Published on: 2025-04-29 12:15:00
A hot potato: It's not like Nvidia's RTX 5000 series needs any more negative press, but here we are again. Igor Wallossek of Igor's Lab has discovered a problem that appears to be present in most Blackwell AIB partner cards: local hotspots at the rear of the PCBs. This could potentially lead to the cards being damaged over time due to heavy use. During a sustained "torture loop" on a PNY RTX 5070 OC and Palit RTX 5080 Gaming Pro OC, Wallossek recorded temperature spikes in the power delivery ar
Keywords: aib cards igor rtx wallossek
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