Why it matters: Hardwareluxx reports that some of AMD's Radeon RX 7900 and XTX reference models are experiencing serious thermal issues involving GPU hotspot temperatures, or the maximum temperature ...

If you read reviews of AMD's recent Radeon releases, you may have noticed a trend. Many outlets, including us, noticed a huge gulf between the average GPU temperature and the GPU hotspot reading.

TL;DR: A faulty GPU chip in a PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound has caused temperatures to exceed safe limits due to 1,934 pits on the GPU die, hindering heat transfer. AMD considers it an ...

PowerColor has admitted that a “small percentage” of its Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil graphics cards have an issue that results in a significant delta between the average GPU temperature and the hot ...

[Ed: AMD sent Extremetech a statement about this issue, which we've included at the bottom of the article.] Over the holiday period, AMD has been embroiled in a bit of controversy. Its all-new ...

Too hot to handle Igor's Lab investigated community feedback that some owners of GeForce RTX 40 series AIB cards are hitting hotspot temperatures of 100° C after a few months of operating within ...

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