Hi , I want to ask you about the EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra. I currently have an ASUS TUF 3080 OC and I am constantly limited with the Power Limit and even without reaching a Shunt modification or going to WaterCooling I’d like not to be so limited. I will pull the trigger just for the for the memory, 10GB is not enough so I am about to buy a 3090 this week. Without opening a debate because I’m in an EVGA forum, I am between the ROG Strix OC and the FTW3 Ultra. From what I see the EVGA has an excellent vBIOS for OC that drives the board to 450W and I also see very good reviews.
However I want to know what are the main issues. Whay really scares me is that some cards died in a very short time. I read about this issue could be if they were built in Taiwan or Chine. Is there a way by the serial number to identify if the card belong to a bad batch? I also read about Coil Whine, what is that?  Having a 3080, the truth is that I am surprised that this type of error happens, where do they come from, I mean, what causes it?
I hope you can help me with some advises if you had to choose between these two cards and if the EVGA leads 3090 for sustained OC? I mean, I read that many of you reach 2100Mhz stable. I don't care much about energy efficiency if I have better performance. Yes I do care about the temperatures, but I see that this does not exceed 72C with OC and Stock fans. Again, the think that really scares me is the issue that some cards die, and because I’m based in South America, managing the warranty and RMA process it is a little bit harder than the rest of the world..
This is my config. I think it would be fine regarding the PSU:
 
PSU: EVGA Supernova G3 850 Gold (NEW)
Actually with the TUF and all the components I’m not reaching 650W.. So I think with the EVGA with the 450 vBIOS would be fine. What do you think?
Mobo: Asus ROG CH8 Wifi
Processor:  Ryzen 5900x with Noctua D15
Memory: 32GB HyperX Kingston 4000 (actually using DOCH 3600 CL18)
3TB NVME: #1 1TB Firecuda Gen4 and #2 2TB WD SN750Black
And the Case is a Corsair 465x with three fron fan LL120 and I have one top as intake Noctua 140mm, and two other Noctua 120mm on rear top and rear back the processor.
Thanks!

I have the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra. This card has a power balancing issue that causes it to use too much power from the PCI-E slot relative to the 8-pin power connectors. This means you're very unlikely to see anything close to the 500W limit because the individual limit for the PCI-E slot will be reached first. For the same price, I would just get the Strix OC instead.
 
I really like EVGA as a company, but the 3090 FTW3 specifically is a bit of a let down.

There is nothing wrong with the EVGA card from a stability or quality standpoint from what I can tell. The issue is that it overclocks significantly worse than comparable cards like the Strix due to the power balance issue. Many people with the EVGA 3090 FTW3 have trouble getting above 420-430W overall power consumption due to the PCI-E slot individual power limit being reached long before the overall power limit. The "500W" BIOS will do nothing in this case because it raises the overall limit, not the PCI-E slot limit.
 
If you don't value overclocking performance as much I would recommend the Nvidia FE or the Asus TUF cards to save a bit of money.

Keep in mind, you are on EVGA forum, most guys will be biased towards other board partners so you should do a good research before pulling trigger on either of the cards.

jedi95
I have the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra. This card has a power balancing issue that causes it to use too much power from the PCI-E slot relative to the 8-pin power connectors. This means you're very unlikely to see anything close to the 500W limit because the individual limit for the PCI-E slot will be reached first. For the same price, I would just get the Strix OC instead.
 
I really like EVGA as a company, but the 3090 FTW3 specifically is a bit of a let down.

 
And I am sure they had all of the proper professional testing equipment to actually do the testing right?
 
I will get leave this right here.
 
 

AWK16
Although, I don't think all his test are accurate, but this one hold a lot of what some guys looking for :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFn-YiFQHsk
 
If you go to overclocker.net to 3090 section, there are guys that talk about both cards, take your time searching through threads, It will help you decide what might be worth of consideration.

 
NOPE, GPUZ... Not accurate.
 
 

AWK16

jankerson

AWK16
Although, I don't think all his test are accurate, but this one hold a lot of what some guys looking for :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFn-YiFQHsk
 
If you go to overclocker.net to 3090 section, there are guys that talk about both cards, take your time searching through threads, It will help you decide what might be worth of consideration.

 
NOPE, GPUZ... Not accurate.
 
 

Go to overclocer.net, I'm sure you will find thread that they talk about that and see if its not accurate

 
It's not...
 
All it does if give a rough estimate at best.

AWK16
That what I said, most guys her will be biased and instead us going back and forth to prove nothing, best is to go and read through some of these threads and see what actually guys that have both of these cards have to say (I already Know)
 
End of discussion

 
I don't care one way of the other of what the card does.
 
I do know that GPUZ or the other SW programs aren't THAT accurate in comparison to a direct HW connection and readings from equipment.