Known problems › Graphics cards
5 sourced reports, with what to check before you buy. Each one links to the page it was reported on.
An owner's ASRock Phantom Gaming unit hit 110-115C hotspot and only recovered after replacing the factory thermal interface with a PTM pad.
What to check. Hotspot overheating (110C+) is a documented failure on some RX 7900 XTX units; it may require a thermal-interface rework, which is not a cheap or easy fix for a typical shopper.
Reported on: en.gamegpu.com
A Reddit-sourced report that newer AMD drivers destabilize RDNA 3 (RX 7900 XTX/XT) in DX12, with rollback to 23.12.1/23.9.3 as the only fix.
What to check. If you buy this card, expect that a current driver may crash in DX12 titles; budget for the possibility of pinning an older driver version.
Reported on: en.gamegpu.com
An owner community thread reports black screens and driver freezes on the RX 7900 XTX, with only driver build 24.12.1 proving stable after a clean DDU reinstall.
What to check. Black-screen/driver-freeze reports are common enough that you should plan on driver troubleshooting (clean installs, possibly pinning an older build) after purchase.
Reported on: en.gamegpu.com
ComputerBase lab testing shows the RX 7900 XTX idles high and drops 81%/71% with VRR enabled.
What to check. High idle power is a real, documented trait of this card; enabling VRR (and lowering refresh rate) is the practical mitigation.
Reported on: guru3d.com
An owner on the HWiNFO forum reports memory junction at 98C in games on Auto fan, far hotter than the GPU core/hotspot.
What to check. Memory junction runs hot on this card; if you care about VRAM thermals, check your specific model's cooling and airflow before buying.
Reported on: hwinfo.com
Kriko reads a listing and tells you which of these apply to that exact product. It runs on your computer, needs no account and is free.
These reports come from the pages linked under each item: owner forums, repair guides and workshops. They are not a diagnosis of any one unit, and a careful check of the one you are buying still applies.
Text from the Kriko Graphics cards catalog, version 0.1.2, under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.
