hitmanblood
So i currently have a 3080xc3 ultra, i bought that camping at microcenter for 20 hours on launch day. I wasn't going to buy one initially but after camping with my friend in line all night i decided to get one. I am currently in the step up to the 3090 EVGA FTW3, i signed up pretty early so hopefully in the next two weeks ill be able to step up.
 
My issue is i was afraid that the 3090 step up would take forever and it might be 1 month plus till i got a ftw3 3090, last week the 3090 FE went on sale on best buy. i was able to snag one and ill have it delivered shortly. Now my current issue is how much faster is a 3090 evga ftw3 card going to be? Overclocking wise? will it be faster? 
 
I love the look of the founders edition so much but at this price point every little percent matters since i already have a 3080. 
 
In the end i will either keep the 3090 FE and sell my 3080 to my brother at cost. Or step up to the evga 3090 ftw3 ultra and sell the extra 3090 to my best friend for cost. 
 
I am not looking to scalp. If i wanted to scalp i would of sold my 3080 for double the price instead of using it for a stepup. 
 
Anyone with a 3090ftw 3 ultra that can compare there card to the 3090FE? not many 3090 ftw3 ultra reviews out there. 

degenerate
I have neither but if it were me I'd probably keep the FE.

hitmanblood

ty_ger07

degenerate
I have neither but if it were me I'd probably keep the FE.

Definitely.
The FEs are really good.  Better components and very capable heatsink.

better components and heatsink then the 3090 ftw3 ultra?
 

Robob
For what its worth my EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming overclocked easily and holds 1995-2080Ghz core and 10k ghz memory clocks.
 While staying around 70-75C on the aggressive fan profile. I haven’t been cross comparing the FE vs others but my benches are on the mods rig if you wish to compare those.
Port Royal stock on my card was 13k and overclocked I got just over 14k if you want my data points as reference.
all other games 4K/144hz & all max settings rtx/dlss on(where possible) and blur off (cuz F that stuff)
Hitman 2 Miami : 111fps
Metro Exodus: 65fps
shadow of the tomb raider: 81 FPS 
Doom eternal, new Ms flight sim, and any older gen stuff easily hit game engine threading or GSync limits.
VR is able to hold 144hz on most games if not then 120 no problem (HL:A)
Hope this helps!

kring

Robob
For what its worth my EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming overclocked easily and holds 1995-2080Ghz core and 10k ghz memory clocks.
 While staying around 70-75C on the aggressive fan profile. I haven’t been cross comparing the FE vs others but my benches are on the mods rig if you wish to compare those.
Port Royal stock on my card was 13k and overclocked I got just over 14k if you want my data points as reference.
all other games 4K/144hz & all max settings rtx/dlss on(where possible) and blur off (cuz F that stuff)
Hitman 2 Miami : 111fps
Metro Exodus: 65fps
shadow of the tomb raider: 81 FPS 
Doom eternal, new Ms flight sim, and any older gen stuff easily hit game engine threading or GSync limits.
VR is able to hold 144hz on most games if not then 120 no problem (HL:A)
Hope this helps!

I can second this- I see similar numbers on my 3090 FTW3 Ultra.. clocks between 1990 & 2115, average 2010 I think.  14,250 port royal scores, my temps are more in the 60's doing all this but I have good cooling.  Knowing I have advanced next-day RMA swaps & 5-year warranty with EVGA's support history, plus transferable 3-year if I want to upgrade gives me more comfort and resale value over a Nvidia FE that has no xferable warranty or limited support and service.  My other driver is ability to get EVGA hybrid cooler soon, as I'd rather go this AIO route than a custom water system - this gives me the continued support and warranty when I swap to water cooling - you won't get the same with Nvidia (or others).
 
performance wise, I think a hybrid cooled FTW3 Ultra would consistently outperform a FE.
 
I'd say step up is the better way to go, that's what I would personally do.  if you go this way, do me a favor - Please wait till I get the hybrid cooler before you order yours :)

chumeniuk

kring

Robob
For what its worth my EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming overclocked easily and holds 1995-2080Ghz core and 10k ghz memory clocks.
 While staying around 70-75C on the aggressive fan profile. I haven’t been cross comparing the FE vs others but my benches are on the mods rig if you wish to compare those.
Port Royal stock on my card was 13k and overclocked I got just over 14k if you want my data points as reference.
all other games 4K/144hz & all max settings rtx/dlss on(where possible) and blur off (cuz F that stuff)
Hitman 2 Miami : 111fps
Metro Exodus: 65fps
shadow of the tomb raider: 81 FPS 
Doom eternal, new Ms flight sim, and any older gen stuff easily hit game engine threading or GSync limits.
VR is able to hold 144hz on most games if not then 120 no problem (HL:A)
Hope this helps!

I can second this- I see similar numbers on my 3090 FTW3 Ultra.. clocks between 1990 & 2115, average 2010 I think.  14,250 port royal scores, my temps are more in the 60's doing all this but I have good cooling.  Knowing I have advanced next-day RMA swaps & 5-year warranty with EVGA's support history, plus transferable 3-year if I want to upgrade gives me more comfort and resale value over a Nvidia FE that has no xferable warranty or limited support and service.  My other driver is ability to get EVGA hybrid cooler soon, as I'd rather go this AIO route than a custom water system - this gives me the continued support and warranty when I swap to water cooling - you won't get the same with Nvidia (or others).
 
performance wise, I think a hybrid cooled FTW3 Ultra would consistently outperform a FE.
 
I'd say step up is the better way to go, that's what I would personally do.  if you go this way, do me a favor - Please wait till I get the hybrid cooler before you order yours :)

Your numbers are much better than mine.  In PR, mine averages 1922 with an average temp of 64C.  Best PR score is 13,661 after trying a bunch of different things.   Personally, I'd rather have the FE card and be able to put a water block on it now and flash it with the Strix vbios.