Rtx 5080 Thermal Gel Leak Gigabyte Aorus Master Starts Ing After Four

In its response, gigabyte says that its nvidia rtx 50 series and amd radeon rx 9000 series gpus utilize a specially engineered thermal conductive gel instead of traditional thermal pads. Users report thermal gel leaks causing failures in gigabyte's rtx 5080 gpus, raising concerns over the card's reliability despite the company's initial reassurances.

Gigabyte rtx 5080 graphics cards hit by thermal gel leaking problem, and this time, a user reports a dead gpu with display output issue. An nvidia geforce rtx 5080 user is saying that the thermal gel in their new video card appears to be leaking—and he’s got quite the picture to prove it. The first known report came from quasar zone.