XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift OC (RX-97SWFB3B9)

A rather large modification (325 mm in length, 3.5-slot thickness) of the high-end Radeon RX 9070 graphics card in the XFX Swift edition. In manufacturing this graphics card, the emphasis is placed on an advanced cooling system and a modified power subsystem, which can provide a good margin for manual overclocking if needed. It is positioned as a competitor to the GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti.

In most tests, the AMD model outperforms the RTX 5070 by 10-20%, delivering stable 60+ frames per second in most major blockbuster games of recent years at 2K resolution. It can also be considered for gaming in 4K, but in particularly demanding Unreal Engine 5 games, its technical capabilities may fall short, requiring you to lower graphic settings (especially lighting and ray tracing) and use the AMD FSR 4 suite if necessary.

This is a free equivalent to NVIDIA's DLSS, which uses intelligent upscaling and frame generation to increase the average frame rate, making gameplay smoother and more enjoyable. As for professional tasks, including video editing and working with AI models, the graphics card has potential. Hardware blocks responsible for machine learning can accelerate rendering, improve work with neural network filters, and image scaling.

However, in professional work scenarios, especially in DaVinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere environments, the stability of Radeon drivers still falls short of NVIDIA solutions, and the number of tensor cores and their performance are still inferior to professional solutions such as the GeForce RTX 4080/4090/5080/5090. This graphics card stands out due to its advanced cooling system, excellent performance surpassing its competitors, capabilities for manual overclocking, and strong potential for handling AI workloads. However, it requires graphic settings adjustment for 4K gaming in demanding scenarios.