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 ...
[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 ...
TL;DR: Igor's Lab reveals a hotspot issue in GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs affecting power delivery systems on PCBs, potentially reducing card longevity. Lower-tier models like RTX 5070 face higher ...