MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING Z TRIO 16G - High Hotspot Temp/Large Delta

[LLezerus]

That's awesome. I didn't get around to doing it yet, but you have inspired me, lets see if I can bring my 94 celsius hotspot down below at least 90 with a paste change and washers.

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W1zzard shows the washer going under the backplate, but you did it above with the screw top, does it matter which way?

i did it that way because my washers would have touched board components. My backplate does not have springs either lol to my surprise. just some very tiny washers.

A small update, my GPU started freaking out, driver crashes and odd behaviour. I've removed the washers and all seems fine so far. I think I must have been bridging some resistors or something, so definitely use plastic spacers unless you are 100% SURE you aren't bridging any components or traces!

 

[jensenjacket]

i did it that way because my washers would have touched board components. My backplate does not have springs either lol to my surprise. just some very tiny washers.

A small update, my GPU started freaking out, driver crashes and odd behaviour. I've removed the washers and all seems fine so far. I think I must have been bridging some resistors or something, so definitely use plastic spacers unless you are 100% SURE you aren't bridging any components or traces!

Hello, did you try with plastic spacer? Ive the same gpu and my hotspot is about 90c-95c in cyberpunk, red dead² and can go near 100c in tw3, im planning to repaste it too with breaking warranty sticker..