Official AMD Radeon RX 7000 Series (RDNA 3) Thread

Why do you have to do these hacks on a 1000$ card. What is the issue? I don’t fully follow.
 
Falck said:
You're thinking of washers, like with Radeon VII?

I must admit I did it with Radeon VII, but that card was "only" around 700USD...

Or tilting the case? My problem with tilting is that I use a ssupd Meshlicious, so if I tilt it with GPU fans upwards, if I understood the reddit-fix correctly, the CPU block will "hang". But maybe that's not a big issue?
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Ya just tilting it it seems there might not be enough fluid in some vapor chambers on the reference design... others think a driver update will fix it. Too bad if the case cant accommodate a change in gpu orientation . Did the latest driver do anything for temps? I wouldve thought a power savings might help in that as well.
 
pax said:
Ya just tilting it it seems there might not be enough fluid in some vapor chambers on the reference design... others think a driver update will fix it. Too bad if the case cant accommodate a change in gpu orientation . Did the latest driver do anything for temps? I wouldve thought a power savings might help in that as well.
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Not that I'm aware of. I didn't get to game on the 22.12.1 set. Didn't have the time.

Release notes states temperature when video acceleration is being used if I'm remembering correctly.
 
pax said:
Why would feel the need to upgrade? 3090 should be ample for some time...
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You're right I know I don't need to upgrade but that doesn't mean I don't want to! I can get about £600 for my 3090 so it would only cost £400 to £500 to upgrade so not too bad. The actual unavailability is working in my favour really. Might wait 6 months as others have said for the drivers to mature and the price to potentially drop a little bit. Lets see.
 
Falck said:
Why unscrew? Just tighten everything a turn?
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Id try that first sure. But to get proper mounting might need to unscrew/loosen the outside ones first... When you see that tilting it fixed it most times the mounting has to be damn near micron perfect... even the slightest tightening might fix it. I just think that just tightening might make it too tight on one side vs another tho and always been a bit warry since I crushed an athlon on its edge a long time ago before I got a shim for it. Luckily it still worked but seeing the broken edge of it, probably was just enamel, was scary.
 
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pax said:
Id try that first sure. But to get proper mounting might need to unscrew/loosen the outside ones first...
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I see, thanks. I'll try that first! Btw, where, or what company, are producing these MBA cards? Is it at the factories from the brand on the box?
 
LordHawkwind said:
You're right I know I don't need to upgrade but that doesn't mean I don't want to! I can get about £600 for my 3090 so it would only cost £400 to £500 to upgrade so not too bad. The actual unavailability is working in my favour really. Might wait 6 months as others have said for the drivers to mature and the price to potentially drop a little bit. Lets see.
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Its the prices I find that dont make a one gen upgrade worthwhile... I mean looks like they want 1000$+ for the 4070ti. Thats nuts and the 7900xtx while it may gain 15% over 6 months is ~2k here. Hoping by next summer things settle...
 
Update on "fixing" my cards hotspot:

Removed the backplate, and went to check the screws mounting the cooler and I must say I was surprised! I was able to easily tighten the screws at least a quarter turn! All of them, even the ones for the retention frame! I know there's a torque spec, but I've dissassembeled and assembeled my fair share of graphicscards and this one is by far the lightest tightened cooler I've ever come across!

I haven't tested anyting yet, but the card is alive in windows, apparently ;)

EDIT: Didn't work to just tighten the card... Still getting hotspot @110 while GPU temp is 55-60.
 
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Ok, so a little update:

I re-pasted the GPU with KingPin KPx, long story short: Sounds good, didn't work for me...
 
Falck said:
I see, thanks. I'll try that first! Btw, where, or what company, are producing these MBA cards? Is it at the factories from the brand on the box?
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Not sure but the 6000 gen MBA cards had a cooler designed by Saphirre FWIR in the day. This one looks a lot like the previous gen so probably same.
 
Falck said:
Ok, so a little update:

I re-pasted the GPU with KingPin KPx, long story short: Sounds good, didn't work for me...
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That is unfortunate. The sample Der Bauer had was fixed with repaste and remount. If you can't resolve that issue I would try to RMA or get it back to the retailer for an exchange.

If you haven't seen the Der Bauer video you might want to check if he did anything differently and go from there before you return it.
 
He ran the card on a test bench(vertical orientation), so he fixed an issue, but he never tested if he fixed THE issue.
 
Strange as it seems, apparently some Displayport cables can cause high hot spot temperatures if pin 20 is connected. So, you may want to try a different cable and see if it helps (maybe even try using HDMI temporarily to check).
 
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