mongo94
Hey Im waiting for my RMA to be approved but I noticed something,
On my product page under detail for the card it says:  Part Number Out: 24G-P5-3982-B2
And this was a RMA for a Part Number: 24G-P5-3987-KR

dlomond
I put in a RMA for my card but I might not do it I get 14675 on 135 core and 1000 mem. Only my pci slot get 78 Walts. Playing bf5 and cod in I get 2100 to 2112 on the core .all pci slots are all loaded equal .power for card is at 470 Walts.

Zgapzy

willm1224

Oh no, Jacob is ignoring me now and has plenty of times, the first time I got him to acknowledge an issue verbally about this bios was after I spoke to Stephen from gamers nexus via email, and he forwarded me to Jacob asking him to address my concerns about the bios. This was after mad tweets mad posts etc...He’s currently ignoring me, earlier this week it was “still planning on shipping those out this week!” Now that’s it’s Friday and they haven’t, it’s radio silence. The info I have is from calling in; I haven’t been paying attention what’s going on with people getting ignored?
To whomever flagged this post: Do you want screenshot evidence of me posting/tweeting, or screenshots of the emails back in November? How about screenshots from today? There’s no cursing, why’s the post approval pending?

I would ignore you too. 

Pugwoof

Zgapzy

elbramso

Zgapzy
Got my RMA approved today, curious to see how the new one goes as this card puleed 14600 with xc3 on air. XOC 420w max.

Well there is a good chance that your RMA card won't perform better but can draw 500w ;)

Can't be anyworse than the 13900 on XOC. xc3 was good but who knows where the power is actually coming from. 
I just want a card that's up to spec. 

I'm in somewhat the same boat as you and wondering if I should RMA or not - I do not want to be w/o my card for weeks or a month+...but thinking it's worth it long term. Very interested to see how your RMA turns out. 

I've been following this thread for a while and just recently tried the XC3 Bios.
- Card on air with open window in cold climate...spent a couple days trying to max out PR score and NEVER got to even 13,800 on the XOC Bios (13,746 was my best with fans cranked to 100).
- Tried the XC3 Bios and I've already been able to get a 14,350+...and that is after just a couple runs the other day before I had to leave for a trip. I'm confident I can get to 14,500+ if I get a cold enough morning with some additional OC dialing in. 

I use the normal OC Bios Jacob posted with this thread for Daily use; XC3 just for benchmarking as I don't like not being able to read accurate Sensor data...plus some funky fan bugs. 

With the XOC 500Watt I was hardly ever getting over 1.00 volts...was always bouncing around the high 800s - 900s per X1 and GPU-Z. I was able to get a bit more out of it using AB and a custom volt curve. However, seeing XC3 instantly explode my PR score by 600 points w/o even trying shows that I'm leaving a ton of performance on the table with my current card. I get that a 13,700 vs a 14,500 is what maybe ~5fps or so in games...but that's what we spent the extra cash on the FTW3 Ultra for (that extra little bit of performance over a lower tier 3090).





 
 

I am dropping my card back to the store i purchased it from with the RMA and they are going to deal with it from there. 
If the new card hit's 500w then thats me happy, im not too fussed about the PR scores anymore. 

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dlomond
what was the pr score i will run it on mind andd see what  i get
 

dlomond
i will run mind now also can u backup the bios  give me a link so i can try it. in Gpu-z just click on bios version  you can save the file.

dlomond
https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/59812664
14173
105 core 700mem
 
 

CL600
Hello everybody,

I have now received my third card.

First card (Serial 2014): Power limit error (Max 420W), death after reboot -> RMA
Second card (Serial 2119): fans turn up and down, but power limit reaches 500W! -> RMA
Third card (Serial 2114): Powerlimit error (Max 420W)

I'm sick of it! I'm really mad! Is it that hard to send a working card?

dlomond
just flash that bios  pci slot power stays at 65-67 but limits power to 350w

arcky
Received the new card via the special RMA program yesterday. Installed in custom loop today. Pretty happy with the results so far: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/59815289

dlomond
willm1224 did that card come from the special RMA email.for the power loading.

Ronnzi
I had my 3090 FTW3 Ultra replaced through the special RMA program. I’ll want to see what it performs like once the new card arrives later this week, but I’m trying to decide now whether it’s worth it for me to get the hybrid cooler or not. I have a HAF XB Evo case with an AIO 280mm cpu cooler already installed, so I’d have to somehow find a way to mount the GPU radiator near some of the empty lower PCIE slots (not really sure how I would get it to work..).

My card was staying cool for an air-only setup (the case does have good airflow - ironically, I’d probably want to do this most in hopes of moving the hot air from the GPU somewhere else. Under full load, my overclocked b-die starts getting super hot. Even after lowering voltage to 1.4 and adding a fan directly over the dimms, with full GPU load the RAM creeps into the 45-50c territory when everything is being stressed together for worst case scenario. It would be awesome to get my ram temps down so I can push more memory voltage, but maybe the issue is heat from the memory/backplate, so the hybrid cooler wouldn’t make much of a difference there?

Anyone have any idea of how the hybrid cooler impacts case temps compared to the stock air cooler on the FTW3 3090s? I’m really curious how much of a difference it would make overall for me on all fronts 🤷‍♂️.