I feel like it is because they said dont treat it like its a CPU when putting on the thermal paste you can put quite a bit, but I just havent seen nothing like this personally.That's normal.
Gotcha thank you very much, just didnt know if cleaning it completely would be alright or if it was intended to be there I will get it cleaned up and apply some fresh thermal paste, thank you very much.That's normal.
1080Ti Gaming OC, before:
View: https://imgur.com/3okdykr
After:
View: https://imgur.com/pYnFXLr
Thanks, I'll do the same
I used a disposable wipe soaked in alcohol for the gpu die, switched to an old toothbrush with soft bristles(dipped in alcohol) to clean the little parts around the die, then cleaned up the residue with the wipe.