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ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Surprisingly Catches Fire, Burn Marks Seen On GPU PCB As Well As Motherboard Heatsink

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NVIDIA has done an amazing job at minimizing my FOMO for this generation of cards. Proper anti-consumerism stuff, you gotta respect it.
Alas, the only thing I can think of at this point when someone mentions nVidia:
Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.
Hot damn am I glad that I got a reliable 4080 Super last year. Looks like I'll be hanging onto it for quite some time.
- You should anyway. Upgrading every generation is a huge waste of money.
- My 7800 XT is also a true hero, enabling 4k with raytracing in a lot of games and actually running with my old 500W PSU
- You're not safe. Regularly inspect your gear.
Buildzoid reckons it’s a blown power stage rather than a capacitor as claimed in the article.
https://youtu.be/aHRlYQas4xw
Good thing I bought a 7900 XTX a few months ago

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