... that is literally what I said.

I don't have any saved runs using my 24/7 clocks and I'm not quite sure why you would expect me to. If I'm running the benchmark it's to maximize the score, not to run auto-fan at speeds that need to hold up to hours of scrutiny.

Actual last reply: It leaves absolutely nothing on the table and certainly not 10%. The temps are reasonable in the OC run because it's 100% fan. If I was locking the clocks by undervolting for the purposes of the benchmark score, it'd be under those same conditions. It wouldn't be 1980, likely 2025+.

1980 was the target in the thread because that is what the "Max OC" clocks normalize to when you run something longer than the 3 irrelevant minutes of Time Spy. Trying to compare that to the "max score" shows how far off base you really are.

Have a good one.

I had more or less the same temps with my 3080 ti FTW3 Ultra @ stock.
I would not say I have a bad Airflow due the facht I use a MEshify 2 XL with 3 Noctua 140mm fans in Front, a 480mm aio on the top and 1 Noctua 140mm on the back.
 
With this setup I had temps between 88°C-93°C. (At 93/94°C the cards starts to reduce the clock) with Fans on Auto, which was furthermore to loud for me. 
So i changed to a watercool solution. Now the temps are fine including a small OC (Powertarget +10%, Mem +750Mhz, GPU +100Mhz) max temps are 57°C. Im happy now :)

kevinc313

BloodReaver
I had more or less the same temps with my 3080 ti FTW3 Ultra @ stock.
I would not say I have a bad Airflow due the facht I use a MEshify 2 XL with 3 Noctua 140mm fans in Front, a 480mm aio on the top and 1 Noctua 140mm on the back.
 
With this setup I had temps between 88°C-93°C. (At 93/94°C the cards starts to reduce the clock) with Fans on Auto, which was furthermore to loud for me. 
So i changed to a watercool solution. Now the temps are fine including a small OC (Powertarget +10%, Mem +750Mhz, GPU +100Mhz) max temps are 57°C. Im happy now :)

That's crazy.  Any signs you had a bad mount when you pulled the card apart?  With reasonably higher fan speed (80% card, 1500rpm+ case fan speed with good air flow) any of the current FTW3 cards should do 70C at 400w with 20C ambient.

My card at stock, when running for example the OCCT 3d stress test or the Power test used to get up to 80-83C when I left everything at default. I had to use the aggressive fan curve preset and now it stays at 75-77C while under stress. My case is decent on airflow. I have the two metal panels off of my Phanteks P600s. Two 140mm intake fans in the front, 360mm cpu aio as exhaust on top. The rear fan is also exhaust I believe. I'm not even pulling more than 395-398w. It idles around 27-30C at times.

sze5003

kevinc313

BloodReaver
I had more or less the same temps with my 3080 ti FTW3 Ultra @ stock.
I would not say I have a bad Airflow due the facht I use a MEshify 2 XL with 3 Noctua 140mm fans in Front, a 480mm aio on the top and 1 Noctua 140mm on the back.
 
With this setup I had temps between 88°C-93°C. (At 93/94°C the cards starts to reduce the clock) with Fans on Auto, which was furthermore to loud for me. 
So i changed to a watercool solution. Now the temps are fine including a small OC (Powertarget +10%, Mem +750Mhz, GPU +100Mhz) max temps are 57°C. Im happy now :)

That's crazy.  Any signs you had a bad mount when you pulled the card apart?  With reasonably higher fan speed (80% card, 1500rpm+ case fan speed with good air flow) any of the current FTW3 cards should do 70C at 400w with 20C ambient.

My card at stock, when running for example the OCCT 3d stress test or the Power test used to get up to 80-83C when I left everything at default. I had to use the aggressive fan curve preset and now it stays at 75-77C while under stress. My case is decent on airflow. I have the two metal panels off of my Phanteks P600s. Two 140mm intake fans in the front, 360mm cpu aio as exhaust on top. The rear fan is also exhaust I believe. I'm not even pulling more than 395-398w. It idles around 27-30C at times.

Recommend using fixed fan speeds with these high power cards, either through X1 and your MB software, or "Fan Control" freeware.  Takes 30 seconds to switch over to manual.  That includes case fans - front intakes over 1500RPM, card fans 80%+.  This cuts down on heatsoak in the case and gets the PC to cool down faster when power drops off temporarily while gaming.  It's also less distracting at a constant speed allowing higher fan speeds to be tolerated better.
 
Ambient and room airflow plays a big role, if you're at 25C ambient and your PC heats up the air surrounding it to 30C, it's going to run 10C warmer than someone who has fresh 20C air feeding their PC all the time.
 

kevinc313

BloodReaver
I had more or less the same temps with my 3080 ti FTW3 Ultra @ stock.
I would not say I have a bad Airflow due the facht I use a MEshify 2 XL with 3 Noctua 140mm fans in Front, a 480mm aio on the top and 1 Noctua 140mm on the back.
 
With this setup I had temps between 88°C-93°C. (At 93/94°C the cards starts to reduce the clock) with Fans on Auto, which was furthermore to loud for me. 
So i changed to a watercool solution. Now the temps are fine including a small OC (Powertarget +10%, Mem +750Mhz, GPU +100Mhz) max temps are 57°C. Im happy now :)

That's crazy.  Any signs you had a bad mount when you pulled the card apart?  With reasonably higher fan speed (80%-90% card, 1500rpm+ case fan speed with good air flow) any of the current FTW3 cards should do 70C at 400w with 20C ambient.

When I dismantled the card, I didn't notice anything special. I also felt that enough thermal paste had been applied.
The ambient temperature at my place is around 23-24°C.
It's also possible that I got a rather bad chip.
 
The maximum OC I achieved with my water-cooled card with the benchmark "Port Royal" (3mhz more on GPU and it crashed) was:
GPU: +177Mhz
Mem: +1150Mhz (maybe more would be possible)
 
https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1204941
 
Compared to what I have seen on the web, this is rather moderate.