The first known report came from quasar zone. Company gigabyte officially confirmed the problem thermal gel leaks for video cards of the series geforce rtx 50 Gigabyte is confident that the thermal gel leaking in some rtx 50 series and radeon rx 9000 series gpus is harmless and insists that it has addressed and fixed the issue in upcoming batches.
User reports concerning thermal gel leakage on vertically mounted
Early gigabyte nvidia rtx 50 gpus may ooze gel but it's just extra thermal gel
Reports of leaking coolant were a result of applying more gel than necessary
Despite appearance, extra gel doesn't. The company previously admitted, 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. More of affected customers speak out as gigabyte dismisses gel leaks despite multiple user reports and visual proof, gigabyte downplays leaking gel as a 'cosmetic' issue This is our third report on gigabyte's thermal gel situation
Gigabyte was relatively quick to respond to a single case from south korea, which revealed that in some situations, […] More users of gigabyte rtx 5080 cards reports thermal gel leaking, this time with the potential to affect other components. Gigabyte's leaky thermal gel problem finally hit a prominent system integrator
