9070xt Upgrade Compatibility

[Racara306]

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

Hello ,

I own the OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx Desktop (3070ti - 5700G combo) HP HANA 8876 motherboard.

I bought a 9070xt GPU to upgrade but every time I turn on the power, I get three short beeps followed by three long beeps. I put my 3070ti back in and it powers up just fine.

I have run DDU to clear old drivers. It was to my understanding that PCIE slots are industry standard and this upgrade shouldn't pose a problem. Is it possible this MOBO doesn't support newer cards?

Thank you for your help in advance

[NonSequitur777]

@Racara306,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

Good question.

Your HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx as fitted with the Hana motherboard (SSID: 8876) may indeed not be compatible with AMD's most recent RX 90xx graphics cards.  Looking amongst over 5,100 HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx Users, not one of them shows an RX 90xx card: UserBenchmark: HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx Compatible Components.

The only (few) AMD RX cards I could see were the RX 7900 XT, RX 7800 XT and RX 6900 XT.

I have seen the same issue with other Omen and Pavilion gaming desktops, btw.

An RX 9070 XT has a 304-watt TDP and requires at least a 750-watt power supply. To be brutally honest, for high-end gaming from one gamer to another, I would rather recommend a Nvidia card, such as its RX 9070 XT equivalent, the RXT 5070 Ti (300-watt TDP) or better still, the RTX 5080 (360-watt TDP), which needs at least an 850-watt power supply. 

This HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx user has an RTX 5080 installed: HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx Performance Results - UserBenchmark, suggesting that Nvidia's newest RTX 50xx series cards are compatible with your system.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Bill_To]

Greetings @Racara306 

@NonSequitur777, that's too bad the 9070 XT is DOA in the 30L.

I just got a PowerColor Hellhound 9070 XT for $629.00 to replace a 4070. The 4070 found a new home in a different PC. Other relevant PC specs used in conjunction with both GPUs are: Retail B850 MB, Ryzen 7900X, and 32 GB 6000 MT/s RAM at 30 CL.

Anyway the 9070 XT is killing the 4070 in every benchmark I have thrown at it. The 9070 XT hasn't hit 60 Degrees Celsius in all of the extended stress tests I have done. The 9070 XT is quiet and fast.

The 9070 fans haven't kicked in so far because the card hasn't hit 60 C during stress testing.

9070 XT ray tracing is also greatly improved. I hit the 90th percentile in 3DMark Port Royal. The 4070 couldn't hit the 50th percentile.

I was going to do a 5070 TI but decided to try the 9070 XT. I'm very impressed.

I see some 5070 TI prices today (11-27-2025) at Amazon starting around $749.00. Maybe prices will drop for holiday sales.

Regards

[NonSequitur777]

@Bill_To,

Yes, an RX 9070 XT has more graphics performance power than an RTX 4070, but certainly not against, say, an RTX 4070 Ti-Super: UserBenchmark: AMD RX 9070-XT vs Nvidia RTX 4070-TS (Ti-Super), let alone the RTX 5070 Ti: UserBenchmark: AMD RX 9070-XT vs Nvidia RTX 5070-Ti, which, as wouldn't be a surprise to you, is what I would recommend to anyone asking for my opinion as a gamer.

According to the most recent Steam Hardware & Software Survey data, Nvidia users are roughly four times more numerous than AMD users. For example, the October 2025 survey showed Nvidia with a 74% share, whilst AMD had just 18% and Intel had 8%. This indicates Nvidia's significant dominance in the Steam gaming community's hardware.

Why is that do you think?

Well, I can give you a number of very good gaming performance reasons -but come to think of it, to each its own in the end.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Bill_To]

@NonSequitur777 

I'm not a big gamer. I do like to stress test and benchmark components.

I knew the 9070 XT was going to beat the 4070 I purchased in 2024. That's why I bought the 9070 XT.

I was going to get a 5070 Ti.

I thought I would give AMD a chance.

I'm fairly impressed with the 9070 XT's price to performance ratio so far. AMD is getting better.

Regards