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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Aaron Klotz

Radeon Pro W7600 Black Screen Issues Allegedly Caused by Poorly Designed Cooling

AMD Radeon Pro W7600 W7500 photos

AMD has encountered some unfortunate issues with mounting pressure on some of its Best GPUs in the past. However, a new report from Igor's Lab discovered a similar problem with AMD's new Radeon Pro W7600 single-slot graphics card that is much worse, leading to complete blackouts from the GPU.

The symptoms began when Igor tested AMD's new single-slot W7600 for a review. He found that testing the card for less than 6 minutes under Lightwave, Horizon Zero Dawn or Furmark would cause the GPU to stop producing an image to the monitor altogether — causing the screen to blackout. This happened even though the card's PCB, memory, and GPU temperatures were being reported within their specified limits (albeit at the higher end of those limits).

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