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Since bots will be the only ones able to buy anything that may actually work in your favour
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*** The AMD RDNA 4 Rumour Mill ***
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I’m between the Reaper or the Pulse!
Same can't decide. The Reaper is a 2-slot which is appealing, but not sure if that means higher temps.
The pulse is more focused on silent cooling so I’ve read
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Vram temps are ok on the steel legend and pulse I’ve heard. The reaper has vram getting too hot issues.
The Reaper VRAM runs within specs. You are spreading FUD with these “too hot” claims because that would imply it is running hotter than the VRAM specs.
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Sorry I had read that or heard that somewhere. Apologies if not true.
EDIT. I remember now it was Paul’s review.
Vram hits 92C.
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Im not trying to be dismissive because for your preference 92c may indeed be too hot. But 92c on VRAM is within specs (105c) and the average is usually around 87c. In fact the guy in the video you linked, used the phrase “memory gets a little warm” and that’s a more accurate description.
My 3080 was hitting 95c and had no issues. 3090s were the same.
Yes, you want it to run cooler but my point is claiming “too hot” has implications that the card is running outside specifications for the VRAM. It isn’t.
The 9070 XT Reaper is the closest thing to an MBA design with plenty adequate cooling and noise levels. I am posting this so anyone looking for a smaller form factor GPU are not put off by misinformation.
My 3080 was hitting 95c and had no issues. 3090s were the same.
Yes, you want it to run cooler but my point is claiming “too hot” has implications that the card is running outside specifications for the VRAM. It isn’t.
The 9070 XT Reaper is the closest thing to an MBA design with plenty adequate cooling and noise levels. I am posting this so anyone looking for a smaller form factor GPU are not put off by misinformation.
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Ok mate. Please I did not intend to misinform. In my book 92C is a bit too hot and I would advise my friends etc not to get this model. The steel legend hits 81c and the pulse similar which are better imo.
No problem, yes those 2.5 and 3 slot designs are going to be better for cooling and if you can get one at MSRP then great. But the Reaper 9070 XT is still a good 2 slot design with more than adequate cooling and noise levels. Don’t be put off that it’s a few Celsius higher on VRAM.
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I keep trying to tell people that AMD driver support has been almost absent for the past year with many games underperforming due to lack of driver optimisations (in my case KCD 2, PoE 2) but they think I'm just hating even though I'm on AMD. A lot of people will learn this lesson the hard way, a lot of the performance on PC DEPENDS on driver support, it's not just on devs. I said the same thing about the B580 when people were going ga-ga over it pointing out the same, but again - people would rather think it's hate rather than acknowledge genuine problems.
What's Tjunction max on these cards, 110c? 90c would have been just fine on a 7900xtx.
It depends, all electronics will degrade when exposed to heat but you're talking about maybe a few months from multiple years of use.
Buildzoid did a good, all be it in his usual unedited stream of thoughts manner, video on VRM temps a few years ago. Basically 100-110°C isn't a worry unless you're running them like that 24/7, +120°C would be what I'd consider to be hot or something to be a little concerned about.
You just hate AMD mate and everything you say is designed to make them look bad.
On a serious note, what was your thought's on the 9070XT? The main thing that impressed me is FSR4 if I am being honest. They did a very nice leap there. The rest of it was not as good as AMD made sound like and I honestly don't think £600 will be the normal price point based on what I have heard.
Overall I am much happier with what they have done here compared to 7000 series. But mainly because nvidia had a crap launch.
They need to really push and get FSR4 in many games now. If they can do this they will be a real option for me next gen. For now I am staying put on my 4070Ti as I have no need to upgrade right now as my huge backlog of games all run very well for my needs.
lol, stop trying to convince yourself you are some paragon of truth. KCD2 is about 10% lower than it should be on AMD, hardly terrible. Oh no my 7900 XT gets 92 instead of 100 FPS at 1440p. This game is unplayable
AMD driver support has been perfectly fine and overall more stable than Nvidia this past year. Being a bit slow on the latest game is worth that stability. In fact I stopped upgrading my 4080 drivers months ago for this very reason. The latest ones introduced some stutter in some games and I had to “upgrade” to the pre Christmas drivers.
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Maybe we need change our thinking about what's normal but i don't like seeing 80c on my VRam or GPU Hotspot..... i don't but if i did i get a bit like this.
I can see where he is coming from, i think in the last 6 months we have only had 2 driver updates, it should be once a month minimum and day one driver for new AAA releases. That is not happening.
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Wrong, as he mentions its got two seperate dedicated fuses connecting to two seperate 12v rails (1:30), my understanding is the Nvidia cards dont even bother doing that.