Hey All,
 
I was fortunate enough to get a 3090 FTW3 Ultra, however, from what I can tell the GPU clock seems to be running low.  I am using the OC VBIOS (via toggle switch), without an OC and the power target/temp/voltage sliders maxed out I am getting between a 1770-1800 boost clock.  If I add a +40Hz GPU OC this improves to 1785-1830.  Based on other users experience I figure I should be boosting 1900+ without an OC.  The card is staying relatively cool at 70C under max load.  
 
Does anyone have any ideas?  Did I just lose out on the silicon lottery?
 
Precision X Captures attached.
 
Cheers,
 
Tony
 
My system:
 
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Build 18363
Nvidia Drivers 456.55
EVGA X299 Dark
EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra
i9-7900X All Cores @ 4.8GHz
32Gb Ram
Corsair AX1600i 
 
 
 

Not boosting to advertised speeds straight out of the box without touching anything is grounds for rma.

What resolution? Remember that GPU boost will increase depending on game and load, this is a power saving feature.
 
You can try enabling "Prefer Max Performance" in the NVIDIA control panel to force it to a higher P State.

Adavanced rma is possible.
 
https://www.evga.com/warranty/rmaprocess/
https://www.evga.com/howtorma/

The card can still be rma'd...
 
https://forums.evga.com/O...anty-FAQ-m2848860.aspx

youcanteatthat
yeah they stand by their product, unless you bought it off someone else. then it apparently ceases to be their product....

You realize most companies void all warranty once the product is sold 2nd hand and/or without original receipt? At least EVGA still holds warranty. That is why a whole boat load of us support them blindly. We know we are in good hands.

Sajin
The card can still be rma'd...
 
 

Thanks Sajin,  I didn't realize that; you would think EVGA would make that policy clear on their warranty page and not have to reference a forum post. I will reach out to their service department and see if they would advise an RMA.  At the end of the day its not the end of the world, an extra ~100-150MHz won't amount to more than a few frames in the real world.  I just wanted to see if I was missing something on my end. 
 
EVGA would not honor the Watch Dogs Legion promotion for me even with second hand proof of sale; I hope they will adhere to the rules on the forum post shared.
 

vgerik1234

youcanteatthat
yeah they stand by their product, unless you bought it off someone else. then it apparently ceases to be their product....

You realize most companies void all warranty once the product is sold 2nd hand and/or without original receipt? At least EVGA still holds warranty. That is why a whole boat load of us support them blindly. We know we are in good hands.

I had an issue with my MSI 2080Ti Gaming X Trio that I also bought second hand at launch last time around.  No issues with MSI honoring warranty, they didn't even require receipt they just go by the manufacturer date for validity if you don't provide proof of purchase/sale.
 

leaf
Hey,
I'm curios are you using the latest driver?  If you are using 456.55 try the earlier drivers  456.38

With the earlier drivers the clocks were actually lower which was weird (I would have expect the opposite with the stability issues reported).  I was around 1725-1750 with 456.38.
 
 

Not true... but you will need the receipt

Op stock clocks are 1800 which you said you were getting stock. It's not going to go to 1800 or more all the time. Newer drivers also smoothed out the clock curve as well. Jayztwocents tested older drivers and newer one literally not difference in gaming performance.

This thread is out of control.
 
RMA the video card if it can't achieve advertised boost clocks.
 
And complain about off-topic nonsense elsewhere.

Todeseng3l
Hey All,
 
I was fortunate enough to get a 3090 FTW3 Ultra, however, from what I can tell the GPU clock seems to be running low.  I am using the OC VBIOS (via toggle switch), without an OC and the power target/temp/voltage sliders maxed out I am getting between a 1770-1800 boost clock.  If I add a +40Hz GPU OC this improves to 1785-1830.  Based on other users experience I figure I should be boosting 1900+ without an OC.  The card is staying relatively cool at 70C under max load.  
 
Does anyone have any ideas?  Did I just lose out on the silicon lottery?
 
Precision X Captures attached.
 
Cheers,
 
Tony
 
My system:
 
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Build 18363
Nvidia Drivers 456.55
EVGA X299 Dark
EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra
i9-7900X All Cores @ 4.8GHz
32Gb Ram
Corsair AX1600i 
 
 
 

I wouldn't worry about it a whole lot, it seems like these cards just don't clock that high on certain loads because they run out of power.  Try Furmark 2560x1920 8x MSAA, that should make it clock pretty high while barely hitting the power limit.  Then try 0x MSAA and watch the FPS go way up, power max out, and clocks drop like a rock.  As long as you get similar max, average clocks and temps to unmodified cards in 3DMark benches (OC'd with max power), you have a good card.
 
Also, at 70C (hot! for a FTW3, because auto fans+max power) you're dropping boost bins so you could pick up 15-30mhz at the same settings if it's under 60C.  So better case airflow and faster fans, or just crank the OC.

I also played a round of Modern Warfare 2019 with your settings. 4k all settings maxed out with FPS limited to 97 so I could play in HDR on my PG27UQ. Never went below 1800 according to the min results and I didn't see below 1905 on the viewable graph.

chumeniuk
Just curious, what score are people seeing at stock settings in Port Royal?  My card seems to be on the low end and has a time with more than a +100 OC @ 107% power w/OC vbios.  The best score I was able to get was in the 13,236 with the room at 20C and all fans at full blast.

You are exactly in line with 3090 FTW3. I have mine a paired with a 5GHz 9900K & 3600MHz RAM: 13100-13200 have been my swings with stock. With the Auto OC Scan, it gave me +260 and +50, I got 13255. My highest manual OC was 13560, but I didn't really try too hard. Port Royal doesn't let my card boost consistently over 2000 MHz, which is expected based off of what Lee and Jacob have said about power draw, gpu hunger, cpu hunger, etc. Even though temps ~NEVER~ pass 72*C, I have a feeling once the thing is on water, it will stay over 2000 no issue.
 
A bunch of games will stay over 2000 consistently. A bunch of games won't. But you are almost guaranteed 1920-1980 as your boost average.

I would love to get mine under water too.  The temps are much higher than I'm used and my setup, while having a lot of fans, was setup for water cooling.

Something doesn't sound right with that.