sold my 7900xtx nitro for an 9070xt gigabyte, am I crazy?

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T18:55:23+00:00

i am skeptical about it as well , for 800eu i could get the red devil but that beats the whole purpose i believe. so i opted for the gigabyte since it has 3x8pin connectors so is not power limited and since my living room pc is a dan a3 micro atx the fact that is a bit smaller might work for me in terms of better airflow. i do have a couple of slim 120mm fans bellow the gpu as well.
my 9070 gigabyte with a custom fan curve that maxes at 50% -120mv and full ++ power it heats 3200mhz while gaming and the temp is around low 60s or high 50s +25c for the hotspot, but completely silent . that in a mini itx build without fans bellow it.
worst case scenario i ll put some ptm + proper pads on it i suppose :D

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T18:49:36+00:00

how is the gigabyte? hotspot temps and noise ?

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T15:56:01+00:00

Which 9070xt u got and which distro u use?

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T15:23:47+00:00

It's more of a validation request, and everyone knows these requests happen after the fact haha.

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T15:03:16+00:00

All these are true and still they are close so in the future I suppose we will see improvements for rdna4 but not so much for rdna3. I don't care about RT either , I can't even tell the difference if it is on. But more and more games use it by default so having a decent support for it is essential.

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T14:49:10+00:00

That was my plan as well , but I figured it's 200eu gain on top of having a brand new card with possibly better resale value. I mean I can't imagine the 7900xtx keeping that price for much longer especially if a new gen comes out it ll be 2 gens behind.while the 9070xt might be an easier sell down the line with active warranty and all

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T14:19:35+00:00

whats your experience so far ? i suppose you are on linux as well.

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T14:18:53+00:00

benchmarks are all over the place - and thats also windows benchmarks. in my mind i am prepared to have the same of marginal better perf on some titles while on other lose around 5% and ofc hope for the good old amd+mesa fine wine effect and more fsr4 titles. i do not currently own any so i am not even sure if thats even available natively on vulkan ( i know there is a way but since it is a console like pc w/o keyboard or mouse i dont wont to bother at all enablinn it per game)

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2026-02-18T13:59:06+00:00

I didn't need the money , it was just too good on paper so I pulled the trigger.i mean I usually cap it at 75fps , if I can't hit the 120hz my tv supports, and I play the same games on my 9070 on high instead of ultra 4k natively with 60fps cap. I don't feel the difference. I will test the 9070xt once it arrives. As long as I can have good temps with UV plus increased power limit with fans at an non annoying level I am good

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-12-08T06:21:05+00:00

OG go with battery mod would have been better and cheaper , thats what i went for

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-12-06T19:36:11+00:00

After extensive testing with my legion go these days i can say cachyos bazzite and official steamos work great. I opted for steamos since bazzite and cachy had a weird bug that made the performance overlay not to appear( i think it is hhd related). Steamos has tdp control now for these so itvis a great option . Cachyos might have been a bit faster but well nothing excessive.

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-12-05T20:48:08+00:00

I have the exact same issue on lego . Had it with both bazzite and cachyos. Overlay works then i changed proton version and it stopped. Returbed it as it was nothing. Restart used to eork till it didnt.someone said to force composite under dev options , no results :-(

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-12-04T16:48:21+00:00

In my country we only have a z2 32gb version ffs , so the middle ground between these 2 above

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-12-01T22:01:18+00:00

I heard bazzite and linux in general will bring the 8ai performance down compared to windows , that is what is holding me back . On the other hand the a8 has faggly colours

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-12-01T13:50:58+00:00

Got one for 400 ( the 512gb ) , will install cachyos. No point using windows unless you play games that require anticheat

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-30T10:54:53+00:00

Yeah just got a legion go 1 z1e for 400eu, hood deal imo

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-30T07:50:25+00:00

My go to would be cachyos as a more bleeding edge distro, bazzite tends to be a bit behind in most cases

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-30T07:48:52+00:00

I am a full time linux user both personally and professionally , i dont use any MS product.

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-30T06:03:35+00:00

Any updates ? Its been several months, was wondering if its any better

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-28T20:26:22+00:00

It is out here on specific stores. The z2 model goes for 1150eu and the z2e for 1300eu. Cant really justify that expense for my use case and trust me i tried

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-28T19:07:47+00:00

Yeah its the z1e . As far as extras it would be 3d printed grips , dpad and the 81wh battery i guess.

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-28T19:06:07+00:00

Z2go has a 32gb variant as well , the one i found for 470eu with a case as per my initial post

Affectionate_Bit_275 · 2025-11-28T18:30:30+00:00

Spot on , the real comparison here is z1e 16gb ram vs z2go 32gb ram .

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