https://wccftech.com/thermal-pad-found-missing-on-asus-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-tuf-oc-graphics-card/

Two days ago, Reddit user kamaloo92 discovered why his ASUS RTX 3080 Ti TUF OC was running extremely hotter than normal.

The user found that one side of the plate covering the VRAM to maintain proper temperatures was missing the thermal pads. This was after he was trying to determine that even after all hardware and software troubleshooting was completed, they were still unable to determine why the VRAM temperatures were extremely high. So, like any computer user that is comfortable dismantling parts of their computer, kamaloo92 took apart the ASUS graphics card and found that the thermal tape was missing on one side.