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[Papusan]

 

 

Just the beginning. Before it was mostly the xx90 series, now we will also see xx80 series in smoke and fire. Second in a row. One after one as time go on forwards. And of course MSI's fantastic Yellow-tip. I wonder how many use the Yellow-tip disaster from MSI. I think the xx90 owners is more careful and those  with xx80 series  cards think their cards is safe from meltdown. Hence we will see more smoke and fire from lower tier cards.

 

Rare to see. You can see the beginning before the meltdown. You can see slight burnmarks.

 

Asus want maximizing the profits from the vram price hike. 24GB is cheaper vs 32GB. Hence they now cater to China with a new sku of their overpriced 5090D V2. Same price for 24GB cards just means higher profit margins. 

 

ASUS has listed a TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090D V2 OC for the China market, with 24GB of GDDR7

 

 

[Papusan]

God Jul (Merry Christmas) to everyone🙂 

 

 

 

 

[Rage Set]

Merry Christmas to all my extended family in this thread!!!

 

Now, I am in a bit of a dilemma. Bestbuy has the Prime 5070 TI for $749.99, brand new. I just spent that on the "Like New" card from Amazon. I am going to cancel the card from Amazn and begrudgingly buy from Bestbuy. Here goes nothing....

[electrosoft]

Merry Xmas and happy holidays to all!

 

1 hour ago, Rage Set said:

Merry Christmas to all my extended family in this thread!!!

 

Now, I am in a bit of a dilemma. Bestbuy has the Prime 5070 TI for $749.99, brand new. I just spent that on the "Like New" card from Amazon. I am going to cancel the card from Amazn and begrudgingly buy from Bestbuy. Here goes nothing....

 

It bit funny and ironic we just talked about your adventures with Best Buy.....good luck!

 

On 12/22/2025 at 11:56 PM, Papusan said:

 

 

Just the beginning. Before it was mostly the xx90 series, now we will also see xx80 series in smoke and fire. Second in a row. One after one as time go on forwards. And of course MSI's fantastic Yellow-tip. I wonder how many use the Yellow-tip disaster from MSI. I think the xx90 owners is more careful and those  with xx80 series  cards think their cards is safe from meltdown. Hence we will see more smoke and fire from lower tier cards.

 

Rare to see. You can see the beginning before the meltdown. You can see slight burnmarks.

 

 

 

Two observations on the yellow tip again:

 

If it were black, you wouldn't be able to see even the mild scorch marks. Companies should start including these in white or yellow for clear visibility of scorching. I still suspect there are plenty of black connectors out there already with scorch marks. You just can't see them.

 

The bottom row strikes again with the weaker, [ ] design which I posit is susceptible to physical stress and speeds up the cycle as they are heated up and in conjunction with the physical stress are pulled ever so slightly open making them even more susceptible.

 

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These connectors really should not be physically stressed at all and the weaker the design (like MSI's bottom row array) the more the stress can cause meltdowns in conjunction with migrating imbalance of amps over time for various reasons. 

[Mr. Fox]

Merry Christmas, everyone. Blessings to all of you.