finaltouch68
Hey guys on a 3080 FTW3 Ultra should I be able to get more then +90 on core over clock. I get game crashes on anything higher and also with my New Alderlake 12700k I am getting screen flicker while watching videos like Youtube.
 
Just wondering if I have to RMA this thing. I have a 3080Ti now and that thing is nuts I can hit like +165 and its still asking for more :)

I would not OC to watch youtube videos or even game, Pushing the card for a 2 minute benchmark is one thing, but daily driving you should look at stock or undervolting settings. the 3 fps you get running the card at full tilt is not worth it for the extra heat and stress you put on your components

talon951
Maybe I'll go for some cool air in the morning again too. Although last time I tried I couldn't beat my old PR score,

15271

https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1310029

But looks like TSE got a free bump sometime as when I ran it on my 3090 today it was 200-300 pts higher for no obvious reason.

Impressive score , that's the top 3080 Ti I have ever seen

kraade

talon951
Maybe I'll go for some cool air in the morning again too. Although last time I tried I couldn't beat my old PR score,

15271

https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1310029

But looks like TSE got a free bump sometime as when I ran it on my 3090 today it was 200-300 pts higher for no obvious reason.

Impressive score , that's the top 3080 Ti I have ever seen

There are plenty of higher scores, although I think most of them are on the Galax 1kw bios.

kraade

finaltouch68
Hey guys on a 3080 FTW3 Ultra should I be able to get more then +90 on core over clock. I get game crashes on anything higher and also with my New Alderlake 12700k I am getting screen flicker while watching videos like Youtube.
 
Just wondering if I have to RMA this thing. I have a 3080Ti now and that thing is nuts I can hit like +165 and its still asking for more :)

I would not OC to watch youtube videos or even game, Pushing the card for a 2 minute benchmark is one thing, but daily driving you should look at stock or undervolting settings. the 3 fps you get running the card at full tilt is not worth it for the extra heat and stress you put on your components

I do not leave the OC on all the time. Only when I am in a tinkering mood. I simply was pointing out this card cannot handle being over clocked and was looking for advice and see if I should attempt a RMA

talon951
Here is what I ended up with this morning.  No improvement on PR.  Still can't quite match the one above.  
 
Stock bios,
 
TS: 22501 (reBar off to keep from tanking my cpu score)  https://www.3dmark.com/spy/24533909
TSE: 11590  https://www.3dmark.com/spy/24532521
PR: 15271 (older run from above)  https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1310029
 
Galax,
 
TS: 22709 (reBar off)  https://www.3dmark.com/spy/24534973
TSE: 11829  https://www.3dmark.com/spy/24536007
PR: 15536  https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1329438
 
But still didn't match PR, older run,
 
PR: 15565  https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1310058
 
 
So once again, stock bios is really pretty darn good particularly if you look at the frame rate differences.
 
 
 

Yeah this RMA replacement card came with original vbios.(both dated April 2021)....whether it means anything or not my Card that crapped the bed started having issues about a week after installing PX and updating vbios / fw to see if resize bar helped at all......
I may just leave this vbios alone this time ;)

rjbarker

Yeah this RMA replacement card came with original vbios.(both dated April 2021)....whether it means anything or not my Card that crapped the bed started having issues about a week after installing PX and updating vbios / fw to see if resize bar helped at all......
I may just leave this vbios alone this time ;)

All 3080ti vbios have reBar. No need to update for that. I'm running the hybrid bios linked in the sticky on this forum. C7/C8. Normal/OC.

Hi everyone. I may be late to the party, but I just got a 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA LHR for slightly over MSRP. I'm quite happy.

The problem is, I switched to the OC bios, yet I CONSTANTLY hit power limit on anything over 400 watts? I literally, specifically chose this card because it was listed as one of the very few 450 watt 3080 TI cards and I thought for sure I can set this to run at a rock solid 2025MHz.

I'm in Gardians of the Galaxy playing and the moment my card goes over 400 watts, the clock speed immediately drops below 2000 or even 1900 MHz sometimes.

Please tell me how I can get the full 450 watts that was advertised or flash it to a 500 watt bios if that will actually give me 450 watts of headroom?

Thank you for any help on this!

PS: beautiful card and best RGB implementation imo

But the only solid core clock in able to lock in at is like 1920mhz.. darn lol.

EDIT: Ty Talon for the quick answer. I appreciate it.

But mine severely down clocks at anything over 2020mhz. Yours stock is showing over 2100mhz.

Is yours liquid cooled? How are you getting the OC? Just pushing slider +200 etc. or going in and adjusting the voltage curve (alt+f in afterburner)?

ericc191
But mine severely down clocks at anything over 2020mhz. Yours stock is showing over 2100mhz.

Is yours liquid cooled? How are you getting the OC? Just pushing slider +200 etc. or going in and adjusting the voltage curve (alt+f in afterburner)?

Well those runs aren't a good example for comparing clocks. What I ran there is not 100% stable. I do have the hybrid kit. I was just showing how little the extra power gains. Both of those runs are ragged edge for stability so it's more or less apples to apples.

It's a bit more complicated than that. See my original testing here,

https://www.overclock.net.../page-12#post-28835821

Bottom line is the power readings are completely innacurate due to different controllers (I think). So you have to be pretty careful how you set it or risk blowing the 2nd 8 pin fuse.

That bios also has the thermal safeties disabled. Like I said, not really a daily driver.

You can see from my table in the link that 45% PL stays under 20 amps and that was hitting it with Kombustor. 47% IIRC can hit right at 20 amps. Some 4k games and benchmarks can hit it about as hard though. Time Spy Extreme for one.

The good news is the 2nd 8 pin does read in the ballpark as the table shows, so you can get a pretty good idea where you are from that.

ericc191
Phew, yeah I tested with a power limit of 45% and that link says that's the absolute highest they would recommend. Good thing I got lucky there! Anyways flashing back to stock XOC and calling it a day! Would be nice to see it sit at 2050 or 2100MHz all day long, but I'm okay with 1995 :) lol

Well part of the time I just leave it on the other position on the bios switch.

I think 45% is pretty safe. 47-48 is definitely pushing it though. PCIE may start getting close too as it only has an 8 amp fuse (96w).

lemuth80
Hey I got my 3080ti today and was running heaven/port royal benchmark with overclock applied.
The card barely touched 1.1 mv during the benchmark only maybe for a split second and was at around .980-1.015 mv range.

Highest temps was 67c
420 power draw
+160 core
+1000 mem
Voltage slider 100%
113% power limit

Is that normal behavior to not go to 1.1 mv?
Port royal score was 14200 highest with average clock speed of 2025

Thanks for the help

https://imgur.com/a/JsQGqfu

How is it possible that people get like 14500-14700 on air. The weird thing is I’m not even hitting 450 watt.
Mine is 430 all the way