Graphic Cards Is it worth it to buy 9070xt now?

I had to bump down VRAM clocks from 2800 MHz to 2700 MHz. Oddly enough everything was stable on Cyberpunk and Witcher 3, but I encountered screen corruption on Metro Exodus and Marvel's Midnight Suns.

I have also been messing around and benchmarking with Optiscaler, and have to say, it is an amazing piece of software. You can use it to switch between XESS, FSR 2/3/4, and also allow frame generation on 9070 XT with a couple of ways.
Here's some settings I got working using Optiscaler with different games:
  • Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition: DLSS → XESS + no FG (FSR4 causes artifacting, OptiFG doesn't work)
  • Blacktail: DLSS → FSR4 + OptiFG + Reflex (works flawlessly)
  • Horizon Zero Dawn (non-remastered): DLSS → FSR4 + no FG (OptiFG causes judder)
  • Marvel's Midnight Suns: DLSS → FSR4 + DLSS FG + Reflex
  • Witcher 3 (next gen): DLSS → FSR4 + DLSS FG + Reflex
  • Cyberpunk 2077: FSR3→ FSR4 + DLSS FG + Reflex
  • Deep Rock Galctic: FSR2 -> FSR4 + Reflex (didn't try OptiFG as frame rate is already high)
Also been playing around with reducing total board power primarily because of concerns with memory temps, which is 90 °C constantly and sees peaks of 93 °C. A flat TBP reduction of -30% sees much more reasonable peak memory temps of 86 °C. Suprisingly a -30% board power reduction showed just ~7% reduction in performance in Horizon and ~13% in Cyperpunk.

I am thinking of permanently running with -30% TBP, which would be great for indian summers. Will try some additional performance tuning and see how much performance I can claw back.
Well that didn't take long. Here's updated tuned settings for my Sapphire Pulse 9070 XT:
  • Total Board Power: Stock → -30%
  • GPU Voltage Offset: -50 mV → -70 mV
  • VRAM Clock Speed: 2700 MHz (unchanged)
  • VRAM Memory Timing: Fast (unchanged)
Cyberpunk and Metro Exodus both see performance drop to around 92.5% of previous optimized settings, while Horizon sees a drop to around 95%. Compared to stock clocks, I ought to be getting around 95% of the performance which is very impressive considering the massive power and heat reduction.

That said TechPowerUp says the 9070 (non-XT) has 90% of the performance of a stock 9070 XT. If you have power or cooling constraints, then I would definitely recommend to be on the lookout for good deals on a 9070. I see an ASRock model listed for 63K on Vishal Perhiperals which seems quite good value to me.
 
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LYNK BYTE said:
Anyone who is currently using it can share your experience on 1440p gaming with ray tracing capablities ?
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Did a quick run of built-in benchmark in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p. Settings:
  • Preset: RT Overdrive (i.e.Path Tracing enabled)
  • Upscaling: FSR3 Quality -> FSR4 Quality (using Optiscaler)
  • Film Grain and Chromatic Aberration turned off
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Take note that I am running my 9070 XT with -30% total power, so a regular one should perform better. ~43 FPS seems okay, and you can turn ON frame generation to have a smoother presentation.

I personally play at 4K, and this card isn't fast enough for 4K + Path Tracing even at FSR Performance, but regular RT modes work well. I also find 4K FSR Performance to be much more temporally stable than 1440p FSR Quality.

Let me know if there are any other specific benchmarks you'd want me to run.
 
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GauravDas said:
Did a quick run of built-in benchmark in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p. Settings:
  • Preset: RT Overdrive (i.e.Path Tracing enabled)
  • Upscaling: FSR3 Quality -> FSR4 Quality (using Optiscaler)
  • Film Grain and Chromatic Aberration turned off
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Take note that I am running my 9070 XT with -30% total power, so a regular one should perform better. ~43 FPS seems okay, and you can turn ON frame generation to have a smoother presentation.

I personally play at 4K, and this card isn't fast enough for 4K + Path Tracing even at FSR Performance, but regular RT modes work well. I also find 4K FSR Performance to be much more temporally stable than 1440p FSR Quality.

Let me know if there are any other specific benchmarks you'd want me to run.
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This is what i wanted to see thank you so much for taking your time to post this
 
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GauravDas said:
Did a quick run of built-in benchmark in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p. Settings:
  • Preset: RT Overdrive (i.e.Path Tracing enabled)
  • Upscaling: FSR3 Quality -> FSR4 Quality (using Optiscaler)
  • Film Grain and Chromatic Aberration turned off
View attachment 235566

Take note that I am running my 9070 XT with -30% total power, so a regular one should perform better. ~43 FPS seems okay, and you can turn ON frame generation to have a smoother presentation.

I personally play at 4K, and this card isn't fast enough for 4K + Path Tracing even at FSR Performance, but regular RT modes work well. I also find 4K FSR Performance to be much more temporally stable than 1440p FSR Quality.

Let me know if there are any other specific benchmarks you'd want me to run.
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Check out UltraPlus on nexusmods, the mod offers both performance and visual improvements for path tracing, might give you just enough to get 50-60 fps
nvm, there seems to an issue with 9070 xt users. Ignore.
 
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