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The PowerColor XT 9070 XT Red Devil ships in a black box with the Red Devil logo taking pride of place.
On the back, PowerColor highlights several key features of the card and RDNA 4 architecture.
Inside, PowerColor includes a couple of leaflets advertising things like the AH10 headset, a Red Devil sticker, as well as an ARGB cable. There's also a small GPU support – it's basic but effective, as you can see above.
As for the graphics card itself, it's been a while since I last saw a Red Devil model, but the design language is clearly in the same vein as the previous generations. We find a black shroud, mostly made out of plastic but with a couple of brushed metal plates screwed on top, while the only flash of colour comes from the red stickers on each fan hub. It's definitely more aggressive ‘gamer-y' design than the Nitro+, but it's not as over-the-top as some cards we've reviewed before!
It is still rocking a triple-fan setup too, PowerColor calls these ‘High-Efficiency Ring Blade' fans, and each measures 100mm in diameter.
The card itself is large without being monstrous, with official dimensions hitting 340 x132 x 69mm, so it's about 3.5 slots thick. It weighed in at 1538g on my scales.
The front side of the card is home to the Radeon logo, though this is not one of the RGB zones.
The backplate is made of brushed metal and is a full-length design. While there is a large cut-out, most of this is actually for the Red Devil logo which acts as one of the RGB zones – it may look like it's all ‘flow through' area, but it's really only the last 4cm or so.
We can also note a BIOS switch positioned next to the I/O bracket, offering a choice of OC or Silent modes. The former has a higher power and clock speed target, alongside a more aggressive fan curve.
Here we can see the lighting in action, with a large LED section visible at the end of the card, as well as two strips on the underside. It defaults to red, in keeping with the overall theme, but can be customised in PowerColor's KeyStone app or via your motherboard, if you use the ARGB header and cable.
Power requirements consist of three PCIe 8-pins – no 12VHPWR here. Display outputs consist of 3x DisplayPort 2.1 and 1x HDMI 2.1
Looking now at the PCB, we can see that the overall design is similar to the Nitro+, but actually beefed up slightly, with eighteen power phases overall. These are broken down with 12 phases for the GFX, three for the SOC, two for MVDD and one for VDDCI. All power stages are controlled by a pair of Monolithic Power Systems MP2868A controllers, while Monolithic MP87993 MOSFETs are used throughout.
The heatsink utilises seven heatpipes, with the GPU and VRAM contacting with a central baseplate. Smaller secondary plates are used to contact the VRM. The backplate does not contact the rear of the PCB via thermal pads.
