9070XT install

Issues & Assistance Newbies
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I got my hands in one of these yesterday morning and I am going to build a new PC sometime next weekend. Any recommendation(s) when it comes to driver install (I am coming from an 3080ti) ? I am starting to read the arch wiki for AMDGPU and I think I grasp most of the concepts there.
I have read other forms and they advice, in arch, to get the ‘mesa git, vulkan Radeon git, and some manual firmware’ I know where to look for gits but I am not sure about linux firmware, it says manual so I dont know if i can use fwupd.

I am on ‘6.13.5-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:09:44 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux’ and that seems to be the latest arch kernel out, at least today.

So yes, I am asking the community to help out a newbie XD. Thanks for your time!

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you need kernel 6.13.5 more info on it can be found on level1tech forms

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I saw Wenells video and that is the ‘other forum’ i read :slight_smile:
I will keep reading that forum.

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++ You need at least MESA 25.0, you can obtain it by installing the mesa-git driver packages.

However I would advice to wait, because 25.0.1 MESA released and its in Arch test state.

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Being in a similar situation, how might one go about this with a brand new build / fresh install? Install from the onboard video input, install required drivers, etc, then switch inputs?

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The GPU should work when you do a fresh Install, meaning you should have a video output and during installation even choose the proper drivers.

The point is if you do not install the proper drivers the performance will be not there but that doesn’t mean you will not have video output.

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Also 9000 series are being discussed on ARch forum.

  • There are few good tips how to make it working up to this date as long MESA 25.0.1 is not officially released by Arch.
  • As well there are some caveats mention specifically in regards of YT playback and Multiple monitors.
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Yes! I am actually looking at that thread as well. I am Makkusu in the arch foums. I replied to it last night when I was looking for any info.

Thanks for looking into it tho, I appreciate your time!

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If you will use Garuda as your OS, you know, its Arch based. So those commands and packages mentioned for ARch in that thread will apply as well for Garuda.

This is why I love Garuda, you can literary use close any fix provided directly from Arch 1 to 1 on Garuda (mostly)

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I have been using the arch forums for that. That is how I learn how to get secure boot with grub and a few other things. That is why I chose Garuda :wink:

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Got my 9070xt today,

Didn’t had much time but installing the mesa-git drivers allows to run games without problem.

Performance for these early drivers is not at all bad, seeing huge difference compared to my 3080

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I noticed that we had a kernel update to 6.13.6 and firmware to 20250311.b69d4b74-2. I cant wait to start my spring break to get my build going.
I exchanged my 9800x3d today for a 9950x3d and i cant wait to get that 9070 XT in there and try it.

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Maybe till then official MESA drivers will be out.

BTW that CPU change doesn’t give much sense to me if you don’t do heavy production stuff.

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It does if you want to future proof before EVERYTHING skyrockets in price not just hardware either, and it’s going to.

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Sadly this guy ended up just giving up and installing CachyOS which apparently ‘just worked.’ Anyone else here get theirs working well yet? I’ll be tinkering with it tonight.

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The gaming performance is the same.

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Derp… I even liked your post! Just got caught up in finally reading the Arch forum and seeing that person had continued to have issues.

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If you are using Garuda,

Kernel and firmware are ready. All you need to do is install the mesa-git, the installation will take some time cause it needs to compile locally.

Because I have as well an iGPU I had most of the needed AMD drivers installed so I did just run >

yay -Syu mesa-git lib32-mesa-git

Otherwise >

yay -Syu mesa-git lib32-mesa-git vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon xf86-video-amdgpu

But it really depends, if you are using Garuda and have Open source drivers installed already, the 1st command is all you need to do.

Forgot to mention. 9070 will work as well with the current prod MESA drivers, but if you don’t install the git ones you will not be able to run any games.

P.S. I think you can use paru instead yay

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Check your config.fish :slight_smile:

# Replace some more things with better alternatives
alias cat 'bat --style header --style snip --style changes --style header'
if not test -x /usr/bin/yay; and test -x /usr/bin/paru
    alias yay 'paru'
end
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