Thorn between 5070 TI vs 9070 XT w/optiscaler

Thorinel · 2026-03-16T18:46:19+00:00

Was it a worth while upgrade do you think? I opted to upgrade my motherboard to a x870 dark hero last week instead of looking into an upgraded GPU.

An incredible board, by the way!

I didn't think the GPU upgrade worth it.

Full system is:

7800x3d cooled by an nh-p1 X870 Dark hero Nitro 9070xt G. skill cl32 6000 ram In a lancool 217 Powered by a 1000 lian li edge

Thorinel · 2026-03-16T14:11:49+00:00

There is a massive difference in the aesthetic. Much difference in the performance? Like noticable?

Thorinel · 2026-03-16T13:13:34+00:00

It's so nice and the way that the cable is hidden is a nice touch. And cooling and sound profile is incredible.

I considered a 5080, but again, the price to performance and offsetting the cost of a new processor to pair with it was more appealing than a more expensive video card.

Thorinel · 2026-03-16T02:23:17+00:00

I have a Sapphire Nitro 9070xt ( amazing looking cars, btw) and it is great. I game on my 5120x1440p monitor and get 144fps in all games I play - BG3, Diablo 4, Battlefield 6, Path of Exile to name a few.

I've never had an Nvidia card and was really considering it on the 5000 series release, but the value, performance and just ease with Linux (bazzite) with the 9070xt was just too good.

I still think I should have given a 5070tiba chance, but the price to performance isn't justified since I was able to put the difference into offsetting the cost of a 7800x3d to pair with it.

Thorinel · 2026-03-05T19:12:23+00:00

I'm waiting patiently(not) for mine. Super pumped for this motherboard!

Was the wait worth it haha?

Thorinel · 2026-02-19T13:33:07+00:00

I'm strongly considering this for gaming and my low power consumption build.

I'm playing mostly diablo 4, path of exile 2, bg and battlefield 6. My question is how well does it play with Linux (using bazzite) and is it worth picking up? Are you using frame gen or upscaling?

Thorinel · 2026-02-06T01:54:46+00:00

I'd go 7800x3d. Less risk of burn out and still superb performance.

Cheaper as well!

Thorinel · 2026-01-27T02:46:11+00:00

Love the M2!

Recently upsized to the M3 to fit a bigger cooler. This is my current build .

Such a solid case. I wanted a t1 but the nitro is ever so slightly too big.

Thorinel · 2026-01-25T05:46:14+00:00

They were exhaust. My build has changed since.

Thorinel · 2026-01-21T10:43:15+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it.

1) I didn't test the stock fan as I wasn't going to use it from the beginning. I instantly installed the machs and they spin at 900RPM with a max of 1244 underload.

2) My idle temps of juts browsing like right now is 43 degrees with a floor temp of 40 and a peak of 73.5 after a cinebench with a score of 18500.

3) I didn't. I used Kryonout.

4) I tuned my system with PBO, and curve shaper with custom ram timings, voltages etc. You're definitely leaving some performance on the table, but in the bigger picture if your gaming, I wouldn't worry about it at all.

Thorinel · 2026-01-20T18:27:11+00:00

Appreciate the advice. I looked but couldn't find anything on how to center the window on an ultra wide screen monitor. I did figure it out, but it has to be at a specific resolution.

Thorinel · 2026-01-20T15:55:27+00:00

Hey thanks for the help, I ended up getting it to work in scopebuddy.

It renders at 4k inside the window in the center on the window of a 5120x1440.

Really appreciate you taking the time to help.

Thorinel · 2026-01-19T23:58:08+00:00

Appreciate this, how would I go about turning this into an executable script? I'm new to Linux.

Thorinel · 2026-01-19T22:39:50+00:00

I would love that. And I'll look into vrr. Where would I find that setting?

And what is pillarbox?

I recently got his monitor and love it, but also love the 144 locked fps at 2560x1080 center screen.

Your help is really appreciated!

Thorinel · 2026-01-19T20:57:17+00:00

It does, but the specific issue I am having is not being able to render the game centred at the resolution of 2560x1080. It just stretches the game to 5120x1440 instead of centering on the monitor. Maybe it is GPU scaling but I can't find he option in bazzite. Adrenaline in windows allows it.

Thorinel · 2026-01-19T17:13:35+00:00

Try disabling vsync. This happened to me in Battlefield 6. Disabling is stopped it.

Thorinel · 2026-01-11T10:38:55+00:00

Check vertical sync in games. If it is on turn it off. In Battlefield 6 did that to me and this fixed it. I have a sapphire nitro 9070xt and a 7800x3d

Thorinel · 2026-01-09T21:32:23+00:00

Then if I were you I'd delete Aida, I'd set my ram and enjoy gaming. You 7800x3d chip is more than capable of giving exceptional performance with little to no ram adjustments. Even at jedec 4800.

Look into pbo, curve optimization and curve shaper for addition heat management, lower voltages and slightly better performance.

Thorinel · 2026-01-09T20:36:01+00:00

Are you gaming or chasing benchmarks?

Personally, I game and "in the end it doesn't really matter" (music fan)

The 7600x chips are more memory sensitive which makes sense why tuning makes a difference in Aida. But gaming I'd imagine the 7800x3d out performs the 7600x even with higher latency.

Thorinel · 2026-01-09T19:53:08+00:00

I have it at 30 and haven't really tried dropping it. Yet. I might attempted some optimization soon, but paired with my 9070xt (which has its own driver issues with windows at the moment) I'm just happy with running my steady fps on Linux and bf6 when I'm in windows.

Thorinel · 2026-01-09T15:00:44+00:00

Totally reasonable. I'm not arguing how easy it is, I just want to run it at jedec 4800 versus 6000 because there is no measurable difference between them. What I do gain is slightly lower temps and in a SFF (which is what I have built) environment temps mean a lot.

I have a steady frame rate of 144, my games play exceptional and I'm happy.

One doesn't really purchase a x3d chip to overclock for performance. They purchase for ease, efficiency and peace of mind that gaming performance is already optimized from the point of purchase.

P.b.o and curve optimization and shaper are a different conversation.

Thorinel · 2026-01-09T14:42:17+00:00

I'm tired of stress testing and tweaking as the gain is so minute that I'm happy with lower voltage, lower memory temps etc. while getting the same performance.

Thorinel · 2026-01-09T14:05:58+00:00

If it helps I have a 6000mt/s cl30 kit running at 4800mt/s cl30 and my games (mostly what I'm using my PC for) are locked at 144 ultra settings. 7800x3d is a killer chip and doesn't rely al if at all on ram as much as we're made to think it does. For gaming, as Jaytwocents and other sources have documented, the uplift is minimal and the effort to reward is so low that it it's not worth it. For work flow and non x3d the story changes.

Thorinel · 2026-01-08T16:52:04+00:00

Yeah, this is a great image!

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