MaxSun Says Its Fine To Have Over 80C Temps On Its Five-Fan GeForce RTX 4090 MGG GPU

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MaxSun recently launched the world's first and only GeForce RTX 4090 GPU with five-fans but one user who bought the card discovered that the five-fan GPU runs way hotter than the 2-fan NVIDIA Founders Edition and also some MSRP-custom models.

So a few days ago, MaxSun, a brand we don't commonly hear about in regions outside of APAC (Asia Pacific) introduced its brand new GeForce RTX 4090 MGG "Mega Gamer" graphics card. The card is quite a unique design, featuring the standard triple-slot & triple-fan design with a silver-colored shroud and backplate that's enclosed all together in one unit.

The unique aspect of the card is that besides the triple-fan cooling solution on the top, the card also features two tiny fans on the sides which can help with cooling the gigantic aluminum fin stack that this card boasts. This fin stack comprises a 7000mm2 surface area which is solely dedicated to cooling the graphics card.

Besides that, the card also features a nice-looking RGB LED plate on the side which can be fully customized. The card features a fully customized PCB & a small factory OC while retaining the 450W TDP (powered by a single 12VHPWR connector).

So that's all about the card itself so let's get on with the initial story. A user in China recently got his hands on the MaxSun GeForce RTX 4090 MGG graphics card and after some initial tests, the results that he got were quite concerning. It didn't matter if he was running a game or FurMark, the temps were always over 80C for the GPU, and HotSpot temperatures reached up to 100C.

No overclocking was applied to the card and the room temperatures were 27-28C in the morning and 20C at night, as the user reports. Opening up the side panel of his case did lower the temps by a few