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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/10 10:49:25
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Always best to use three independent cables off of the PSU into the video card if possible rather than having a cable that splits into two ends and use two of those plus one other. I have used an 850W PSU by EVGA and had no problems with a 3080 FTW 3 Ultra.
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 03:13:58
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 05:47:37
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 09:21:21
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Glad you solved it mate, cheers. I actually use the forbidden pigtail on my 3080 TI htpc system as the SFX PSU doesn’t have a 3rd plug. Card is a beast, house not on fire yet but tomorrow is a new day lol.
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 09:26:58
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redteamgo Glad you solved it mate, cheers. I actually use the forbidden pigtail on my 3080 TI htpc system as the SFX PSU doesn’t have a 3rd plug. Card is a beast, house not on fire yet but tomorrow is a new day lol.
It'll be fine. The 3090 Ti runs off of two 8-pin PCI-E cables when using an EVGA 1000 watt or higher PSU. A 3080 Ti or 3090 should handle a daisy-chain no problem, as long as the PSU and cables were designed for it. The PSU paranoia is off the charts. In another thread about a failed fan, someone was asking about what PSU they were using. lol
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 09:58:36
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redteamgo Glad you solved it mate, cheers. I actually use the forbidden pigtail on my 3080 TI htpc system as the SFX PSU doesn’t have a 3rd plug. Card is a beast, house not on fire yet but tomorrow is a new day lol.
It'll be fine. The 3090 Ti runs off of two 8-pin PCI-E cables when using an EVGA 1000 watt or higher PSU. A 3080 Ti or 3090 should handle a daisy-chain no problem, as long as the PSU and cables were designed for it. The PSU paranoia is off the charts. In another thread about a failed fan, someone was asking about what PSU they were using. lol
I think so too. Its kind of an old wives tale at this point. During peak 3090 failure hysteria, it was the scape goat for sure. However, I don't think I've seen one post with an actual measurement where the pigtail was the cause of the failure or low power draw and not the card itself.
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 16:05:06
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Will do, thanks again!
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 16:12:47
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redteamgo Glad you solved it mate, cheers. I actually use the forbidden pigtail on my 3080 TI htpc system as the SFX PSU doesn’t have a 3rd plug. Card is a beast, house not on fire yet but tomorrow is a new day lol.
I was not sure if I was missing any cables, I do have a spare PSU... A corsair cv650 80 plus bronze but it is a non modular, when I was checking the cables the daisy chain one looked very suspicious... I was like " did this cable come from the other PSU? " took about 3 hours to dissemble and put it back together and used the daisy chained one as well and again no issues This 3090 is having amazing temp: Power:100 GPU temp: always kept it at 83 by default All 3 fans at 55% and you know what the temps are? 60-62 degrees Celsius on super heavy loads like RDR2 and metro exodus. RTX not my style for now... Oh and did I forget to mention my refresh rate is at 100 hz? and rdr2 and metro maxed goes to about 97 to 100. That is insane!
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Re: Bought an RTX 3090 ftw3 but...
2022/09/11 16:19:51
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redteamgo Glad you solved it mate, cheers. I actually use the forbidden pigtail on my 3080 TI htpc system as the SFX PSU doesn’t have a 3rd plug. Card is a beast, house not on fire yet but tomorrow is a new day lol.
It'll be fine. The 3090 Ti runs off of two 8-pin PCI-E cables when using an EVGA 1000 watt or higher PSU. A 3080 Ti or 3090 should handle a daisy-chain no problem, as long as the PSU and cables were designed for it. The PSU paranoia is off the charts. In another thread about a failed fan, someone was asking about what PSU they were using. lol
Unless they bought a pre-built, I mean I am noob when it comes to PSU's but the fact that the guy/girl does not know their psu is bad
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