AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Hits 3.9 GHz OC, But Only with a Custom
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card, initially designed for customers in China and later sold in more markets, has officially reached a frequency of 3.9 GHz. TechPowerUp Forum user "ShrimpBrime" created custom tools…
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card, initially designed for customers in China and later sold in more markets, has officially reached a frequency of 3.9 GHz. TechPowerUp Forum user "ShrimpBrime" created custom tools for Radeon GPUs called "R-Team OC" and "GPU Frequency Generator." Using the stock XFX Radeon RX 9070 GRE Swift GPU without any VBIOS modifications, specialized cooling, or other hardware changes, the overclock was stable for some time. However, the driver crashed and recovered shortly after the screenshots were taken. Utilizing the custom-developed RTOC tool for Radeon tuning and monitoring, the GPU was loaded with regular triangles in DirectX 9 instead of a demanding 3D title, meaning that this OC is not applicable in real-world testing, but serves as a proof of concept.
Using a customized GPU frequency generator built in DirectX 9, the GPU rendered a simple scene containing 2,048 triangles per draw call and 2,048 draw calls per frame, totaling 4,194,304 triangles. This is light work for modern graphics cards but just enough to maintain a high frequency. The developer says the 3.9 GHz reading was maintained under load rather than appearing as a momentary telemetry spike, while approximately 3.85 GHz was reproduced repeatedly, including with AMD's own Radeon Software overclocking controls. To verify the readings, ShrimpBrime compared GPU-Z and HWiNFO64 with telemetry gathered through AMD's ADL and ADLX interfaces. RTOC polls shared monitoring data every 2 ms, although fresh power-management telemetry reportedly arrives roughly every 15.5 ms. Read full story
Using a customized GPU frequency generator built in DirectX 9, the GPU rendered a simple scene containing 2,048 triangles per draw call and 2,048 draw calls per frame, totaling 4,194,304 triangles. This is light work for modern graphics cards but just enough to maintain a high frequency. The developer says the 3.9 GHz reading was maintained under load rather than appearing as a momentary telemetry spike, while approximately 3.85 GHz was reproduced repeatedly, including with AMD's own Radeon Software overclocking controls. To verify the readings, ShrimpBrime compared GPU-Z and HWiNFO64 with telemetry gathered through AMD's ADL and ADLX interfaces. RTOC polls shared monitoring data every 2 ms, although fresh power-management telemetry reportedly arrives roughly every 15.5 ms. Read full story