would like to second this.  My plan is to get a waterblock and custom loop it myself anyways. At that point is the ultra worthwhile? is the PCB better? binned chip? etc

If I recall, the FTW3 also has a higher TDP. 440 watts, I think - and with this generation of cards, it's looking as though the higher TDP cards clock higher (and are therefor faster) since they are all limited by power. Oh, and dual VBIOS as well I think.
 
The FTW3 also has three 8 pin power connectors - which will allow for more wattage if we ever get our hands on a unlimited / higher TDP VBIOS. 

joemama5136
the powerphases are better and has duel bios 

awesome good to know, so that's between base FTW3 and FTW3 Ultra or just the FTW3s over the EC3s?

Ya literally just the clock speed, oh right and tdp (negligible). Either one is an excellent choice!

failoverflow
The waterblock are planned for the FTW3 ultra ? 

Of course.. always a water block for their top models.

Between the Ftw and ftw ultra, do you think the chip bin threshhold is different?

KrotosTheTank
would like to second this.  My plan is to get a waterblock and custom loop it myself anyways. At that point is the ultra worthwhile? is the PCB better? binned chip? etc

Probably only to the advertised clock speed. I'm guessing that they're binning all chips and categorizing them based on how high they go. Lowest reserved for XC; highest reserved for Kingpin.
 
 

Yes for sure

as far as the binning is concerned, last gen i had a XC ultra on air that easily reached 2115Mhz.
 
But at the same time one of my ftw3 ultra hydrocoppers maxed out at 2100 and would crap out if i try to push for more. Which is actually very disapointing for a high tdp card under water vs a lower tier card on air.
 
I think your more likely to get a better chip if you get the ftw3 in general but its not a "true bin" like the Klngpin cards are
 
Keep in mind the FTW3 IS a custom pcb with overbuilt mosfets, powerphases, ext. VRM stays cooler
It's by far one of the best and I always look for this type of card as a bare minimum. Will never buy a zotac or any lower tier card
 
To be completely honest though I prefer the Asus Strix slightly. They tend to use slightly more expensive parts for example power stages EVGA last gen used PDMF37 (which is very standard) whereas Asus used a more expensive texas instruments counterpart.
Strix to me is the top of the top (excluding the supreme overkill cards i.e. msi lightning,ext)
But FTW3 is right up there

ehabash1
as far as the binning is concerned, last gen i had a XC ultra on air that easily reached 2115Mhz.
 
But at the same time one of my ftw3 ultra hydrocoppers maxed out at 2100 and would crap out if i try to push for more. Which is actually very disapointing for a high tdp card under water vs a lower tier card on air.
 
I think your more likely to get a better chip if you get the ftw3 in general but its not a "true bin" like the Klngpin cards are
 
Keep in mind the FTW3 IS a custom pcb with overbuilt mosfets, powerphases, ext. VRM stays cooler
It's by far one of the best and I always look for this type of card as a bare minimum. Will never buy a zotac or any lower tier card
 
To be completely honest though I prefer the Asus Strix slightly. They tend to use slightly more expensive parts for example power stages EVGA last gen used PDMF37 (which is very standard) whereas Asus used a more expensive texas instruments counterpart.
Strix to me is the top of the top (excluding the supreme overkill cards i.e. msi lightning,ext)
But FTW3 is right up there

I found this old post from u/markilleruk on r/nvidia
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/9qadth/is_the_ftw3_ultra_2080_ti_the_top_of_evgas_line/
 
FTW3 is the best EVGA card so far released for the 20xx generation. Usually improved cards are released as time goes on, here is what we have seen historically.
 

K|ngp|n AKA Kingpin (Usually highest factory OC, on the best cooler (dual for 9xx series, tri for 10xx series), a finely tuned custom PCB with extra power phases over FTW models etc, usually very late to release and finely tuned with extreme overclocking in mind. The Kingpin cards are the only EVGA cards with binned chips. This means their overclocking quality has been tested for higher clocks with extreme overclocks guaranteed, but you pay a very hefty premium) >

 

Classified (Usually highest factory OC, on the best cooler, best custom PCB but unlike the Kingpin is NOT binned and no guarantees of a high performance chip, so still playing the silicon lottery and as such FTW, SC or even Black cards can sometimes achieve higher OCs especially with custom cooling solutions.) >

FTW Elite (Usually highest factory OC on tri fan design, custom PCB, same as FTW3 below but with basically only cosmetic improvements like a colored shroud) >

FTW3 (Usually highest factory OC on tri fan design, custom PCB with better power phases etc for better at home overclocking, higher power limits, and larger heat sink to cool the extra heat generated) >

FTW2 (Usually highest factory OC on an improved dual fan design, custom PCB, precursor to FTW3)

FTW (Usually highest factory OC on dual fan design, custom PCB, precursor to FTW2)

SC2 Elite (Usually highest factory OC on improved dual fan design, vanilla PCB, usually reserved for 'elite members', SC2 with basically only cosmetic improvements like a colored shroud) >

SC2 (Usually highest factory OC with improved dual fan design, vanilla PCB, Replaced with "XC Ultra" this gen) >

SSC+ (Increased OC, dual fan, vanilla PCB, looks like this was replaced with "XC" this gen) >

SSC (Increased OC, dual fan, vanilla PCB)>

SC+ (Increased OC, dual fan, vanilla PCB) >

SC (Smallest factory OC, dual fan, vanilla PCB) >

Black (Usually stock clocks or minor factory OC to match Founders Edition from NVIDIA, dual fan, vanilla PCB, stock clocks this gen) >

Gaming/Vanilla (Stock clocks, often blower design, can be dual fan, vanilla PCB)

 
With the 10xx gen they introduced DT variants of the FTW/FTW2/FTW3 like the "1080 Ti FTW3 DT". These were FTW cards, with the fancy custom PCB, fan design, and enhanced overclocking features that for one reason or another lost the silicon lottery and were reverted to stock clocks. Avoid these IMO as you are often paying more money than other stock clocked cards for a GPU that is a known poor overclocker. Only benefit is cooler/quieter running than SC/Black/gaming models.
Some of these like the FTW3, Classified and k|ngp|n will also come with alternative water coolers to provide better cooling:
 

Hydro/Hydrocopper = waterblock

 

Hybrid = AOI Water cooling + blower fan

TLDR: FTW3 is best 2080 Ti so far, Classified and Kingpin are better, but only for extreme overclockers. Avoid DT as these are failed factory overclockers.

Does the FTW3 Ultra also have the better performing capacitors?

arestavo

Poss273
Does the FTW3 Ultra also have the better performing capacitors?

Same configuration as the FEs (2 groups of the mlcc caps that everyone suddenly wants (they may be needed, but they age unlike the other ones), and 4 of the poscaps).

Okay, thanks for responding.

Jacob made a post about this, for those that haven't seen it: Message about EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 POSCAPs
https://forums.evga.com/M...-POSCAPs-m3095238.aspx

Yea both FTW are identical except   clocks

Waterblocks already being released soon? I have never watercooled my graphics card, but was considering it this iteration with my new build. Always liked the look/performance I have seen from others.