ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

This card performs significantly above expectations and can consistently trade blows with an RTX 4080 or even a 5080 depending on the title, and even when it can't match a 4080 in raw maximum FPS it still beats it in 1% lows and incredibly consistent frame times which are the part you actually feel, represented by hitches and microstuttering. This card is buttery smooth in everything you throw at it, I've never seen anything like it in over 20 years of gaming. However, it does have some very noteworthy flaws.

All of these cards run extremely hot - don't be fooled by a GPU package temperature of only 51 degrees under load, in reality your h...view more This card performs significantly above expectations and can consistently trade blows with an RTX 4080 or even a 5080 depending on the title, and even when it can't match a 4080 in raw maximum FPS it still beats it in 1% lows and incredibly consistent frame times which are the part you actually feel, represented by hitches and microstuttering. This card is buttery smooth in everything you throw at it, I've never seen anything like it in over 20 years of gaming. However, it does have some very noteworthy flaws.

All of these cards run extremely hot - don't be fooled by a GPU package temperature of only 51 degrees under load, in reality your hot spot temperatures are closer to 85 or 90 degrees with occasional spikes as high as 95. Granted this is a factory OC model pulling 340w maximum, over the 304 base spec (which you can switch to on the quiet vBIOS mode), but in reality from my testing these cards don't actually gain anything meaningful from that OC and the best thing you can do for them is play around with lowering the voltage and power limit. Sounds counter-productive, but without going into specifics here I advise a target of 282w power limit (-17% power limit on OC vBIOS or -5% on quiet mode) this keeps performance the same or 1-2% better than stock while dropping power consumption and lowering temperatures by 10 degrees on average, as these cards hit a sheer cliff of diminishing returns past the 280w mark from my testing. Your mileage may vary here, these are just my experiences and there is significant variance in these GPUs just as there are with all cards, AMD or NVidia. At the very least if you don't want to touch power settings yourself, set a custom fan curve that ramps the fans appropriately to control the temperatures as the stock fan curve is...not great, but be warned that the fans are VERY loud on this specific model as they develop a distinctive tone around 65% (1900 RPM) and start to push a huge amount of air above 70%. The fan stop option is also useless because it refuses to kick in sometimes while the card is sitting at over 60 degrees, so let it spin at the minimum speed until about 65 - it's dead silent and it'll help keep the rest of the system cool, too.

Setup was mildly annoying but otherwise fairly smooth. I understood that driver conflicts were an ever-present issue and the best thing to do was perform a fresh reinstall of Windows, which I did. I have had no driver issues, but I did have to toggle a BIOS option off and back on to enable SAM and get a 'new hardware detected' popup to stop appearing every boot. AMD Adrenalin software is also full of good ideas with questionable executions, with a great example being Re-Live which just ignores my keybinds half the time and records video without audio for...arbitrary reasons. If you're a Linux user, don't even try to get the card working in an LTS distro like Mint, it's theoretically possible but it requires updating to an unsupported kernel and is way more effort than it's worth, so just wait for official support unless you're a superuser or don't mind switching distros.

The card is absolutely massive. Don't underestimate how huge and heavy this thing is - check the physical specifications and measure your case if you're not sure it'll fit, don't just go purely by clearances stated by manufacturers.

Yes, it uses the 12v high failure connector. Plug it in snugly and securely at both ends, and don't worry about it. This card absolutely should not get anywhere close to pushing a high enough wattage to melt the cable, unless you're overclocking it in which case you've got other much more immediate problems with the card being at 374w, like a 100c hotspot.

There may be coil whine. Mine whined a lot at first install, even at idle, but eased off and is almost totally silent under 100% load even before I power limited it. Some people never get any whine, others get a permanent whine so bad they have to return the card. YMMV.

That's about it for my 'complaints' about the card, if you can even call them that. The card is absolutely insane value in this country, embarrassing NVidia cards that are $1000 more expensive. Every time I throw something new at it I underestimate how damned good this card is, and it has been nothing but rock-solid stable for the last couple of weeks I've owned it.

The fps I'm seeing is well above what I was expecting based on the reviews.
The card is quiet, looks great, and has integrated.flawlessly with my rig and games. The fps I'm seeing is well above what I was expecting based on the reviews.
The card is quiet, looks great, and has integrated.flawlessly with my rig and games.

Amazing card, such good value compared to the competition. Build quality was good in this case.
Silent operation, power use reasonable.
Only con: slight coil whine if you leave game lobbies running at uncapped frames (1000fps) but no whine ingame.

With Nvidia leaving a bad smell in the room from ridiculous prices and availability, drivers becoming worse with every iteration, and increasing bugs in their software, now is a perfect time.
CP2077 at 135-147fps on ultra.
SM2 same.
HD2 same.

AMD software has gotten more solid over time, and now is a great time to never go back to team green. Amazing card, such good value compared to the competition. Build quality was good in this case.
Silent operation, power use reasonable.
Only con: slight coil whine if you leave game lobbies running at uncapped frames (1000fps) but no whine ingame.

With Nvidia leaving a bad smell in the room from ridiculous prices and availability, drivers becoming worse with every iteration, and increasing bugs in their software, now is a perfect time.
CP2077 at 135-147fps on ultra.
SM2 same.
HD2 same.

AMD software has gotten more solid over time, and now is a great time to never go back to team green.

Runs quiet, made from good components and fastest stock OC clock rate out there. Runs quiet, made from good components and fastest stock OC clock rate out there.

coming from a long time nvidia user this card is worth the money, great value, temps were honestly great when compaired to the rivals, and for normal gaming use its very quiet, if your into overclocking look no further this little (its not little its massive) card really has the power delivery compaired to other cards ive overclocked, the stock vbios allows you to really push the card a fair amount, all temps remained very much safe for the hardware especally in 1hr benchmarks, being dual bios also makes flashing easy and the card runs well with a slightly modified driver in all punching over 3.6Ghz was easy and the card was still very stable...view more coming from a long time nvidia user this card is worth the money, great value, temps were honestly great when compaired to the rivals, and for normal gaming use its very quiet, if your into overclocking look no further this little (its not little its massive) card really has the power delivery compaired to other cards ive overclocked, the stock vbios allows you to really push the card a fair amount, all temps remained very much safe for the hardware especally in 1hr benchmarks, being dual bios also makes flashing easy and the card runs well with a slightly modified driver in all punching over 3.6Ghz was easy and the card was still very stable for gaming, though stable for benchmarks at 3.7Ghz just some games dont agree with it, gddr6 you generally can throw on an extra 150mhz, this card being the SK Hynx memory chips ive added 200Mhz over stock, responds well to undervolting however is you get your hands on a secret sauce driver and vbios you can add voltage and it turns into a monster.

overall great value, great PCB, stock cooler is efficient and normal use quiet, instalation was easy though size was a tight squeeze, will run any game at 1080 all ultra at native resolution (including ark survival ascended), same goes for most games at 1440p, drivers were not an issue just uninstall anything nvidia related then install adrenalin, power cable is the high power cable though using a lazer thermometer didnt get warm even when we went from undervolting to adding voltage just use common sense when plugging your cable in make sure its nice and snug at both ends. all up im glad to say goodbye to nvidia. also just to add this card does come with a stand.

Highly recommend

To start off, if you are into overclocking and want the best 9070XT, this is it, no other PCBs come close (Except the Aorus Elite but that leaks thermal putty and should be avoided), both the Nitro+ and Red Devil PCBs have nothing on the backside and just less power delivery in general, not to mention the Nitro+ doesn't even have dual bios.

What's not so good, the VRAM runs HOT, as in ~90 degrees with 20-25C ambient with fans at 60%, but this shouldn't cause any issues since this is still well below the maximum temp that GDDR6 can run at. The 12V power connector is somewhat concerning but also shouldn't be a problem since 9070s don't pull en...view more To start off, if you are into overclocking and want the best 9070XT, this is it, no other PCBs come close (Except the Aorus Elite but that leaks thermal putty and should be avoided), both the Nitro+ and Red Devil PCBs have nothing on the backside and just less power delivery in general, not to mention the Nitro+ doesn't even have dual bios.

What's not so good, the VRAM runs HOT, as in ~90 degrees with 20-25C ambient with fans at 60%, but this shouldn't cause any issues since this is still well below the maximum temp that GDDR6 can run at. The 12V power connector is somewhat concerning but also shouldn't be a problem since 9070s don't pull enough power, just make sure you have connected the cable correctly. If you are building an ITX system, this power connector might actually be an advantage since you only have to run 1 cable instead or 2 or 3.

The design is pretty clean, but the card is quite big, though not as big as the Red Devil or Nitro+.
So far, I have not heard any coil whine from this card at any load.

While these cards are expensive, the upgrade has been worth it. Running triple 32" 1440p easily now. While these cards are expensive, the upgrade has been worth it. Running triple 32" 1440p easily now.

Have had this card for over month now and say it has worked a treat. Have only played a few games so far but really no complaints, and actually had to a adjust the settings as the card was too advanced. I can see FPS is amazing as well with both the game detail and watching old digital videos. I've been using the performance monitor so confused how the other reviewer considered "hot spot temperatures are closer to 85 or 90 degrees" - to b e fair I have not really maxed it yet though. While I give a five, I will mention the support bracket/column for the card was not fit for purpose, so will look to source one for peace of mind (while it seems...view more Have had this card for over month now and say it has worked a treat. Have only played a few games so far but really no complaints, and actually had to a adjust the settings as the card was too advanced. I can see FPS is amazing as well with both the game detail and watching old digital videos. I've been using the performance monitor so confused how the other reviewer considered "hot spot temperatures are closer to 85 or 90 degrees" - to b e fair I have not really maxed it yet though. While I give a five, I will mention the support bracket/column for the card was not fit for purpose, so will look to source one for peace of mind (while it seems solid, my old computer had a sagging graphics card.

The GPU is amazing, reaching very high frame rates. Coming from a 3060 ti, the difference is night and day, so definitely worth it. I undervolted it as soon as I got it, settling on -35mV, 2800MHz (Mem clock), -24% Power Limit, settles on 255W, 91°C Hotspot, 70°C Temp. The temperatures are quite good, but that dissipates throughout the case, so much so, it is actually too hot to touch.

Set up was an absolute pain BUT THAT WAS JUST ME, it took me 18 hours of troubleshooting and returning to the store for testing to realise that my PSU cables were not adequate, so I bought a new PSU (850W) and it worked without a problem after that.

Would...view more The GPU is amazing, reaching very high frame rates. Coming from a 3060 ti, the difference is night and day, so definitely worth it. I undervolted it as soon as I got it, settling on -35mV, 2800MHz (Mem clock), -24% Power Limit, settles on 255W, 91°C Hotspot, 70°C Temp. The temperatures are quite good, but that dissipates throughout the case, so much so, it is actually too hot to touch.

Set up was an absolute pain BUT THAT WAS JUST ME, it took me 18 hours of troubleshooting and returning to the store for testing to realise that my PSU cables were not adequate, so I bought a new PSU (850W) and it worked without a problem after that.

Would recommend.

Blows all my old cards away. You need to use the power adapter that comes with it to work don't use the one that comes with your psu / power supply, I would use a 1000w power supply Blows all my old cards away. You need to use the power adapter that comes with it to work don't use the one that comes with your psu / power supply, I would use a 1000w power supply

The gpu is doing great and thanks to Pb tech and bery help-full and nice boys The gpu is doing great and thanks to Pb tech and bery help-full and nice boys

This card is amazing for 4k gaming, can set any game to 4k and reach around 40 to 100fps depending on the game but as for what people will usually opt for which is 1440p gaming this card is a beast runs any game around 140fps to 300fps its absolutely insane, not to mention the price of this card oml nvidia really lost the gamers this year haha, amd for the win ggs This card is amazing for 4k gaming, can set any game to 4k and reach around 40 to 100fps depending on the game but as for what people will usually opt for which is 1440p gaming this card is a beast runs any game around 140fps to 300fps its absolutely insane, not to mention the price of this card oml nvidia really lost the gamers this year haha, amd for the win ggs