Gamer uncovers factory plastic left on RTX 3070 VRM pads after five years, causing overheating

tomshardware.com 2026-08-22 Kunal Khullar

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Technologies:VRM thermal pads GPU BIOS driver fan curve Furmark OCCT

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NVIDIA RTX 3070 GPU overheating factory quality control VRM thermal pads graphics card maintenance hardware defect thermal management warranty issues electronics failure component degradation

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A gamer discovered factory protective film on the VRM thermal pads of their Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming OC graphics card after five years of use, leading to overheating and system instability. Despite mu... Read original →

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