iPhoneMiniWHITE t1_j2cc6kd wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:48 AM

How come AMD themselves made such a faux pas while their third party devs had adequate cooling? I kind of get it because the reference cards are always so generic and modestly designed where as vendors throw fans and exaggerated cooling fins everywhere.

Derringer62 t1_j2cy1ns wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:55 AM

In my experience, AMD reference cards are usually over-designed and highly tunable, whether you want to tune for speed or efficiency. They might screw up a cooler every now and again, but reference cards get aftermarket coolers made for them. The Tahiti reference board is a good example.

CreatedUsername1 t1_j2e4k43 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:17 PM

I heard that 7000's series are more limited compared to 6000s and 5000s series of and GPUs.