HOT RADEON 7900 CARDS
Faulty vapor chamber to blame
NOT EVERYBODY has been completely happy with their new Radeon RX 7900 XTX cards. It wasn’t long before repor ts star ted appearing of cards overheating, hitting 110°C at the hot spots and triggering thermal throttling. As you’d expect, people were pretty vocal online, though AMD was initially unsympathetic, insisting that things were “within spec”. People got more organized, passing serial numbers to AMD, and things improved.