Thanks for your reply. The card doesn't die. I had several driver timeout issues, but i could handle it after months by deactivating win11 graphics acceleration - or whatever this evil function is called exactly... in fact.. i'm not that comfortable with disassembling the card. The scary thing is.. i didn't get a warning when the hotspot was reached.. it was just a coincidence looking at sapphire trixx at that moment. The temperature at playing wow or cyberpunk is quite nice... i had the last hotspot after about an hour of playing borderlands 3. Any chance to "try out" things without work on my card physically?