I doubt it would work in this particular case. And I would not feel comfortable trying this without a reflow oven. It's an opportunity to try a brand new RX5700 XT (I probably wont notice any difference)...
My 1080Ti kicked the bucket a few days ago. Ordered the RX 5700 XT as a replacement (it's been a while since I've used a non NVIDIA card). I'll need to have a look at FreeSync monitors now...