What just happened? The Radeon RX 7900 XTX incident of high temperatures and throttling that is unexpected over after AMD eventually recognized the actual nature associated with problem. The organization is currently supplying a replacement to whoever purchased among the affected products, establishing a modification of plan after formerly user that is rejecting requests.
Last month it was reported that some users of the* that is( RX 7900 XTX MBA (made by AMD) guide card had been experiencing hotspot temperatures since high as 110C. Some people contacted AMD with an RMA demand, however the organization declined, saying they were junction that is normal. It added that anyone experiencing unexpected throttling that is thermal contact AMD support.
Legendary overclocker Roman ‘der8auer’ Hartung investigates this problem. After governing away all-potential factors, he determined there clearly was difficulty aided by the RX 7900 XTX MBA chamber that is vapor. Further investigation into Igor’s LAB’s claim to fame by Hartung and Igor Walllossek narrowed it down to a lack of indoor fluid levels, which AMD has now confirmed.
In an interview with PCWorld’s Gordon Mah Ung at CES 2023, Scott Herkelman, AMD Senior Vice President and General Manager of AMD Radeon, talked about the RX 7900 XTX issue that is overheating/throttling
Herkelman begins by reiterating that reference that is only AMD-manufactured Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs sold by AMD and its partners are affected, not aftermarket cards designed with custom coolers. He then assured users that there are no security concerns related to the issue, but card performance may be affected. “It all boils down to a small batch of steam chambers actually having problems, not enough water, and a small percentage […] That’s the root cause,” Heckelman said.
There is no word on how many units account for this very percentage that is small. An mail coming from a methods integrator to Wallossek said between four and six batches had been impacted, which may include several thousand devices. Herkelman stated anybody experiencing this dilemma should phone AMD and ask for an upgraded product. AMD additionally refuted allegations it did not have sufficient devices to restore all the failing models.
Moving on to some other subject, Herkelman reported that AMD continues to have the very best performing pictures card under $900, the Radeon RX 7900 XT. He additionally reveals a chart showing exactly how it even compares to the RTX 4070 Ti, you should probably take a look at our personal article on the Nvidia pictures card for the much more precise comparison.
