have which is usually when I buy new one, but boy AMD nailed it this time around. If availability and prices are good I might do something stupid and go AMD this time around after years of being on NVIDIA. These cards look amazing.
That would only be stupid if you can't live without ray tracing or you profit of NVIDIA-optimized software. The frame per dollar ratio has always been better on AMD since only the rasterization performace is key here. I have had only AMD cards in the past, currently being on a 6700xt, and never had any problems.
Now even ray tracing isn'tan issue apart from few outliers like Wukong which I don't plan on ever playing anyway.
Nice! I probably won't get this because I'm more of a mid tier customer and my 6650XT is still doing great. But competition with Nvidia is always good.
But who knows, maybe I'll go nuts and get one anyway. They seem to be priced competitively.
I haven't bought an AMD card in 10 years, but I'll buy one next. 16GB of VRAM and better performance for about the same price as a 8GB VRAM video card seems nice.
I never actually bought an AMD card per say but I have been very disappointed with Nvidia and their laptop GPUs. It feels like those things put out more heat than work.
Recently got a laptop with an AMD GPU and CPU and it's like night and day difference.
I'm still rocking a 6800. I should see what the improvement is. The VRAM would be nice for genai stuff
Hoping to get one on launch day.
The formula they have for performance to cost is a win, but I still can't help but be disappointed in them. The product I (we) need doesn't exist even though they have the position to produce it: a Linux compatible, 4K @ Ultra w/RT 120fps capable card. 5090 doesn't have the compatibility and the 7900 xtx (and now 9070 xt) doesn't have the performance (or style, if I may add. Seriously why are they allowing third parties to make them so ugly?).
I currently have a 3080ti FE for perspective.
Well, I'm on the other side and am happy AMD don't waste resources on high end cards. Vast majority of people use low to mid range cards anyway, so why waste millions to just compete with nvidia, while most enthusiast people will buy nv anyway (because dlss, rtx, whatever hurr durr)? It's just waste of money for negligible returns. I don't even know one single person in my social circle that would have 4k/120Hz display anyway. Most (basically everyone) has either 1080p/144 or 4k/60 and that's mid range happy rodeo. I do have 1440p/144 and I feel like weirdo among my friends (why you need this?).
If they were on the position to produce it, they would have. I highly doubt they chose to not make high end cards "just because", especially because that's where the profit margins would be the highest
I think that you're simply expecting a bit too much, and a little too far ahead in terms of your requirements. 4K RT 120fps is something that's just barely starting to get achievable at the absolute highest end, and even then not without compromises
What's your issue with Linux compatibility and NVIDIA?
I know the drivers are proprietary and not as good as AMD, but my only issue a year or two ago with a 3080 was VRR with multiple monitors, which is supposed to work now.
I have not been as lucky. My story goes, try bazzite, get by, boot up one day to an unrecoverable OS. So I start over and try Ubuntu, get by, boot up one day to an unrecoverable OS. Switch back to bazzite, get by, and boot up one day to an unrecoverable OS.
As you can imagine, I am now back on windows for the time being (and enjoying the stutter free gaming...).
It's entirely possible I'm misplacing the blame on nvidia, but my extensive troubleshooting at the time would suggest otherwise.