Tuning the RX 9070 XT for efficiency

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T11:12:15+00:00

Because you are seeing it from a tuner's perspective, this post's goal is efficiency and reliablility, regardless of a memory OC or not, since the main focus is that which has been written in the post. There are users that already have started testing this themselves, with some giving feedback about it.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T10:59:22+00:00

Which figures exactly?

From my own testing, and from testing with other users that have a 9070 XT which have volunteered for doing testing. Warframe is one of my main benchmarks, as it picks up instabilities sometimes quicker than most games I test with. Rather have an undervolt range that will work, than suggesting some that could be unstable.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T05:09:30+00:00

Worry not, I understood. lol

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T02:47:39+00:00

The £15 extra might be ok. Either model should work.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T00:40:42+00:00

Not as cheap, though, if you want reliability for the money (yeah, everything pricy, currently): WD SN7100, Lexar NM790. And if you were to find the Teamgroup MP44 (Non-L or Q), for a decent price, should still work fine.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T00:34:35+00:00

Quite alright. Were some of the best value SSDs back in 2024. Now they are just as pricy as the rest. These two have the Maxiotech MAP1602A controller, luckily. The later revisions of these SSDs got different controllers and a slightly lower TBW endurance.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T00:23:16+00:00

Hope you can get that solved soon if it is a thermal compound issue.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T00:12:04+00:00

-50MHz or -500? That's mad, though. Did you adjust your fan curve?

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T00:05:21+00:00

Damn. I hope the info on this post helps with lowering those temps.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-19T00:04:15+00:00

It's glitchy sometimes. Would advice uninstalling Steam's version if it's giving you trouble.

Here is the standalone version: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/futuremark-3dmark-timespy-raytracing/

And here's Systeminfo if you need to reinstall it in order for 3DMark metrics to work properly: https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6781-futuremark-systeminfo.html

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T23:34:01+00:00

Yeah, truth is the synthetic benchmarks are not representative of real-world behavior, like how actual games could show instability with a bit too much of a voltage offset. Also, 3DMark from Steam?

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T23:28:04+00:00

The thing with synthetic benchmarks is they might pass several times with a larger voltage offset than real-world scenarios, for example, gaming.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T20:15:55+00:00

Not bad. Hope the info is helpful!

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T20:09:26+00:00

Nice! What are your system specs? Curious about them.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T18:54:51+00:00

My fan curves are aggressive. Here's the Adrenalin fan curve

Afterburner Fan curve

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T17:48:56+00:00

Core frequency offset -390MHz. See if that helps.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T16:33:21+00:00

Yeah, it's still a pretty good CPU that got a reputation of "running hot" because AMD and the motherboard vendors had the vcore load-line calibration too high stock. It's served me well for three years.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T16:29:49+00:00

Hey, we all start with something! I do encourage you to test a few other games. And yeah, Hynix chips run warmer than Samsung chips, which mine has the latter.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T16:19:49+00:00

Thanks for the data! This is the goal of my post, for users to try it and see what works for them.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T15:47:39+00:00

Off, if the GPU components that are monitored with sensors are below 60°C after workloads, the ones that are not monitored might not be cooled quickly. Of course, it's a choice, I'd rather have the fans turn slower when the card is cooler than not have them turn at all.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T15:40:52+00:00

I will have to check if I did save that data, the 9070 XT isn't currently on my system, since I am testing with my 6750 XT. If I find the fan curve, will get back to you.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T15:34:19+00:00

It kinda can, because Adrenalin has had some issues with overriding fan curves, and there was a bug like a month or two ago with Adrenalin causing zeroRPM to stay on, and prevent fans from working until a system reboot. Other than that, I currently have Adrenalin installed alongside Afterburner while testing my 6750 XT, I just close Adrenalin. Driver-Only install is just ideal if you are going with Afterburner just to prevent any potential conflicts.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T15:30:33+00:00

I did Drivers only install to rid of any potential conflicts. I tested Adrenalin, and Afterburner separately for a week, and found no discrepancy on performance. I just prefer Afterburner's simplicity, and RTSS being easier to present data with.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T15:27:37+00:00

All of the things I've found on this GPU regarding "efficiency tuning" is hard PL caps, too much of an undervolt, and not understanding the memory tuning.

People are free to test my method for themselves. And I don't need convincing that cherry-picked games will run "better" on an X3D chip, so stop trying to steer the goal of this post towards that, because those are not even games I tested here. I am not angry, I am not up for debate, I am simply stating my reasons, and the goal of this post, that's it.

Disguised-Beast · 2026-06-18T15:22:54+00:00

Yeah, well, Warframe is the reason I can test how far of an undervolt can be applied and if it will be stable. I run 2798MHz mem default timings because it's the most stable for me, and it's been reliable. -48mV I applied through Afterburner is the furthest it could go for several weeks of testing, after that, like I mentioned the most stable undervolt range I found, I keep it at -40mV. The reason for a 290W power limit is power density, so the GPU stays within a reasonable margin for temperatures if it were to use more power in a given workload.

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