The Radeon RX 9070 XT is Now Faster, AMD FineWine

[Steve]

With new drivers and game updates in play, we revisit the Radeon RX 9070 XT to see how it stacks up against our day-one data. Is this real FineWine, or just minor gains?

Read the full article here.

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is Now Faster, AMD FineWine

 

[GeoffreyA]

Would be nice to see some gains on Battlemage.

 

[darkzelda]

Can't wait for my 9070 XT to arrive, got it for 700 USD.

 

[wontolla]

Hmm, reviews didn't show too much performance increase against my 3080:

3080 -- 29.77 TFLOPS vs RX 9070 XT 48.66 --TFLOPS , around 20%

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Would be nice if their drivers were just good wine from the start, but gains are gains are good.

 

[CapNemo72]

Interesting that in a couple of games, 5070 Ti lost a lot of its performance like in Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, in 1440p, it went from 184fps to 172. 12fps lost. Not small difference

 

[pSynrrg]

Hmm, reviews didn't show too much performance increase against my 3080:

3080 -- 29.77 TFLOPS vs RX 9070 XT 48.66 --TFLOPS , around 20%

I went from 3080 (10GB) to 9070XT shortly after it was launched. Still very happy with the upgrade. I game mostly 5120x1440 and all is good.

I purchased the 3080 with huge pandemic tax. It was a great card, but that tax always hurt. The 9070 just feels like such a bargain after that!

 

[B5S46M]

"The 5070 Ti, however, appears to be back up to $900"

Only if you are buying into the marketing of some brands. The PNY model which is a solid reference card, can be had for $750. While stock is not great, I was able to pick one last month for MSRP.

 

[Stingy McDuck]

Fine wine or poor drivers at launch?

 

[AdamNovagen]

"The 5070 Ti, however, appears to be back up to $900"

Only if you are buying into the marketing of some brands. The PNY model which is a solid reference card, can be had for $750. While stock is not great, I was able to pick one last month for MSRP.

Damn, where'd you find that? The lowest I can find at Micro Center right now is $825 for the Zotac; I know Micro Center's not the only game around, but they usually have the cheapest US prices since they're one of the only companies that actually tries to fight resellers. That's also a rosier picture than the $900 TS is quoting here, but they also still have the 9070 XT for $700 from ASRock, so AMD's card is still arguably better value.

Regarding the performance improvements in the article, tbh driver stuff like this always feels more like bug fixes than improvements of aging... Glass half full or empty, I suppose.

 

[J95qRP7]

Fine wine or poor drivers at launch?

AMD’s poor seems to be better than nVidia’s best, these days.

 

[EvilRebar]

AMD’s poor seems to be better than nVidia’s best, these days.

People say this, but my 4080S is rock solid compared to what I went through with my 7900XTX.

Maybe it's all tech influencers farming rage clicks...

 

[wontolla]

I went from 3080 (10GB) to 9070XT shortly after it was launched. Still very happy with the upgrade. I game mostly 5120x1440 and all is good.

I purchased the 3080 with huge pandemic tax. It was a great card, but that tax always hurt. The 9070 just feels like such a bargain after that!

It sounds cool. I play at 3840x2160, and sometimes the 3080 gets very hot. I'll look for the 9070, thank you.

 

[RaXelliX]

Hmm, reviews didn't show too much performance increase against my 3080:

3080 -- 29.77 TFLOPS vs RX 9070 XT 48.66 --TFLOPS , around 20%

Comparing TFLOPS is pointless. Especially across generations and architectures. At best TFLOPS can give some indication when comparing within the same family of cards.

People say this, but my 4080S is rock solid compared to what I went through with my 7900XTX.

Maybe it's all tech influencers farming rage clicks...

It's the 50 series that has been most affected by Nvidia's buggy drivers.

 

[noblody]

I was curious if power consumption has changed

 

[MonicaPython2]

Benchmarks provide really nice overview

 

[Badvok]

I'd be interested to know if your reviewers can detect whether the drivers are cheating to get the gains. Do you do any kind of image comparison?