Hey folks,
Just wanted to run this by the community. I’ve had my Gigabyte RX 7900XT for about 6 months now. Performance-wise, it’s great, but I’m seeing hotspot temps hit 100°C, even while the GPU core is only at 53°C. That’s a delta of 45°C+ under load.
This is in a well-ventilated mid-tower with good case airflow. Fans ramp up fine, no manual overclocking, stock BIOS. I know AMD GPUs tend to run hotter on the hotspot, but this feels a bit excessive.
I haven’t repasted the card (yet), but I’m open to it if it helps. Just not sure if that would void the warranty with Gigabyte..
Questions:
- Anyone else seeing large deltas like this on their 7900 XT / XTX?
- If you repasted yours, how much did the hotspot delta improve?
- Worth RMA-ing, or just live with it?
Tests:
FurMark run
some Minecraft with shaders
Thanks in advance for your help!!
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My XFX had like 30-35C delta. After the warranty ended I repasted it and temps dropped significantly. Maybe paste got pumped out or it was a bad application from factory in your case, idk. Either way it’s a bit extreme. Maybe you can try to RMA it or ask if you can repaste without voiding your warranty.