Ultimate AMD RX 9070XT GPU Review: Gaming, Thermals, PCIe Gen 3/4/5 & More

I bought the AMD Radeon RX 9070XT graphics card the day after launch, and it seems like an amazing card - I've had some brilliant gaming results with it, and it also runs fairly cool. However there are some issues, such as coil whine problems - and a lack of FSR4 support. So in this mega review, I wanted to dive into everything you need to know about the card. I purchased the Sapphire Pulse RX 9070XT model, however 99% of the review will apply to all other 9070XT models too. I cover 4K and 1440p gaming in games like Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy, Metro Exodus, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Guardians Of The Galaxy and Red Dead Redemption 2. I also use my thermal camera to show off exactly where the hotspots on the 9070XT GPU are, and I also tested with both air and liquid coolers (a Noctua NH-D15 for air, and a Corsair RX Titan AIO cooler for liquid). I also use smoke to analyze how the air flow works in my case (Lian Li Lancool II RGB) with this Radeon graphics card. The three most recent PCIe generations (gen 3, gen 4 and gen 5) are also covered so you can decide whether to keep your gen 3/4 motherboard, or whether you need to upgrade to gen 5. Finally I also looked at FSR4 in Smite, I analyzed x4 vs x8 vs x16 PCIe performance - and I discuss the coil whine problems that are currently affecting my card... along with how to possibly benefit this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The individual timestamps for this video are: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 00:00 AMD Radeon RX 9070XT (Sapphire Pulse) 01:02 General Card Overview 03:10 Gaming - Cyberpunk (Ryzen 7600 / RX 9070XT) 03:48 Cyberpunk And FSR3 Is... Yeah 05:00 Cyberpunk 4K Native and 1440p w/ RX 9070XT 07:23 Hogwarts Legacy (Ryzen 7600 / RX 9070XT) 09:08 Metro Exodus (Ryzen 7600 / RX 9070XT) 10:38 Thermals 11:20 Furmark with Noctua NH-D15 11:45 Furmark with Corsair RX Titan AIO 13:05 Thermal Camera Results 15:00 Smoke/Airflow Analysis 16:35 FSR4... In Theory 18:16 How To Enable FSR4 With A 9070XT 19:42 Coil Whine 21:05 Undervolting/30% Power Limit 22:10 PCIe Gen 3, 4 or 5 Motherboard? 23:33 PCIe Gen 3, 4 or 5: x4, x8 and x16 Tests 24:45 THANK YOU, AMD! ~~~~~~ Credits ~~~~~~ Thanks to the following resources (sounds, images etc): "Pop-up Sound" by BeezleFM (https://freesound.org/s/512135/ -- License: Attribution 4.0) --- Goldmine by Keith Beauvais, License ID: KbG4M9jOEw4 Whiskey And Rye by Adam Drake, License ID: 9R3g56mVvX4 Trucks And Bucks by Adam Drake, License ID: pnMjL9ney5z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #GraphicsCard #9070XT #AMD