ASUS TUF RX 7900XTX TEARDOWN (hotspot fix) 

Thanks for the tutorial! First 4 weeks I had fabulous temperatures on my Asus and the Delta was just 15 degrees. After 4 weeks it is getting worse. Have around 65 degrees and nearly 90 on hotspot. So I will give a try if it is getting worse. Thanks you so much bro.

I´ve just repasted mine 7900 xt form XFX with MX-4. When I played games like Last of us i had gpu 60 and hotspot 95. After I have 60/80. So thanks for the video! It helped me a lot! EDIT: My result lasted only for week or two. The hotspot temp went back as it was so I decided to go with PTM 7950 and it is already month or so and the temps are as it should be. (delta no more the 20 and hotspot under 90) No regrets at all. Interesting is that the new XFX 7900 XTX card called Pheonix Nirvana already has the PTM 7950 applied by stock so I think the XFX knows why they use it instead of regular thermal paste.

I repasted my Hellhound 7900 XTX with PTM 7950,about a year ago at this point. The card was running very cool initially but after 2-3 weeks my hotspot steadily begun to increase and was getting over 30c delta,like everyday it was getting hotter. upon opening the card the pads seemed much higher quality than the trash pads in your card,and they were intact, the contact also seemed fine. but the thermal paste right on the middle of the die was dry. The card was maybe,two months old at this point,since they had just came out, so it was a pump out effect. supposedly powercolor changed the paste they're using since but I see still many people with powercolor gpus with the same issues. I think I did a pretty good job repasting the card with the PTM,since my delta is extremely low,even a year later.

What I love with modern GPUs whatever the brand, is that we pay loads of money, but we need to fix the coolers afterwards. Thank's Nvidia and AMD.

Nice! I had to repaste and repad my Liquid Devil 7900 xtx three times. I talked to Powercolor directly, I used the Artic-TP3 1mm pads. Amazon did RMA the card for a refund. So I bought the non liquid devil and put an EK water block on it. GPU 100% max - 65c Hot spot - 80ish.

I absolutely agree, how is it possible for such an expensive board to have these problems, quality control should be much greater. I have a TUF 4080, the temperatures are normal but the coil whine is horrible, exactly the same as in the video.

Neat Job. Well done.

Thanks for sharing! 👍 I have a 7900 XTX from AORUS and that model uses a vapor chamber. I also have a pretty big difference between GPU temp and hot spot (+27 degrees) which made me think something was wrong, but after watching your video I realized everything is within normal. The GPU temp at 50% fans is around 50+ degrees. I can easily recommend a video card from AORUS.

Was the initial monitoring with the PW limit increased? If it is then it is expected for temps to go up. I did this with my taichi 7900xtx but used ptm 7950 for the core and replaced pads with upsiren u6 pro putty. I had the same results on hotspot being sub or about 80 c. with PW limit maxed out hotspot peak reading never exceeded 95c (in kh3 with 200 percent render resolution which made my hotspot shoot previously to 107c). Either way it's good to see you had success with this.

Bro though i have an nvidia card i appreciate you for this video. I want to take my chances on XT or a XTX but amd just scared me haha. What are your experiences with drivers and frame rates during benchmark? i bought a 6950XT asrock and the coilwine, 110 degree hotspot and frame stutters just killed me with AC origins and valhalla and send it back.

My sympathies for your coil whine. I’m glad I don’t have that with my sapphire card.

Air bubbles and gaps between the heatsink and cpu/gpu are caused by deformities on the face of the paste when applying to the cpu. Watch for peaks, curl-overs, and valleys on the surface of the paste; as these trap air between the heatsink and the cpu even though there may be some paste extruding from the edges of the chip. Also try not to smooth over valleys, instead fill them in, (you don’t want cause an invisible bubble under the surface). It’s easiest from the start to put excess on and try to smooth in one or two strokes moving in the same direction and then carefully clean the edges. If you are going to do this, I also suggest using a sealant around the edges of the chip before applying anything to the chip, to safeguard it from shorting due to seeping. This especially goes for Liquid Metal.

The problem with those cards is that the chip it self is not completely flat causing this spot not to be covered with paste. When the new paste spread after some time the problem will accure again.

So many issues, I have the XFX version and the vapour chamber is not flat in the very centre so no matter what you do it doesn't cool the die complex evenly, GCD in particular. The chiplet is not even so most paste pumps out over time and heating cycles. with my uneven die and stock cooler the GCD was always high while the MCD was cooled for about a week by paste, I have a tube of every premium paste out there! my solution was Kryosheet and a water cooler, and I needed two layers of the sheet to make good contact across the GCD and MCD, bought the large size and the first layer is a continuous rectangle while the second layer is two smaller rectangles from the leftover sheet. Looking at the hotspot temp is not good enough, one needs to isolate the GCD and MCD and mem junction and address all three. for me the uneven vapour chamber required a water block, the uneven die complex needed two layers of kryosheet and the memory needed gelid extreme 1mm or tp3 1.5mm the tp-3 is very soft so it conforms really well, gelid is just better if it makes good contact. card idles at 33 die and 54 mem junction and speedway on a 30 min loop takes me to 73 die and 84 mem junction, ambient air is at 30+ where I live so take 5 or 6 degrees away if you live in a 20ish degree environment. Was still cheaper than a 4090 where I live. i completely agree that for 1kusd one shouldn't have to do any of this. planned failure, poor design, most don't care to hunt the issues so what are you going to do if you buy the halo product, send it back or fix, if you send it back then you have to ask for a refund as the problem will most likely happen again if you replace with the same.

Hi. A couple of days ago I got a 7900xtx red devil. I'm happy but the temperature is the same as yours, 70+/hot spot 90+. This means I need to replace thermal paste and pads ?

Hello, thanks for the video. My card had a temperature of 95 on the hotspot and 80 on the edge but now it is 95 on the hotspot and 94 or 95 on the edge. Do you think that changing the paste will lower both temperatures?

The other issue is that the price for all these pads also adds up esp if you need to use different thickness on the same card. Often you don't know what thickness these are unit you take the cooler off.

Hi there! I have the same GPU Asus TUF 7900XTX. I installed it normally with the included GPU support bracket and it works all fine! I'm gonna order an aftermarket GPU bracket that perhaps is more safe to be sure its not going to lower by time.

Thanks for sharing a teardown and even checking the pad thickness, gonna try this with my TUF soon. Asus actually cheaped out on the cooler as their 4090 TUF uses a vapor chamber while everything below is just a block with heatpipes strapped to it. I'd imagine AMD is less aggressive with the margins their partners can make so this is just a complete dick move on asus' behalf.

Had similar issues on Pulse version and I had NZXT H7 Flow and I changed my PC case to Asus Tuf GT502 and now my coolers intake fresh air to GPU from Bottom side and I have reduced GPU temp for 5-10c and About coil whine its common issues on all GPU this days that produce way to much power. Globally am happy with my 7900xtx over any 4080 GPU that cost way more.

Nice video and info here. Do you know if the Asrock Phantom Gaming 7900 xtx are using the same thickness on thermal pads?

Maybe I got lucky but I have the exact same card. I OC'd it with adrenaline and my hotspot has never been over 82. Usually between 75-78. I have an H6 Flow case with 2 intake 140 fans directly below the GPU but I can't see them making that big of a difference with what others are experiencing. I'm running 4k max settings so it's 99-100% all the time.

I have a Hellhound 7900 XTX.. Red Dead Redemption 2 i get 61c global and I can reach 110c hot spot.. What should I do? Performance wise, theres no issue, but I just don't feel comfy with this temp

Sorry do you know if the powercolor red devil 7900xtx are using the same thickness on thermal pads?

I have the exact same card, have the same issue, sometimes it fixes itself, due to thermal expansion refilling the paste naturally I guess, I can guess it'll only get worse by time. My main problem is vram temps are really high from the start I got this card. what's your prolonged stress test vram temps on this card? mine is stuck with 92c in 10 mins of AMD's own stress test, and I'm seriously thinking about repadding it.

I have the exact same card and luckily my temps + delta are the same as what you have after your repaste. 55/79 only ever seen the hot spot pop into the very low 80s once. I also get superb Port Royal scores with my card #50 with a 5800X (non X3D) and top 4% with a 5950X. Fastest XTX in the UK. Quix-Otic. Edit: Stock BIOS, all O/C from Adrenaline and she pulls around 455W. CPU's with tuned PBO & Curve optimiser.

Use Radeon Chill that will also help with temps my 6900 XT also runs hot is it just an amd thing? might consider taking it apart or go Nvidia for next card

thx, what is that tape that u used to cover?

I had a 7900XTX Red Devil. Knew it had a huge delta before I threw it in so I re-pasted it before installing. I also have a P3 case so open frame. My core temps were around 50C, and hotspot around 70-75C (AFTER REPASTE). I play at 1440p 165hz, and I run the fans at around 80% when gaming Was going to say how in the hell are your temps so high on your card. Your temps after the repaste are more in line with what mine was after I did mine. ASUS always has massive coil whine. Will re-paste my TUF when it arrives before I install Also, I've had all my 4090's installed horizontally. Just put a stand under the one corner closest to the glass. It's not hard

Hello. Please tell me, to replace thermal pads you only needed 2mm and 1.5mm thick. Do you need thermal pads of other thicknesses? My MSI Radeon RX 7900 XTX GAMING TRIO has the same temperatures. sorry for my English)

I allways apply thermal paste (just a thin coating) onto the frame of the GPU, I mean, it has the same height as the die and surely gets pretty warm as well.... ASUS TUF 7900 XT Hotspot 81°C overclocked 360W ASUS 6700 XT DUAL FAN Hotspot 80°C overclocked 190W

Can you mount it horizontally if you use the support stand thingy?

you have to activate the chill radeon you limit the frames and the temperature drops the high temperature does not depend only on the pads or the paste but on the continuous high frame that the card is subjected to. anyway it's excellent you have reduced hotspot a lot, but if you want to preserve it the answer is to limit the frames 6900xt I had several games in the menus like Bf2042 but especially Assassin's Creed where the framerate went very high leading me to heat up the GPU.

Fantastic they didn't learn anything from the rx 5700 xt they made

hey I just bought a used mint condition apparently refurbished rx 5700 xt rog strix card and it reaches temps like yours exactly sometiomes warmer if I keep the side of my case on and my heatsink is massive. I feel your pain.

Sapphire always my friend.. when comes to AMD, they are like EVGA for nvidia.. so their cards always having good temps.. Having Sapphire Nitro+ and i am more than satisfied. I am glad you fixed it, also that thermal paste is for extreme overclocking so i believe it will never dry out

i forgot to ask , those thermal pads, can it be any brand?

I have Asrock 7900 GRE, GPU 50c , hotspot 88c ,fan speed 48 %, no throttling ,works fine but big difference between gpu and hotspot.

95C hot spots is the norm on the 2060 super from Asus (ie the Strix versions) and on the 2070 Super..

I got mine ASUS TUF RX 7900XTX mounted in a Silverstone alta g1m. In this vertical case, the gpu has the i/o panel on top. I thought it was perfect to hot air exaust but i had a bad surprise. The card overheating with core hotspot @100 degrees and fan speed to 3000rpm. My only solution is to rotate the case 90 degrees and the gpu now is in the same your position. any one has another solution for me ?

I have the same one but mine doesnt go higher than 49 Celcius under stress. But it is the OC model, idk if that matters or not?

I just recently purchased the AMD RX-7900-XTX and received it yesterday. Upgraded from a NGreedia GTX-1070-Ti. I don't know what software you use to get the numbers on the screen to find out my delta. Anyway, I put the card through a massive test by putting it through all the 3D-Mark test twice on each test. Also tested it on Geekbench and Cinebench 2024. This is the second time I have ever owned an AMD GPU, the first time was back in 2002, then I changed to NGreedia when the GTX-1070-Ti came out. And yesterday was the day I stopped using the 1070-Ti. The 1070-Ti survived hurricane Sandy in NYC as my computer was underwater. I cleaned it after it was 2 days underwater. And still works even today. Anyway, I didn't know this about AMD cards. 🤷‍♀ I have the same exact AMD card. Would like to know what software you use to get those numbers on the screen.

same problem on my sapphire nitro+ 7800xt..over 30c delta..crazy

AMD needs to mandate PTM7950 on their cards, almost all of them in the 6000 and 7000 series have this issue and its currently the only known true fix. Having to open up $1000 cards is insane to me. Going to have to do this to my 6950xt, originally an $1100 card.

I'm hitting 98c easy on Battlefield 2042 on medium graphics with my 7900xt Phantom Gaming. Definitely going to buy some thermal pads and thermal grease and try this. Though I am tempted to do the Newegg tradein for the Sapphire pulse, I hear they're good at cooling, but after this experience, I'm not really too confident either way. Anyone by chance know if the sapphire pulse runs any cooler or there is any benefit? Still would be a 7900xt.

Would a thermal pad help instead of paste?

Bro have the same problem with my 7900xtx Red Devil after 4 months, I order at this moment the kryosheet pad for my mental condition… my case is a corsair crystal 280x with slim fan and my gpu enter on a 2mm in to the fan🤦‍♂️Is impossible for me remove the gpu without removing the fan, your condition is better than my 😂😂❤

Hi i have the same card bud can i ask somting my gpu core is mutch lower 48 a 50c bud the hotspot can go over 90c will this temps damge my card?

I just bought one today, should i just return it and get the nitro?

How are the temps holding up? I'm thinking about buying this card.

My 7900xt has a delta of 45 c. 57 core amd will hit well over 100c on hotspot. I re pasted it and it only helped for week. Now hotspot temps are terrible again. Trying to RMA now to asrock as long as they don’t pull bullshit of sticker removed so warranty void. In America it is illegal to void warranty for sticker on screw. We shall see what they do

I always go with kingpin kpx.

hi im using same gpu and want to change pads,what size i have to order? thank you

Did you not just test it, find out it’s bad, and return it? Is this just for the video or did you find this out after the return period? You also mentioned a warranty so tell them the problem and send it back. I mean the context doesn’t make any sense.

Can i use something like liquid metal instead of paste?

The truth is that the more expensive you pay for hardware, the more it appears to be poorly made.

Been noticing this on my rx 6600xt, same exact core temp and hotspot temp. But for me the clock speed drops like 2600mhz to 2300mhz and then jumps back again. It mostly happens on Hogwarts legacy and I see frame drops and stutters. Started to notice in gta 5 online too. Also it’s been almost 2 years for my card, as I bought it on sept 2022, also to note that it’s still under warranty

I got a 35 deg delta between the hotspot and the core :P Core normally is around 60 and hot spot 95 and sometimes if its hot outside and i play "heavyer" games it can go up to 105 deg.

hi, thanks you for this video ! i have a 3080 TI palit gamerock, and in game (with stress), i have 68.8° GPU / 74° Memory and 107.4 in hotspot...my core clock is not stable too. my ventilation is good, and my GPU is in verticaly.... so i think i may change pad /pate thermal....and you video help me....and my card have more 3 years so not waranty...

is forced to change thermal pads? :D

Mine runs at 61c edge and 77 hot-spot. So definitely something not right there

That's weird, I have the same card and I don't have this issue.

I have a 7900 XTX gigabyte oc but every time I’m playing something more graphical demanding like returnal or cyberpunk I get temps of 55/60c on core and 110c on the hotspot (playing at 2560x1440 165hz). I have now opened a ticket to open an RMA as I I can’t peel the stickers on the screws to replace the paste and thermal pads as I don’t want to lose the warranty. I’m regretting buying AMD at this stage. Yes I can under volt it and put a limit on the core and power to bring those temps down but I didn’t buy a card to make it disable.

Bro I had the same problem with my 7900xtx asrock taichi 55edge/115 hotspot @400w stock limit hotspot delta over 45c wich was insane I opened it and used thermal grizzly Liquid Metal and kept the same pads so now I get 56c/80c hotspot @465w limit fans@1800rpm hotspot likes to sit at 80c now sometimes 82 much better then 115c hotspot now wait and see how long until the Liquid Metal pumps out

Why did you try this when amd say 110 is fine if it’s 111 then it’s bad? Because i want to get 7900xtx but i see many poeple have hot spot peoblem?

thermal grizzly doesnt have durability, use a better paste that wont go bad in 6 months to a year. The thicker the better, you can also try that phase change honey well PTM7950 stuff

wait, 20 degrees less on the core just by replacing the paste? wtf, what a shame asus

Just built a system with a Asus tuf 4090, and that also had bad coil whine.

I have the same issue with my Red Devil 7900xtx. 30, 40 deltas. Applied new thermal paste an pads which initially lowered the temps. Within a cpl weeks they were back...30, 40 deltas!!! So disappointed in this purchase

Have the same card and the same issue! Bought some PTM7950 but I'm too lazy to repaste it ... What you did reduced the overall temps, but not the hotspot delta at +25C, so I suspect the contact issue is always there and dunno how to solve it.. Washers ?

살려고 했는데 이런 문제가 있었네..... rtx4080 super 사야겠다 Thank you for the good review

asus rx 7900 xt tuf i want to buy it but after watching this video.. i have concerns

Nice work, I believe that if you used THERMALRIGHT TF8 the result would be better, I noticed that you didn't use a thermalpad on the inductors, they could have overheated, and I have a question, who is the manufacturer of the vrams? Are Samsung memories?

K5 pro instead of thermal pads next time.

I got that GPU and i also got 20c difference between average and hotspot.

I think you forgot to put the thermal pads on the VRMs

I have 60-63 temps and hospot is around 79-81

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I'm going to use modmymods buying an aio gpu cooler

I have 7900xtx hellhpund itvruns cooler that that as standard hotspot is 71c max

In my country I can buy with a $1000 food for my kids for a year

you actually made delta worse

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I bought the exact same card in last December and started to see the hotspot rising drastically in February, in just 2 months from purchase. Everything was still within spec but i knew it was going to get out of control sooner or later, hotspot at the time was 100'C under stock 375W load in a very good airflow case. Ended up selling the card instead of opening it up due to voiding the warranty and not being exactly crafty with my hands. Even going on with it and RMA'ing it for a new one, the problem would just repeat itself sooner or later. Damn shame, because i really liked the performance of the XTX for the money, i paid 999€ for a brand-new one but experiences like this will only taint your trust.

M friend Your gpu clock is almost 3000 (original 2650) You overclocked so high Just underclocked

just use PTM 7950 and you wont have to change your TIM every 2 months or so, will almost last forever

Soldering process is through a oven making all parts on pcb sink in its own soldering spot. GPU should be put on by a heating proces with a machine who makes constant pressure on GPU to make it even until all balls under GPU are melted and GPU is even with PCB and not with +- 0,1 mm. Many more Asus and Asrock gpu will come with hotspots. I have stopped buying Asus and Asrock products because of NO quality control and cheap manufacture process, wich is also the reason we saw several motherboards catching fire due to a chip was mounted upside down for a skyhigh price . I will never return to Asus or Asrock With AMD GPU go after Sapphire . Sapphire is for AMD what EVGA was to Nvidia.

Liquid metal will drop you at least 30/40 degrees

Fix FPS 75 .

If people tell their temps, what should we believe? Was it in controlled environment? Case closed? Full wattage? 100% usage? Heaven, furmark, in-game? What settings they use. Without repaste and/or repad the memory. Baiscally every card should have horrible temps on stock pastes and pads unless you live in the Antartica. It should be illegal for people to tell their temps without a proven set of requirements that explain your temps. I mean, maybe some of y'all play games like genshin impact wich can run on 10c core and 20c hotspot and 20c memory for all I know. Regulate this! Where is the SEC for computing when u need them! :P

That is not bueno bro

25 degree delta is horrible. That would make RMA the card honestly. I just bought a 4070 TI Super, and it has a 15 degree difference in temp/hotspot and that already makes me uncomfortable, but I can live with it.

You have shit psu ! Change it ! Minimum PSU is 850 W GOLD or higher.

for amd dont buy Asus - Msi - Gigabyte. because they put nvidia coolers on amd gpus ! Sapphire - XFX - Powercolor - Asrock are way better + lower prices

Bro, i only see 375W power ussage and loud coil whine noise is super loud. 4080 has 250W+ power consumption in gaming. What is this AMD gpu? 💀

U just lost ur 3 year warranty. I would never disassemble my gpu until it has warranty. After the warranty expires i sell it with the intact sticker on the screw.

Useless work.

Have you tried changing case? Like maybe a lianli evo or maybe phanteks? :)