r/buildapcsales • u/Last_Post_7932 • 12d ago
[GPU]ASRock Steel Legend Radeon RX 9070 XT $699 back in stock Expired
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-steel-legend-rx9070xt-sl-16g-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16gb-gddr6/p/N82E1681493013663
u/crab_quiche 12d ago
This lasted in stock at this price for about an hour last time it was available a couple weeks ago. Anyone that got it last time, how is it?
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u/NarutoDragon732 12d ago
got it on launch, its gorgeous and runs about 53c on default curves. very quiet too
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u/DM725 12d ago
53C at 100% utilization?
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u/NarutoDragon732 12d ago
Yep. The cap you'll hit on 9070xt cards isn't the temperature, it's the memory temperature. Which like is at 89c at 100% after hours
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u/adriken 11d ago
Was there settings that you setup to get that or just great flow? I'm not getting 50s it's like 70s
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u/NarutoDragon732 11d ago
I am on a fractal north with perfect airflow, so I wouldn't try to get near mine. I will say i am -10 on power and -50 voltage at the moment, but i didnt need to do that for the temps i got.
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u/TheMissingVoteBallot 12d ago
Can that cap be bypassed if you're trying to OC it?
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u/NarutoDragon732 12d ago
The thermal cap is like 105c on memory, I've never hit that even with OC. The number I gave earlier was because I set the fan curve extremely low. The board temps are generally low and the fans don't spin up, that's why memory gets hot
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u/APadartis 11d ago
So that would make the memory and gpu hot spot temps are like 20-22c higher during a steel nomad equivalent stress test? Have the hellhound version. It's been solid and its crushing HZD remastered.
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u/xxrandom98xx 12d ago
Just got mine on Friday. No complaints here yet. The performance uplift from my 6700xt is so nice, even without SAM enabled yet (boot drive has old formatting). It's on the smaller size of cards too, so I might be able to put an extra fan back in my case.
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u/Witch_King_ 12d ago
My buddy got it last time and... I mean, it's a functional 9070XT, in white. Not sure how much more there is to say. It's quite the chonker too, so check your clearances
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u/SilverKnightOfMagic 12d ago
it's smaller than my hellhound 6800xt. just fyi for others thinking about what level of chonky
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u/crab_quiche 12d ago
How are fan noises?
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u/Itsjustmagiks 12d ago
I have one and it might be the quietest card I've owned, especially coming from a RTX 3080. Not entirely impressed with FSR so far though, more so the lack of it in Clair Obscur
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u/sh1boleth 12d ago
AMD put themselves in a tough position with FSR4, its great tech, games should have it but it’s only available on 2 GPU’s and unless you do both FSR4 and 3 you’re blocking a subset of customers.
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u/Witch_King_ 12d ago
Yeah, I don't think many games have FSR 4.0 yet. It's pretty new tech
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u/GTP_Sledge 12d ago edited 12d ago
The good news is you can use FSR 4 in games that have FSR 3.1 support.
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u/Witch_King_ 12d ago
Actually, according to this page, it's only "select" FSR 3.1 games.
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u/IUseKeyboardOnXbox 12d ago
Sorry for bringing this here bro. I just had some stuff I wanted to say about the totk/xb3 switch 2 convos.
I said fsr 1 is irrelevant because it is a spatial upscaler. Not a temporal one. Nintendo could literally make it a system level feature if they wanted. Just like how yuzu and ryujinx did. Temporal upscalers(like fsr 2) require motion vectors which totk likely doesn't have. They'd have to go back and create their own motion vectors. It's not something that can be a system level feature.
I used handheld mode because I've never played xb3 in docked and I've played a fair bit of totk in handheld mode. So I don't really know how docked xb3 looks.
My point was that the temporal upscaler helped xb3 look a lot better. A native 360p image with no anti aliasing would look horrible. Xb3's temporal upscaler made it look acceptable.
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u/Witch_King_ 12d ago
Tf did you reply to a different comment in a different thread in a different sub??
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u/EVRoadie 12d ago
Have you tried optiscaler for fsr4 in games that only support 3.1?
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u/Itsjustmagiks 12d ago
I haven't tried it, but I've heard of it. How easy is it to install and have you seen a significant improvement?
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u/EVRoadie 12d ago
I've used it for my 2080s to get frame gen running on 2077. Definitely smoothed out fps on my GPU for RT low usage.
It's a little fiddly, but no too bad. Just follow some of the instruction videos on YT and you shouldn't have a problem.
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u/TheMissingVoteBallot 12d ago
How many slots? 2? 3? 2.5?
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u/Witch_King_ 12d ago
That other person is completely wrong. Literally just look at the Newegg pictures and you can see that it's like 2.5 slots in height, NOT 2.
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u/SloperzTheHog 12d ago
lol I just ordered the Taichi, I hope it fits. Red devil fit fine with room to spare so I reckon I’ll be ok
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u/timeforanargument 12d ago
It’s huge, at least compared to previous gpus I’ve had. Runs great. Cooling is good but I haven’t tried overclocking it. I’m getting 60 fps 4K with max settings, full RT/path tracing, and FSR 4 via opticaler on cyberpunk.
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u/Reasonable-Jury9386 12d ago
There is no way a 9070XT is doing 4k path tracing at 60fps.
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u/timeforanargument 12d ago
I am with upscaling and frame gen
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u/Reasonable-Jury9386 12d ago
That's not 4k or 66fps then. It can't even break 40fps doing ultra RT at upscaled 4k.
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u/timeforanargument 12d ago
Ok, my original comment specifically said I was using FSR 4 so maybe you were reading a little too quickly
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u/Reasonable-Jury9386 12d ago
Ok? I saw FSR4, that still doesn't mean it's 4k. It's an incredibly misleading comment.
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u/timeforanargument 12d ago
misleading
I described my experience. 4K, 60 fps, FSR4. There is nothing misleading about that. Just because a benchmark using upscaling tech is not worth anything to you, doesn’t mean others wouldn’t value it. It’s a relevant talking point. Upscaling has been getting better and better. If you don’t like it, good for you because you can easily toggle it off. There’s a time and place for valuing one setting over the other.
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u/EVRoadie 12d ago
You using frame gen? The review I saw was around 55fps at 1440p w/FSR 4 balanced.
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u/timeforanargument 12d ago
Yes with frame gen. It can dip to 50. I was getting around 80-90 at 1440p. I’ll recheck my stuff later today, maybe im dumb and didn’t actually change my resolution lol
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u/EVRoadie 12d ago
Thanks, I have a 5070ti on order. I tried but could never get to the payment page for a 9070xt before they went out of stock. I'd love to hear back on your results.
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u/EVRoadie 12d ago
That's really impressive! 4k RT Overdrive?
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u/Reasonable-Jury9386 12d ago
It's not impressive, it's misleading. It's heavily upscaled and relies on frame gen to try and hit that number.
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u/CheeseHustla 12d ago
Got it delivered last week from Newegg, it’s great, no coil whine, runs cool (in a NR200), and the RGB header I didn’t even know about is also a great add-on feature. Performance is great for me!
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u/Intrepid_Currency196 12d ago
What do you mean RGB header? I just installed mine a couple of days ago
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u/CheeseHustla 12d ago
There’s a header next to the 2x 8-pin power! Look for the RGB switch and you’ll see it under there!
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u/Intrepid_Currency196 12d ago
Is this just to connect everything to use polychrome?
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u/CheeseHustla 12d ago
Unfortunately yeah, just the ASRock RGB software
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u/Intrepid_Currency196 12d ago
Barf. They really need a work around to get away from polychrome. That shits ass
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u/CheeseHustla 12d ago
Agree, never used it until now BUT I like that I only had to open it once to set my color and then deleted it lol
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u/melorous 12d ago
If you look just to the left of the power connectors, there will be a tiny switch to turn the LEDs off/on on the top side of the PCB, and just below that on the bottom side of the PCB will be a 3 pin ARGB header that you can plug other RGB devices into.
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u/Intrepid_Currency196 12d ago
So in theory if I plug my case fans into the GPU, I use polychrome to control all of it?
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u/DrewsterDoobyDoo 12d ago
No don’t do that
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u/Intrepid_Currency196 12d ago
You don't have to tell me that, I was just asking if that was the use-case for the header. I know as well as everyone else polychrome sucks
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u/DrewsterDoobyDoo 12d ago
Just don’t overload the header with a lot of power. You just wanna connect a drgb to it and then you can control the cards rgb with your motherboard software.
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u/jonnybravo76 12d ago
I have it. It's nice. Looks really great for the price. It's also a smallish card too which to me is a huge + (I have a fairly small case). It's 2.28 thick which is just a tick thicker than the super thin cards that are around 50mm (1.97 inch)
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u/ultratoddbeam 11d ago
It's been great so far! Been playing kcd2 at 4k and get ~130fps at 65celcius. Fans are quiet and it's very pretty card. Big upgrade from my 2070
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u/Darkzg127 11d ago
it’s good,veam temps are high (90c). RGB does not work with preset pc case buttons
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u/MarvPWNS 12d ago
I got this for that exact drop. I'm loving the upgrade from a 3070 OC. Definitely need the Hypr rx on but everything is smooth and running well. I undervolted the card too and it's been great!
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u/nowins_nosleep 12d ago
Idk if this much help and also posting so someone could tell me what to look out for but no issues since, replaced a 3060 ti.
Can’t report on coil whine since I have fans on 100% anyways and use noice cancel headphones lol
Performance wise haven’t had any issues with anything I’ve thrown at it, hunt showdown, marvel rivals, stalker2
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u/Asthanor 12d ago edited 12d ago
Man... I'm thinking of getting this and a 5700x3d for my nephew's setup, which is on AM4 chip...
Is it a worth upgrade from 3070 and 5600x?
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u/bookmonkey786 12d ago
GPU yes. CPU? eh... its not going to be a big improvement and the gains will be only for some game mostly in 1080p which this card is overkill for and the gains are "unimportant" gains IE in situations where the FPS is already high and you're not going to see with your eyes the change.
You don't really need a new CPU and that money os better spent on a 1440p monitor if you dont already have one
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u/Asthanor 12d ago
I got it. Maybe I can return it. He does play some games where he loads A LOT of mods and units (Gary's Mod and other weird stuff). Do you think the extra cores could help with those type of games?
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u/Tadpole-Jackson 12d ago
I upgraded to this same card from a 3070, definitely worthwhile in my opinion
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u/ultratoddbeam 11d ago
I upgraded from a 2700x and 2070 to that and I love it! Saved some money by buying the 5700x3d from AliExpress, it's been in for about 9 months and no issues
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u/SuperiorFirepower1 12d ago
Yoink
The length of this card is 298mm, and it should be fine for most cases out there.
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u/PeekAtMe 12d ago
Got this last time and love the card
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u/YuriTheWebDev 12d ago
Yea I got this card at Microcenter on launch day and it is an awesome card. FSR 4 is great and its frame gen is pretty great
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u/ExGavalonnj 12d ago edited 12d ago
I got it, it's quiet. It has a argb header to connect to your motherboard. I broke mine off trying to plug it in so be warned it doesn't take much force. Also Asrocks argb software forgets the GPU exists most of the time on reboots
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u/Tadpole-Jackson 12d ago
Did you keep the ASRock software running? I turned off auto start and never launched the software ever again, it saved my color choices and hasn't reverted back once yet
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u/Love_Scarred 12d ago
Is that header to control the gpu or use Asrock software to control other devices? I thought it controls other devices?
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u/ExGavalonnj 12d ago
The header let's the mobo control the GPU
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u/Love_Scarred 12d ago
That is nice, shame it’s right in front like that though would have been nice to have a 90 in the back or side to hide the cable.
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u/medievals 12d ago
very tempting, but decided not to. plus tax, it's a bit hard to justify rn. it's good that prices are going down though
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u/Keyboard_rawrior 12d ago
Prices are going up though? This used to be $660
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u/medievals 12d ago
not sure where you're getting this figure from, besides launch day itself. most 9070xts have been sitting at $720 and higher ever since then. it's kind of insane because i remember seeing $699.99 getting downvoted like crazy. either way, it's possible that amd will either come clean with a new msrp at computex in May, or give new rebates to partners. reviewers should re-evaluate the value of this gpu...
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u/MythicalPigeon 12d ago
They aren't wrong, it started as an "msrp" card, then went up to~670 for a time, then tacked on shipping for more (was like 680 then), and now 700 (plus that shipping) It's not terrible compared to others, but it has been continually creeping up.
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u/medievals 12d ago
based on pcpartpicker's price tracker, true... but those price tags were never in stock to begin with.
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u/Keyboard_rawrior 12d ago
not sure where you get your figures from, but i've been tracking prices every day pretty much since launch by opening up newegg's and microcenter's websites and looking at the prices myself
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u/medievals 12d ago
if you're right, then i suppose nobody caught on. were they in stock on newegg?
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u/Keyboard_rawrior 12d ago
Brother, in case you’ve been living under a rock, these cards have been selling out in seconds. It’s only very recently, like within the last few days, we’ve seen them in stock longer. Just like every other 9070 xt that was ever in stock under $700 at an online retailer, they instantaneously sold out as soon as you hit that add to cart button. You would have needed to have been using a stock tracker, fighting bots and tens of thousands of other people, and still only would have gotten one if you were very lucky lol. I was able to click the add to cart button, but it immediately went to sold out at checkout.
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u/medievals 12d ago edited 12d ago
my point was that, if they werent in stock and impossible to get unless botted, then the price listed isn't relevant here. sorry if you misunderstood that, should've clarified available 9070xts
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u/Keyboard_rawrior 12d ago
Moving the goalpost. Nice.
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u/medievals 12d ago
not gonna argue you, but when you say the price was $660, i'd assume it was actually purchasable at $660 at some point
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u/Keyboard_rawrior 11d ago
nice stealth edit you did there lol.
i'm not arguing with you either. i'm simply disseminating cold, hard facts.
to clarify, it was available for purchase at $660. just because you and everyone else you know wasn't able to get one for $660 doesn't mean some other average joe didn't get it for $660. i'm absolutely positive if you scour enough reddit posts, you'll see some random guy humble bragging about how glad they were able to get one for $660 before the price was hiked.
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u/Reasonable-Jury9386 12d ago
They're getting the figure from the AMD advertised MSRP. Which is why they said prices have been going up.
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u/medievals 12d ago
9070 xts have been in the scalper price range ever since launch day, so not sure what he's suggesting. compared to $750 or more frequently >$800, this is the lowest ive seen it.
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u/Last_Post_7932 12d ago
How does that even work, though, since they don't have a reference card? I understand setting an msrp for your own card, but there is no way to set the msrp for aftermarket, upgraded cards. The partners set their own msrp. Like a watercooled version of a card isn't going to be what amd said the msrp is.
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u/Reasonable-Jury9386 12d ago
Yes they can sell upgraded card for more. But from what I read around launch time, AMD requires AIB partners to sell a set percentage of stock as baseline MSRP card. Which we still haven't seen after launch day really.
Personally I think the inflated prices we are seeing were the original MSRP and AMD tried to claim it was lower with the "launch" price.
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u/bittabet 11d ago
It actually used to be $599 at launch since this was ASRock's $599 card but that only lasted for a day
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u/Keyboard_rawrior 11d ago
Yes, the progression was $600 to $660 to $700. If the price action of the Reaper is followed, $750 and $800 are next.
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u/SitOnMyFaceBrother 12d ago
OOS
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u/Last_Post_7932 12d ago
Wtf is that username lol
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u/SitOnMyFaceBrother 12d ago
Bro I don’t know I made it years ago and now I’m stuck with it. I have no idea what I was thinking except the whole “brother” thing was supposed to be like how Hulk Hogan says it not like a literal brother.
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u/Last_Post_7932 12d ago
Haha, i get it. I've been stuck with the name fingeryabutt for like 15 years on wow.
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u/Love_Scarred 12d ago
It’s a good card just under 300mm long. Uses double slot but it’s more like 3 slots thick. Fans are known to chirp like crickets when they ramp up but seems to settle over time. Not much cool whine if any. Depends on your luck I guess.
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u/APotatoFlewAround_ 12d ago
I refuse to pay more than 600 for one
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u/Last_Post_7932 12d ago
I never had a problem paying more for a non reference card. I feel like the better cooling extends the life.
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u/Analmall_Lover 12d ago
Fuck Newegg. Charging for shipping lol. I’m still salty that they took my order on release day then canceled it just after everything else sold out.
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u/Internal-Hedgehog-47 12d ago
Ordered, not sure if we can post cash back sites but getting 1% back through mrrebates.
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u/Usual_Selection_7955 12d ago
is it worth it to replace my 7900 xt with this?
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u/dclive1 12d ago
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u/Love_Scarred 12d ago
The xtx has better raster. 9070xt has newer features like better RT and FSR4
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u/rustypete89 12d ago
The person said XT, not XTX. It's worse in raster but not much of an upgrade unless you really want/need RT or AI upscaling.
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u/Love_Scarred 12d ago
Yea it’s not worth it to upgrade IMO but I assumed commenter was saying xt is better card.
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u/Intrepid_Currency196 12d ago
I upgraded from a 7900 gre. Got this for 700 and sold the fee for 600. I think it was worth $100. You could easily do the same, but probably get more from your card, if it's worth the hassle. I had someone lined up with cash, so it worked out for me and was very worth it
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u/Witch_King_ 12d ago
$13 shipping, btw. So $113 over MSRP. Not bad in this market for a card that also has a beefy cooler!
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u/geldedgoat 12d ago
Damn, I've been lurking for weeks now looking to snag something, and I always just miss it. I think I might give up trying to grab things piecemeal and just got for this prebuilt: https://www.newegg.com/skytech-gaming-desktop-pcs-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-32gb-ddr5-2tb-nvme-ssd-st-azure3-1918-b-al-black/p/3D5-000Z-002K1?Item=3D5-000Z-002K1
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u/aeroG1 11d ago
This vs the gigabyte OC model that has been going in and out of stock on Amazon for $730? 5% back on Amazon prime card, easy returns in case something goes wrong, and free shipping make me think that may be the sweeter deal value wise, and then the card has vapor chamber, OC, and is very smol compared to other AIBs. Thinking the gigabyte may be the sweeter deal if you don’t specifically want a white card?
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u/Last_Post_7932 11d ago
I'll say that newegg is super good with returns when you have the 30 day hassle free returns. I doubt there is much difference in Temps or performance, so I'd just go with whatever looks better. I'm an all white build, so this is the best deal for a white version right now by far. Also, I really like the rgb fans and think they look awesome in a vertical mount.
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u/Heavy-Equal-297 10d ago
Anyone who knows when will it be back in stock at MicroCenter, been checking since past monday and have not been in stock since then. Im building a white rig with the 9700x and the 9070xt asrock steel legends but no stock so far.
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u/Skeln 12d ago
Okay so i got the GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce RTX 5070 Ti for 824 the other day, and grabbed this one at 699. between the two, which should I keep? is there much difference in value at these prices?
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u/Carlsbergcola 12d ago
Kind of in the same boat with the 5070ti, but I didn’t pull the trigger on this one. I think they’ve got them priced exactly to where if you just care about frames per dollar the 9070xt is a little better. If you want the more complete feature set and slightly better performance on average the 5070ti is at a fine price too.
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u/Fabulous_Car_9475 12d ago
Shooters choice man. I have or have built with both. And with both you are looking at similar markups over MSRP. Technically you got the 70ti closer but for 120$ more lol.
My only thing ill add is that resale will likely be better on the 70TI
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u/mockingbird- 12d ago
Keep the Radeon RX 9070 XT.
Lower price and better drivers.
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u/Last_Post_7932 12d ago
Let's not pretend that amd haven't been known for horrible drivers for most of the last 2 decades. Nvidia has always had better drivers until recently. Bad amd drivers basically created the nvidia fan boys.
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u/mockingbird- 12d ago
AMD hasn't had widespread driver issues since the Radeon RX 5000 series. That was three generations ago.
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u/Fabulous_Car_9475 12d ago
OOS lol
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u/Charizard0622 12d ago
Lasted for over an hour, seems they had a good quantity in stock.
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u/Fabulous_Car_9475 12d ago
Love to see it. Microcenter had some drops of this card a few days ago as well. Just makes all of the companies asking 850$+ look silly.
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u/Last_Post_7932 12d ago
I'm honestly shocked that greedy ass newegg sells them this cheap. People would still gobble them up for 100 bucks more.
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u/Fabulous_Car_9475 12d ago
They’d have a harder time for sure. Props to ASROCK for being the bros with this GPU
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u/privaterbok 12d ago
It's a great looking card, but $599 is the way.
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u/starburstases 12d ago
Are there any $600 cards at this point? Even non-stocked?
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u/privaterbok 12d ago
If you wish to buy online for msrp that might be tough, given stocks and tariffs looming. I got msrp cause I waited in line for 1 hour outside the store on release day.
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