My RX9070 Gigabyte appears to be slightly bent

[Flanke]

So I’ve took the card out and started measuring and testing and yes seems like whole pcb is shaped like a banana. Even the PCIe connector isn’t straight, please see the videos. Please excuse my loud breathing and dust on the desk.

That explains why it’s such a snug fit and much harder to plug it in and take it out of the PCIe slot.

I would definately return a PCB bent card!

 

[yuri778]

Okay, do I contact overclockers for a replacement/refund or are they gonna send me to gigabyte? Just received this card on Monday.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Okay, do I contact overclockers for a replacement/refund or are they gonna send me to gigabyte? Just received this card on Monday.

Try the support forum, they used to be fairly quick and helpful in there

 

[yuri778]

Try the support forum, they used to be fairly quick and helpful in there

I’ve created a ticket, let’s hope they get back to me.

 

[Gray2233]

To be honest this seems more like buyers remorse to me.

If you have concerns you have a legal right to return the purchase no questions asked within two weeks, I'm really not seeing anything abnormal and a protractor rubbed over the back of the card is not a good proof of issue. The weight of the heatsink is probably causing a little bending, you've confirmed that the card works fine and the PCB is tiny by comparison to the HSF. It's why people recommended you use a support bracket, I've seen exactly the same thing with numerous cards over the past few generations.

If the PCI-E connection/board was bent, which is where you're randomly slapping the triangular protractor onto, it would not fit into the X16 slot.

 

[AMDPower]

To be honest this seems more like buyers remorse to me.

If you have concerns you have a legal right to return the purchase no questions asked within two weeks, I'm really not seeing anything abnormal and a protractor rubbed over the back of the card is not a good proof of issue. The weight of the heatsink is probably causing a little bending, you've confirmed that the card works fine and the PCB is tiny by comparison to the HSF. It's why people recommended you use a support bracket, I've seen exactly the same thing with numerous cards over the past few generations.

If the PCI-E connector was bent, which is where you're randomly slapping the triangular protractor onto, it would not fit into the X16 slot.

I agree with this, you have a right of return regardless of what we think or not, so if you are not happy just return it or replace if possible.

the issue for us looking at video is that you are using a fish eye lens on your mobile(so I assume) which distorts pictures, if you want to counter act the distortion caused you really need to move about 2-2.5 meters back and then zoom in. Even if the videos are accurate, its so minor I don't really see it as an issue and personally myself would not be bother to send it back, but if that was a 5090 with that issue I would have sent it back for replacement, because something so expensive just needs to be perfect of any kind of issues regardless if they are cosmetic or not.

 

[D1craig]

You have brought it up so you will never get over it. It will always be on your mind now. Send it back and buy another. Dont bother with RMA just return in the return period.

 

[KNiVES]

I would get that returned for sure. Over time it'll stress itself and get worse and worse, and can affect cooling performance.
Do get a support for its replacement though, today's GPUs are behemoths and need support. I have a simple little height-adjustable magnetic support rod for mine that I got online for a mere tenner.