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AMD RX 7900 XTX Vapor Chamber Woes

Several prominent people at AMD mocked Nvidia’s snafu, with one proclaiming “We’re going to kick Nvidia’s ass!” Another tweeted an image of the dual 8-pin connectors on AMD’s RX 7900 card with the text, “Stay safe this holiday season.”

Egg, meet face. AMD has had to acknowledge that batches of its reference RX 7900 XTX cards have an even bigger problem:

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