that sucks

...but I know what you mean.  "It might be an Nvidia issue anfdother brands aren't immune".  We just happened to congregate on this forum because we bought from this manufacturer.

saygin123
and your serial number starts with? 2114?

Like it matters.

im starting to think the fact that i cant get an evga card is a good thing. my last card from them was great and over performed out of the box but this gen seems to be kinda meh

Turbo-12R

ty_ger07
Like it matters.

 
How many have you had go bad ty_ger?

don't know about him, but me? None. And mine is 2114 as well.
 
If you keep 'popping' cards, you might want to check your OTHER hardware...it's not always the thing that gives out that's
really the issue...but it seems people like you don't really understand this concept.
 

ty_ger07

saygin123
and your serial number starts with? 2114?

Like it matters.

To some people it does to where it was made and I actually have 2114 serial number with my 3090 FTW3 Ultra which is 4+ months of gaming and benchmarks and F@H.  I don't really see your concern since you never owned one and you said you never will. You just plain hate people and criticize them who post in any tread that concerns a 3000 series card like me that have working cards all along and tell them to stay out of a thread that isn't their concern. I have went from aircooling my card to a Hybrid card and now watercooling it with a EK waterblock.

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transdogmifier
 
don't know about him, but me? None. And mine is 2114 as well.
 
If you keep 'popping' cards, you might want to check your OTHER hardware...it's not always the thing that gives out that's
really the issue...but it seems people like you don't really understand this concept.
 

 
I've had issues with multiple EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra cards in my system.  However the MSI Gaming X Trio 3090 and Asus Strix 3090 cards work flawlessly.  Its definitely not his hardware.  Many users here are reporting the exact same issue he had with the EVGA 3080 FTW3 and 3090 FTW3 cards.
 

 
Multiple cards?  So at least three EVGA cards, at least one Asus, and one MSI.  That's quite a tally for a GPU that has been out five months at best.  Your PCIe slot is probably worn out by now ehh?   Which one of those cards did you settle on anyway?  Hopefully you are as active on that manufacturers forum as you are here.

Also, I got a new CPU and power supply since the last card was worried it might have been the power supply it was the EVGA 1200 I know have the asus 1200 thor.
 

So far i've gone through two now 3090 FTW3 Ultras
 
1st SN# 2014 Red Lips - RIP  11/13/2020 -->  2/8/2021
2nd SN# 2114 Black Lips  - RIP    2/17/2021 -->  3/2/2021
 
My 3rd card will be here tomorrow and it is also a 2114
 

I also have a 2114 and reading these threads makes me really weary of keeping the card.

Turbo-12R

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transdogmifier
don't know about him, but me? None. And mine is 2114 as well.
If you keep 'popping' cards, you might want to check your OTHER hardware...it's not always the thing that gives out that's
really the issue...but it seems people like you don't really understand this concept.
 

I've had issues with multiple EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra cards in my system.  However the MSI Gaming X Trio 3090 and Asus Strix 3090 cards work flawlessly.  Its definitely not his hardware.  Many users here are reporting the exact same issue he had with the EVGA 3080 FTW3 and 3090 FTW3 cards.

Multiple cards?  So at least three EVGA cards, at least one Asus, and one MSI.  That's quite a tally for a GPU that has been out five months at best.  Your PCIe slot is probably worn out by now ehh?   Which one of those cards did you settle on anyway?  Hopefully you are as active on that manufacturers forum as you are here.

I kept the MSI card.  I've sold other 3090s I was able to get at MSRP to friends for their builds.  The EVGA cards were returned to EVGA for a refund.
 
The MSI card flashed with the Kingpin BIOS is stable at 2295 MHz in several benchmarks with just water cooling.  I run it with the MSI Suprim 450 watt BIOS normally.

ty_ger07

badboy64

ty_ger07

saygin123
and your serial number starts with? 2114?

Like it matters.

To some people it does to where it was made ...

Yes, I understand, but the threads dedicated to this question have already revealed that they randomly fail regardless of manufacture location.  Not all that have failed have come from one place and not from another.  Since they randomly fail regardless of location, it has come to the point that it is no longer a question which reveals any new or useful information.
 
(cleanup by Cool GTX)

There are 2 different serial numbers 2014 and the 2012 for the 3090 cards which one comes from Taiwan and the other from China I think. Also what has come to with some cards having the red lips and some have the black lips on them. Some people feared the one with the red lips saying they are more prone to dying than the black lips and 2 different serial numbers also. Proven that both are false too.

Just to give my 2 cents.
 
The problem described here (minus the end pop) was my first 3080 (2012 China). This was replaced by an earlier 2012 China (new) that is working fine for over 2 months now.
 
I would like to say again: The problem is there since day 1. If you have abnormal ups and downs of the fans at random intervals and insane fan noise thats just the beginning of the hell ride. All that being said, its extremely important to make sure you support your brand new card with at least a good brand new PSU and preferably no daisy chains. Could also help to monitor your voltages for the first few days and don't go full blown OC but perhaps even consider undervolting which can yield great results for less power consumption and noise.
 
There were certainly bad cards shipped but I think the overwhelming vast majority of customers got proper product. If you find you have a problem just make sure to RMA within 30 days so you can get a brand new replacement.

Gogod2020
Just to give my 2 cents.
 
The problem described here (minus the end pop) was my first 3080 (2012 China). This was replaced by an earlier 2012 China (new) that is working fine for over 2 months now.
 
I would like to say again: The problem is there since day 1. If you have abnormal ups and downs of the fans at random intervals and insane fan noise thats just the beginning of the hell ride. All that being said, its extremely important to make sure you support your brand new card with at least a good brand new PSU and preferably no daisy chains. Could also help to monitor your voltages for the first few days and don't go full blown OC but perhaps even consider undervolting which can yield great results for less power consumption and noise.
 
There were certainly bad cards shipped but I think the overwhelming vast majority of customers got proper product. If you find you have a problem just make sure to RMA within 30 days so you can get a brand new replacement.

So my 3080 ftw3 was doing crazy fan stuff while gaming. I've put it under water now, so I guess we'll see.

Turbo-12R
Aside from synthetic benchmarks, did you do any real world comparisons between the cards to see what the performance difference was?  Just curious what you experience was there.
 
I know there has been a ton of talk about the power balance issue, but it seems to be pretty hit or miss in relation to actual performance real world numbers.  More so weighted to whether or not someone got a good clocking GPU.

The sample size is probably to low to make any meaningful comparison.  Maybe if i had 10+ of each card form different production dates I could determine something meaningful.  In the three EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra cards I had, they all had different performance when the GPU and Memory was overclocked.  One of the EVGA GPUs and the MSI 3090 were stable and continuing to show performance increases with a +1250 MHz memory overclock in some benchmarks.  THe Msi card and one of the EVGA cards seemed to have the best GPU overclock speeds with air cooling.  However I didn't do any game benchmark comparisons to see what the real world difference was.