official The Navi Halfway House - RDNA 1.x-4.x Owners Club

[LabRat]

With the final release of RDNA (4.0) now upon us and UDNA on the horizon, I believe it's as good of a time as ever to start an Owner's Clubhouse.

More than just an RX 9000 Owners Club, this thread is intended to be a long-standing place to share our
experiences and related-resources regarding all the many flavors of AMD's Navi.

@LabRat:
PowerColor ITX RX 6500 XT 4GB
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 GRE 16GB
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX 24GB

Sapphire PULSE RX 9070 XT (enroute)

@pio:
PowerColor RX 5700 XT 8GB
MSI RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO 16GB
Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XTX 16GB - Nitro+ cross-flashed
Sapphire PULSE RX 9070 XT (enroute)

@Slaughtahouse:
MBA RX 7900 XTX 24GB

For the time being, I will edit the OP in plaintext to add owners, updated information, links to tools/guides, etc.

[pio]

Ahem:

 

[Sir Beregond]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:10, pio said:

Ahem:

 

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$730 for a Pulse? Didn't those used to be the MSRP models in Sapphire's tiering?

 

So tired of fake MSRP's.

[pio]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:21, Sir Beregond said:

$730 for a Pulse? Didn't those used to be the MSRP models in Sapphire's tiering?

 

So tired of fake MSRP's.

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Same here, but I blame Newegg and their "combo deals" moreso than AMD.  There were MSRP cards available at launch, I just missed out on that 5 minute window.  

I didn't really want a $120 PSU.  I needed a PSU, but I was eyeballing an $80 unit.  -_-

[Sir Beregond]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:24, pio said:

Same here, but I blame Newegg and their "combo deals" moreso than AMD.  There were MSRP cards available at launch, I just missed out on that 5 minute window.  

I didn't really want a $120 PSU.  I needed a PSU, but I was eyeballing an $80 unit.  -_-

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Newegg is doing that again eh? At least that's a quality PSU and not a guaranteed to catch fire one like they were doing before. 

 

Anyway, regarding the club. I'm not planning on upgrading anything until probably Zen 6 comes out. If we are still solidly on RTX 50-series and RX 90-series at that time, then I will look at going the Radeon route as I need more VRAM, but I am not going to pay Nvidia pricing to get it. That said I also have no interest in $700+ 9070 XT's. It's gotta be closer to MSRP.

 

Of course...tariff factor too, so I don't know. I might wait for UDNA and 60-series at this point. 

Edited March 13 by Sir Beregond

[pio]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:26, Sir Beregond said:

Newegg is doing that again eh? At least that's a quality PSU and not a guaranteed to catch fire one like they were doing before. 

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Well yeah, but its a modular 80+ Gold 750w.  I can get a nice Cooler Master unit for $80 that's equally as good or arguably better since Cooler Master OEM's their own stuff, unlike Corsair.  The Corsair unit is a good unit, don't get me wrong.  I'm just upset that it was a forced buy just to get a card, and it was overpriced.  The card was overpriced.  But alas.....newegg "combo deals".  -_-

[Sir Beregond]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:29, pio said:

Well yeah, but its a modular 80+ Gold 750w.  I can get a nice Cooler Master unit for $80 that's equally as good or arguably better since Cooler Master OEM's their own stuff, unlike Corsair.  The Corsair unit is a good unit, don't get me wrong.  I'm just upset that it was a forced buy just to get a card, and it was overpriced.  The card was overpriced.  But alas.....newegg "combo deals".  -_-

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Yeah I don't even know who OEM's Corsair's current PSU lines. All I know is there's great quality choices out there these days. The sailboat logo tax ain't worth it. Been really happy with the Seasonic I got last year and the BeQuiet (review unit) over the Corsair RM1000X I also have around here somewhere.

 

The fitment tolerance on the 24-pin on the RM1000X was shockingly poor compared to the other two PSUs I mentioned.

Edited March 13 by Sir Beregond

[LabRat]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:21, Sir Beregond said:

$730 for a Pulse? Didn't those used to be the MSRP models in Sapphire's tiering?

 

So tired of fake MSRP's.

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Go check out BH Photo Video. IIRC Day 1, they were charging $800-1k+ for 9070s.  [they're all OOS now]

Me too, but I cannot complain too much after observing 'market trends' 1st hand, the past 2+ decades.

 

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:24, pio said:

Same here, but I blame Newegg and their "combo deals" moreso than AMD.  There were MSRP cards available at launch, I just missed out on that 5 minute window.  

I didn't really want a $120 PSU.  I needed a PSU, but I was eyeballing an $80 unit.  -_-

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At least @ Newegg, I don't recall seeing a Sapphire XT @ MSRP, ever. IIRC, XFX, Gigabyte, PowerColor and ASrock did tho. -they were gone instantly.
[The XTs took ~3mins to clear out, the non-XTs about 5-8mins]
Memory's a bit hazy; I stayed up until 6a release day. 

At least you 'needed' a PSU, so it wasn't entirely a forced purchase.
The way I'd look @ it, $85 for the PSU and anything over that was premium atop the 9070XT.

Which, puts the RX 9070 XT you bought, at about $755 before tax and shipping....

  

Newegg|BHPhotoVideo|BestBuy

  

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:35, Sir Beregond said:

Yeah I don't even know who OEM's Corsair's current PSU lines. All I know is there's great quality choices out there these days. The sailboat logo tax ain't worth it. Been really happy with the Seasonic I got last year and the BeQuiet (review unit) over the Corsair RM1000X I also have around here somewhere.

 

The fitment tolerance on the 24-pin on the RM1000X was shockingly poor compared to the other two PSUs I mentioned.

 

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IIRC, that Corsair Pio got, *should* be a CWT unit.

[Sir Beregond]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:40, LabRat said:

Go check out BH Photo Video. IIRC Day 1, they were charging $800-1k+ for 9070s.  [they're all OOS now]

Me too, but I cannot complain too much after observing 'market trends' 1st hand, the past 2+ decades.

 

At least @ Newegg, I don't recall seeing a Sapphire XT @ MSRP, ever. IIRC, XFX, Gigabyte, PowerColor and ASrock did tho. -they were gone instantly.
[The XTs took ~3mins to clear out, the non-XTs about 5-8mins]
Memory's a bit hazy; I stayed up until 6a release day. 

At least you 'needed' a PSU, so it wasn't entirely a forced purchase.
The way I'd look @ it, $85 for the PSU and anything over that was premium atop the 9070XT.

Which, puts the RX 9070 XT you bought, at about $755 before tax and shipping....

  

Newegg|BHPhotoVideo|BestBuy

  

IIRC, that Corsair Pio got, *should* be a CWT unit.

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Wow, terrible pricing. I thought the 9070 XT at $600 was ok. $700-$800+ seems a what for considering these are technically replacing the $499 and $549 7800 XT and 7900 GRE respectively.

 

I think I'll wait around and see if sanity ever returns to this market. 

[Slaughtahouse]

  On 14/03/2025 at 04:00, Sir Beregond said:

Wow, terrible pricing. I thought the 9070 XT at $600 was ok. $700-$800+ seems a what for considering these are technically replacing the $499 and $549 7800 XT and 7900 GRE respectively.

 

I think I'll wait around and see if sanity ever returns to this market. 

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Tis exactly my thoughts. I was all for championing it, but proof is in the pudding so to speak. It's still a good card and in some respects, will scale better over time than the 7900 XTX (RT based games) but it's disappointing we can't respect MSRPs. It's certainly better than the alternative from Nvidia in terms of $/perf.

 

Good news is that FSR4 will come to RDNA 3 but I am not sure the INT8 performance on RDNA 3 (roughly 1/3) will yield good performance or quality. TBD. Comparison of specs can be quickly found here.https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-review

 

Feel free to throw me into the fray.

 

7900 XTX - MBA. I can provide more info if needed, like ASIC quality. I knew that was thing before to gauge roughly the binning quality of your chip. 

 

[LabRat]

  On 14/03/2025 at 13:33, Slaughtahouse said:

Tis exactly my thoughts. I was all for championing it, but proof is in the pudding so to speak. It's still a good card and in some respects, will scale better over time than the 7900 XTX (RT based games) but it's disappointing we can't respect MSRPs. It's certainly better than the alternative from Nvidia in terms of $/perf.

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Time will tell how it all 'weighs out' but, for the moment everything going on/in the market is kinda goin' nuts.

 

  On 14/03/2025 at 13:33, Slaughtahouse said:

Good news is that FSR4 will come to RDNA 3 but I am not sure the INT8 performance on RDNA 3 (roughly 1/3) will yield good performance or quality. TBD. Comparison of specs can be quickly found here.https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-review

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Intriguing. 
 

  On 14/03/2025 at 13:33, Slaughtahouse said:

Feel free to throw me into the fray.

 

7900 XTX - MBA. I can provide more info if needed, like ASIC quality. I knew that was thing before to gauge roughly the binning quality of your chip. 

 

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Added ya. Any notable mods to the XTX? (like, Pio's Nitro+ flashed Pulse.)

I'd consider notating clocks, etc. but I've had my GRE and XTX both be stable and clock seemingly by mood, and definitely by-ambients and load type. 
It'd be a mess... but, I'm open to suggestions. 

[damric]

Ok yeah had a few Navi pass through my hands.

 

I still have my RX 6900XT reference card under water in my main rig.

 

Michele still rocking her ASRock Phantom Gaming RX 6900XT.

 

Rachel RX 6600 POWERCOLOR Hellhound 

 

Ethan RX 6600 POWERCOLOR Fighter

 

MSI RX 6500XT MECH

 

And Radeon 760M Ryzen 5 8600G iGPU

 

 

 

[Fluxmaven]

I'm no stranger to "winning" the opportunity to overpay for a GPU paired with a PSU I didn't want/need lol

 

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As for Navi, I have a reference 6950XT with a Bitspower block. It lives an easy life in my bedroom PC that I don't use all that often. It's undervolted and it also connects to an external MO-RA3 radiator so it runs cool and pretty much silent. 7800X3D isn't adding much heat load so fans are typically only spinning 400rpm to maintain a 2-3 degree water to air delta. 

 

Prior to that, I used it in a Silverstone 4u case review and it was the only modern GPU I had that would fit with the top panel on... Thanks Nvidia for the fragile 12VHPWR connector. 

 

[Slaughtahouse]

  On 16/03/2025 at 04:03, LabRat said:

Time will tell how it all 'weighs out' but, for the moment everything going on/in the market is kinda goin' nuts.

 

Intriguing. 
 

Added ya. Any notable mods to the XTX? (like, Pio's Nitro+ flashed Pulse.)

I'd consider notating clocks, etc. but I've had my GRE and XTX both be stable and clock seemingly by mood, and definitely by-ambients and load type. 
It'd be a mess... but, I'm open to suggestions. 

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Sans mods. I OC’d and UV’d the heck out of it when I first got it, but once I started to play games, mainly Avatar, it broke all my OCs which I thought were stable.

 

Now it just sits with a custom fan curve on stock settings in my open bench, and I ain’t sweatin’ one bit.

[kaliz]

I have a ACER card!  they look pretty cool, got a 7800XT Predator 

it has Hynix vram and  pretty high powerlimit. can do over 3400MHz in GPUPI but for normal operation i keep it at 3000Mhz and 1100 mv.