Just got my 3080 Ti today (much thanks to the EVGA team for the queues, I never would have ended up with a new GPU otherwise) and put it in my computer. First Time Spy run, at the very end of the run the fans went to max (about gave me a heart attack). Checked temps reported, 87C max core, 96C memory.
 
Undervolt to 906mV, set core to 1950MHz (Afterburner won't let me adjust the curve any lower without making large cuts to the core), and test. Time Spy puts the core to 86C and the memory to 96C. Basically no difference.
 
Decide to switch my H100i RGB Pro XT fans from intake to exhaust to help move out some of that air (it wasn't an issue for my previous 780 Ti SC ACX card and it let my 5600X idle in the low 30s instead of now where it idles in the mid 40s), kick the RPM of the annoying Corsair fans up to 1700RPM from 1200RPM, max out the fan speeds on my two front intake fans (stock fans from Meshify 2 case), temps go down to 76C for core, 90C for memory.
 
The ambient in my room is 71F, I shudder to think what it would have done if I got this card earlier in the summer when my room was 80F. 
 
This case is supposed to be really good for airflow so I don't know how much I can improve the situation. Are you guys just using super high speed fans to move the 400W+/- of hot air out or did I just get one that is going to need the re-paste/re-pad treatment? Honestly I'm a bit leery to try that for the first time with a $1507 card (after taxes and shipping). All the additional sensors listed in HWiNFO64 stay in the mid-upper 70s with an occasional low 80s. For now I've settled on the undervolt and cutting the power limit to 95%. Doing this, Cyberpunk at 3440x1440 ultra with RT peaks at 80C core and 90C memory without having to have my fans or my card screaming at jet engine speed. 
 
To be honest though, the card I originally wanted was either a 3060 Ti XC3 or 3070 XC3. After being in queues since January, I decided to just do it. I mean I spend $1K on a new phone each year without giving it a second thought and I kept my 780 Ti for 7 years (although I would have replaced it with a 1080 Ti were it not for the crypto explosion). Anyway, my point is that this performance is so ridiculously over the top and ultra settings don't really look that much better than high ones. I game at 3440x1440/120 on my desktop monitor and either 1080p/120 or 4K/60 on my Sony TV depending on the game and my mood I can always just use FPS limiters and tweaked settings to keep the card cool. Just curious if anyone has any tips I haven't thought of. 

Hi Xtremed, thanks for the reply.
 
I forgot to flip the switch before I installed the card so it's running the regular BIOS. If all it does is tweak the fan curve, I can mess with that although it already gets obnoxiously loud. I don't seem to have one with the clicking fan issue, my fans spin up and spin down when the card is idle with no noise I can discern, just the pitch when the fans are going is the grating on the nerves kind.
 
Here is my build and fan config:
 
Ryzen 5600X (PBO on, otherwise stock)
Corsair H100i RGB Pro XT 240mm AIO
MSI MEG X570 Unify
1TB Samsung Evo 970 NVMe SSD
2x240GB Crucial M500 SSDs
1TB Seagate 7200RPM hybrid HDD
Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 1000W PSU
 
Case is a Fractal Design Meshify 2 with two Dynamic X2 GP-14 fans (spec page here - https://www.fractal-design.com/products/fans/dynamic/dynamic-x2-gp-14-pwm/black/) in the front for intake, one in the rear for exhaust, and the AIO radiator is mounted in the top of the case, also configured as exhaust, using the stock Corsair ML120 fans (spec page here - https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Fans/Magnetic-Levitation-Fans/ml-pro-config/p/CO-9050040-WW)
 
I thought about replacing the stock fans with Noctua ones but I have read a few people say that Noctua fans have a serious resonance issue in this case and the fans it comes with aren't bad by any means.
 
I do have room for a third 140mm intake fan so maybe that would be an easy addition without adding too much noise. 

kevinc313
So you are running the stock fan curve on the card? Try a fixed 85% fan speed.
 
Does the machine get good air flow in the room or is it in a corner under a desk?
 
Have you cleaned or removed any front intake filters?
 
I would move your rear fan to the front, remove the front air filter, ensure you have ample space for air flow above the PC (on the floor, to the side of a desk, not on it or under it), install the "Fan Control" freeware from github so you can adjust the fans while the PC is running, use Furmark as a test load with a power limit set to your average power while gaming, then adjust all fans for optimal noise and thermal performance at fixed fan speeds, save profile.

I messed with Afterburner today and made a custom fan profile to get rid of idle stop. I did try 85% but that causes serious case resonance noise. 80% is fine though. 
 
It's sitting on top of my desk because my Meshify 2 is too wide to fit under my desk so it's got plenty of airflow.
 
I just grabbed that Fan Control program and it unfortunately doesn't seem to be able to control my fans so I guess I'm stuck using the hideous Dragon Center from MSI.
 
The intake filters are all clean. I built it in February and since I was stuck with my 780 Ti, it hasn't gotten much use. The GP-14 costs $15 on Amazon, I may just order another one and leave the back exhaust alone. I did pull the intake filter and it doesn't seem to have made a difference really.
 
Opted to switch around prioritizing power target and temperature for now with an 83C temperature target. Ran Furmark for a few minutes and it got up to 83C quick and started dropping the clock down from the already throttled 1500-something it was already running at. Memory got to 96C so I just closed it. Unigine Valley ran right around 82C
 
I did just test tying my Corsair AIO fan speeds to my GPU temp and it made exactly 0 difference in temps so it's definitely not exhaust that's the problem because I don't run those fans more than 40% usually and I programmed them to kick to 100% at 80C to see what happens and Valley still hit 82C in a few minutes.

- What RPM are you running the front and rear fans at during those tests? Per the spec sheet the PWM fans are 1700RPM max with a lackluster static pressure of 1.95 mm H20.  However, the Stock fans for the Meshfy 2 are 1000RPM voltage controlled fans with .71 mm H20 static pressure.  If you have the stock fans, they are not enough, at all.  I'm running a Lian Li Lancool with two CLC280 fans in front, a stock 140 below it, two T30's in the basement intake, the CL280 rad top exhaust with A12's zip tied to it in push and a GT2150 rear exhaust.   With a 3090 FTW3 Ultra at max power 460w 4K120 VRR gaming I can keep it around 70C or so but that's on a cool night with a building exhaust fan with the fans around 1500-2000rpm and the card fans around 2500rpm 85%.  My 3080 Ti FTW3 was easier to keep cool.
 
- If you have voltage controlled stock fans on the case hub, Fan Control might not work with them.  Not sure how FC does with voltage control directly through the MB, but it should work.
 
- I bet that foam front filter is very restrictive and removing it is good for at least a few degrees, maybe 5C or more.  If you have the 1000rpm fans, I'd pull off the front filter and cover and max out those fans, see how it does.
 
- What power limit? Stock 100% PL is 400W nominal but will read 395w in most software but the card is actually pulling ~425w.  I see your graph, so add about 30w to that for actual power.
 
- Have you installed the latest Precision X1 and run the firmware update?
 
- Can you confirm the GPU fan number 3 is running with the others, in X1 or the HWiNFO ICX section?  2150RPM on the card fans is about 71-72%, which is too low. 85% is 2500RPM which is what I run.  Not sure what is causing your resonance, it's likely due to how the fans are interacting with case air flow.
 
- Having a PC up on a desk right next to you face is terrible for acoustics, obviously.

kevinc313
- What RPM are you running the front and rear fans at during those tests? Per the spec sheet the PWM fans are 1700RPM max with a lackluster static pressure of 1.95 mm H20.  However, the Stock fans for the Meshfy 2 are 1000RPM voltage controlled fans with .71 mm H20 static pressure.  If you have the stock fans, they are not enough, at all.  I'm running a Lian Li Lancool with two CLC280 fans in front, a stock 140 below it, two T30's in the basement intake, the CL280 rad top exhaust with A12's zip tied to it in push and a GT2150 rear exhaust.   With a 3090 FTW3 Ultra at max power 460w 4K120 VRR gaming I can keep it around 70C or so but that's on a cool night with a building exhaust fan with the fans around 1500-2000rpm and the card fans around 2500rpm 85%.  My 3080 Ti FTW3 was easier to keep cool.

 
That's an obscene amount of fans. So yeah, I noticed when I went hunting for the fan on Amazon that there is a PWM and DC model. I didn't realize that when I pulled specs. I wrongfully assumed that GP-14 only had one model. I do indeed have the DC model and I ran them at 100% for that test.
 

- If you have voltage controlled stock fans on the case hub, Fan Control might not work with them.  Not sure how FC does with voltage control directly through the MB, but it should work.

 
The motherboard is able to control the fans so I'll just keep using that. It works fine after the long time to actually get the app running and it's just a single click to switch from the Extreme Performance setting that kicks it to 100% and the custom setting I have that runs them at 25% for regular computer usage.
 

- I bet that foam front filter is very restrictive and removing it is good for at least a few degrees, maybe 5C or more.  If you have the 1000rpm fans, I'd pull off the front filter and cover and max out those fans, see how it does.

 
The front filter is mesh and it really doesn't seem that restrictive. Removing it did not do anything for temps, the filter was gone for that run I did.
 

- What power limit? Stock 100% PL is 400W nominal but will read 395w in most software but the card is actually pulling ~425w.  I see your graph, so add about 30w to that for actual power.

 
Stock power limit at 100%. I had played with a few ranges between 80% and 100% before I switched to temperature throttle. I'll probably switch it back to PL and figure out where I need to have it to keep the card under 83C.
 

- Have you installed the latest Precision X1 and run the firmware update?

 
I did both, yes.
 

- Can you confirm the GPU fan number 3 is running with the others, in X1 or the HWiNFO ICX section?  2150RPM on the card fans is about 71-72%, which is too low. 85% is 2500RPM which is what I run.  Not sure what is causing your resonance, it's likely due to how the fans are interacting with case air flow.

 
Yes, GPU fan 3 is running as well. I don't know why Afterburner set the fans around 70% when I set it at 80% but the three fans peaked at 2151, 2,149, and 2,155, respectively. As for the resonance, it was some of the worst I have ever heard. It doesn't exist at 90% (assuming that Afterburner is actually running the fans at 90%) but the fan noise itself is unbearable at that level. My 780 Ti fans got loud but the sound was much lower which was easier to tolerate than the higher pitch of these fans.
 

- Having a PC up on a desk right next to you face is terrible for acoustics, obviously.

 
I am incredibly sensitive to fan noises so it doesn't matter if it's on the desk or under the desk, it's going to irritate me when it gets to be too loud. I actually had to move my bed into the middle of the room and put a blanket up on my wall a few weeks ago because my roommate's fan, which he has used for months and never bothered me before, suddenly started giving me panic attacks when I was trying to sleep. I have been working to get off my anxiety medication I've been on for 17 years and it's kicked up sensitivities to everything while also heightening my senses.
 
I went ahead and canceled the fan order since it sounds like I should replace these fans with something else eventually anyway, not going to waste another $15. It sounds like my card is fine but my airflow is inadequate for the card. Making my anxiety worse with more fan noise isn't an option so I'll just drop the power limit until I find temps I can deal with. 
 
Obviously I won't have to sacrifice too much considering the results on this run at 95% PL which was run almost twice as long as the one at 100%.
 

 
You have given me a lot to go on, I appreciate it. I will eventually have to replace all these case fans but I need to pivot away from spending more money and start focusing on saving again. This card was 3-4 times what I was planning to spend when I started my build in February. It is way more than I need which means I plan to keep it for awhile (purchased the extended warranty to 5 years and AMEX will give me another year on top of that), I've got time before I'll actually need 100% of the GPU's power.

kevinc313

Ethrem
 
That's an obscene amount of fans.

Heh, thanks. Should have seen my prior 3080 FTW3 Hybrid setup with 3400rpm push pull server fans, 12 fans in the PC total, current setup is temp until I can get a hybrid cooler on the 3090.
 
Happy to help, sounds like for the parameters, your performance is nominal and you've got it under control.
 
Best bang for the buck Fan is the Arctic P-series, Amazon has the P14's for like $10 each, they push air good and are somewhat quiet.
 
https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-P14-140-Pressure-optimised-Quiet-Motor/dp/B07GZHCM3Z?th=1
 
The T30's and A12's are great and very quiet but expensive.
 
Can definitely recommend fixed fan speeds, if the tone is reasonable.  Much less noticeable than fans revving up and down.
 
Moving a PC around in a room can make a considerable impact on tone and volume, you can put it on a 10ft/3m or 15ft/5m DP cable and 6ft USB extensions if you want to put it across the room and in a hush box / noise damping of some sort.

That's crazy haha. I don't understand how people don't get bothered by fan noise. It always bothered me, it's just a whole new level now. 
 
It's funny you mention those because I saw them on Amazon and was curious if they were any good. I thought there was no way they could be for that price, seems I was wrong. Something I'll have to look into for sure.
 
I do like fixed fans but I tend to tune them more towards the silent side. Last night I had a download going and it was taking forever so I went to bed with the computer still on and I had to turn up the front fans to drown out the pump sound and that's after I turned the pump to silent mode instead of balanced where I usually keep it. It was a real struggle to fall asleep.
 
I don't really have anywhere to move the computer to or I would consider that. My room is pretty cramped between the TV, bed, gaming consoles, mini fridge, armchair, and computer chair. I have to keep the computer away from the windows or I'll just be increasing the heat that it would have to deal with so the inside wall where it is now is the best place for it.
 
New fans are definitely in the future plans. The stock Corsair ML120s for my H100i are obnoxious and I have wanted to replace them for awhile. Just can't do that until I pay off this card.

Given that you're sensitive to fan noise, have you been tempted to swap out the air cooler for the Hybrid AIO kit? Much quieter (and cooler) under load, though slightly louder at idle due to the pump noise.

fjxxiv
Do these settings seem ok? While the temps did drop compared to what it was out the box, it was still a bit higher then I would have like as it hovered around 77-78 and peaked at 80 while playing warzone on 1440p. Ideally I would like to get the temps down to the low 70s...maybe just push the fans a bit more? 
 
-875mv/1890mhz
-65% fixed fan speed
-no memory/core clock adjustment
 
 
 

Sounds kinda terrible to me.  Improve your case air flow so you don't have to undervolt.  Turn up your fans.
 
I'd also just recommend setting a power limit and normal overclock.
 
Make sure you run X1 and the firmware update.

fjxxiv

kevinc313
Sounds kinda terrible to me.  Improve your case air flow so you don't have to undervolt.  Turn up your fans.
 
I'd also just recommend setting a power limit and normal overclock.
 
Make sure you run X1 and the firmware update.

Ill try messing with the power limits...maybe like 90%? and by normal overclock you mean no overclock right? Sorry Im fairly new to MSI Afterburner as I have only overclocked on an amd gpu before.   

I mean OC using the slider, let the GPU pick clock while working against the power limit.  Power is what makes heat and causes high temps. 
 
You NEED to load the latest version of EVGA Precision X1 and let it run the firmware update.  While you're at it, make sure all 3 fans are running the same in X1, even if you are using Afterburner to adjust them.
 
If you want good temps and power, you gotta get all your fans UP and not be running a front AIO (<-unless you have lots of other intake fans).

Fuzzy833
You hate front AIOs don't you! 😁 I understand why, but it's the only setup I can really use in my case. Wish I had some space at the bottom for extra intake.

If you have to, push pull on it with good pressure fans and crank it up. Or bottom intake vents.

Fuzzy833
Given that you're sensitive to fan noise, have you been tempted to swap out the air cooler for the Hybrid AIO kit? Much quieter (and cooler) under load, though slightly louder at idle due to the pump noise.

Honestly dropping another $120 plus pads and then taking apart the most expensive thing I have bought since my 55" X900E 4 years ago does not appeal to me in the slightest.
 
My solution of undervolting the card and setting the PL to 90% has me outperforming stock (higher average clock of 1911MHz vs 1834MHz) with lower temps and less fan noise so I'm happy with that.
 
https://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/23599129/spy/23599189
 
Stock on the left, undervolt and 90% PL on the right.
 
Better score and 5 degree average temp difference. Tested in Cyberpunk as well and couldn't see much, if any, difference between the two other than the fact that the stock settings hit 85C and fans went to 100% (custom fan curve is set for 65% at 70C, 90% at 80C, and 100% at 85C) while the tweaked set up peaked at 78C.
 
Maybe in a couple years I'll be more interested in modifications but this makes me happy for now.

Those temps are actually insane. I would RMA that card. Theres no way your EVGA card should be running 10-15c hotter than my founders card.

factory thermal pads, seems an issue lately

I'd rather have a fixed 2300 RPM on the card.