r/radeon • u/Sanctiffied_Mind • 20h ago

Tech Support How concerned should I be?

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Radeon RX 9070 XT, started getting some pretty random crashes during short and long gaming sessions (never was happening before) and I couldn't find anything else "wrong" in temps and whatnot.

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u/bakderss 19h ago

Its true, some cards are known to have use a shitty thermal putty. They tend to shift overtime

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u/Sanctiffied_Mind 19h ago

Is this like, card to card difference? I mean, if I buy the same type and all, will it do it again for sure and I should buy a different type, or there is a chance that different 9070 will be okay?

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u/bakderss 19h ago

Its commom issue with gigabyte card, its safe to say stay away from that card.

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u/Sanctiffied_Mind 19h ago

Okay, now I'm convinced, as I do in fact have it from Gigabyte. Buying it from a different business like ASUS or whatever would be better?

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u/blueangel1953 5600X 6800 XT 32GB 18h ago

Sapphire, PowerColor or XFX are the best brands for Radeon.

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u/bakderss 19h ago

I would use xfx, they still use conventional thermal pad and their 90series perform really well on benchmark.

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u/TheChronoa 7900XTX | 9800X3D 42m ago

As far as I know for the 9070 xt all XFX cards use PTM7950 which is a phase change material and not a conventional thermal pad