Has anyone repasted their EVGA 2080 or 2080ti, and if so what were the results?  I'm curious whether what the paste job quality is on these cards and whether immediately repasting with something good like Kryonaut (or liquid metal if you're brave) is worthwhile.

I would like to know this too.

I haven't replaced TIM yet, but it seems as though it's pretty good based off the temps I've been seeing with an XC ultra. That's not to say it couldn't potentially drop a few * with a swap, but I currently have no strong driver to do so with this card, and expect even better results with the FTW3.

eawood
Yeah I'll probably do my 2080 XC Ultra regardless, but it will be several weeks before I have a machine to put it in so I figured I'd make a thread and start collecting data.
 
When people do this, please also post pics of the thermal pad layout on the various cards.  There may be gains to be made with additional pads, or as mentioned above with better pads.

I'd look for someone from EVGA to confirm the thickness for ram and vrm tim as they have done in the past for optimal performance. I believe Jacob normally goes out of his way to provide the exact dimensions, if requested.

I'll post some photos when I put the EK water blocks on my two EVGA 2080 Ti
 
Till then here is my build thread  Code Name: RTX project
 
Pad placement and size ...... you can gleam the info by looking at EK's water block install guides for the card your are interested in
 
EVGA 2080 Ti Ultra & Gaming - install EK Vector Water Block - https://www.ekwb.com/shop...K-IM-3831109810477.pdf
 
install EK Vector 2080 backplate   -  https://www.ekwb.com/shop/EK-IM/EK-IM-3831109810491.pdf
 
 
 
 

Based on the temps I am hearing it seems to be pretty good on default. I think it’s only really worth it if you are changing the cooler or noticing a problem. Kind of comes down to the issue of knowing it probably won’t overclock any better and the drop in temps not being that large that makes it seem not worth the trouble.

I think you'll benefit from cleaning and replacing the thermal paste. EVGA definitely didn't use too little.  Fortunately, they used a non-conductive paste ;).

I had mine apart as I got the EVGA water block for it.  Here's a photo of the stock thermal paste before I cleaned the card up and an after photo/video.  I never was able to get all the paste off of the surface mount components near the GPU.  However, it doesn't seem to have affected the operation of the chip/card.  I've got it on a Feser TFC X-Changer triple radiator with a swiftech mcp655-b pump and 3x Feser Tribewerk low speed fans 1/2" ID tubing and Feser non-conductive coolant (that stuff saved my bacon a few years ago).  It runs a consistent 102f (39c) under full gaming or benchmark load.  Ambient room temp is 72f (22.2c). ΔT =30f / 16.8c
 
I water cool primarily to get a near silent PC rather than to get better than factory overclocks.

Before Cleaning:
dirtygpu
after cleaning:
https://youtu.be/kXYKRm93-PU
cleangpu

Would Gelid GC-Extreme suffice as a reputable replacement for the stock paste?

I did when putting on EK block but didn't have a chance to test the card beforehand so not sure about differences. For what it's worth the TIM job looked solid.

eawood
I'm still planning on running an initial set of tests on my stock card and then repasting with Kryonaut to get a valid before/after comparison.  I just need to get my preordered (on 10/8) 9900K shipped so I can finish my build first.
 
FWIW, it looks like they're using plenty of paste from the factory on all the cards I've seen.  Most of the benefits will likely be just their paste versus whatever more thermally conductive paste you put on.  So if you're gonna repaste, use the best non-conductive paste you can get.

I've got plenty of Kryonaut so I'll be testing with that sooner or later, I'd expect maybe a few degrees at most.

Finally got around to swapping out my new color trim so I decided to repaste while I had the card out. Used arctic silver ceramique, see no difference from stock. 2080 XC.