It's worth taking a chance on an AMD GPU

Posted by rdkrash@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 15 comments

Hi, I've been thinking about upgrading my GPU. I currently have an EVGA RTX 3070, and the option to replace it was a 5070. But I'd like to hear honest opinions on whether the RX 7900 XT (XFX White edition) is a viable option. Almost everyone I know and online seems to think AMD GPUs are garbage. Would it be worth taking a chance on the AMD one, or should I stick with the Nvidia? Which one will age better? While I enjoy technology, I don't enjoy constantly dealing with troubleshooting.

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ExistingHospital7518@reddit

9070 xt is way better than 5070, but thats like saying 5060 ti is worse than 5070. either way AMD has locked in and they are a legitimate option for anything other than super high end.

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Dwarf-Eater@reddit

Total trash don't get it

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BigBoyTom420@reddit

Explain “total trash” and not the one off “my gpu was bad so everyone else also is going to get a bad one”

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Dwarf-Eater@reddit

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Fragluton@reddit

I've taken a chance with AMD on my last 4-5 GPU.

No issues here, that's probably 10+ years of gaming, easily. I only upgraded that frequently as the mining boom meant I could upgrade two times for basically free. Was a no brainer. I got a 9070XT on release and it's been solid. Gaming at 1440P ultrawide and while the games I play give it a beating, it still performs ok. Just as well as a 5070Ti would. Check out Hardware Unboxed's latest video comparing the cards, there wasn't really anything in it. Certainly not worth paying 5070ti money for the small increase you got sometimes. Each card has games that favour it too. I don't play it now, but COD has always favoured AMD cards, in a big way sometimes.

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jkteddy77@reddit

It's no longer taking a chance. AMD's drivers have been less buggy than Nvidias for a few years now.

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Salviati_Returns@reddit

I would get the 9070xt over the 7900xt

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RJsRX7@reddit

I "like" the 9070 from a performance perspective, but there are things about it that mean my actual daily driver GPU is uh... An Arc B70.

Under Windows they aren't present as far as I know, and my reasoning is the edgiest of edge cases, and said 9070 is in gaming workloads literally twice as fast. However, the bug to put me here also relates to anything after the Radeon VII, so 5/6/7/9xxx, although it wasn't initially present on 9xxx.

However, my reason for not buying an nVidia card dates back to xx000 GTs, and involves reliability. I've yet to have an AMD/ATI GPU fail on me outside of one of my warranty 6700s (from aforementioned bugs) being bad when received.

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AceLamina@reddit

What's wrong with AMD
Unless you're doing local LLMs, they should be fine

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gokufire@reddit

"Almost everyone I know and online seems to think AMD GPUs are garbage."

You need to revisit this inner circle and your online bubble.

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bitesized314@reddit

Unfortunately, so many Intel Nvidia heads still won't ever give AMD a chance for CPU or GPU. Nvidia owners be like "Wow. 5000 series is too expensive. I'm going to wait for 6000. " They act as though Nvidia is the only option for GPU and act like financial submisivies to Jensen big dong in a Leather Jacket.

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