It seems that the heatsinks of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX are facing unexpected loads, and it is that although in our review we saw how the graphics cards They didn’t go above 85 degrees.some units of these reference cards they are reaching 110 degrees, the temperature at which the chip reduces its frequency to protect itself.
However, the problem we read about in WCCFTech is another, and is that a user who has encountered this problem has requested a warranty solution from AMDwho in response has stated that these 110 degrees with decreased performance are “normal”, when evidently the thermal throttling it is already a sign in itself that this is not normal.
Considering the variance between our review unit and the issue at hand, it’s possible that this is a manufacturing issue, as Der8auer discovered that the problem in question is dependent on the pressure of the heatsink, as well as the quality of the thermal paste.
It is possible that AMD will eventually release an official statement, as definitely what we can see is that some of these cards have problems that other units of the same model do not. In addition, custom models not based on the reference card do not suffer from this type of overheating.
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Jordi Bercial
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