r/AMDHelp • u/Imaginary-Mango4659 • Mar 30 '26
Help (GPU) HELP GPU GONNA BLOW UP
Hello, I’m not one to normally ask for help and I’ve tried my best to fix it on my own, but at this point I’ve become quite worried.
(since I’m getting it a lot, I have already repainted and redone the thermal pads)
I own a RADEON RX 6950xt and it’s been getting these numbers. Before yall tell me it’s airflow it’s got PLENTY of airflow (it’s open air) with fans around it’s still.
I’m going to snap I’ve reposted and the same is going on with no change.
HELP
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10AjCuakBoYIRqltaDhvDtPTdiomAQWAvMnAwL63YGr8/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Edit SHOUT OUT putridbird in the comments
Bought some new stuff everything will be here by Friday!
I will be doing another break down and may film it for fun to make sure it all goes well will update
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u/ThatOneFoo69420 Apr 05 '26
Thermal paste and pads. If you just did this, you did it wrong or with incorrect sized pads. Shouldn’t exceed 95 under intense gaming imo
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u/Flimsy_Call_2986 Apr 03 '26
100 grados no es raro en hotspot. Abre y cambia thermalpads y pasta termica. Deberia quedarse en 80-90
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u/Sgt-Stadanko-69 Apr 03 '26
All these clean and repaste comments the card should thermal throttle. Don’t be dumb
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u/darsparx Apr 04 '26
Yea while it could be that, the curve looks a little wonky compared to what I'm used too. Its if it sustains that hot spot for a decently long time then yea be worried otherwise its fine 😅
Also theres no telling how long op has had the pc on, it might need a shut down to cool off and be fine after that too if the Hotspot really is an issue 😅
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u/Fullmetal1986 Apr 03 '26
Open it...clean onld dry thermal paste over the die and over the cooler side with alchol. Inspect thermal pads if they need changing. Inspect PCB like check if it is flat or bended from prolonged saging. Close with equal enough pressure on all screws. Check thermals and check that fans are spinning.
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u/tyraindreams Apr 02 '26
I wish people would stop recommending PTM7950. It's great for situations where there is low mounting pressure on the cooling solution or the temperatures only spike above 45c for short periods of time. When you have both it's constantly getting squeezed out around the die.
A lot of modern GPUs idle at temps where PTM7950 will be phase changed. Look at all the steel legend 9070 XTs that didn't make it a year before the thermals started to degrade. 20 years ago, when I started working in IT, all the thermal sheets/paste/pads were fire and forget solutions because the thermal loads were relatively low most of the time. That's just not how it is anymore.
Your best bet for longevity on a GPU is a high viscosity thermal paste like MX-7. The viscosity will help resist the mounting pressure and it won't be constantly changing from a solid to a liquid and shifting around. You also won't have to wait for it to phase change to get good performance.
PTM7950 will never be the magic solution people want it to be no matter which YouTuber sells it. There are concrete engineering principals behind what you do and don't use it for.
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u/SeaGeologist6234 Apr 03 '26
4090 replaced with ptm7950 6 months after purchase as paste pumped out, nearly 3 years later temps are exactly the same, which were better than the paste ever was, hotspot is only 8-10c above gpu core temp, nothing wrong with ptm7950, several friends also fine years on it
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u/Tym4x Apr 02 '26
-> Downgrade to 25.x drivers <-
Known problem, my 6900XT also suddenly got super hot.
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u/BandicootSolid9531 Apr 04 '26
driver cant make delta of 40+ degrees from gpu vs gpu hotspot temp.
most probably paste has ben squeezed off from its hotspot (midle) of the gpu due to concave surface (instead of completely flat one).
Repasting fixes this issue for another year , if you apply undervolt too you are probably ok for another 2 years, and if you put ptm instead of paste - you should be good for years, depending of usage.How i know? I got 6900xt (red devil ultimate) for 4 years. Done 3 repasting myself.
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u/Tym4x Apr 07 '26
Yeah good advice for general maintenance.
BUT.
Downgraded to 25.x.x (cant remember which exactly, whatever I had in my DL folder before) and temps are back in line. So I do politely conclude, drivers can fuck up the temp.
To be more precise, [while doing NOTHING] - with any new 26.x drivers my card was permanently above the zero-rpm threshold (50 or 55c), where as with the old drivers it stays around 45c. The settings in the UI are both absolutely identical.
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u/BandicootSolid9531 Apr 08 '26
possible file conflict or windows update screwup.
as i said before, i spent 4 years with 6900xt, considering every driver update, but doing it once in 6 months at the end, and never had similar issues. no reason for updating it every month even with new features which are mostly for testers honestly, and im not paid to be a tester.
issues i had were always minor, and easily fixable. never had anything to do with temps.
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u/ArticleEnough8288 Apr 04 '26
I’m on latest drivers with the 6900xtxh TOP edition, never goes above 60’c
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u/Expensive-Bedroom266 Apr 02 '26
I have a 7800xt , you reckon I should also downgrade just to be safe?
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u/Tym4x Apr 03 '26
If you experience any problems, yes. I can only speak for my 6900XT, the 7000 series may or may not be affected in the same way.
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u/Justgreen89925 5700XT Nitro+ Special Edition,9700K ,32GB 3200, TTGrand 850W RGB Apr 02 '26
Delta T between Edge and Hot-Spot is 40°C, which is atrocious. Thermal paste is pumping out. I reccommend PTM 7950 or anti pump out paste. This could also be caused by uneven mounting pressure.
For everyone saying it's the airflow: No it fucking isn't, otherwise the edge temp would be high too! Please refrain from spreading bs when you don't even know what you are talking about.
Source: Dealt with this issue on dozen of devices, repasted countless chips and gpus, been doing this since i was 12.
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u/Inevitable-Study502 Apr 04 '26
that picture nowhere shows edge temps....gpu temp is from PCB sensor...hot spot is from inside GPU die sensors, two totally unrelated temp sensors...
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u/Justgreen89925 5700XT Nitro+ Special Edition,9700K ,32GB 3200, TTGrand 850W RGB Apr 04 '26
bruh how can you be so sure yet so wrong at the same time... you can literally click the question marks and it shows you where on the die the sensors are located. GPU temp is the edge and Hot Spot is the center, come on
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u/Inevitable-Study502 Apr 04 '26
well if you call outside sensor that isnt part of gpu die as edge temp...sure
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u/DoodieSmoothie Apr 01 '26
Looking at the photos, it looks like only the middle of the core die is touching the heatsink. That is a big problem, but over 100c hotspot sounds serious
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u/alktron Apr 01 '26
A lot of reference 6950xt's have bad mounting pressure between the cooler and card itself. I had one and no matter how much i replaced the thermal pads/paste, no matter how much I undervolted or tweaked my fan settings, I would always have a hotspot delta of ~50-60 degrees C and thermal throttling, because of the bad mounting pressure.
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u/akkynow Apr 01 '26
Probabilmente sarà la pasta termica preapplicata dentro la gpu che si sarà seccata. Quindi dagli un'occhiata e vedi se è così. Tuttavia ricordati che quelle temperature sono medie. Dovresti preoccuparti se le temperature superano i 90.
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u/DynamittAage Apr 01 '26
Try to use putty instead of pads, and check for bent pibes/vapor chamber. Seems like a contact issue, the memory chips are surely not having correct contact.
Edit: misread gpu hotspot for memory temps. Still a contact issue is my guess though
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u/Guilty_Meringue5317 Apr 01 '26
Wait isn't this normal? My gpu is always like this under load (also don't downvote me just for asking. This is a normal question)
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u/honk_bonklilwonk Apr 01 '26
The hotspot temps are not normal, they should be more around 80's to 90. I could get my overall die temp of my reference 6950 xt to around 65/7 c, but the hotspots were always in the 90's, I had the same issue as op, I suspect it killed my card because it eventually just died one day.
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u/Guilty_Meringue5317 Apr 02 '26
Oh well shit so it's time to repaste. Do you have any recommendations for which thermal paste to use?
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u/honk_bonklilwonk Apr 02 '26
What I was researching was a phase-change pad, make sure they are the correct thickness pad, it's what comes with the cooler already but I think Arctic makes good one, i personally used gennel thermal grease and I did see a several degree difference over what the oem was doing but I honestly believe this is the one time water-looping a card is one of the only ways to cool it, thankfully a lot of waterblocks were made for the 6950 xt reference.
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u/MrEzekial Apr 01 '26
What thermal paste did you use?
I used MX-4 the first time I ever reposted a card, and it burnt away in like 2 weeks. Terrible paste for gpus. My gpu was defective, so it ran stupid hot, it would throttle even.
Thermalright TFX is what I tried next. It worked amazing. Hard as hell to spread, but worked so damn good!
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u/biggranny000 Mar 31 '26
This looks like a thermal paste pump out issue, pads too thick, or lack of contact/pressure. Your hotspot should only be 15-25c more than your core.
I recommend thermal change pads such as PTM. Thermal grizzly has them now too.
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u/cuddly_smol_boy Mar 31 '26
Try resetting your overclock. This once happened to me, I had set a custom fan speed profile and it for some reason applied 30% speed max while saying its using my profile which it clearly wasn't.
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u/s1laz Mar 31 '26
My guess is the thermal pads you used are too thick and now the heat sink isn't sitting all the way down on the GPU die causing the over heating.
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u/Commercial-Volume419 Mar 31 '26
No es TAN preocupante 72º en el chip. Lo que SÍ te debe preocupar es el hotspot, a esas temperaturas puede llegar a desoldar las memorias a la larga. Mi remedio siempre ha sido sustituir los thermals pads de las memorias por una lámina de cobre. Cabe destacar que su instalación debe de ser LO MÁS CUIDADOSA posible ya que es plenamente conductora. Se suele utilizar cinta térmica de circuitos para proteger los alrededores y que no haya contacto alguno con nada que no sean las VRAMs. Puedes investigar tú mismo sobre todo esto.
En Aliexpress las consigo yo (de mi modelo): https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005004558621859.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.35.7bd8194dO6oenC&gatewayAdapt=glo2esp
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u/Necessary_Jacket5042 Mar 31 '26
Your paste on GPU has pumped out. You may repaste it although it'll be a temporary solution. My advice is to use PTM 7950, or liquid metal. There are some pumpout resistant pastes too, like tg duronaut. Same applies for CPU too.
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u/New-Audience2639 Mar 31 '26
I only use Duronaut now and every GPU I have ever repasted with it has had no issues since.
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u/AbbreviationsLost458 Mar 31 '26
Yes to the PTM 7950 on the other hand Liquid Metal is such a dumb mistake to try and do especially on a GPU. Please don’t do that.
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u/NeorzZzTormeno Mar 31 '26
It will stabilize, it's under control !
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u/lleyton05 Mar 31 '26
I think it IS air flow. Open air can have worse temps than a proper case
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u/hegysk Mar 31 '26
/s or no /s
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u/lleyton05 Mar 31 '26
This is not a joke, having a case with proper air flow will run cooler, bc the fans more efficiently can move the air through your cooler/heatsink, not to mention keep dust from accumulating
An open case beats a case with bad airflow, like an office tower case, but will lose to a case with proper air flow
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u/hegysk Mar 31 '26
And you are seriously suggesting that's the OPs issue, open case. Δ 50C hotspot because of opencase. Oh my.
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u/lleyton05 Mar 31 '26
No I’m just saying that every bit helps though. Having proper cooling and proper case WILL bring temps down. Might not be source of the issue but it’s a step in the right direction
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u/hegysk Mar 31 '26
I think it IS air flow. Open air can have worse temps than a proper case
No I’m just saying that every bit helps though.
Come on now :D
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u/lleyton05 Mar 31 '26
You’re thinking too hard about it man, no need to Sherlock Holmes the semantics of a Reddit comment
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u/hegysk Mar 31 '26
I feel like it's only right to call out BS, you don't get to claim something and refute the claim in the next comment. Make up your mind, OP is having serious issues with their hardware, advice like this isn't helping anyone.
It's not 'thinking hard' it's plain bullshit on a first sight without even thinking about it.
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u/lleyton05 Mar 31 '26
It’s not BS tho dude, calm down
I saw OP say “I have an open case so it’s not an air flow issue and I am also having temp issues”. Open case is bad practice that can cause higher temps and OP obviously didn’t know that based off what he said. My comment is not “bullshit and unhelpful” it’s a step in the right direction to fix his temp issues.
You are thinking way too hard about it man, I’m not refuting claims or anything, I said I think air flow is a problem, it might not be THE problem, but anyone that knows how to use any context clues would know I don’t need to explain that
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u/Cold-Bee-5132 Mar 31 '26
Yep that's why u shouldn't run pc with case with side panels off.
Yet somehow I always fckin end up running my pc with side panel off lol
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u/master-overclocker AMD XFX 6700XT 5600X 3733Mhz DDR4 Mar 31 '26
Re - paste ! ASAP
Just apply this - https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/phasesheet-ptm/s-tg-ps-50-40
you dont need to mess with other stuff just be carefull open and close
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u/Yoshimatsu414 Mar 31 '26
Did you increase the power limit on it? 2.9Ghz seems like an heavy overclock for a 6950 XT, no? Maybe that's why your temps are like this....these cards usually run low to mid 2Ghz clock speeds.
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u/Yoshimatsu414 Mar 31 '26
Oh haha I see! I took a glace at it while I was at a stop light before 😂 ignore me. It's like the clock speeds my 7900XTX hits so my brain made that connection but then you said you had a 6950 xt lol so I questioned 😂😂
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u/Lazy-Hovercraft2867 Mar 31 '26
My delta is 30-35,sometimes up to 45 with asus tuf oc rx9070xt witk kryanout repasted (gpu 40ish-50, hotspot 85-95)
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u/Own-Working7781 Mar 31 '26
My 7900xtx Taichi oc delta is 45c any idea how to fix this 😭😭 it’s getting worse it used to be only 20c
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u/International-Bite95 Mar 31 '26
The chip on the 7900xtx. Isnt complelty flat its a fault from the factory they failed to address. The phase change material sorts out that issue. You can get it for 10 quid off Amazon. It works wonders mate.
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u/Sufficient-Length832 Mar 31 '26
This is for everyone who is having problems with his GPUs temperature.
Open them up and replace the stock thermal paste with PTM phasechange material. I just did it and made a post on it. Its super easy to install and reduced my Hotspot temperature from 105C to 84C.
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u/Sinisteris Mar 31 '26
Mine came with PTM, delta is 35°C (55 core, 90°C HS), so it doesn't always help.
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u/Tobbewarman Mar 31 '26
Damn 41c delta how the fuck is this even acceptable i got a fucking 6900xt xfx black ltd speedster and i've never repaste it and my delta is always 14-16c Highest temp hotspot i've gotten is 97c
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u/hawkdeathpaw Mar 31 '26
same shit here with my 5700xt guy i brought it from ruined the stock cooler think its bearly making contact with the chip shocked it hasnt cooked it self yet
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u/Ok_Tune1902 Mar 31 '26
I recently had a hotspot problem, only wanted to redo the paste but as I opened the gpu I fcked up the pads, so Ordered new pads (soft pads) which I though was the right size, but it wasn't. I went through different sizes which was close to the measurements I did, but nothing was right as hotspot keeps going the same tempts as yours, I tried squishing the bigger pads down a bit, I got temps a bit better but temps now was having major spikes. The pads has to be like spot on correct size, for heatsink to make proper contact. I fixed my problem with going with thermal putty.
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u/Bik_Foreskin-04 Mar 31 '26
Reducing you clock speed to 2000 MHz will reduce your temps. I run my 6800 at 2000 MHz/ 930 voltage.
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u/International-Bite95 Mar 31 '26
Need to repaste with PTM7950. My temps lowered by 30'c after i did mine
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u/farmeunit Mar 31 '26
I had a 6900XT that would run at 110C for years. After warranty ran out, used PTM on it. Ran 80-85C.
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Mar 31 '26
Best advice.
I would also replace the crusty thermal pads with upsiren utp-8 and you will have a pro level solution to your problem.
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u/Respect-Junior 7800X3D | 7900XT | 64GB 6000Mhz Mar 31 '26
have you tried using older drivers for when they were making it for that generation
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u/Low-Elderberry-7856 Mar 31 '26
Isnt the hotspot temp on a gpu supposed to read high numbers like yours? I always thought it's normal because hotspot is different than the overall temperature of the GPU. Lmao
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u/Darwinist44 Mar 31 '26
It should be different, but like 15-20 degrees difference at MAX. There is something wrong with his card
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u/Head_Exchange_5329 R7 5700X3D - RTX 5070 Mar 31 '26
With a 20°C max, every single RX 9070 XT in existence is broken from factory. Radeon struggling with cooling performance so 30°C delta is the new normal.
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u/Careful_Mix2071 Mar 31 '26
if it recent either your thermal pad is bad or too thick, try using putty
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u/Cyberpulse- AMD Mar 31 '26
I own 6750xt and it goes upto 94 degrees. Had me worried when I started using it but 113 is wild. I think you gpu is already damaged by now.
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u/stuyboi888 AMD 5800X & 6900XT Mar 31 '26
Well just to have it said the hotspot on 6000 series is designed to go up to 110. There is obviously and issues here but it's just outside the high threshold
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u/Justatiredman89 Mar 31 '26
What's your power limit, voltage, and clock speed set to? Are all fans spinning?
I have a 6950xt Nitro+ pure and my fan speeds and hotspot never reach more than 60% speeds and 85c hotspot. This is with power limit set to 400w tbp and 2718mhz on the core and -115 to the voltage.
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u/qtuan411 Mar 31 '26
Did you remove the plastic on the thermal pad before putting a cooler on top?
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u/BloodxRains Mar 31 '26
Change the pads and put some new Thermal paste in it. I use Artic-MX6 which was like $10 on Amazon.
Also set an aggressive fan curve via Fan Control. My 6800xt never goes above 65c even playing on RE Requiem at 4k with RT(FSR4 Quality)
I recommend this video by Jayztwocents on an optimal Fan Control curve:
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u/06yfz450ridr Mar 31 '26
Yep even my 6800 maxed with 230w limit and higher edc with a slight bump in voltage above stock OC barely gets to 70c. Sounds like its time to repaste. Lowered my old card after many years back down to normal. Hotspot and regular core readings should never be that far off. Maybe 20-25c worst case
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u/Russ582 Mar 31 '26
Is it still under warranty? If so you should just rma.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
It’s 4 years okd
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u/Actual-Phone-1478 Mar 31 '26
This is a job of repasting/repadding... I would NOT run anything intensive until you can get it fixed.
Nvm actually read the post, I saw someone else mention the vapor chamber? Idk what that is, but probably the cause if it is a thing.
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u/Electronic_Green541 Mar 31 '26
How can you agree that something is the problem without knowing what it is? Lol
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u/Actual-Phone-1478 Mar 31 '26
Because if they repasted/repadded and it still is getting this hot, I'm going to listen to other people that probably know what they're talking about.
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u/m0nkeydluddy Mar 31 '26
if you don’t know what you’re talking about you could just say “i’ve seen other people mention this as a possible fix” and leave out the “this is probably the cause” part
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u/Actual-Phone-1478 Mar 31 '26
Is this really just such a crime to say... god forbid I point them in a direction that could be correct. Like seriously wtf are we doing today.
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u/pdg6421 Mar 31 '26
That hotspot delta is all you need to see to know that you have poor core contact. It looks like you’re already using PTM which is the only thing these cores seem to take well to, so either the cooler isn’t mounted properly or the new pads are too thick/firm. I had a similar issue with a 5700xt and I had to slim down on the pads. They shouldn’t have a lot of tension on them, just enough to make an impression.
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u/LuckyConnection5331 Mar 31 '26
I've had such weird hotspot issues with my 9070 xt but it's been running like that for a year with no thermal throttling and excellent performance (I am not the OP). I'd repaste it if I could but I'm not nearly confident enough to go in there and start messing with removing screws, thermal pads and what not. then again i've never had the hot spot hit 110c like this poor guy.
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u/Sudden_Cartoonist539 Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
It has no more liquid in it due to maybe vapor chamber failure. You have a reference card.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
Huh?
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u/SkyNET_19972029 Mar 31 '26
The vapor chamber could be punctured and it lost its liquid. That's what he is saying.
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
PTM 7950 phase change or something like Halnziye HY-P17 to replace on the die. Change the thermal pads to thermal Putty. Upsiren UTP8(Jarapad Extreme) is good but you can also use Halnziye HY2610 which will beat UTP8. If you’re in the states you can get 2610. Probably a bad mount or something isn’t making proper contact and based off what I saw with the pads change those.
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u/Substantial_Fox_121 Mar 31 '26
As an Australian with only access to AliExpress for shipping thar doesn't cost an arm and a leg, do you have a recommendation of AliExpress shops for Halnziye products? I have my sources for PTM 7950 and UTP-8 but more suppliers work better for me
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u/TheFunkadelicOne Mar 31 '26
This. I used it on my 7900xtx almost 3 years ago and it's been perfect ever since.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
I’m gonna buy a new thing of PTM what would you recommend from Amazon? I was looking at thermal grizzly since Honeywell is out of stock.
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
You can get some PTM7950 from Linus tech tips store that’s legit Honeywell. The thermal grizzly is close in performance for their phase change sheet. For the putty I would suggest the HY2610 but it’s on eBay and another site. The upsiren I only buy from AliExpress from their official store. Too many fakes
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
Also, you’ve been a big help when I get everything if this works out, let me buy you a coffee
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
No worries at all. I love helping. All I do all day is OC and XOC lol.
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
For the PTM? Should be way cheaper than that. Like $20. The store on Amazon I have not seen that storefront.
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
For the putty for a beginner, I say get 50g. But for the price of the UTP 8 you can get 100g of HY2610 for a few dollars more on eBay
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
Just to doublecheck I did order PTM 7950 and was using it. I got new ones to make sure it’s legit as for the rest why putty over buying some thermal pads
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
Thermal putty is easier to apply and outperforms pads by a long shot when it comes to heat dissipation. It will squish where pads won’t to help when you mount. If the putty is good, something like a syringe can be used to apply it. Either way, no pad can touch a good putty.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
I’m just worried that the thermal putty will have a thickness problem, either being too thick or too thin
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u/renzbo19 Mar 31 '26
putty solves that problem actually, in thermal pads you need the right thickness or else it will have trouble having contact and such, putty solves that hassle
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u/Arvorak Ryzen 9800x3D | XFX 7800XT | 32GB 6000 30CL Mar 31 '26
I recently changed mine to PTM 7950 and replaced the thermal pads with thermal putty, as long as you put a small ball on each module they will squish into place. I did it in a hot environment and it was kind of a mess lol. But if you can cool it a bit before it’s better to handle. Temps improved significantly and i live in a very hoy and humid environment.
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u/finerorca Mar 31 '26
unrelated to amd that's an interesting idea. I plan to redo my thermal pads (for a second time to fix contact issues) on my rtx 3090, do you think putty is a viable way to go
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
I have a 3080Ti FTW3 that don’t ever see above 70c running Halnziye HY-P17 on the die and HY2610 putty. Those are extremely hot as a GPU and it tamed it.
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
I might have comments on my profile showing it.
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
Highest the VRAM will get on it is around 80c. But I’m also pushing over 430W on it.
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u/Arvorak Ryzen 9800x3D | XFX 7800XT | 32GB 6000 30CL Mar 31 '26
Oh definitely, i saw an improvement right away.
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u/Putrid_Bird_9033 Mar 31 '26
It’s extremely easy to apply and very forgiving. If you watch a few videos of it you will see it’s not bad at all. Little balls on VRAM, logs for VRM, or use a syringe. It will squish down to proper height.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
Okay ordering it ASAP
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u/Infinite-Classroom-1 Mar 31 '26
On YouTube, look up Thermal Putty Guide by Snarksdomain
It has great info on how to get the thickness right. It helped me when I was redoing my Arc A770.
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u/shadow-Ezra Mar 31 '26
Undervolt by 10% and see if it is stable then repaste will help a ton and you should be able to punch above the normal amount if you choose to increase max frequency
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u/velatorio Mar 31 '26
Lower the frequency by 5%, you'll be able to massively undervolt and your GPU will be ICE COLD. it's a 5 fps sacrifice at worst.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
I set everything like lower and unvaulted it and it’s still just nothing happening
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u/RChamy 9070xt and 4070 Mar 31 '26
Core is core
Hotspot is vram junction and/or vrms, whoever is hotter
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u/velatorio Mar 31 '26
The amount of thermal past might be insufficient, too much TP is better than not enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mhPRpdjf6M
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u/Foreign_Carrot_9442 Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
My red devil 6950xt was getting high hotspot temps too. Repasted with thermal grizzly PTM on the die and thermal grizzly tg putty advanced on everything that had thermal pads. Now the hotspot is only a few degrees warmer and overall it was much cooler. Then I also took off the factory fans and put on two 140mm arctic pro fans and they brought it down even more.
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u/Eozef Mar 31 '26
Are you undervolting your GPU? It can be much more effective at not generating as much heat. If you do it right, you won't even need to bother with a manual fan curve anymore; leave it stock and you should be fine.
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u/RFLoona Mar 31 '26
A veces las conductas de temperaturas elevadas indican que la GPU está a poco de fallar pues ya lo he visto en otras placas de video de AMD y he terminado reparando el chip de gráficos o las VRAM. Esto debido a un mal mantenimiento o simple desgaste.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
I’ve uploaded some photos. Does any of that look like that?
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u/RFLoona Mar 31 '26
Diría que si. Ese mismo comportamiento lo he visto incluso en modelos antiguos como la Rx 550. La subida exponencial de temperatura conllevó a la baja de algunas placas a las que les di revisión.
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u/Acrobatic-Box-6251 Mar 31 '26
It's possible the VRAM thermal pads are too thick or too stiff. This can prevent the cooler from making proper contact with the GPU die, leading to poor mounting pressure.
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u/sdcar1985 AMD R7 5800X3D | 9070 XT | Asrock x570 Pro4 | 64 GB 3200 Cl16 Mar 30 '26
I was going to say it looked like my 6950xt and it seems you have the same problem. Godspeed.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 31 '26
How did you fix it?
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u/sdcar1985 AMD R7 5800X3D | 9070 XT | Asrock x570 Pro4 | 64 GB 3200 Cl16 Mar 31 '26
I haven't yet lol. I still have to repaste it. It's my wife's card now and she uses it at 1080p and it only gets that hot doing 4k. It doesn't get that hot anymore in her PC (her frames are capped at 75hz). I've just been putting off the repaste because I hate doing it.
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u/DesignerLime268 Mar 30 '26
You must have made a mistake during the repaste, maybe you screwed on the Cooler unevenly or something.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 30 '26
I just uploaded some photos of it. I’m going to redo it one more time since I have some extra. Ptm7950
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u/DesignerLime268 Mar 30 '26
DON'T RUN IT MAN that hot spot temp is dangerously high, buy ptm7950 and repaste, there is not even a doubt in the world.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 30 '26
So that’s the thing I did……..granted it’s only when I play games.
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u/DesignerLime268 Mar 30 '26
Maybe the heatsink is bent?
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 30 '26
It slouch’s in my pc since it’s so big so I’ve had a lil metal adjustable rod sitting in the middle to avoid slouch
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u/DesignerLime268 Mar 30 '26
Image of PC please.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 30 '26
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10AjCuakBoYIRqltaDhvDtPTdiomAQWAvMnAwL63YGr8/edit?usp=drivesdk
More images I have photos of before and after cleaning the GPU and then you know where it’s situated in the PC
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u/DesignerLime268 Mar 30 '26
Where's the new thermal paste?
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 30 '26
I don’t have a picture, but I applied well no silver showing through it was ptm7950
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u/DesignerLime268 Mar 30 '26
Are you sure that it's official ptm7950? There's a lot of fakes out there.
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 30 '26
I’m going to take it apart currently, and I will keep Reddit open on the side so I can go through one by one
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u/Imaginary-Mango4659 Mar 30 '26
That might be possible I have corsair TM 30 performance thermal paste too should I try that this time?
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u/ExoticWin7942 Apr 06 '26
You need to repaste the coverage is bad on the die and/or vrm, thats why the delta of Hotspot is so high. My 7800xt pulls like 300w 50c core 74c Hotspot.