- Quality PSU
 
- Good Air Flow
 
- Monitoring
 
- Frame rate limiting
 
If you can't explain how you did the above, I don't want to hear about how a high-strung 420W gpu crapped out.

VegasBaby

kevinc313
- Quality PSU
 
- Good Air Flow
 
- Monitoring

I have a 1300W platinum PSU and 9 fans. Airflow and power is not an issue.
 
So it's my fault the GPU died? Lol. I was playing Halo, barely pushing the GPU. 

OK fair enough.  Thanks.

rblaes_99
number of fans is not always a good indication of airflow.  just saying.

Yeah "1300W platinum PSU and 9 fans" doesn't really tell us jack squat.  Does OP want help or a pity party?

rblaes_99
number of fans is not always a good indication of airflow.  just saying.

My temps never hit 80 C. And I have a ton of air moving out the top and back of my case. My airflow is fine. 

transdogmifier

VegasBaby

kevinc313
- Quality PSU
 
- Good Air Flow
 
- Monitoring

I have a 1300W platinum PSU and 9 fans. Airflow and power is not an issue.
 
So it's my fault the GPU died? Lol. I was playing Halo, barely pushing the GPU. 

Actually..yes.
 

How so?
I've never had a gpu die on me until purchasing this 3090. And the other GPUs ran for years with no issues. 

kevinc313

VegasBaby

rblaes_99
number of fans is not always a good indication of airflow.  just saying.

My temps never hit 80 C. And I have a ton of air moving out the top and back of my case. My airflow is fine. 

So you don't really know then eh?
 
Do you have an NZXT case by any chance?

Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic. 
So temps are not a good indicator of airflow? That's surprising. 

VegasBaby

kevinc313

VegasBaby

rblaes_99
number of fans is not always a good indication of airflow.  just saying.

My temps never hit 80 C. And I have a ton of air moving out the top and back of my case. My airflow is fine. 

So you don't really know then eh?
 
Do you have an NZXT case by any chance?

Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic. 
So temps are not a good indicator of airflow? That's surprising. 

"My temps never hit 80 C" isn't a good indicator of anything.  I can run my card at 445w continuous at 49C.

kevinc313
- Quality PSU
 
- Good Air Flow
 
- Monitoring
 
- Frame rate limiting
 
If you can't explain how you did the above, I don't want to hear about how a high-strung 350W gpu crapped out.

No, The product needs to be made that will last with its specs. Psu, airflow, framerate should be irrelevant if in spec.

kevinc313

VegasBaby

kevinc313

VegasBaby

rblaes_99
number of fans is not always a good indication of airflow.  just saying.

My temps never hit 80 C. And I have a ton of air moving out the top and back of my case. My airflow is fine. 

So you don't really know then eh?
 
Do you have an NZXT case by any chance?

Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic. 
So temps are not a good indicator of airflow? That's surprising. 

"My temps never hit 80 C" isn't a good indicator of anything.  I can run my card at 445w continuous at 49C.

So I can't expect the card to run and not die without completely monitoring it non-stop? A $2000 gpu should not be dying a month in when playing Halo and running stock settings. I have a 1300W PSU and have 6 intake fans and 3 exhaust. My power/cooling is not an issue. 

A card dying while playing Halo? This isn't the first time I've heard that (I think this is the 4th time I've seen that reported).
 
I'd stay away from that game and report it to Nvidia: https://docs.google.com/f...GP9hMCN6gKssA/viewform

Without any data proving adequate setup and normal operating parameters, we can only assume it is OP's fault.  Probably pounding temp and power limits for hours on end without knowing it.
 

firerain
 
No, The product needs to be made that will last with its specs. Psu, airflow, framerate should be irrelevant if in spec.

You want plug and play, buy a PS5.

kevinc313
Without any data proving adequate setup and normal operating parameters, we can only assume it it OP's fault.
 

firerain
 
No, The product needs to be made that will last with its specs. Psu, airflow, framerate should be irrelevant if in spec.

You want plug and play, buy a PS5.

Apparently the only way for you to believe that a card has issues is for him to fly you to his house so you can validate it yourself?  He as answered every question you asked, and all you have done is to piss on his responses.  I'm glad you're the exception on this forum and not the rule; people asking for help would only get snarky responses and assumptions as opposed to actual advice and help. 

Some of the replies are quite funny. What did you do to kill the card? By design the cards don't really allow you to damage them, voltage and power are locked and they throttle down when hot. The 3090 from evga has had the highest failure rates from what I can gather.

It's takes a generous amount of willful ignorance to ignore the amount of 3090 failures be it black screen, full fan then red and dead or the PCB design not power balancing correctly. They did swap out a analog voltage controller for a digital one on the newer revision. But that's a bandaid for needing a PCB refresh. Hopefully the 90ti rumors make it to reality and bring a revision with them.

Buildzoid also did his analysis and concluded the ftw3 was not quite built to the standards we've come to expect for a ftw3 variant.

Evga luckily has great service compared to most in getting it taken care of.

Be sure to thoroughly document the packing process and condition of your card when returning, purchase insurance for the current day msrp of the card. Don't use USPS. You never know when an ace Ventura is handling your package. Don't get left on the hook saying "I assumed it would be fine".

Should you have to do all this? No. Is it the world we live in at the moment? Yes.

imweasel

kevinc313
Without any data proving adequate setup and normal operating parameters, we can only assume it it OP's fault.
 

firerain
 
No, The product needs to be made that will last with its specs. Psu, airflow, framerate should be irrelevant if in spec.

You want plug and play, buy a PS5.

Apparently the only way for you to believe that a card has issues is for him to fly you to his house so you can validate it yourself?  He as answered every question you asked, and all you have done is to piss on his responses.  I'm glad you're the exception on this forum and not the rule; people asking for help would only get snarky responses and assumptions as opposed to actual advice and help. 

Clearly you've never tried to help anyone out on these forums in any meaningful way, otherwise you'd know that that "yo it's under 80C dood" and "I gots all the fans" (in my glass box) doesn't mean anything.
 
BTW, I've got 12 fans. Four of them are 3400RPM 120x38mm San Ace server fans push pull on my hybrid rad.
 
My money is on OP's card having sky high back side VRAM temps, unmonitored of course, and poor backplate airflow due to the design of the O-11. 
 
No mention of an AIO of course.

A gpu shouldn’t die just from playing halo. Clearly the ftw3 model has design issues. The ftw3 has been found to run out of pci-e spec as well. Been plenty of complaints logged here on the evga forums.