@gamingonlinux This issue is not present in non-#reference designs like #XFX's #Merc310 #7900XTX which has a completely different and smaller #VapourChamber which is only setup as a #shim to redistribute the heat evenly onto a classic #heatpipe-block...

https://youtu.be/j7FTSlWy4Pg?t=411

XFX RX 7900 XTX Merc 310 Review [Overclocking | Power | Thermals]

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@gamingonlinux Extensive Testing by #der8auer / #derBauer "Roman" actually relvealed that the #VapourChamber in #reference designs is horribly #underfilled with fluid als laying down the GPU does fix the #HotspotTemperature issue of the #7900XT & #7900XTX in a repeatable manner...

Sadly, those #ChonkyGPUs are way to #thicc to be mounted in such way in #pizzabox-style cases like the #FractalNode202...
https://youtu.be/26Lxydc-3K8?t=875

I was Wrong - AMD is in BIG Trouble

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