Friday, February 14th 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT "Red Devil" AIB Card Leaks With 900-watt PSU Requirement
Gamers are eagerly awaiting the launch of the RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT gaming GPUs from AMD, which are widely expected to offer commendable value, thanks to comparatively reasonable prices paired with perfectly admirable raw performance that trades blows with the GeForce RTX 5070 family from NVIDIA. Interestingly, a recently leaked retail box for a PowerColor Red Devil RX 9070 XT GPU has revealed a striking detail - the AIB card will boast a whopping 900-watt requirement for a PSU. This is an absurd number, considering that the ROG Astral RTX 5090 behemoth commands a 1000-watt PSU requirement. While some may deem the image to be fake, or perhaps a typo, AMD's Frank Azor has responded to the tweet, claiming that there will be "plenty" of RX 9070 XT cards with lower PSU requirements.
The packaging also confirms that the upcoming mid-range GPU from AMD will sport 64 CUs, which is hardly a surprise. The Red Devil 9070 XT GPU from PowerColor is a very high-end unit with a 3.0 GHz boost clock and 3x 8-pin power connectors for overclocking headroom, which explains the mammoth 900-watt PSU requirement. As pointed out by Redditors, the Red Devil 7900 XTX also featured a 900-watt PSU requirement, which is 100 watts more than what AMD officially recommends. According to VideoCardz, the PowerColor RX 9070 XT Reaper (reference card) carries a 750-watt PSU requirement, whereas the RX 9070 variant requires a 650-watt PSU. The official launch for the RDNA 4 cards is just around two weeks away, which is when we will finally know for sure.
Sources:
@GawroskiT, Reddit, @AzorFrank
The packaging also confirms that the upcoming mid-range GPU from AMD will sport 64 CUs, which is hardly a surprise. The Red Devil 9070 XT GPU from PowerColor is a very high-end unit with a 3.0 GHz boost clock and 3x 8-pin power connectors for overclocking headroom, which explains the mammoth 900-watt PSU requirement. As pointed out by Redditors, the Red Devil 7900 XTX also featured a 900-watt PSU requirement, which is 100 watts more than what AMD officially recommends. According to VideoCardz, the PowerColor RX 9070 XT Reaper (reference card) carries a 750-watt PSU requirement, whereas the RX 9070 variant requires a 650-watt PSU. The official launch for the RDNA 4 cards is just around two weeks away, which is when we will finally know for sure.
48 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT "Red Devil" AIB Card Leaks With 900-watt PSU Requirement
geizhals.at has only two 900 Watt PSU - the third one is a server psu.
geizhals.at/?cat=gehps&xf=1248_900~360_900
Searching for 950W was not that easy: geizhals.at/?fs=950W+ATX&hloc=at&hloc=de&hloc=eu&hloc=pl&hloc=uk
That gives not many results.
I wonder why they did not wrote 1000 Watt PSU. The only sizes I remember which is used commonly are 850W / 1000W / 1050W
It seems there are more than 275 different PSU available with ATX size with at least 1000 Watt.
geizhals.at/?cat=gehps&xf=360_1000~4174_ATX
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Those guys who blamed me for recommending only 1000 Watt PSU were wrong. AMD is also now on the near 1000W PSU.
850W PSU may work. 750W - we will see.
It should be at least on par with RX 7900 XTX performance wise :toast: overclocked completely out of the control.
The other PowerColor models with System Requirements:
- PowerColor RX 9070 Reaper: 650W (2x 8-pin) AMD Reference Specs
- PowerColor RX 9070 XT Reaper: 750W (2x 8-pin) AMD Reference Specs
- PowerColor RX 9070 XT Red Devil: 900W (3x 8-pin) OC Specs
Source: Radeon RX 9070 XT with 64 Compute Units, Red Devil with high PSU requirementThis will be about the same for Sapphire I believe where the RX 9070 XT Pulse will be in the 650-750W range and the Nitro+ will be at the 750-900W if Sapphire doesn't pull out a Toxic for the 900W...
If you don't think I am right ask Edward Crisler from Sapphire even I doubt he will say anything right now until the NDA on the 28th of February
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The highest momentary consumption I've recorded for the system in my profile was just about 500 W.
I don't typically care about power consumption of these cards but even I have a minimum bar and this doesn't meet it.
My 580 is a 185W unit that can run on any 450W junker. I have an antique 750W and a modern 1KW to replace it.
The upcoming Red Devil flagship should not be challenging a purchase decision I made just a few months ago. Stuff it.
HAHAHAHAHAHA SUCKAS !
It is an absurd. They have the best interest to offer a 250-watt card, no matter the performance deficit, if it be 1 percent, or 2 percent. :kookoo:
I'd much prefer manufacturers would stop spreading this bullshit, either accurately describe how much power the GPU uses under full load or just not mention at all.
The amount of misconceptions this brings into the world is ridiculous. Uphill battle every time.The 9070XT triple 8-pin will run fine with a 750W PSU assuming a quality unit, even with a 14900KS overclocked gorging on 250W+.
At this day and age adding huge margins to the final calculations for spikes is not necessary as the quality has gone up considerably.
Prices too I guess.
Ferrari owners dont cry about the cost of gas.No, this is just the normal overspeccing of PSUs to mitigate warranty claims. This has been normal business for the last 15 years at lease. I actually wonder why this is news? What next, people freak out when the recommended specs of a game specify high end CPUs?
Let me word that differently, do PSUs only power a GPU and nothing else?
AMD is scalping hard, inflation also strikes badly.
This GPU should cost not more than 400$. Period.
If you include a 14900KS in the conversation with a 5090 then yeah, it will pull 1kW stock under full load.
But I think we can agree that using a 14900KS in this conversation is trying to create a problem that doesn't really exist.
Their margins on consumer division are something like 12%. Their price reflects the modern industry, all those higher wages and trillions pumped into the economy with reckless abandon have consequences.
As much as I'd like affordable high end hardware, short of a massive market crash and serious competition with TSMC that will never happen. The $500 flagship only happened because 2008 utterly wrecked consumer spending.There are plenty of people with high end Intel hardware and high end GPUs. Intel didnt just disappear.
You can justify away you're reasons for getting a 5090, but sensibility is not one of them.
I'm trying to refute that by saying a 1kW model is overkill for the vast vast majority of the users, even for systems that one may still consider reasonable (albeit terribly pricey).