I've had my 2080 ti FTW3 Ultra for just shy of 30 days. Everything's been working flawlessly until 2 days ago. Since then, when loading up The Division 2, Destiny 2 or Metro Exodus the game crashes on the first load almost every time. Subsequent loads often allow the games to play for hours, issue free. However, 1 in every 3 or 4 game play periods of around 30 - 60 minutes my computer will completely freeze up and then go to the BSOD in the image below. 

I did some Googling and to my dismay, apparently this is a sign of a potentially failing GPU. 

I've ensured the following:
- DDU in safe mode then completely reinstalled NVIDIA display drivers
- Running latest NVIDIA driver (419.35)
- Windows 10 is completely up to date
- No driver issues found anywhere in device manager
- Ran Memtest to ensure memory had no issues

I've actually followed Saijin's recommendation for trying to track down the culprit from poist #10 of this thread:
https://forums.evga.com/EVGA-Dark-IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL-random-BSODs-m2081179.aspx

So far it hasn't created any failure logs, even with 2 game crashes (No BSOD with that test running yet, though). I'm also not getting any sort of screen artifacting yet. But I'm starting to think that's just the next thing to occur in the chain of events. I'm considering a fresh Windows install but from what I'm reading, that doesn't seem to resolve it. Which makes sense if it truly is a failing GPU. 

Here's the kicker... today is LITERALLY the final day of my 30 day return policy with Microcenter. I'm seriously thinking about boxing this GPU up and taking it back for an exchange before they close in 2 hours. I'd like to troubleshoot further but if this is my last shot to get a new one before having to deal with an RMA process, I'm thinking I might be very dumb for passing it up. Especially because it would buy me another 30 days with the new card to see if the issues persist. 

Anyway, as I'm typing this I think I've decided to just box it up right now and go get another one. But I'm still curious to hear your thoughts on the matter and will be checking in on responses between now and when I get to Microcenter...


BSOD: 

It's a completely new build with brand new EVGA 850 Watt power supply.

I should also mention that my 2080 FTW3 had no issues but I only had that card for about 2 weeks prior to swapping it for the 2080 ti.

Ryzen 2700x
2080 ti FTW3
32 GB g.skill 3000mhz RAM
EVGA 850W PSU

All less than a month old.

I've also been using 2 separate 8pin power connectors for the card since the beginning. I know that has be an issue for some.

On my way to Microcenter now. Still open to suggestions.

Sajin
Want me to take a look at your .dmp files?

That would be awesome! But there wasn't anything in that dump folder you mentioned in the above linked post, when I just left the house. Which was strange because I had 2 game crashes with the system check running exactly as you instructed in the above post.

At this point, now that I'm standing in Microcenter, I figure I might as well just exchange the card. If I stop getting the issues with the new card, we know the culprit. If the issues remain with the new card, I'll at least know it's something else and won't have to mess with an RMA with EVGA.

Just a shame because this card was so great and OCed well right up until 2 days ago.

I'll also mention that these issues persisted with stock settings on the card as well as OCed.

I'm killing time and looking at computer parts while I try to make the final decision.

Sajin
Want me to take a look at your .dmp files?

Sounds good. I'm going to go ahead with the exchange. When I get home I'll check that folder and send you what's in there to see what you think, regardless.

Would you mind PMing me your email to send the files? Thanks for your help.

Can I send you my logs as well? I'm having a similar problem. 2080ti FTW3. Constant BSOD. Done everything OP mentioned but still crashing randomly often during BFV and other games :(

I suppose I should update. Since exchanging the card for another 2080 ti FTW3, my BSOD's and game crashes have completely disappeared. It's only been 2 days so I'm going to give it some more time. But I have now loaded up and played Division 2 and BF5 a few times with no problems. 

I also forgot to mention that since this is also my work machine, I also rely on it for video conferencing with clients a few times a day. Towards the end of last week the old card completely locked my computer up and threw up BSOD's 3 times while using Zoom video conferencing. It never did this prior to last Thursday. Since installing the new card I've now had 4 Zoom video conferences and no issues to report.

At this point I'm convinced that the old card was in the early stages of completely dying. I'm just glad I caught it in time to exchange it and not deal with an RMA.