AMD RX 7000 series GPU Owners' Club

[Kabouter Plop]

Its so stupidly hot right now that i am right back at 88 90c hotspot but instead of my edge temp also increasing my hotspot seems to rise more so i am having about 40c delta so i might do repaste very soon.
but when considering temps at 300w vs 290w on my 6900 XT im right at what i used to get on my 6900 XT, i wish this heatwave would end already and be back down to normal temps like 21c outside instead of 30+ every single day, even tho thermostat says its 24c my watertemp is idling 27c 28c now what is usually at ambient so i guess my wall radiates heat from the roof
Still gonna repaste, cos i know i wont screw it up anyway.
for some reason tho i am still not breaking records at +15% power limit cos if peeked to 99c hotspot before while avg 95c its still 95c peek at +15%

Anyone here with experience on hydronaut extreme how long this thermal paste last i am hoping least 2 years cos i do not wanna repaste again for the next 2 years, and probably upgrading to rdna4 as soon as it comes out, cos im not liking this furnace.

 

[pilotter]

I am in the same " heatwave " running MSFS in "4k" ( 150 render scale at 3440 x 1440) my devil is hitting 90 - 95C in DX12. Normally at idle water temp 28C. I have a 7950x3d and 2 x3x120 rads with push pull noctua fans. Before my 6900xt would never go over 60C on the hotspot..... hydronaut will do fine for 2 years, at least it did on my 6900XT with ekwb waterblock. AMbient in the room is 27C now

 

[Kabouter Plop]

i repasted and my temps came down least 10c on hotspot curious if its gonna stay that way delta still 35c used be only 32c my stock thermal paste aplication was terrible but thermal pads did its job, anyway lots of open gaps while lots of thermal paste squished to the side.
I suspect 7900 XTX suffers pump out effect where over a time of 3 months there will be less and less thermal paste on the center of the die.
Anyway i was hitting 83c in the morning at 23c then max 75c after repaste and 40c edge at 25c watertemp with mx-4 still about 35c delta i wonder if its cos of heatwave still even at 28c im no longer hitting 88 90c hotspot anymore
And in the morning i could hit 83c hotspot at 460w board power, i hope it drops down to 21c soon so i can see how much improvement i got, but i am curious if it stays that way i suspect it may get worse in 3 months again.

 

[pilotter]

yep will keep monitoring otherwise I will put my own paste.

 

[Kabouter Plop]

I would say repasting is worth it with a red devil or liquid devil if you got stupidly high delta at 400w board power rather to much then to little when it comes to non conductive thermal paste hydronaut extreme is probably best but i used mx-4 and already saw huge improvement.

edit: this morning i had watertemp of 21c - 23c

If not had long gaming sessions yet cos its heatwave here and do not wanna heat my room and boil my self but did quick test this morning.

Before it would be 75c hotspot at these temps more or less with peeks of 78c hotspot and edge of 48c did not imagine i could drop edge temp this much
Anyway looking at pictures there was a huge dry paste gap of 1mm on 1 mcd and no plastic washers that are usually included with ekwb waterblocks like always, so i added my old washers from my 6900 XT i did not attempt to overtighten it just tight as i do not wanna strip the screws, there where also dry gaps with no paste across entire GCD area and few MCD's on both waterblock and the die it self. just like on red devil cards that reported same.
So powercolor uses really bad thermal paste.

 

[Shou Miko]

Even UV on my XFX 7900 XT Merc310 hot spot tent to go a bit crazy sometimes it's random sometimes in-game play other times in the menu/pause it goes up but most of the time it's fine.

Not sure what's wrong but no stability issues at all and after I tuned all my fans using Noctua's fan hub I finally have a near silent machine even in gaming it's so quiet and nice even on the hot days I don't see much over 60c even on my gpu so I am really happy

 

[QuietBob]

Speaking of temperatures, I find Vsync to be the best solution to summer heat. Here's Immortals: Fenyx Rising at 4K max detail. First uncapped, then with a 60fps limit:

33% lower power draw on average and much lower temps in the long run. The benchmark is only half a minute long, so the GPU didn't heat up much, but you can already see a big difference in hot spot.

And here's the 8K score for giggles

 

[remekra]

I have sent my 7900XTX from Gigabyte Gaming OC model for RMA. Summer came and hotspot temps have jumped to 95-99. Not sure if its because of room temps. Its not that hot. Also strange that one day temps were reaching 100-110 when playing Jedi Survivor, Cyberpunk.
Edge temps never went over 59. Card was loud as fans needed to ramp up more and more.
Maybe its just bad thermal paste, but Gigabyte puts a warranty seal on one of the screws and in EU those can really void warranty so I sent it. We'll see.

 

[Vayra86]

I have sent my 7900XTX from Gigabyte Gaming OC model for RMA. Summer came and hotspot temps have jumped to 95-99. Not sure if its because of room temps. Its not that hot. Also strange that one day temps were reaching 100-110 when playing Jedi Survivor, Cyberpunk.
Edge temps never went over 59. Card was loud as fans needed to ramp up more and more.
Maybe its just bad thermal paste, but Gigabyte puts a warranty seal on one of the screws and in EU those can really void warranty so I sent it. We'll see.

110C is the max junction temp before the card starts throttling, to maintain a max of 110C. It then only shuts down at 120C. 110C is within spec. Your maximum temp delta also isn't unusual, unless it regularly goes over 30C between edge and junction. If you had 59C with 110C junction, yeah. I get the RMA..

100C however on its own, is not an issue... It means the card can still boost freely if it remains within max board power.

I've seen north of 90C hotspot as well on my 7900XT, which has lower board power. Its not a problem, rather, its a result of the card boosting as it should.
Its no different from Nvidia that exposes a sensor that maxes at 84C before you see throttling. It doesn't mean there isn't a spot on the GPU that has higher temp.

 

[remekra]

110C is the max junction temp before the card starts throttling, to maintain a max of 110C.

100C therefore is not an issue... It means the card can still boost freely if it remains within max board power.

Considering that fan curve set in AMD Control panel basically gets ignored at 100C and fans starts going to over 70% and sound like Jet engines I would not call it not an issue.
That card has custom cooling, not stock one. It's not the highest end one like Sapphire Nitro but it should not be so loud. Im not raising any power limits or OCing it.

 

[Vayra86]

Considering that fan curve set in AMD Control panel basically gets ignored at 100C and fans starts going to over 70% and sound like Jet engines I would not call it not an issue.
That card has custom cooling, not stock one. It's not the highest end one like Sapphire Nitro but it should not be so loud. Im not raising any power limits or OCing it.

Yeah I had to reread your post, only noticed the edge temp later. Edited above.

 

[remekra]

Yeah I had to reread your post, only noticed the edge temp later. Edited above.

Yeah that's the issue as well. No matter how hot it got, edge never goes above 59. Don't know if its vapor chamber, paste or something else. So far it Has been in Gigabyte service for over a week. I'm getting a little bit worried when I read opinions on Gigabyte service, but I Hope they will Either repair it or replace it.

 

[kapone32]

Yeah that's the issue as well. No matter how hot it got, edge never goes above 59. Don't know if its vapor chamber, paste or something else. So far it Has been in Gigabyte service for over a week. I'm getting a little bit worried when I read opinions on Gigabyte service, but I Hope they will Either repair it or replace it.

Gigabyte are guilty of 2 things on their GPUs.

1. Not enough Thermal Paste. I have had 3 cards that had a. the paste stuck in the ribs of the heatpipes, b. the thermal paste not covering the entire die. c. I have had a card that only had paste applied directly to the middle.

2. Not enough pressure on the card and shroud. If they use more than 8 screws to hold their cards together I would be mistaken. That is further compounded by the fact that they use substandard pad material that will easily start to disintegrate over time.

The best thing to do with a Gigabyte card is open it up apply proper paste and change the pads.

 

[remekra]

Gigabyte are guilty of 2 things on their GPUs.

1. Not enough Thermal Paste. I have had 3 cards that had a. the paste stuck in the ribs of the heatpipes, b. the thermal paste not covering the entire die. c. I have had a card that only had paste applied directly to the middle.

2. Not enough pressure on the card and shroud. If they use more than 8 screws to hold their cards together I would be mistaken. That is further compounded by the fact that they use substandard pad material that will easily start to disintegrate over time.

The best thing to do with a Gigabyte card is open it up apply proper paste and change the pads.

I considered doing that but like I said, they put a seal on one of the screws. In US that means nothing, but in EU they can void the warranty.

 

[kapone32]

I considered doing that but like I said, they put a seal on one of the screws. In US that means nothing, but in EU they can void the warranty.

No bother, just know for next time. Temp issues on GIgabyte cards are usually exactly what I have pointed out. The thing is until As Rock came on the scene they were the Cheapest GPUs you could buy,

 

[remekra]

No bother, just know for next time. Temp issues on GIgabyte cards are usually exactly what I have pointed out. The thing is until As Rock came on the scene they were the Cheapest GPUs you could buy,

If it comes back in the same state as before I will just try to sell it and buy something else.

 

[kapone32]

If it comes back in the same state as before I will just try to sell it and buy something else.

Trust me As Rock cards are worth every penny. I bought a 6750XT for a Client build. OC to 2798 MHZ with one click and I can't hear the fans at all.

 

[QuietBob]

Ran Forza Horizon 4 benchmark at 4K maxed out (no AA). The difference in power consumption between full throttle and a 60 fps cap is staggering

With the frame rate limit in place the card uses only 38% of its TBP on average. That is 62% power savings! Peak usage was mere 160 W. The difference in temperatures was also huge: edge was 15 C lower and hotspot incredible 27 C. The CPU consumed 19% less on average.

 

[remekra]

So regarding my last post about Gigabyte RX 7900XTX overheating. After almost a month in being in service with them and no update whatsoever and not picking up calls the shop stepped up and simply returned my money.
Just ordered Sapphire Nitro+ for less than I paid for that Gigabyte at launch.
Was considering 4080 FE but figured that paying over 200 dollars more is not worth it over 7900XTX from Sapphire. It should arrive tomorrow so I'm pretty happy!

 

[Vya Domus]

I have sent my 7900XTX from Gigabyte Gaming OC model for RMA. Summer came and hotspot temps have jumped to 95-99. Not sure if its because of room temps. Its not that hot. Also strange that one day temps were reaching 100-110 when playing Jedi Survivor, Cyberpunk.

I've never seen 110C that does seem odd but I have seen 99-100C while overclocked max power limit on a hot day on my reference 7900XT.

 

[AusWolf]

I've never seen 110C that does seem odd but I have seen 99-100C while overclocked max power limit on a hot day on my reference 7900XT.

100 °C hotspot is pretty normal on my reference 6750 XT as well. It still scores above 99% on the 3DMark stability tests, though.

 

[remekra]

I've never seen 110C that does seem odd but I have seen 99-100C while overclocked max power limit on a hot day on my reference 7900XT.

Means your card is not defective. AFAIK reference when pushed to max power limit tend to hover at around 100. But mine was not reference and not even touched on the PL.

 

[Shou Miko]

I've never seen 110C that does seem odd but I have seen 99-100C while overclocked max power limit on a hot day on my reference 7900XT.

my RX 7900 XT goes wild sometimes on the hotspot temps up to 85c and it's never doing gameplay it's when I pause, there is a loading or something like that and fps doesn't even go wild so it do raise the fan speed on the fans in my case really high up even everything other sensor stays the same in the system.

So maybe the newest driver maybe change this.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Anyone of yall have any insight on an air cooler for a 7900 xtx liquid devil? mainly backup in a scenario of a malfunctioning pump.

 

[Vayra86]

Trust me As Rock cards are worth every penny. I bought a 6750XT for a Client build. OC to 2798 MHZ with one click and I can't hear the fans at all.

My Asrock 7900XT is doing perfectly fine too. Solid build, heavy but built like a tank, good cooling at decent noise levels.

My Asrock motherboard and a sff/nuc HTPC from way back (going over 10 years now!) are also all still doing great. I have nothing but positives so far from them.