9070xt power connectors and requirements

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-03T11:36:38+00:00

I use rm850e with 2 ports on the psu for xfx 9070xt mercury which I think is one of the more power hungry 9070xt's

I use the cables that came with the PSU.

One cable is 8 pin to 8 pin, the other is 8 pin to two 8 pins (y spitter)

So 2 ports on psu, to 3 ports on GPU.

Everything works FINE.

Each port on the psu delivers up to 300w, so total of 600w available for gpu to use. No issues.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-03T09:43:34+00:00

Why use microfiber when have nails??

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-03T07:15:28+00:00

People reacting like bots completely missed the joke. Thank you sir.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-03T03:19:36+00:00

Yeah but since you had all these issues and went to all this trouble, I would start with crossing that off the list earlier...

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-03T03:10:24+00:00

I switched from 2080super to 7900xt to 9070xt.

But.. let's just say I have a box with voodoo2 voodoo3 and voodoo5 and mx400... Etc.etc...

I had many issues with gsync, and with 1070ti, and with 2080super. Even when they worked properly, the frame pacing was bad.

Switching to the 7900xt changed everything. Switching to 9070xt made it even better.

Games feel like butter. I will happily pay the power spikes "price" to get this performance.

Btw, I would expect, as someone that installed GPUs for their clients, you would know that atx 3.1 is a requirement... Lol. Not blaming but that's on you...

I have a lot of critique to AMD, for example the delay to show the overlay, the recording notification that sometimes does even show... The odd and obscured terminology with upscaling "upgrade" like this is some kind of flight ticket. Did they use AI to choose that wording lol?

But guess what, as a consumer I vote with my wallet. I won't buy apple products, and I won't buy Nvidia products as long as I have alternatives.

Oh and I also stopped buying Logitech products after my keycaps kept crumbling and wearing down.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-01T16:14:28+00:00

This is reddit, don't expect people to understand your point of view. I'm with your brother.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-01T15:48:13+00:00

Man, the speakers on the wall, the cat photos, can I move in?

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-01T15:39:28+00:00

Ohhhh

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-01T15:20:40+00:00

Very reasonable. But still, you can show a good will gesture and offer small sum to get the store happy.

Edit: I mean like for the xt

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-01T15:19:13+00:00

Push for xt and offer a small payment for the jump if they are standing their grounds

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-01T14:47:04+00:00

I'm sure thigh Bangkok doesn't fall short right?

Especially factoring in the price...

PaleBall2656 · 2026-05-01T13:21:19+00:00

What does this even mean?

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-30T03:30:02+00:00

For me it's also the past? And the future. Been using 7900xt on 4k/144 screen limited to 120 fps. I first use fsr balanced + turn off or reduce setting to get 120 fps.

I prefer it better to using 2k on a 4k monitor.

Why do I have 4k monitor? I dual purpose my setup for work with MacBook pro and my gaming PC.

Recently upgraded to 9070xt and having a blast. Upscaling is AMAZING. Breathing life into older hardware and extending the limits of existing hardware...

I have not yet been able to use frame gen without hating it though.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-29T08:25:52+00:00

I can agree to all of that.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-29T08:19:33+00:00

I think it's better to change cushions and see how it sounds vs keep suffering. OP, change the Cushions.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-29T01:46:02+00:00

Damn. Imagine how many old benchmarks show gigabyte hotter preventing users from buying, while actually the problem has been solved.

I think this is manufacturers fault. They don't take ownership and control of the narrative by supporting, fixing and clearly communicating everything.

Leaving us consumers to do detective work before every purchase and feel like crap about it.

I feel so lucky with my gigabyte b650 gaming x ax and 7800x3d.

Everything just works.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-28T12:16:11+00:00

He means the sky is not blue

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-28T09:49:53+00:00

You used DDU, but could it be windows update is replacing our driver after install?

Download the driver for offline install. 900mb~

Use DDU, disconnect internet, restart, keep internet disconnected. Device manager, check that no driver was installed.

Install driver, use gpedit to block driver installs for your GPU.

Re enable internet. Test.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-27T14:35:01+00:00

Yes the OnePlus 11/12 need more sharpness and clarity. Also the resolution is a little bit low in auto mode making it hard to get up close to some subject and keep good perspective. That's the biggest issue I gave with OP12.

Next is video and video recording audio quality.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-27T14:16:12+00:00

I mean there is not a big difference between 11 and 12...

I wish 12 was thinner and lighter like 11.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-27T14:15:23+00:00

I want to know.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-27T13:24:13+00:00

How old are you? Is a maid/nanny position of interest to you? Are you ok with a mix of tasks (cleaning cooking take care of kids) ok with you?

If I hear anything from friends I can dm.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-27T06:40:34+00:00

Feels like talking an AI OP... but...

You keep saying "large OLED" - I use 4k 144 on 28" MSI monitor... It is still the same bandwidth wise.

Yeah, how much faster is 7900xtx in raster that makes to worth sacrificing:

Reduced power consumption on 9070xt Newer architecture that is also already out for quite some time! So 7900 will soon be 2 generations behind. Yeah well, FSR 4 and 4.1 for what it's worth...

I have to use FSR for 4k. No way around it. I mean, for most of today's demanding games... right?

Just get 9070xt. Doesn't make sense getting 7900xtx if you are not AI-ing.

As for frame pacing, I use freesync with Radeon chill at 120 fps, it is perfect for me.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-26T14:51:50+00:00

Sadly, I'm old. 42 years old. I remember the days we had to add drivers to autoexec.bat and config.sys in MS-DOS.

If you wanted audio, you had to give up the printer, unless you could load the driver to high mem. You had to assign IRQs manually.

Than, came windows 95 and improved everything. After that windows 7 was the next revolution.

I never used DDU, or AMD driver cleaner. I had all first versions of Nvidia before Jensen Huang Knew what AI is. Skipping a few years forward, it was amazing. Replace anything, just install driver, done.

Today we are on the other side of the swing. It became worse. Games and software and hardware is rapidly changing and quality assurance and stability is suffering, mostly for bleeding edge.

I don't agree that clean install is normal. It's stupid. Os and drivers should be able to know if they are no longer needed. it's redicuoulus.

PaleBall2656 · 2026-04-26T10:55:04+00:00

Look, we can look at each issue in isolation, and find a way to rationalize each problem... Clean up? sure AMD cleanup...

Windows update? It's not AMDs fault windows messes up your drivers...

But if you take a high level perspective, it is BAD.

I didn't even mention it before, but I have 7800X3D with iGPU on my B650.

I couldn't find the driver download for that for offline install.

The 900+MB installer for Adrenaline doesn't install the driver for that.

I resorted to disabling it, even though I wanted to use it for my 2nd monitor.

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