I got a new suprim x, which has much better temps than my others.
Didnt need a pads mod. Might be just luck or they changed something so the pcb is more plan.

| ID GPU Temp Fan Speed Shares Core Mem Power Efficiency |
+---+-----+----+---+-----------+--------+----+-----+-----+-------------+
| 0 3080 44 C 0 % 102.59 MH/s 23/0/0 1455 10751 238 W 431.04 KH/W |
| 1 3080 44 C 0 % 102.58 MH/s 28/0/0 1485 10751 225 W 455.90 KH/W |
| 2 3080 44 C 0 % 102.60 MH/s 35/0/0 1440 10751 232 W 442.23 KH/W |
| 3 3080 37 C 0 % 102.57 MH/s 25/0/0 1575 10751 230 W 445.97 KH/W |
| 410.33 MH/s 111/0/0 925 W 443.60 KH/W |
+---+-----+----+---+-----------+--------+----+-----+-----+-------------+

VRAM Temp is about 15 to 20 degrees cooler. Checked in windows.