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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
4K Beast - No More Coil Whine
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This is the card that made me sell my TUF 4070 Ti Super OC.
I haven’t owned a Gigabyte card since a 1050 Ti, but always loved their boards. But this card? Def changed my mind about Gigabyte and Radeon. Plays all my games in 4K ultra and asks for more. As for the coil whine claims? All true…IF you’re running Windows 10 or 11. First run thru on the test bench had Windows 11. When I cranked it to ultra 4K, yes, it made plenty of noise. Since then I’ve deleted Windows, installed Bazzite and run in Steam mode. Quiet as can be running native 4K ultra, even with the fans full tilt. This card is amazing, and the 9070 series is why people are flocking back to Team Red.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best purchase for my pc so far...
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Best purchase for my pc so far. Going from 2070 super to this was epic. Playing every game i throw at it at 4k with good temps. Have not seen this gpu break over 70° and thats playing native 4k. High to epic settings temps be around 63° to 65°. The price and performance of this card beats paying and extra 6 to $800 for a 5080 just for an extra 10 to 15fps gain anyday.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best Value GPU
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I upgraded to this from a GTX 1080, and I'm extremely happy with my purchase. It's arguably the best graphics card right now in terms of price and performance. Definitely recommend getting if you're looking to upgrade for 1440p gaming, and shipping was VERY fast! NOTE: if your case has a support bracket, make sure you angle it so it isn't preventing the fans from spinning.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great RX 9070 XT card
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Got mine for 729. Not msrp but overall, the card has been awesome. Didnt have any of the fan issues other reviews have mentioned. Playing HelllDivers 2 at ultra settings and native 4k rendering, and its butter smooth. Card designed and built well
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Gaming GPU
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Excellent performing GPU, performs significantly better than my RTX 4070 even in ray tracing. 9070 XTs at MSRP were impossible to get in my area, this was the best price I could get and I am pleased with it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great GPU. Easy Setup. Worked first try!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Worked great out of the box! Used in a first time build for a buddy of mine and he is loving it! Pairs nicely with the 9900X3D. Great value if you can get one close to MSRP. Very happy with the performance of this card! Love the design and visual ques of this card!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Smooth Running Graphics
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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I bought a 5070 TI for almost $1,100 just too much money it took about 3 weeks and finally got the 9070 XT more than happy that I did can't see any difference in the performance and save me over $300
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The best mid range card
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Certainly an upgrade from my 6800. Easy install, fantastic performance. AMD really stepped up with the 9070XT. Can't wait to see what they plan with project Redstone.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Took a leap of faith
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Great card for 1440, and a good card for 4k gaming. Snapshot for Gears 5 maxed out all settings.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
BEST GPU EVER
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Best GPU for $700, works perfectly. It never lags or glitches. Runs on high settings ultra smooth.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great performing GPU
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Great card, plays everything on ultra with high enough fps for my 180hz 1440p monitor.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast and good temps
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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First time using a AMD card and so far its great I definitely reccomend this GPU.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Got this for decent price
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Great card for the price point. Was a pretty good jump in performance from a 3080.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Worth the money, although closer to msrp would be
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Very solid gpu. Great perforamnce in games and productivity applications. I do folding at home when im not home and it crunches through that much faster than my old gpu. Wish the price was closer to msrp though.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Good card, horrible coil whine
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Card performs well, oc and uv well and quiet fans but the terrible coil whine made it terrible. Combined with the mid price of it, I’m returning it and waiting for a different model of 9070xt or a 5070ti
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Loving my 9070 XT!
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This card is slightly over base price for a 9070 XT, but considering the current state of the GPU market I think it the Gaming OC model hits a price-to-performance sweet spot. The card runs cool and the fans never spin up on desktop or when streaming video, even at 4K/120.
I upgraded to this card from a 2080 Super, and the performance improvement is substantial. Plenty of benchmarks are available for those looking for hard data, but this card produces results on par with my friend's 4070 Super, and in many games the 9070 XT performs significantly better.
Coming from 8 GB, I can really feel the impact of having a 16 GB VRAM buffer -- my monitor is 1440p/160hz; the impact might not be as significant for those with a 1080p monitor, even a high refresh rate one. Since the 9070 XT has close to parity with the 4070 Super (which, in turn, is basically a 5070), the extra 4 GB of VRAM is a differentiator that may not be super important right now, but could easily become so soon -- I know that some of my friends with 12 GB cards are close to max usage in some new games. Again, they are not being held back yet, but the VRAM required for a good gaming experience is guaranteed to go up. If you plan to have this GPU in your PC for a couple of generations, I'd expect that the 12 GB buffer would start holding you back before then.
Moving on ... AMD's driver/software appears to have gotten much better. The last AMD card I owned as a 7950 (side note: AMD needs to change their naming scheme a bit since years later, they have a CPU with the same name!). That card was good back in its day but software support started lagging toward the end of its life and it was bad enough that I jumped to nVidia for a couple of generations. Despite all the positive hype, I was skeptical that AMD had turned it around. I'm happy to report they have! The software suite ("Adrenaline") is fairly intuitive and unobtrusive; it doesn't pop up annoyingly like GeForce Experience started toward the end of my time with the 2080 Super.
There are some questionable features, like the AI assistant that will answer your questions about AMD products ... I'm not sure there are enough people with product trivia questions to justify its existence, but whatever. I downloaded it for kicks but actually ended up using it to learn where the setting was to disable an Adrenaline hotkey that conflicted with a macro for another program I use for work. It answered quickly and made no attempt to convince me not to disable the feature. I appreciated it saving me from the usual Google-search-to-forum-thread routine I usually resort to. Whether that makes it worth the 12 GB download is your call, but I did go from "bleh" to "meh" after that experience and I'll probably make it my first stop for similar questions in the future.
The lone negative so far is minor and not worth docking a star, but I prefer nVidia's standard output selection of three DisplayPorts and one HDMI port. The Gigabyte 9070 XT Gaming OC has two DisplayPorts and one HDMI port.
To be clear, there is nothing inherently wrong with a "two-and-two" setup, but since I was connecting two monitors and a VR headset to the DisplayPorts on my old card I realized pretty quick that I'd need to dig up an HDMI cable to get everything set up the way I like it.
Consider that more of a "PSA" than a "warning" since some devices (e.g. the Valve Index) must use a DisplayPort and don't play nice with DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapters. In reality, most people (tell me I'm not alone here, LOL) have a drawer of pack-in USB/HDMI cables that came with various devices over the years, so all you'll need to do is dig one of those out -- just be aware that some resolution/refresh rate combos require higher-speed HDMI cables. If you are unsure, just tack one on; their ubiquity makes them pretty cheap these days.
P.S. For those with an SFF system, I can confirm that the dimensions on BestBuy's product listing for this card are accurate, and I can also confirm that this card will fit in both the Fractal Terra and the Fractal Era 2, both on the middle notch (that's notch three on the Terra and notch two on the Era 2). One of the Gigabyte 9070 XT variants is too long for either case (and most SFF cases in general) and would need another notch of space even if you found a way to brute force it in. I'd recommend taking the safe route and double checking your case manual.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
W for AMD in the GPU space.
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Great performance for less than the comparable Nvidia GPUs on the market.
First off the card runs pretty quiet playing maxed out settings on every game ive tried. the VRAM does get a little bit hot but never to a concerning level. GPU core stays nice and cool. im getting over 120fps averages in Conan Exiles playing at 2k resolution which is pretty good considering how badly optimized that game is even on the best graphics cards.
I am using this card with an AMD Freesync Pro monitor and i get NO screen tearing or visual disruption.
its impressive how far they've come with the user experience, Adrenalin is much nicer to use than catalyst was. no issues with drivers so far!
very minimal physical design but my case is under my desk so i dont really care what it looks like. just know that its not going to be a crazy RGB looking card.
the only issue i have with this thing is the price - I would have preferred to pay somewhere closer to the $600's for this card but im still thankful i was able to get it for $100 under what the 5070ti is going for (with comparable performance). I think AMD has a really great opportunity to show that NVIDIA isnt the only player on the block with cards like this and i hope they continue to be competitive in that space.
also may need to get a GPU sag bracket, this card is pretty long as most modern cards are.
It gets an A from me, only reason it doesnt get an A+ is because it requires 3x 8-pin connectors and i had to buy an additional one for my old EVGA power supply on eBay.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent GPU
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The 9070XT is an incredibly well-performing card at a reasonable value given the current state of the market and options available.
This card is priced over the base MSRP model, but what it does get you is (1) a GPU, don't fool yourself thinking base MSRP models will ever return to stock, they won't, if you missed them at launch they're gone; (2) an out of the box OC (meh); and (3) higher power draw (for more performance and aggressive tuning) that you won't get from a base MSRP card. This allows the card a lot of flexibility if you're looking to tune it - you can opt to crank the power for extra performance and get about 6% or so more out of it if you wanna go that route, or instead drop the power draw and undervolt it to use less power for roughly equivalent performance to the stock tuning while staying way cooler. I went for the latter (-25% power @ peak 248w, and a stable -70v with fast memory timing - higher undervolts work in many games but caused instability in a limited amount in others).
I've not experienced coil whine or issues with the card - my biggest complaint would be the cable management of having to run 3x8 power connectors to the thing, but that's still better than 12vHP. It's also large, but not that much bigger than my Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super it replaced for me.
If you can get your hands on one, I'd recommend. Any partner model priced higher than this card is likely not worth your money.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Shipped 2 store thru app. Just kept checking app
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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1440p gamer here. Run an AMD 7900X with 32GB ram. I upgraded from an nVidia GTX 1070 8GB. Ive built two new PCs since my 1070 purchase, but I waited a long time on GPU because value for my purchase was key to me, as i want my choice of GPU to last me a long time. It felt like the right time because of the actual benchmarks without scaling and the slew of reviews for the drivers and performance. It really is crushing everything i throw at it, no sweat. Easy to use AMD drivers. Fantastic performance. Ive owned it since April and i game about 10 hrs a week. I’m honestly shocked and thrilled with it so far - proud of the purchase!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
9070 xt OC.
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I'm coming from a rtx 4070, and this card about double raw fps in all my games. I'm running this off of a 7 5800x3d cpu. My monitor is a Asus 2k Oled 240hz. I did get this OC 9070xt for 719. First time Amd GPU buyer. No regrets. Before this purchase, I was having monitor flickering and black screens randomly, and fps drops. After switching to Amd all those issues went away. Nvidia is having drivers issues with games, they're too focused on AI. I hope they solve it, because they did have great cards. Their costs are to high too.