Hot plastic smell from Vega 64?

[Hwde95]

I recently bought a Gigabyte Vega 64 from Overclockers, and when under load it gives off a hot plastic smell. Not sure if it's dangerous or just because it's new.

First time I've bought a GPU, I removed the sticker from it with the product number (not realising it was needed for warranty purposes) thinking that the glue holding it down might be the smell (it wasn't). Don't really know what to do.

Please help.

 

[Hwde95]

What are the temperatures?

The temperatures are normal, under load they don't exceed 80 at max, typically stay around 70-75 when gaming and idle they're about half that.

 

[Hwde95]

Yeah, my Red Devil did it too. Fine now!

The smell doesn't seem as bad as it was initially, so I think it might be going away. Hopefully mine'll be fine too.

 

[Hwde95]

Some cards have clear sticky plastic on the shrouds to protect them during transit

This one had no plastic on it at all, just came in the anti-static bag

 

[Hwde95]

The shrouds are generally plastic too.

The shroud is made from plastic, hence I'm not sure if it's just a new plastic smell getting used to being hot for the first few times, or if it's some dangerous burning fumes.