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I just bought a used RX 6950xt asrock phantom gaming, and the temps seem way too high, around 85 degrees with like 90 hotstpot at 250W load (instead of 350W it's supposed to pull). I knew that they were this high when buying it, because the performance will be still more than enough with some undervolting, but i wonder why are the temps so high? It had all stock settings as far as I checked, is pretty clean with only a small layer of dust on it. I thought about replacing the thermopads, but it's only 1 year old (even still has warranty), so they should be fine

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From what I recall with RDNA legitimately just runs that hot. Max temps for the 6950 xt are about 110 C. Double checking some values people have listed as well, they've reported cards like the 5700xt running at like 110-120C hotspot for years with no issue. 

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1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

From what I recall with RDNA legitimately just runs that hot. Max temps for the 6950 xt are about 110 C. Double checking some values people have listed as well, they've reported cards like the 5700xt running at like 110-120C hotspot for years with no issue. 

I mean, even if it is fine, why are some other 6950xts not running nearly as hot, with more power draw?

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3 minutes ago, MiszS said:

I mean, even if it is fine, why are some other 6950xts not running nearly as hot, with more power draw?

cooler design?

 

how's your case airflow?

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Just now, podkall said:

cooler design?

 

how's your case airflow?

The gpu's cooler? It's just the asrock phantom gaming 6950xt, I don't think different one's exist. The case had 2 140mm fans in the front as intake, so I think the airflow was fine

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15 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

From what I recall with RDNA legitimately just runs that hot. Max temps for the 6950 xt are about 110 C. Double checking some values people have listed as well, they've reported cards like the 5700xt running at like 110-120C hotspot for years with no issue. 

I like to keep my 6700 XT hotspot in the 80s but the fans ROAR... for Radeon RX 5000/6000 series super high temps are normal. My 6700 XT runs fine with a 105c hotspot in my 'heat chamber case', it's just that i like to keep it cooler. 

 

So yeah this generation of AMD cards just runs really hot! 😄
 

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9 minutes ago, MiszS said:

The gpu's cooler? It's just the asrock phantom gaming 6950xt, I don't think different one's exist. The case had 2 140mm fans in the front as intake, so I think the airflow was fine

what case?

 

also I don't mean Asrock Phantom Gaming, I mean 6950 XT, the cooler of each brand is different, unless someone with specifically this GPU gets lower temps,

 

also ambient temps can play a part due to weather.

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31 minutes ago, MiszS said:

The gpu's cooler? It's just the asrock phantom gaming 6950xt, I don't think different one's exist. The case had 2 140mm fans in the front as intake, so I think the airflow was fine

2 front fans don't make good airflow alone.

 

What is your ENTIRE fan setup?  Ambient temp?

 

My 6900xt runs hot cuz it puts in work.   Yours does as well, and you're not comparyapples to apples without the exact same setup 

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4 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

2 front fans don't make good airflow alone.

 

What is your ENTIRE fan setup?  Ambient temp?

 

My 6900xt runs hot cuz it puts in work.   Yours does as well, and you're not comparyapples to apples without the exact same setup 

I have no idea, it wasn't my PC, but the dude's I was testing it at, the ambient temp is like 20 something degrees celsius not hot not cold. I still don't get why is it using a whole 100W less than it's supposed to, even though it said it's using 100% 

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38 minutes ago, podkall said:

what case?

 

also I don't mean Asrock Phantom Gaming, I mean 6950 XT, the cooler of each brand is different, unless someone with specifically this GPU gets lower temps,

 

also ambient temps can play a part due to weather.

the case is genesis irid 505f, the other 6950xts were not the same model, but the difference can't be 100W big, or else no one would buy asrock cards

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2 hours ago, MiszS said:

I still don't get why is it using a whole 100W less than it's supposed to, even though it said it's using 100% 

Your card not pulling as much power is not a problem unless

  • It is unable to reach its advertised core frequency
  • Game/benchmark performance is markedly lower than what it should be
  • Insufficient power delivery
  • It is thermal throttling
  • It is not a 6950XT
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