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Jacob Fox

Thermal imaging seems to show there are 'weak point' hot spots in some RTX 50-series graphics cards

An MSI RTX 5060 Ti on top of a PC case and with the rear backplate removed.

After extensively poking and prodding RTX 50-series AIB graphics cards, veritable tech demigod Igor Wallossek of Igor's Lab has discovered that there are potentially concerning hotspots on many RTX 50-series AIB partner cards.

These hotspots seem to essentially and most directly be caused by power delivery components being placed too close together on the PCBs and connected via too few traces, although it seems that at least some of this density could in part be a result of an oversight in an Nvidia guide for board partners.

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