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Do the fans startup?
Sometimes it does start up, but the monitor you're connected to doesn't display the BIOS, especially for certain monitors (older monitors, portable monitors, etc.). This was one head scratcher that got me once, I was troubleshooting for hours.
Sometimes it helps to use...
Stock for stock, the 7900XTX is slightly faster. But, I think overclocked vs overclocked, it might even out. For any raytracing, the 9070 XT will definitely be better. However, you also have 24GB VRAM vs 16GB to consider.
IMO, it's better to get as much RAM as possible to create a RAMDisk, and use that area for your editing and rendering. Saves on writes to your NVMe SSD, and it's blazing fast. I have 128GB DDR4, and use 64GB for a RAMDisk.
The only downside is of you don't save the project before you render...
Well, I can't very well call it "AI that isn't really AI bubble" that's going to pop. Nor would I call the "Housing bubble" the "US Subprime Mortgage bubble", because people would be like, wuut?