a gpu that overheats ALWAYS means some goop/pad issue?

[inquisitor1]

guy selling Zotac 3080 AMP Holo. says it gets hot. he didnt say it overheats

is the solution ALWAYS just clean goop pads? asking $375

if it doesnt shut down under some furmark, but gets hot that would be acceptable? 80c ?

I bought a used amd card that got hot and replaced thermals and it ran fine, but I dont know so asking

 

[Vya Domus]

I don't know what you mean by goop pads, you mean thermal pads ? It's not necessary to replace them, unless they're ripped apart, other than that you can always change the paste on the GPU.

80C seems fine for that particular card :

 

[kilo]

I don't know what you mean by goop pads, you mean thermal pads ?

I believe the author is describing thermal paste.

Edit: On a fourth read, maybe not?

@inquisitor1 It's also important to verify the thickness of the thermal pads you're replacing. Thick ones can be 2mm and thin pads 1mm (generally). Please be cautious when changing the pads out with the correct size or you may damage the chips.

 

[Vincero]

Lots of potential in terms of bad case airflow, etc., can impact GPU temperature.
Unfortunately the cooling curve on some cards is to wait for the temperature to rise somewhat before ramping up the cooling effort - essentially almost creating a scenario where the card cooling only really kicks in at higher temperatures. You can always apply a custom fan curve to keep temperature lower on most cards - I've rarely ever seen a card pushing near 100% PWM fan effort even when hitting their thermal limits (usually because a power limit stops further thermal output).

Cleaning contact surfaces/pads / blowing out dust from cooler / refreshing TIM with a quality product is never a bad thing.