Rx 6950 xt hot spot high | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

olive chasm Apr 20, 2023, 5:32 AM

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So, a week ago i got a Rx 6950 xt reference, and the temps are quite worrying. When i open heaven benchchmark edge temps go up to 75 Celsius but the hot spot ones go to 110 celcius and even reach 114 in like 3-4 minutes. Should i return it?

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Or is that okay

quick isle Apr 20, 2023, 10:34 AM

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Temps above 100 degrees in a few mins are not normal

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You should check if the fans are spinning and what case do you have?

olive chasm Apr 20, 2023, 11:18 AM

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Yea the spinning and it sounds bad

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And also i boosted the fans to 80% max

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And its kinda uv becouse itd 1130mv and -5% power draw

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And the case is decently airflowed

quick isle Apr 20, 2023, 11:55 AM

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Sorry for late reply

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Your GPU fan might be broken

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If you don’t wanna bother replacing broken fans or troubleshooting i recommend just RMAing ur gpu

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What noise are you talking abt?

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Rattling noise?

olive chasm Apr 20, 2023, 12:19 PM

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Not rly just the fans going high speeds

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And the coils are like making noise when Not in vsync

quick isle Apr 20, 2023, 12:27 PM

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Coils?

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What “coils” are you talkinf about

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There’s no coil in a GPU

olive chasm Apr 20, 2023, 12:31 PM

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Like buzzing

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coil whining

quick isle Apr 20, 2023, 6:22 PM

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You’re not supposed to hear that in a GPU

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Do you have a warranty?

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Unless you wanna bother troubleshooting the gpu for damage and fixing it yourself you can just send it back if you have a warranty

olive chasm Apr 20, 2023, 7:46 PM

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I mean its a common thing in gpus and it doesnt dmg it

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But idk if its rly that becouse my english is trash but i read Articles abt in my country and its Not damaging ur card

ivory quarry Apr 20, 2023, 9:01 PM

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I have a 6900xt gigabyte card with the same issues, you can temporarily solve the problem by under-volting the gpu. It will decrease performance by ~5% but the thermals and power draw should decrease a lot.

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I have also changed the thermal paste and it works for 4-5 days before returning to overheating

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try these settings for now and limit the power draw

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nova barn Apr 20, 2023, 10:39 PM

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ivory quarry

That power tuning might be too low it already hit 32 watt

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When that happens you overclock is too low

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Should be 116 watt

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And higher

ivory quarry Apr 20, 2023, 10:39 PM

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this is at idle

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i get about 225 watts at full load

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at ~975 mv

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the 6950xt is just a binned 6900xt so these settings should be fine.

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here is what it looks like under load

quick isle Apr 21, 2023, 12:39 AM

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olive chasm I mean its a common thing in gpus and it doesnt dmg it

No?

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A buzzing noise is not normal with GPUs

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It might just be your translator isk

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Idk

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