Test Setup
We are using an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for testing. We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS. We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory. We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 24H2 update. We have the latest drivers installed, including the latest chipset drivers. We are using the “Balanced” power profile in Windows Settings, and Core Isolation/Memory Integrity (VBS) is enabled.
NVIDIA provided a press driver for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, and we are using this driver 572.50 on the GeForce RTX 5070 and 572.47 official driver on the other NVIDIA GPUs in this comparison today. In addition, we are using a beta press driver on the Radeon RX 7800 XT, which is newer than the latest web driver that was put out back in December, this is the latest build of the AMD driver straight from AMD.