INTRODUCTION

    Even though the latest Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT graphics cards by AMD based on their latest RDNA 4 architecture were announced earlier this year their official launch date is today and so everyone can finally see how these cards perform. As of now I don't really have access to the Radeon RX 9070, but Sapphire did send over their Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming model which I've been testing and user for almost a full week now.

    SAPPHIRE Technology continues to be a world leading manufacturer and global supplier of innovative graphics and mainboard products, delivering its AMD Radeon based products to the PC market addressing gaming and performance graphics hardware enthusiasts, as well as delivering an array of embedded technology solutions and commercial graphics products.

    The Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT cards are based on the brand new Navi 48 GPU by AMD (4nm lithography - there probably won't be a higher-end model than this, not in the near future) which supports their latest FSR 4 AI super resolution technology (neural rendering ready according to AMD), Hyper-RX (1-click solution enabling Radeon anti-lag, boost and super resolution), Fluid Motion Frames 2.1 (improved picture quality, reduced ghosting and improved temporal tracking), Image Sharpening 2 (improved picture detail) and Radeon anti-lag 2. In terms of specifications the Radeon RX 9070 XT packs 64 RDNA 4 compute units, 4096 stream processors, 128 raster units (or render output units), 64 ray accelerators (or ray tracing cores), 256 texture mapping units, 64MB of Infinity Cache and a total of 128 AI accelerators. VRAM amount for the Radeon RX 9070 XT series is set at 16GB 20Gbps GDDR6 based on a 256-bit wide bus interface and thanks to AMD's latest memory management system called Out-of-Order Memory Queuing RT performance gets a boost by eliminating memory request stream misses. Once again the Pulse model by Sapphire also features Dual-X Cooling equipped with Dual-Ball bearing fans featuring the newest AeroCurve blades, Honeywell PTM7950 Thermal Interface Material (TIM) for superior thermal conductivity, 12 Phase Digital Power for increased stability, fuse protection, accurate power control and power efficiency, 12-layer High TG Copper PCB for excellent reliability, Optimized Composite Heatpipes, Integrated Cooling Module and a metal backplate for additional rigidity. Regarding clocks the Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming sports a game clock of 2400MHz and a boost clock of 2970MHz and has a total board draw set at up to 304W. Finally in terms of available connectivity the Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT card by Sapphire features two DisplayPort v2.1a outputs and two HDMI v2.1 outputs.