Defective RX 9070 XT card with pitted silicon surface runs extremely hot — report indicates it's unclear if this was an isolated incident from Latest from Tom's Hardware on 2025-04-02 17:33 (#6WBRT) A PowerColor RX 9070 XT Hellhound was found to have defective silicon out of the factory, resulting in unsustainable hotspot temperatures that caused the GPU to overheat and throttle.
