ASUS Prime Radeon™ RX 9070 XT OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 5.0, HDMI/DP 2.1, 2.5-slot design, axial-tech fans, dual ball fan bearings, dual BIOS, ASUS GPU Guard). Axial-tech fans now feature a smaller fan hub that facilitates longer blades and a barrier ring that increases downward air pressure Phase-change GPU thermal pad helps ensure optimal heat transfer, lowering GPU temperatures for enhanced performance and reliability 2.5-slot design allows for greater build compatibility while maintaining cooling performance Dual-ball fan bearings last up to twice as long as standard conventional sleeve bearings designs 0dB technology lets you enjoy light gaming in relative silence
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Adny Angrand –
I unleash the beast!
So far so good! It’s a beast! Although I don’t have the monitors to really see what this thing can push out, it’s running some of my current apps with no hiccups or slow downs, or annoying error messages during startup. Specifically speaking about Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere. But it is a huge power draw. That’s on me, I guess I’ll need a better battery backup that can handle the power drain. Other than that, no issue so far. A lot of the settings are too advanced for a guy like me, but as far as simple plug and Play and maybe reducing quality in some games to keep from this thing drawing too much power for my poor battery backup, I would definitely recommend this. I unleashed the beast, but without a a 4k monitor. This monster has a tiny playpen to circle around it. LOL.
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some_guy –
Good performance, good value
Early Q2 2025 update: AMD’s 9070 XT (note: NOT the 9070, sans XT) are hitting shelves today. As I do not have one, I don’t have any benchmarking results to share. However, the results from other people’s benchmarks look very positive. The 9070 XT has an MSRP of $600 and punches with NVIDIA’s 5070 TI (which has an MSRP of $750, but due to extremely poor availability has not been available for less than $1000). Both of these cards lead the performance of the 7800 XT by 40-50%. GPU prices are all over the place right now. At the right price, any card can be good. If you can find a 7800 XT for $400, dollar-for-dollar, it is good value. If the 9070 XT availability is as poor as NVIDIA’s 5000 series cards, you may not have a choice. In the past we had the luxury of knowing the price of a product. Today, prices are constantly in flux. Instead of being tied to a particular model, be open minded and prepared to any card that satisfies your needs when it drops into a sensible price bucket (and know that it will likely not stay at that price for long).=== Original Review ===If you want to play modern titles at 4K/60 in ultra, the 7800XT is the currently the best mix of performance and value available.That being said, 2024 has been a pretty bad year for GPUs, and the 7800XT is not really an exception to this. I paid $440 for my card and comparisons are relative to that. Written Jan 2025, and prices referenced are the lowest I could find at time of writing.** Compared to current generation cards:- 15% faster than the 4070 (~$450).- 10% slower than the 4070 SUPER (~$550).- More VRAM than both the 4070/4070 SUPER (12GB vs. 16GB. Some modern titles use more than 12GB of VRAM at 4K ultra, and in this case the NVIDIA cards will be bottlenecked.- Under load, ~25% more efficient than the 4070 SUPER and ~20% more efficient than the 4070. Pulls half the power (15w vs. 30w) when idle and computer is not asleep.** Compared to last generation cards:- Similar performance to last generation’s 6900 XT (~$400). ~10% lower power draw under load, similar power draw at idle. No longer being manufactured so availability is bad.- 5% better performance than the 3080, ~15% lower power draw under load. Pulls half the power at idle.** Miscellaneous:- Temps hit 80C under sustained load on the bench with no overclocking.- Fits nicely into my SSF case.- Performance/eco hardware switch is a nice feature that adds a bit of value.- FSR (AMD’s upscaling technology) looks a little worse than DLSS (NVIDIA’s upscaling technology) IMO, but I think this is probably preference.- ROCm (AMD’s challenge to CUDA) works well on native Linux, but does not work well on Windows (including WSL2). AI performance is much worse than all of NVIDIA’s cards in terms of absolute performance and is slightly worse in terms of dollar-for-dollar performance.** Final thoughts:Overall, it’s a fine card.If you are OK with downgrading, Intel’s B580 ($250) is currently the value king and is capable of playing most titles at high in 1440p. If you are set on gaming in ultra at 4K/60, then the 7800XT is probably the way to go.The current generation of cards are not great (the fact NVIDIA has released the 4070, a 4070 SUPER, a 4070 TI, and a 4070 TI SUPER instead of adding a new SKU should be some indication of this), so being the best of the generation isn’t exactly the highest praise. New cards are likely going to start hitting the market in early Q2 2025, so hold out for a few months if you can.But if you need a new GPU and can’t wait… well, then you take what you can get.5 stars only because it’s the best compared to it’s competition, and not because it’s a card that will be remembered fondly in 10 years time.
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Mike R. –
Best Affordable GPU Currently
Runs fantastic (Fedora Linux, KDE Plasma desktop) out of the box and is probably the best card I ever ran. Only complaint is it’s an ASUS so good luck if you ever have to warranty it, you’ll need it. It’s pretty big but stays cool, definitely double check your chassis as I had to case swap it. Running comfortably on my 750W PSU. Runs just about any game I have at max settings at 4K comfortably without ray tracing and good enough at 4k with ray tracing on. Able to handle the heaviest games in my library at 1080p with max ray tracing just fine though. And with the way the industry is going, this might just be the last graphics card I buy for a very long time so I’m betting on the 9070 XT and hoping it’ll last (aiming for a decade but we’ll see, I intend to run this card until it kicks the bucket). Haven’t tested generative AI because frack toasters. Highly reccomended card, but beware ASUS with the usual cautions regarding their horrific customer support and warranties that exist only on paper, just know what you’re getting into with them first and make sure the card works out of the box so you can return it to Amazon in time if there’s a problem rather than rely on ASUS.
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Dustin –
Fast, Quiet, Stable
Great card, if a bit more expensive than I would like. I replaced an Nvidia RTX 3070 blower-style card with this, and the difference is night and day. Perf is way up, noise is way down, and graphics driver issues are (to my pleasant surprise) way down too.I’ve been running Nvidia on Linux since ~2011, and finally got fed up with the driver issues. I’m currently running the new card in “quiet” mode on Linux Mint 22.2, and everything worked right out of the box; swapped cards, booted up, done. I can play Satisfactory and Witcher 3 at 4k, ultra, and no up-scaling via Steam Proton at a steady 60+ Hz, and the the card is virtually silent. Freesync works perfectly, where as the previous Nvidia would always tear. Perf does take a pretty big hit with ray tracing and/or global illumination turned on though. They would probably be fine with up-scaling or frame-gen, but I prefer native res.
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Roma17 –
Asus Prime
I would say great graphics,works great at 4k with ryzen 7 9800x3d, not the best performance but this card wasn’t made for 4k . If the price was for msrp I would give 5 stars
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Adam –
best card in the 600-700 dollar range.
I got the itch to upgrade my 3090 so i sold it and made enough to pretty much buy this (Thanks AI for inflating old 3090 prices i guess). After a lot of research between this or the 5070ti which is actually about $100 more i pulled the trigger on the 9070XT because it can actually out perform the 5070ti and a cheaper cost. The only situation where the 5070ti pulls ahead is ray tracing.Nvidia rules the high end, but the 9070XT is the best card in the $600-700 range.
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guu –
drivers are somewhat fickle but Adrenaline software is easy enough to navigate. performs great for 1440p+ gaming and even the most unoptimized games (namely escape from tarkov) can be made playable at 120fps minimum with the built in frame generation, no perceivable latency using frame generation with minimal ghosting/smudging too.however even without any of the software tweaks its a beast of a card and will crush pretty much any game you throw at it in native resolution without any upscaling garbage, especially paired with a ryzen x3d CPUthis card does run pretty hot though, the cooler manages well keeping it under 70c~ but it will heat up your room noticeably in long sessions simply because the tri fan cooler works really well for moving air through the heatsink, so make sure you have a decent exhaust fan setup if you dont want to be sweating mid session hahaoverall great upgrade option for people running on previous gen cards like rtx 30xx/40xx series
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Mathew –
I got this back in March. For 6 years, I had been using the GTX 1660 Ti. The 1660 was nice, but it had been showing its age for over a year and had issues reaching 60fps at 1080p on newer games.My final straw was Monster Hunter Wilds. The benchmark for that game struggled to reach 30fps at 1080p on Low with dynamic resolution set to performance. Enough was enough. It was time to upgrade.Having only used Nvidia for the past decade since I first built my computer, I decided to give Radeon a chance. I heard the 7800 XT was on par with a 4070 for cheaper and looked up some videos online. I was impressed and ordered one.The process of switching from Nvidia to Radeon was surprisingly painless. I went into safe mode, activated DDU, uninstalled Nvidia’s drivers, then swapped the cards and installed Radeon’s drivers. That was it. It worked right off the hop.Games I struggled with 60fps in 1080p low settings suddenly ran amazingly on Ultra. Dying Light 2 is a good example. Not only do I no longer need the resolution scaler, but I can use Ray Tracing too.Not only is it so much better to play newer games, but it’s also fun to play older games that I could play before at higher resolutions. I played Spider-Man Remastered with Ray Tracing at 4K, and I don’t even have a 4K monitor (That’s my next upgrade).I just started playing so many games to test my 7800 XT, and it worked flawlessly. I’m going to be sticking with Radeon for the next little while now. I’m very impressed.If you need to upgrade your GPU, you won’t go wrong with the 7800 XT.
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FRANCISCO GARCIA –
muy buena tarjeta excelente rendimiento a un buen precio, la mejor tarjeta de amd hasta la fecha, muy buena relación calidad precio
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John v. –
Fantastic! Works super well. Glad I bought it last year. The prices have shot to since then! Yay for a graphics card that can handle 1440p widescreen with ease
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J. Dan –
This card is an absolute beast. Great build quality, sleak design, easy to install, and drivers are intuitive. I play everything in 4k on my TV and this card absolutely destroys any game I throw at it.The only downside is it generates a LOT of heat, but as long as you have decent exhaust in your PC, it will be fine. The 3-fan cooling is excellent and I have yet to see the GPU temp exceed 60C.I’m usually not a fan of ASUS products, but they absolutely nailed it here. Highly recommended.
Adny Angrand –
I unleash the beast!
So far so good! It’s a beast! Although I don’t have the monitors to really see what this thing can push out, it’s running some of my current apps with no hiccups or slow downs, or annoying error messages during startup. Specifically speaking about Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere. But it is a huge power draw. That’s on me, I guess I’ll need a better battery backup that can handle the power drain. Other than that, no issue so far. A lot of the settings are too advanced for a guy like me, but as far as simple plug and Play and maybe reducing quality in some games to keep from this thing drawing too much power for my poor battery backup, I would definitely recommend this. I unleashed the beast, but without a a 4k monitor. This monster has a tiny playpen to circle around it. LOL.
some_guy –
Good performance, good value
Early Q2 2025 update: AMD’s 9070 XT (note: NOT the 9070, sans XT) are hitting shelves today. As I do not have one, I don’t have any benchmarking results to share. However, the results from other people’s benchmarks look very positive. The 9070 XT has an MSRP of $600 and punches with NVIDIA’s 5070 TI (which has an MSRP of $750, but due to extremely poor availability has not been available for less than $1000). Both of these cards lead the performance of the 7800 XT by 40-50%. GPU prices are all over the place right now. At the right price, any card can be good. If you can find a 7800 XT for $400, dollar-for-dollar, it is good value. If the 9070 XT availability is as poor as NVIDIA’s 5000 series cards, you may not have a choice. In the past we had the luxury of knowing the price of a product. Today, prices are constantly in flux. Instead of being tied to a particular model, be open minded and prepared to any card that satisfies your needs when it drops into a sensible price bucket (and know that it will likely not stay at that price for long).=== Original Review ===If you want to play modern titles at 4K/60 in ultra, the 7800XT is the currently the best mix of performance and value available.That being said, 2024 has been a pretty bad year for GPUs, and the 7800XT is not really an exception to this. I paid $440 for my card and comparisons are relative to that. Written Jan 2025, and prices referenced are the lowest I could find at time of writing.** Compared to current generation cards:- 15% faster than the 4070 (~$450).- 10% slower than the 4070 SUPER (~$550).- More VRAM than both the 4070/4070 SUPER (12GB vs. 16GB. Some modern titles use more than 12GB of VRAM at 4K ultra, and in this case the NVIDIA cards will be bottlenecked.- Under load, ~25% more efficient than the 4070 SUPER and ~20% more efficient than the 4070. Pulls half the power (15w vs. 30w) when idle and computer is not asleep.** Compared to last generation cards:- Similar performance to last generation’s 6900 XT (~$400). ~10% lower power draw under load, similar power draw at idle. No longer being manufactured so availability is bad.- 5% better performance than the 3080, ~15% lower power draw under load. Pulls half the power at idle.** Miscellaneous:- Temps hit 80C under sustained load on the bench with no overclocking.- Fits nicely into my SSF case.- Performance/eco hardware switch is a nice feature that adds a bit of value.- FSR (AMD’s upscaling technology) looks a little worse than DLSS (NVIDIA’s upscaling technology) IMO, but I think this is probably preference.- ROCm (AMD’s challenge to CUDA) works well on native Linux, but does not work well on Windows (including WSL2). AI performance is much worse than all of NVIDIA’s cards in terms of absolute performance and is slightly worse in terms of dollar-for-dollar performance.** Final thoughts:Overall, it’s a fine card.If you are OK with downgrading, Intel’s B580 ($250) is currently the value king and is capable of playing most titles at high in 1440p. If you are set on gaming in ultra at 4K/60, then the 7800XT is probably the way to go.The current generation of cards are not great (the fact NVIDIA has released the 4070, a 4070 SUPER, a 4070 TI, and a 4070 TI SUPER instead of adding a new SKU should be some indication of this), so being the best of the generation isn’t exactly the highest praise. New cards are likely going to start hitting the market in early Q2 2025, so hold out for a few months if you can.But if you need a new GPU and can’t wait… well, then you take what you can get.5 stars only because it’s the best compared to it’s competition, and not because it’s a card that will be remembered fondly in 10 years time.
Mike R. –
Best Affordable GPU Currently
Runs fantastic (Fedora Linux, KDE Plasma desktop) out of the box and is probably the best card I ever ran. Only complaint is it’s an ASUS so good luck if you ever have to warranty it, you’ll need it. It’s pretty big but stays cool, definitely double check your chassis as I had to case swap it. Running comfortably on my 750W PSU. Runs just about any game I have at max settings at 4K comfortably without ray tracing and good enough at 4k with ray tracing on. Able to handle the heaviest games in my library at 1080p with max ray tracing just fine though. And with the way the industry is going, this might just be the last graphics card I buy for a very long time so I’m betting on the 9070 XT and hoping it’ll last (aiming for a decade but we’ll see, I intend to run this card until it kicks the bucket). Haven’t tested generative AI because frack toasters. Highly reccomended card, but beware ASUS with the usual cautions regarding their horrific customer support and warranties that exist only on paper, just know what you’re getting into with them first and make sure the card works out of the box so you can return it to Amazon in time if there’s a problem rather than rely on ASUS.
Dustin –
Fast, Quiet, Stable
Great card, if a bit more expensive than I would like. I replaced an Nvidia RTX 3070 blower-style card with this, and the difference is night and day. Perf is way up, noise is way down, and graphics driver issues are (to my pleasant surprise) way down too.I’ve been running Nvidia on Linux since ~2011, and finally got fed up with the driver issues. I’m currently running the new card in “quiet” mode on Linux Mint 22.2, and everything worked right out of the box; swapped cards, booted up, done. I can play Satisfactory and Witcher 3 at 4k, ultra, and no up-scaling via Steam Proton at a steady 60+ Hz, and the the card is virtually silent. Freesync works perfectly, where as the previous Nvidia would always tear. Perf does take a pretty big hit with ray tracing and/or global illumination turned on though. They would probably be fine with up-scaling or frame-gen, but I prefer native res.
Roma17 –
Asus Prime
I would say great graphics,works great at 4k with ryzen 7 9800x3d, not the best performance but this card wasn’t made for 4k . If the price was for msrp I would give 5 stars
Adam –
best card in the 600-700 dollar range.
I got the itch to upgrade my 3090 so i sold it and made enough to pretty much buy this (Thanks AI for inflating old 3090 prices i guess). After a lot of research between this or the 5070ti which is actually about $100 more i pulled the trigger on the 9070XT because it can actually out perform the 5070ti and a cheaper cost. The only situation where the 5070ti pulls ahead is ray tracing.Nvidia rules the high end, but the 9070XT is the best card in the $600-700 range.
guu –
drivers are somewhat fickle but Adrenaline software is easy enough to navigate. performs great for 1440p+ gaming and even the most unoptimized games (namely escape from tarkov) can be made playable at 120fps minimum with the built in frame generation, no perceivable latency using frame generation with minimal ghosting/smudging too.however even without any of the software tweaks its a beast of a card and will crush pretty much any game you throw at it in native resolution without any upscaling garbage, especially paired with a ryzen x3d CPUthis card does run pretty hot though, the cooler manages well keeping it under 70c~ but it will heat up your room noticeably in long sessions simply because the tri fan cooler works really well for moving air through the heatsink, so make sure you have a decent exhaust fan setup if you dont want to be sweating mid session hahaoverall great upgrade option for people running on previous gen cards like rtx 30xx/40xx series
Mathew –
I got this back in March. For 6 years, I had been using the GTX 1660 Ti. The 1660 was nice, but it had been showing its age for over a year and had issues reaching 60fps at 1080p on newer games.My final straw was Monster Hunter Wilds. The benchmark for that game struggled to reach 30fps at 1080p on Low with dynamic resolution set to performance. Enough was enough. It was time to upgrade.Having only used Nvidia for the past decade since I first built my computer, I decided to give Radeon a chance. I heard the 7800 XT was on par with a 4070 for cheaper and looked up some videos online. I was impressed and ordered one.The process of switching from Nvidia to Radeon was surprisingly painless. I went into safe mode, activated DDU, uninstalled Nvidia’s drivers, then swapped the cards and installed Radeon’s drivers. That was it. It worked right off the hop.Games I struggled with 60fps in 1080p low settings suddenly ran amazingly on Ultra. Dying Light 2 is a good example. Not only do I no longer need the resolution scaler, but I can use Ray Tracing too.Not only is it so much better to play newer games, but it’s also fun to play older games that I could play before at higher resolutions. I played Spider-Man Remastered with Ray Tracing at 4K, and I don’t even have a 4K monitor (That’s my next upgrade).I just started playing so many games to test my 7800 XT, and it worked flawlessly. I’m going to be sticking with Radeon for the next little while now. I’m very impressed.If you need to upgrade your GPU, you won’t go wrong with the 7800 XT.
FRANCISCO GARCIA –
muy buena tarjeta excelente rendimiento a un buen precio, la mejor tarjeta de amd hasta la fecha, muy buena relación calidad precio
John v. –
Fantastic! Works super well. Glad I bought it last year. The prices have shot to since then! Yay for a graphics card that can handle 1440p widescreen with ease
J. Dan –
This card is an absolute beast. Great build quality, sleak design, easy to install, and drivers are intuitive. I play everything in 4k on my TV and this card absolutely destroys any game I throw at it.The only downside is it generates a LOT of heat, but as long as you have decent exhaust in your PC, it will be fine. The 3-fan cooling is excellent and I have yet to see the GPU temp exceed 60C.I’m usually not a fan of ASUS products, but they absolutely nailed it here. Highly recommended.