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Will I benefit from changing the thermal pad?

Hot spot and VRAM looks good, specially hot spot.
1900 RPM on 3x fans for me will be too noisy.

When I did the test on Superposition 8k optimized Cinematic loop 25 min, I set mine to 1400 RPM(fixed) 3x 92 mm fans + 1 back of GPU@ 890 RPM during the test. Highest average temp VRAM was 56 C. Mem 3 group is the hottest VRAM on my GPU because is close to power delivery components.


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While gaming I'm using 1300 RPM for the GPU fans and aprox 800-1000 RPM on the back one.

You can see bellow the test I've done in Furmark 30 min, before and after changing my leaky pads with Upsiren Thermal Putty.

Even Furmark doesn't test that hard VRAM you can see a difference of of 6 C less after Putty mod. 10C less on Hot spot and on GPU core. TBH I didn't expect such difference. I can't think of any pad brand to do that I used PTM 7950 on CPU never attempted on VRAM. But Upsiren putty is much cheaper and for my card I need over 100 Gr of putty since this card has a middle plate.

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Indeed it is noisy as hell but I'm ready to embrace any noise for extra life of gpu in return :)
So you say I should just leave the vram pads as is?
 
Indeed it is noisy as hell but I'm ready to embrace any noise for extra life of gpu in return :)
So you say I should just leave the vram pads as is?
"Extra life for GPU" in my book means cleaning silicon oil leakage, but maybe I'm overcautious so, Is really up to you, at this point I can't answer that for you, read back the post weight all data and decide. Some say no, some say yes but, the card is yours.
 
DLSS and better DX12 support make this GPU superior to 1070, I'd place it right atween 1070 Ti and 1080. In ancient games, you get million FPS anyway. In modern games, 3050 feels better because it doesn't need to emulate stuff, it runs everything natively. And upscales better. Some energy saving on top of that, and it's becoming even better.
upscaling and/or some AI BS isn't a "plus" for a GPU.:rolleyes:
power consumption up to 300W is "OK" anyway for desktop GPU...:oops: and there is 20W diff between a two, lol
DX is same 12 anyway, what this "ultimate" adds there anyway...
 
i dropped 10c on me memory with a pad change on my 3080 id deff go for it.
 
upscaling and/or some AI BS isn't a "plus" for a GPU.:rolleyes:
I'd very much prefer having DLSS and XeSS as bonuses as opposed to only having FSR and excruciatingly slow XeSS. DLAA is mostly better than anything else if you're playing at native resolution, especially at 1080p where realistically such GPU owners are stuck.
DX is same 12 anyway, what this "ultimate" adds there anyway...
Mesh shaders and other DX12_2 stuff that doesn't exist in Pascal GPUs making them incapable of running some recent games such as Alan Wake 2.

You can TECHNICALLY play them with some hacks but it'll be slow and distorted to put it mildly.
 
i dropped 10c on me memory with a pad change on my 3080 id deff go for it.
My choices are limited. Can arctic tp3 work as anticipated?
I need 2mm pad with a reputable brand yet couldn't find in my country.
 
i havn't a clue bud i used gelid cp-ultimate pads wmk/15.
 
I couldn't also find gelid anywhere.
But I have a feeling that even an OEM pad from AliExpress will work better than stock.
 
yes the ones my 3080 came with was like rubbish you think with gdr6x they would of made a effort with it running hot.
 
My choices are limited. Can arctic tp3 work as anticipated?
I need 2mm pad with a reputable brand yet couldn't find in my country.
I like/used Thermal Grizzly, for example.
 
I changed the vram pads with arctic tp-3
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That proves the manufacturers use low quality thermal interface.

"Extra life for GPU" in my book means cleaning silicon oil leakage, but maybe I'm overcautious so, Is really up to you, at this point I can't answer that for you, read back the post weight all data and decide. Some say no, some say yes but, the card is yours.
Before the pad replacement, my FPS in cyberpunk was around 20 (at ultra+ dlss). But now it is 50 FPS . That means even if the GPU die works within the limits, the memory temps could cause throttling, which results serious performance degregations
 
Yes, make it at least 45 min or 1h, has to be more realistic, close to a game session. You want some endurance and consistency.
Or Superposition 8k optimized you get in cinematic loop and leave it for 20 min at least.
 
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