The Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 5700 XT is one of the most premium custom RX 5700 XT models around, pairing a top-end PCB with the company’s beastly bespoke cooler and a hefty overclock. But it’s been plagued by a worrisome issue: overheating. Numerous buyers have reported that the card runs hot, and after BIOS updates failed to fix the concern, Asus is now blaming AMD’s design guidelines for the issue. Fortunately, though, there’s (finally) a fix.

Update: Six days after it published its findings and pointed the finger at AMD, Asus has quietly updated its post, tweaking the verbiage in some crucial ways. We’ve weaved the changes into the article below, with additional context as needed. It also deleted the PSI range graph originally published in the post. You can still see it in our coverage below.

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