# AMD Radeon RX 9070

11 Hacker News commenters recommended AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for smooth 1440p gaming and good Linux support, with launch-day issues reported and memory bandwidth limiting local AI models.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs games well at 1440p (2 comments): "I'm currently playing on a Radeon 9070 (non-XT) on a 1440p monitor with plenty of performance." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48127660)) "It runs great. Run all my steam stuff through them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45936360))
- Works well on Linux (4 comments): "I observed -and continue to observe- no significant difference in graphics performance between Linux and Windows." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49952823)) "I haven't noticed a significant raytracing performance gap compared to Windows." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951503)) "I actually swapped the GPU out for a better Linux experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805113))
- Runs local AI models (2 comments): "Memory bandwidth is the biggest bottleneck for token generation, at 644 GB/s you should be able to do pretty well on a 9070" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546058)) "Works fine for me on Linux, also runs ollama-rocm quite well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45939039))

## What people warn about

- Rough launch, fixed later (1 comments): "my 9070 was a bit rough on launch but worked perfectly soon after" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951853))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090.md): 116 recommend
- [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090.md): 102 recommend
- [NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-rtx-pro-6000.md): 77 recommend
- [Nvidia GPUs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-gpus.md): 67 recommend
- [AMD Radeon GPU](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-gpus.md): 48 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=AMD+Radeon+RX+9070+graphics+card&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon/9000-series/amd-radeon-rx-9070.html)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AMD Radeon RX 9070", https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-radeon-rx-9070/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).