{"id":1194438,"date":"2026-02-17T21:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/DrFG37bQQkDx7a6rTkLELD"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:57:41","slug":"gigabytes-thermal-gel-is-crawling-out-of-place-on-some-rtx-50-series-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/gigabytes-thermal-gel-is-crawling-out-of-place-on-some-rtx-50-series-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigabyte&#8217;s thermal gel &#8216;is crawling out&#8217; of place on some RTX 50-series cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Writing about hardware is an often humbling experience. More recently than I&#8217;d like to admit, I popped open a PC case only to ask &#8216;&#8230;what is <em>that<\/em>?&#8217; Embarrassingly, <em>that <\/em>was my first encounter with a particularly stylish GPU riser bracket\u2014a bit of kit that allows for vertical installation of your graphics card. Unfortunately for some folks with vertically mounted Gigabyte RTX 50-series cards, they&#8217;ve peeked inside their PC case only to see something far more worrying.<\/p>\n<p>The saga began last month, when a translated post from a Quasar Zone user alleged that the thermal gel on their Gigabyte Aorus Master Ice RTX 5080 appeared to be <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videocardz.com\/newz\/user-reports-concerning-thermal-gel-leakage-on-vertically-mounted-gigabyte-rtx-5080-aorus-master\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;crawling out&#8221;<\/a>. They claimed to have only had the card for a month, having used it to play World of Warcraft for about two hours every day\u2014hardly the heaviest of performance loads. Now, a number of other users have taken to the TechPowerUp forum to share that the thermal gel on their Gigabyte cards also appears to be either melting or otherwise making a break for it (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videocardz.com\/newz\/thermal-gel-on-gigabyte-rtx-50-cards-may-slip-and-expose-components\" target=\"_blank\">Videocardz<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>One TechPowerUp forum member, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techpowerup.com\/forums\/threads\/gigabyte-aorus-rtx-5080-master-starts-leaking-thermal-gel-after-four-weeks-of-light-mmo-gaming.335904\/#post-5509072\" target=\"_blank\">remekra, shared photos of thermal gel slippage<\/a> on their vertically installed card. They write, &#8220;So far it does not overheat on memory modules. I will hold off sending it to Gigabyte service as I don&#8217;t have good memories of them, so until it overheats or stops working I will use it. But if you have a vertical case or stand then be aware.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rather than issue a recall of the affected cards, Gigabyte acknowledged the situation <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techpowerup.com\/335945\/gigabyte-acknowledges-issues-with-thermal-conductive-gel-on-geforce-rtx-50-and-radeon-rx-9000-series\" target=\"_blank\">in a press release<\/a> published last month. The company previously admitted, &#8220;In some early production batches for the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 50 Series, a slightly higher volume of [the thermal] gel was applied to ensure sufficient thermal coverage.&#8221; The company claims the amount of thermal gel applied has since been adjusted, adding, &#8220;While the appearance of extra gel might be concerning, this cosmetic variance does not affect the card&#8217;s performance, reliability, or lifespan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In that April press release, the company also explained its thermal gel &#8220;is engineered to ensure optimal contact across uneven component surfaces, and is applied via a fully automated process to minimize human variance compared with traditional thermal pads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"zz2TKQ24VnLP8WFkrRWWPi\" name=\"eagle-oc-ice-3\" alt=\"A Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti Eagle OC Ice on a desk and installed in a gaming PC.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gigabytes-thermal-gel-is-crawling-out-of-place-on-some-rtx-50-series-cards.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">A perfectly fine Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti Eagle OC Ice graphics card that isn&#8217;t suffering from crawling thermal gel <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company also attempted to reassure, &#8220;The thermal conductive gel is an insulating, deformable, putty-like compound. It is engineered to remain in place when applied properly, and can endure at least 150 \u00b0C before any melting or liquification could happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gigabyte also maintains its quality assurance testing is rigorous, accounting for not only performance under heavy loads, but &#8220;multi-axis drops and vibration testing,&#8221; as well as &#8220;vertical and horizontal installation orientations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While I have yet to find any reports of this thermal gel slippage negatively impacting the function or performance of Gigabyte&#8217;s RTX 50-series, it&#8217;s far from an ideal situation. For one, components that should&#8217;ve been covered by the thermal gel now potentially aren&#8217;t, which may impact the long-term performance of the card itself. For another, this gel could possibly continue to slip into crevices within your PC case that would be a mission to clean at best. That said, we don&#8217;t yet know just how widespread this thermal gel slippage actually is.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s stick to what we do know: <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gigabyte.com\/Press\/News\/2256\" target=\"_blank\">Gigabyte&#8217;s 50-series cards have been available for not even three months<\/a>, with the Gigabyte Aorus Master Ice RTX 5080 mentioned up top<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gigabyte-AORUS-GeForce-Master-Graphics\/dp\/B0DT9YQ2Q1?ref_=ast_sto_dp\" target=\"_blank\"> costing as much as $1,900 from Amazon<\/a> right now. That&#8217;s a lot of money to spend on a card with such a concerning issue\u2014cosmetic or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, it doesn&#8217;t seem like a major disaster of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/user-reports-melted-power-cable-on-an-rtx-5070-and-now-were-wondering-if-any-rtx-50-series-gpu-is-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\">melting cable proportions<\/a>\u2014we&#8217;ve no data about the GPUs performing notably worse over time, or whether the compound has, in fact, leaked entirely from the necessary contact points\u2014but it&#8217;s still not a great look for the company especially when we are talking about some very expensive graphics cards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"b8962b3f-8e6e-47da-af4b-4e31547cbf2f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best CPU for gaming\" data-dimension48=\"Best CPU for gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6YnzywGGRfcnNjLz2FRjx9\" name=\"1646306533.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gigabytes-thermal-gel-is-crawling-out-of-place-on-some-rtx-50-series-cards-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cpu-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"b8962b3f-8e6e-47da-af4b-4e31547cbf2f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best CPU for gaming\" data-dimension48=\"Best CPU for gaming\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best CPU for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: Top chips from Intel and AMD.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-motherboards\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gaming motherboard<\/strong><\/a>: The right boards.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-graphics-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best graphics card<\/strong><\/a>: Your perfect pixel-pusher awaits.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-ssd-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best SSD for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: Get into the game first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/gigabytes-thermal-gel-is-crawling-out-of-place-on-some-rtx-50-series-cards\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing about hardware is an often humbling experience. More recently than I&#8217;d like to admit, I popped open a PC case only to ask &#8216;&#8230;what is that?&#8217; Embarrassingly, that was my first encounter with a particularly stylish GPU riser bracket\u2014a bit of kit that allows for vertical installation of your graphics card. Unfortunately for some folks with vertically mounted Gigabyte RTX 50-series cards, they&#8217;ve peeked inside their PC case only to see something far more worrying. The saga began last month, when a translated post from a Quasar Zone user alleged that the thermal gel on their Gigabyte Aorus Master Ice RTX 5080 appeared to be &#8220;crawling out&#8221;. They claimed to have only had the card for a month, having used it to play World&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/gigabytes-thermal-gel-is-crawling-out-of-place-on-some-rtx-50-series-cards\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1194439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[791,66],"class_list":["post-1194438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-graphics-cards","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gigabyte&#039;s thermal gel &#039;is crawling out&#039; of place on some RTX 50-series cards | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Writing about hardware is an often humbling experience. 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