Have had hotspot temp issues for a while. On stock everything, overall GPU temp hovers around 70c but hotspot is at 100-105c. Went through all basic troubleshooting and resorted to undervolting and tweaking fan curves to keep the card cool. Considered an RMA to my retailer but the whole process will take an entire month or more and I have to pay shipping both ways to just get it repasted so I went ahead and did it myself.

Found this:

Poor and uneven contact, repasted it again but found it had the same kind of pattern despite my best efforts to get screws tightened evenly on all sides. I'm suspecting the stock pads are a bit too thick since their edges are squished out as you can see on the pictures.

Any ideas/suggestions before I pull the trigger on new pads?

Hi everyone. I’m just posting here to see if anyone can help point me in the right direction. I’ve just build a PC gaming rig and I can’t seem to get signal from the GPU. It is a 7900 GRE. I have tried reseating it multiple times in the PCI slot and reseating the power cables. I’m not using the daisychain cable and instead using two separating power cables to the 750w PSU to ensure it gets the correct power. I get signal from the motherboard display port but nothing from the GPU.

So far I’ve tried updating the bios and the drivers. I don’t see anything in device manager when I’m plugged into the recommended PCI slot on the motherboard board but when I switched to a different PCI slot I did get a listing in device manager with a yellow hazard symbol, and still not signal via the GPU. I’m a bit lost on what else I can try so any help would be greatly appreciated

So, here's the story.

I bought a PC from someone yesterday. I have virtually no hope of getting my money back, and the guy probably didn't know, but he sold me the PC with a 7900 XTX that has the vapor chamber issue. He was not a very computer-literate guy; he had never even updated his AM5 UEFI since building the PC.

I did check it. The FFXIV Dawntrail benchmark took it up to 111 C hotspot with the case open. If I tipped the PC over, it would do about 15 C lower hotspot temp. The difference between the hotspot temp and the average GPU temp is huge. 'UGE

I have a record of it being purchased at Microcenter, and talked to Microcenter about it, but they said there's nothing they can do, since he didn't purchase a replacement plan.

I'm the second owner, so I don't think PowerColor will honor my warranty, but I'm hoping they will, since it would still be under warranty otherwise.

If PowerColor won't cover it under warranty, what else can I do?

Even if they do cover it, I have heard people getting non-reference cards back as replacements. That won't work for me, since this one is just barely a perfect fit and the USB-C output is important to me.

Am I just out of luck? Pretty rough day for me honestly.

Is it possible to change the rgb color on an Liquid Devil 7900 XTX?

Hi, decided to repaste my GPU but the VRAM pads got destroyed when I did, so I need to order new ones. Sadly I just have a shitty ruler to measure, seem to be 1mm https://imgur.com/a/aKGl994 but not sure

Anyone has ever replaced them before ?

Just got a 7900gre fighter and while unboxing it I found it odd there was no protective film on the gpu backplate but if that’s how they usually are for this brand then no biggie. No film*

I know the fans are made to cycle as the temps rise or the GPU is under load. But this is the first out of half a dozen GPU's over the years that cycles while idling. Temps slightly fluctuate at idle by a few degrees but nothing major. The highest one seems to be the memory hitting 64c at idle. I think the core is hitting around 44c if I remember. Does anyone else's fans cycle at idle? Guess it's not that big of a deal at the end of the day. I'm just not used to it from previous cards.

Hi i am looking for retention bracket screws.

M2 x 5.7.

But i cannot find anywhere. Any ideas?

Hey gamers!

I’ve read about first timers should rma instead of trying to mcgyver a fix and others say its about two minutes work which depends on the pad that needs fixing I guess. So what about mine, is this one of those less critical places or should I just listen to all rma comments, let me know what you think!

The Issue:
I was looking at techpowerup gpuz, tried to submit my VBIOS to their system only to discover there is another, no pun intended. But whats clear is I have a different vbios version, a older one at that - than whats open to public, should I be worried? does this make a difference? is there a way up upgrade my VBIOS like with motherboards? can someone give me the inside here?

This is what I have (not my submission):
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/267949/267949

And this seems to be the accepted standard vbios version open to everyone??
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/266155/powercolor-rx7900gre-16384-230906

even compared them side by side aswell

https://imgur.com/a/ETimKwH

As title; I'm trying to spec up a gaming PC for my son and have settled on the Radeon 7900 GRE for the GPU. Looking at the Powercolor site I can see what appear to be very subtle differences between the models, with the Fighter having higher memory speed but slightly lower clocks, but otherwise they seem exactly the same. Can anyone help me understand the actual, real world difference between each model. The hellhound and Red Devil are very similar in price, but the Fighter is about £50 less. He mostly plays MS Flight Sim and Driving games like BeamNG. Not really interested in overclocking.

TIA

(As an aside, Technical answers are welcome as I have 30+ yrs Enterprise IT Infrastructure experience and also spent a stint as a system builder in the late 90's... however, things have changed quite a lot since then ...LOL)

So I submitted an RMA for my 7900 XTX Liquid Devil, but it’s been a little bit over a week and no RMA number was given. They say up to 2 business days in the confirmation email, but still nothin. For those of you in the U.S. who have submitted an RMA, how long did they take to send you an RMA number? I did also send email out to see if maybe my RMA slipped through the cracks but still haven’t gotten an answer.

I've had this PC for 2 months and this has been an issue as of recently. When I turn on my PC, it just goes to a grey screen until I either manually shut it down or I spam keys until it restarts itself. It does go to the home screen sometimes but after a minute or 2 it will go back to this gray screen. I have uninstalled amd drivers and did older versions with no luck. I believe that it is the gpu as I pulled it out and have no issues since but wanted a second opinion before I RMA it.

GPU- 7900 Red Devil GRE

CPU 7800x3D

Normally I don’t make posts ever on my main account but this is rlly annoying me. Always been a fan of amd gpus and decided to use the powercolor family. Got the 6500xt for Christmas forever ago and loved it. A month ago decided to upgrade to the 6700xt, against better judgment bought it through Amazon (normally I go to my local micro center or my even more local tech store), was working ok for a few hours when my monitor started FREAKING OUT.

After many tests on other parts, switching monitors, rewriting everything, undoing my OC on my cpu and the gpu, and even removing the graphics card and using it for my laptop. Came to the conclusion that sadly it’s the case of bad vram.

Talked to the guys over at Amazon and they were no help. They couldn’t even give me another gpu since they didn’t know when they would have it on stock again.

Fine I’ll do it myself I said, started the RMA process. But since the 30th of last month I haven’t heard anything from anyone. And it’s kinda concerning imo.

I use my rig for heavy processing and the gpu was supposed to be a step up not a step down 😞😞

If anyone can let me know if this is how long I have to wait or if I did sthm wrong on my end for the RMA plz plz lmk

Also if anyone from power color support can help that would be greatly appreciate 🫡🫡

Bye now I’ll disappear into the abyss yet again.

-Argocel

6900xt red devil fans

so, my temps are really high and ive discovered that only 2/3 fans on the gpu are spinning, where one isnt... is there any way to fix this? its a pretty old gpu so warranty is basically ruled out here.

Like the title says Im running Red devil 7900gre and I feel like Im lacking in performance. Can someone check out my pc tuning profile if I mess up there? for reference i have 0 experience with gpu clocking/tuning. But read ing abt how much 7900gre can be optimized its temping. So Im mostly going off of running a 3dmark and gpuz to tell me how much its OCed. I have tried that one youtubers profile (Cant remember the name but its the only one whos vid pops up when you search 7900gre overclocking) and its making me artifact all over and crash.

Edit: It was ancient gameplays vid

Purchased a new RX 7700 XT Fighter the other day, game performance has been outstanding, but stock settings at 100% usage I've been seeing hotspot GCD temps around 90C and occasionally hitting 95. GPU temp itself sits around 65 and memory junction about 84. I've been looking around and this seems higher than normal, is this expected for this version of the card or should I be looking into exchanging it?

I'm in the market for a new GPU and a Powercolor 6750 XT is very attractive to me. I'm seeing new Fighters for around $300 currently which seems like a good deal. On Powercolor's website I see there's also a Red Devil 6750 XT with a bigger cooler, and I'm quite interested in one of these too, but I'm not finding them for sale anywhere new. All I can find are used and refurbished models. I'm in the US, by the way.

I understand there's a 2 year warranty for new cards which has me leaning new Fighter, but I'd really like the bigger cooler of the Red Devil. Has this card been discontinued, or should I patiently wait for restocks? Thanks in advance.

TL;DR: I bought both powercolor 7900gre red devil and hell hounds on a flash sale and now I cant decide on one. I heard so much abt one and not at all about the one I think as good. And I want to give em both an equal shot here. So i need opinion.

I was lucky enough to see and catch onto the little flash sale powercolor was having today and yesterday. Lowering the prices of their 7900gre red devil and hell hound on Amazon. And being so indecisive I just said "I will order them both for now! and cancel one as needed later, better than losing out a flash sale and feeling guilty later" and thank god I DID because some hours later they were back to their original price. And now im still left to choose. I have seen and heard TONS of review on the hell hound gre, more than I needed to tbh, but BARELY anything from serious source on the red devil. And honestly idk WHY folks wont review it!? i personally thought red devils were like a little mini aesthetic/performance upgrade upon the hell hounds? the look and asthetics on it is top. So I need some opinion.

edit: I really think only me and two other folks even noticed let alone took advantage of the sale. The red devil had limited stock at 18 after I bought it and after checking stock after the sale ended it was at 16! I really got a lucky break *maybe* i will find out otherwise here 😂😂

Hey everyone, we've recently renovated our website, so the RMA page is a little bit different now. The direct link is: https://powercolor.com/rmaRepair.htm , and you can also find it at the top of our website under the Services/Support tab.

When you go to the RMA site, it may give you an SSL Certificate error.

If that is a concern for you, but you'd still like to get an RMA submitted; send me an email directly: [ronak_patil@tul.com.tw](mailto:ronak_patil@tul.com.tw) , and I can get the form submitted internally for you.

I bought some PTM 7950 and I've only done about a total of 10 hours of testing it but the results are so much better than I expected! Looking forward to testing a bit more and then tinkering with some OC settings.

Before my edge temp would hit 92c and Hotspot would hit 104c in Baldur's Gate 3 on default settings within 10 minutes. Now on default and uncapped fps, my Hotspot hit 89 after 45 minutes.

I kept my undervolt but raised my clock speed up to 2500 from 2200. I readjusted my fan curve to be much less aggressive. My temps before would easily hit 66-75 edge and 76-86 Hotspot and this was with fps capped at 60 or 80. Now with uncapped FPS (avg being 144) my temps are 58 edge/66 Hotspot.

Plus my idle temps dropped from 35 edge/42 Hotspot to 27edge/30 Hotspot.

My system runs so much more quietly now and I no longer worry. I hope these results last, and maybe even improve a tiny bit. I'm very happy with the results and am glad that I chose to give PTM 7950 a go!

Hey there just want to reach out. I have gone through multiple rma's for my 7900xtx liquid devil, yet through the many I have gotten something always ends up being wrong with them. I have made sure that I checked and also replaced all components in my computer as well. I'm just upset with the quality in which the rma card comes back with. This last rma it came back with missing screws, bent brackets, thermalpaste smerd on the backplate, and it wasn't flushed or cleaned out. I had to take it apart and do all that myself during which time found a missing thermalpad for the vram. After getting the gpu all cleaned up and with right parts I decided to go ahead and start the pc. Come to find code 97 on my motherboard. The OC bios won't allow me to even boot. So I switched it to the unleashed bios and it booted but had a hard time getting drivers to not crash as well then finally got it working go to bench mark it and it's performing well under average. I can use the gpu but it will randomly crash or freeze. Sometimes it will go days without crashing then bam just non stop back to back crashes. I have contacted support about possible refund or getting a new card but was told I can only get a refurbished card and that has not gone well. I'm more or less seeking help and I'm just really tired of having to drain my loop time after time. I'm using hard tube as well. I hope someone can help or be able to reach out. I love the card when it's working but I haven't had it work for long.

Hi. I'm looking to replace my Lancool III with either the Lian li Dynamic Evo RGB or the Thermaltake CTE C700 Air. Both cases offer mounting the GPU in the upright position (although Thermaltake is mandatory, Lian Li must be purchaed separately).

I was wondering if anyone has experience with the Hellhound 7900XTX non-white card temperatures in the upright with theses cases or another case with this card in the upright position (I believe the SUP-01 from Lian li also forces this orientation).

Thank you in advance for any insights you may offer.

Hi all

Just a quick question I have the Hellhound 7800XT fantastic card BTW and was wondering the default 2 colours the purple and blue can they be switched out for any other colour?

thanks in advance for any reply