The fact that you pay about $800 for the pleasure of taking a cooler off of the expensive GPU is insane. I very much regret my 7900XT Merc 310 purchase. It stays cool enough on the Stock BIOS (hits 99c Junction regularly on the overclocked BIOS with a 35c delta), but it'll be a while before I consider an AMD GPU again. XFX was actually really great about an RMA, but within a month I was in the same spot. And, due to this BS I will not be able to easily sell it for an upgrade/sidegrade.
The fact that you pay about $800 for the pleasure of taking a cooler off of the expensive GPU is insane. I very much regret my 7900XT Merc 310 purchase. It stays cool enough on the Stock BIOS (hits 99c Junction regularly on the overclocked BIOS with a 35c delta), but it'll be a while before I consider an AMD GPU again. XFX was actually really great about an RMA, but within a month I was in the same spot. And, due to this BS I will not be able to easily sell it for an upgrade/sidegrade.