kongfra

speedysloth
The difference wont be more than 2-3 fps at most. You can see a comparison between the two GPUs here
https://hothardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-review?page=3
 
Your card is working fine kongfra. You'll get really good performance is every task. Despite the XC3 performing a little under the FE, it is significantly cheaper than the FTW3 and the extra performance (3-6% in games) you get from the FTW3 is not worth $200 IMO.

 
That is what I thought, yeah I am not worried about 1-2 FPS, and won't lose any sleep or regret my purchase at all.  Besides so far the 3080TI XC3 runs super cool compared to my older 980TI, and just looks and runs amazing in every game I tried @ 1440P.  Even tempted to get a 4K monitor but on the fence if I want to spend more money right now, maybe a Christmas present to myself at end of year. 
 
If I did not even see this thread I would not have thought twice or even known about the issue.  I was glad when my notify queue email to order came up and it was the base model to save money.  I was afraid it would have been the top end cards and would have had to made a real hard decision if I wanted to spend that much more.  This was an easy decision as soon as I got my email.

kram36

kongfra
i just downloaded the latest drivers today that enabled I think DLSS for Red Dead Redemption 2 and played with 3080TI XCc, temps high 70's , FPS was 100 on average is that good for 1440p?  All I know is the game played fantastic and looked amazing.
 
 leaps and bounds better then my old 980TI.  I can't compare it to any other 3080TI, but I am just happy to get the card at MSRP 
 
 
Also what program do you use to see how much power it is drawing? I am curious what my card draws in power?
 
EDIT: nevermind I just ran 3dmark quick test Time Spy with HWINFO and shows my maximum GPU power was 348 TDP, I don't know if that is good or bad.  The score was 18704

Stock Nvidia 3080 Ti FE card. Do you like paying 3080 Ti FE price and getting less performance?
 

neteng101

kongfra
Can you tell me how that is horrendous and not performing compared to a FE, but it so minute the difference I just don't get it

Some people here are just crybabies - its within the margin of error and won't be a noticeable difference between any 2-power PCIe connector card.
 
It takes a 3-power PCIe connector card to make a meaningful improvement in performance, all 3080+ cards are held back with 2-connector configurations.  There are some better and worse cards within each category but its not worth fussing about.  Enjoy your card and don't let others tell you its under-performing - life is far too short to worry about such small matters.  There are many others that would happily buy any 3080 Ti they can get!

kongfra
Yeah I felt like I hit the lottery when I got that email to buy a 3080 TI at MSRP, my preference was a base 3080 @ MSRP, but been waiting since dec 2020 on notify list, so when I got that email from EVGA, I jumped up for joy!!!

neteng101

kongfra
Yeah I felt like I hit the lottery when I got that email to buy a 3080 TI at MSRP, my preference was a base 3080 @ MSRP, but been waiting since dec 2020 on notify list, so when I got that email from EVGA, I jumped up for joy!!!

Felt the same way when I got to order a 3080 XC3 from Best Buy in Jan...  before the price adjustment too.  If the secondary market for used cards wasn't so crazy, its doubtful I'd have a 3080 Ti now...  the price to upgrade isn't worth the performance gains.
 
If you want to get a bit of a performance boost, I would recommend undervolting the card with an overclock.  850mV is a good spot to start for the 2-connector XC cards for the undervolt, you want to raise that point to +165 core on the curve, and move all points past the undervolt down a bit (-150 should do).  +800 on memory is a safe starting point as well.  Max out the power limit as far as it will allow.  Do this in Afterburner - Precision X1 doesn't support multiple point selection on the VF curve.  A tuned card will always give you better benchmark scores and avoiding the power limit cap leads to more consistent in game performance as core clocks won't fluctuate as much.

hallmark888

kram36

kongfra
i just downloaded the latest drivers today that enabled I think DLSS for Red Dead Redemption 2 and played with 3080TI XCc, temps high 70's , FPS was 100 on average is that good for 1440p?  All I know is the game played fantastic and looked amazing.
 
 leaps and bounds better then my old 980TI.  I can't compare it to any other 3080TI, but I am just happy to get the card at MSRP 
 
 
Also what program do you use to see how much power it is drawing? I am curious what my card draws in power?
 
EDIT: nevermind I just ran 3dmark quick test Time Spy with HWINFO and shows my maximum GPU power was 348 TDP, I don't know if that is good or bad.  The score was 18704

Stock Nvidia 3080 Ti FE card. Do you like paying 3080 Ti FE price and getting less performance?
 

It is either this Jayztwocents guy played with the powertarget slider, or he got a top bin from NVIDIA. But an average 3080 Ti FE at stock will score in the high 18k or low 19k in 3DMark TS, among most trusted review sites I've seen.
From what I've noticed from the scatterd posts in the threads here, is that the XC3 usually scores in the mid 18k. An average press review 3080 Ti FE scores 19200 marks and and an average XC3 scores 18500 on 3DMark TS, that makes the FE around 3.7% faster. Whether this difference is worth it or not is up to the person, but there is one known fact is that the XC3 was consistantly behind the FE across all the benchmarks hothardware tested, it is a tiny difference, but it was replicable. 
https://hothardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-review?page=3
To be fair unless you bench, it is unlikely you will notice the difference in real world, it is like comparing 50 to 51 fps, but this basically makes the XC3 not a benchmark friendly card, that's why most review sites get the FTW3 and the XC3 gets ignored.