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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 is a capable card across almost every resolution. Expect solid 1080p and 1440p performance, with 4K at steady framerates with upscaling. Equipped with 16GB of VRAM, the RX 9070 can run just about every modern title. and even excell in productivity tasks.
This is not the cheapest RX 9070 we've ever seen, but it's close, and it's certainly the most affordable one at this moment. The card itself needs no introduction; we've placed it as the number two pick in our best GPUs roundup for a reason. The 9070 is often outshone by the RX 9070 XT, but don't sleep on this card's value. It can stand its ground against the RTX 5070 , delivering buttery-smooth 1440p performance across any game.
Featuring 56 Compute Units, paired with 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM across a 256-bit wide bus, the RX 9070 has the same memory bandwidth as the 9070 XT. PowerColor's Hellhound variant has a 12-layer PCB with an 8+1 phase power design, and a dedicated 3+2 phase VRM for the memory. The company is also using PTM7950 on the core, and there's a dual BIOS switch that alternates between an OC and a silent profile. The card doesn't have any RGB because it's going for a sleek and minimal aesthetic.
The RX 9070 actually beats the RTX 5070 in rasterization across all resolutions we tested, almost matching the last-gen RX 7900 XT flagship. Similarly, Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti is weaker than the 9070 overall, while the 4070 Ti Super barely bests it. The story changes when it comes to ray tracing; AMD's offering is definitely better than its previous-gen architecture, but it still falls behind the Green Team, with the 9070 slotting right below the 4070 Super for ray traced workloads.
(Image credit: Future) (Image credit: Future) (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) In our review of AMD's 90-class cards this generation, we praised their exceptional price-to-performance ratio, while cutting points for inferior software support. Features like DLSS and RTX HDR remain Nvidia exclusives that might be non-negotiable for some. But for just $554 on Amazon right now , a midrange beast like the RX 9070 is a great deal for someone just looking to play their favorite games during the AI boom. With how uncertain the supply has been for these SKUs, grab yours quick before it sells out.
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bit_user Check me on this, but I'm pretty sure that card also fits in exactly 2 slots. That's not so common, these days. I also seem to recall that its memory gets pretty hot, due to there being no putty between the GDDR6 chips and the backplate. That can be fixed pretty easily, but you'd want to test it first, since doing that will obviously violate the warranty. Reply
modernmilkman This may have been a pricing mistake by Amazon or one of it's vendors. I wasn't able to find the advertised price at 2pm CST. Reply
bit_user modernmilkman said: This may have been a pricing mistake by Amazon or one of it's vendors. I wasn't able to find the advertised price at 2pm CST. When I first checked, the price was a little higher than the article claimed, but it was like $570. Now, it's back to the original price of $719. It could be that they had a limited amount of stock at the lower price, or that their dynamic pricing algorithms noticed the uptick in demand and repriced accordingly. Reply
pepe_le_pede bit_user said: Check me on this, but I'm pretty sure that card also fits in exactly 2 slots. That's not so common, these days. I also seem to recall that its memory gets pretty hot, due to there being no putty between the GDDR6 chips and the backplate. That can be fixed pretty easily, but you'd want to test it first, since doing that will obviously violate the warranty. Depends on the manufacturer. Widths of 2, 2.5, 2.9 and 3. It's thermal issues are well known. The slot width on my ASUS TUF 4080 Super is 3.65. It's a behemoth but thankfully the temps run on the mid 60s running Pax Dei on cinematic settings. Reply
bit_user pepe_le_pede said: Depends on the manufacturer. Widths of 2, 2.5, 2.9 and 3. No, I was talking about this specific model. PCPartPicker lists it as 2, in both "Case Expansion Slot Width" and "Total Slot Width": https://pcpartpicker.com/product/V4MXsY/powercolor-hellhound-oc-radeon-rx-9070-16-gb-video-card-rx9070-16g-loc pepe_le_pede said: It's thermal issues are well known. What thermal issues? It's really just the GDDR6, and that's only because it's not coupled to the backplate. pepe_le_pede said: The slot width on my ASUS TUF 4080 Super is 3.65. It's a behemoth but thankfully the temps run on the mid 60s running Pax Dei on cinematic settings. TechPowerUp found this card to run at only 56 C, out of the box. Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/powercolor-radeon-rx-9070-hellhound/39.html It was also the quietest of the cards they tested. Reply
King_V I'm seeing it right now (just after 11am EST), for $586.70, sold/shipped by Amazon. Reply
Shiznizzle Showing 586 dollars for us in the UK and 539 pounds in the UK which is 734 dollars. Typical. We get ripped off. Reply
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