If it wasn’t for the back plate graphic, that would be a really pretty card.
I’m surprised back plate graphics aren’t more popular. Maybe it’s pointless because you swap the card out every few years anyway.
fdsaion
7367
So it looks like the 6800s are even more of a paper launch than the Nvidias it appears.
KevinC
7368
One thing interesting is that I’ve been keeping my eye out for a RTX 3080 and a 5800X combo on NZXT for a friend and I’m consistently finding 3080’s available each morning. It’s the 5000-series AMD chips that I can never find in stock.
I still haven’t seen them anywhere.
morlac
7370
Gotta get them wrapped in a new pc. Stock does appear to be on the rise though as shops are starting to get their fill.
My Waifu can beat up your Waifu (Gundam Edition 3090)
KevinC
7372
I know supply was obviously incredibly tight but if this is the case it really does make me wonder how much of it is extra demand due to the pandemic as well as maybe production issues related to the same. If AMD’s supply is similarly as scarce and they’re on TSMC, then maybe I need to take back a little of my Nvidia shit talk.
I caved and paid Ebay scalper prices for a PNY XLR8 Gaming 3080.
I make this post to add PNY to the Zotac “Do Not Buy” pile. The coolers do almost nothing. It games at 84C and I’ve seen it reach as high as 86C.
On the flip side, its quiet as a mouse. Even at 100% fan speed. They aint doing much.
Keep in mind that in addition to launching the 5000 series CPU and 6000 series GPU, AMD is simultaneously supplying all of the CPU/GPU chips for both PS5 and XBSX.
Aceris
7375
Everything i hear is that AMD’s launch is much worse.
Aceris
7376
I’ve never known a GPU to be quiet at 100% fan speed. That is weird :( Did the scalper pass on any kind of warranty? Can you RMA the card?
It was NIB so presumably I have the default PNY warranty. I contacted PNY support and they said temps as high as 86C are normal.
Aceris
7378
Urgh. A stock 3080 will start to aggressively cut back on clocks at 83 degrees, so 86 degrees indicates a failing cooling solution (unless the card has non-stock settings). Do you know what clocks you are getting at 86 degrees? IF the clocks are ok and the noise is ok then it’s not necessarily a problem, it shouldn’t hurt the card.
Unless your case is basically a furnace I would say this is a problem with the card - it’s much worse than what I was seeing with my Palit card (which apparently has the same cooler) and I am not happy with the cooler on that (though I found case airflow was also playing a role and the fans are super noisy on mine at high temps with the default curve).
If PNY won’t help your best bet might be an aggressive undervolt - I managed 1860 MHz @ 850 mV and might be able to go higher: I didn’t really try. If you can get the voltage down that will let you maintain a higher clock without hitting the 83 degree thermal target and triggering aggressive downclocking.
Everything is stock. (This is the PNY version of MSI Afterburner. MSI Afterburner confirms these figures.)
The fan RPM is suspect. When the GPU cools off and the fan drops to 30% the RPM only goes down ~35. How do I undervolt? This tool will only let me increase it.
This might be a way of getting a RTX 3080 along with the rest of a system.
jpinard
7381
What are you checking temps with?
Oops, sorry, hadn’t read far enough down.
Ah, the Velocity tool has an option to “Prioritize Temp Target” and I set it to 83C. This undervolted for me. But then it went back up. /shrug
Well, it’s not going above 83C now, so, yay?
Aceris
7383
Fan speed 1149 rpm at 100% seems wrong to me. Those tiny GPU fans generally go much much faster than that. Normally I would just think the rpm number was wrong but you say the fans are super quiet which is much more consistent with a very low rpm.
I would uninstall velocity X (on the grounds that it is the weakest link here in terms of software quality), restart, run something that stresses the card and see if the fans audibly spin up more. If that doesn’t work, I would install afterburner, turn on software fan control (there’s a little cog next to the fanspeed monitor) and see if that changes fan behaviour.
If it’s not a software issue then I would RMA the card on the grounds that the fans don’t work properly.
Looks to me that your card is over the temperature target and it is clocking down to the “advertised” boost clock (1710). The 3080 typically runs between 1800-2000 MHz. Also I suspect if temps get much higher you will see actual thermal throttling and even more downclocking.
There’s a good undervolting guide here if you want to give it a go:
Try installing a backplate with the anime goddess of ice on it.
