AMD confirms that a 'small batch' of Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs have vapor chamber issues
AMD will replace all affected graphics cards
Published: 6th January 2023 | Source: PC World |
A small batch of Made By AMD (MBA) RX 7900 XTX graphics cards have vapour chamber issues
In an interview with PC World, AMD's Scott Herkelman has confirmed that a "small batch" or Made By AMD (MBA) Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards have been faulty vapour chambers, resulting in temperature spikes in affected graphics cards.
During the interview, AMD has confirmed that they will replace all affected MBA RX 7900 XTX graphics cards, and that none of the custom Radeon RX 7900 XTX designs from their partners are affected. Additionally, AMD has confirmed that none of their Radeon RX 7900 XT MBA cards are affected by this issue.
AMD has asked that all owners of reference/Made By AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards that are effected by thermal issues contact AMD or the bard partner behind their graphics card (ASUS, Gigabyte, PowerColor etc) to get their graphics card replace. AMD has also refuted rumours that they do not have enough Radeon RX 7900 XTX MBA graphics cards to replace faulty units.
AMD has tested affected RX 7900 XTX units with faulty vapour chambers and have confirmed that faulty reference RX 7900 XTX graphics cards are safe to use, but that users should seek a replacement graphics card to give themselves the best experience possible.
You can watch PC World's interview with PC World below.
You can join the discussion on AMD's confirmation that a "small batch" of AMD RX 7900 XTX MBA GPUs have faulty vapour chambers on the OC3D Forums.
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Originally Posted by dazbobaby
ALL the top tech channels are talking about this, I've even seen non-tech channels talk about it, so it's bigger than it first seems.
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Originally Posted by FTLN
Its just a shame that Scott Herkelman is lying through his teeth, and the media don't pull him up on it.
In the video 3"50 seconds, he says "We have the fix, were ready to send it to you, we have units, well ship it to you right away" But in fact AMD support hotline are still saying "No stock in warehouse, no idea when new stock is coming in." AMD are full of dog turd in my opinion at the moment  Also for transparency, I am biased because I have a 7900 XTX which has the hot spot issue. |
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Originally Posted by AlienALX
It's money for them. Big amounts of money.
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Time will tell, we'll soon find out what the RMA procedure will be.
They might ask if you want the heatsink only for those who are confident enough to swap it themselves.
For everyone else, it will be a couple of weeks for a complete swap.Quote
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In the video 3"50 seconds, he says "We have the fix, were ready to send it to you, we have units, well ship it to you right away"
But in fact AMD support hotline are still saying "No stock in warehouse, no idea when new stock is coming in."
AMD are full of dog turd in my opinion at the moment
Also for transparency, I am biased because I have a 7900 XTX which has the hot spot issue.Quote