Phoenix864
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- Jan 19, 2024
I've noticed the hotspot temp on my 7900 XTX MBA creep up into the questionable range and would appreciate some perspective on if pursing a RMA is worth it. The card technically hasn't hit the 110c throttle point yet, so I'm unsure if AMD will be willing to RMA till then.
When running pure raster the hotspot seems to top out around 86c. Ray tracing seems to push it into the mid-90s. Minecraft with shaders seems to push it the hardest, with the highest I've ever seen being 104c. Meanwhile the core never gets above 60c. My ambient temp is fairly cool at the moment, around 60f. This near 40c temp differential has begun to cause me some concern - the card was an early make, produced in December 2022. When the hotspot problems came to light I ran some benchmarks and didn't find the thermals on the card to be particularly worrying. However, the temp differential seems to have gotten larger over time.
I'd appreciate any advice regarding if pursuing a RMA is worth it. The card still has some headroom before the 110c throttle point on the hotspot, but a 40c differential between the core and the hotspot seems pretty massive to me. I'm currently running with an aggressive custom fan curve, +15% on the power slider, and undervolted to 1100mv. My case is a Lian Li Lancool 3 with tons of airflow - the GPU has 3 bottom mounted fans blowing air directly into it.
When running pure raster the hotspot seems to top out around 86c. Ray tracing seems to push it into the mid-90s. Minecraft with shaders seems to push it the hardest, with the highest I've ever seen being 104c. Meanwhile the core never gets above 60c. My ambient temp is fairly cool at the moment, around 60f. This near 40c temp differential has begun to cause me some concern - the card was an early make, produced in December 2022. When the hotspot problems came to light I ran some benchmarks and didn't find the thermals on the card to be particularly worrying. However, the temp differential seems to have gotten larger over time.
I'd appreciate any advice regarding if pursuing a RMA is worth it. The card still has some headroom before the 110c throttle point on the hotspot, but a 40c differential between the core and the hotspot seems pretty massive to me. I'm currently running with an aggressive custom fan curve, +15% on the power slider, and undervolted to 1100mv. My case is a Lian Li Lancool 3 with tons of airflow - the GPU has 3 bottom mounted fans blowing air directly into it.
