My EVGA 2080ti Black Edition artifacting and crashing with every single game today, Its been two days since I received the card. I purchased it on this of 19ths December and it arrived on the 22nd. It seemed to work fine the first two days but all the issues started this evening when I try to play some Just Cause 4. I also tested some Assassin Creed Odyssey and Battlefield 5 and the exact same thing happens. Even No Mans Sky is Artifacting.
I Have no overclock applied to it what so ever, all the settings are at default and I reinstalled the Nvidia drivers using DDU twice, as you can see from the videos above it has heavy artifacting which leads into a crash as soon the game starts.
 
Just Cause 4: https://imgur.com/a/zAfc7qf
 

• Just Cause 4 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhSWJgiNgOg 
• No Mans Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmRf5yRtjaw 
• Unigine valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3i5R26nrU
• Time Spy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJmz790He-M

 
I knew the 2080tis were having problems but I did not expect them to be this bad, Now I'm left with Intel HD graphics, This really sucks!
 
Update: 28/12/2018
 
Ok so I did a lot of extra testing because I contacted the company I bought it from and I've arranged for a collection with DPD tomorrow to return the card. The graphics Card is 100% Faulty, I reset my BIOS even though I hated doing that because I had a lot of Custom Overclock settings but everything was reset to default stock clock and the exact same thing happens. Even with out any drivers and having used DDU in safe mode the desktop crashed every few seconds. I managed to get a hold of a friends GTX 1080ti for testing and that card works perfectly fine and I also tested the 2080ti in his system and it was faulty up on boot with fresh drivers. My system was and is working fine with out any issues for months and my old GTX 1080ti was working fine for almost 2 years so the issue here is not my system as I thought so.
 
This has been a horrible experience because during the holidays I wanted to do some gaming with my £1k+ card but it only lasted me literally whole 2 days, I only got to try RTX once in Battlefield 5 and honestly it was not a very smooth experience because DX12 implantation in BF5 has issues with stuttering and bad frame pacing. After making a post on the NVIDIA subreddit my post was deleted THREE TIMES with out any reason given by the mods, So I made a post on the Geforce forums and I noticed ton of people which were having problems with their 20 series card and not just the 2080ti FE as NVIDIA claims.
 
Although I'm sure there are working cards out there the fault rate of these 20 series cards seems to be very high and considering the price they are asking for them you would expect better quality control. Either way I think this is NVIDIA worst graphics card line up in ages.
 
Here are 2 more videos:
 
Assassin's Creed Odyssey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTweo6qP6qw
Unigine Valley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr0QdkFQmA8
And some pictures of Just Cause 4: - https://imgur.com/a/tHQqiEv
 

My System Spec: https://i.imgur.com/9Py0nO9.jpg
 
CPU: Intel i9 9900k (Overclocked to 5ghz but tested at stock settings also)
CPU Cooler: Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory: Corsair DDR4 3200Mhz 32GB  (Using X.M.P in BIOS but also set the ram back to 2133mhz with out X.M.P)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus Hero XI Hero Z390 
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex Platinum 1000W 
SSD: Samsung 970 Pro 512GB 
OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit (Version 1809)

bcavnaugh
Reset the CPU and Memory on your Motherboard back to the Default Auto Settings and re-test in your games.
Maybe your Power Supply is to small or to Old or both or using a Single PCIe Power Cable to your RTX Card.

 
Hello I am pretty sure my Hardware is fine because I had a GTX 1080ti Before this and I Had no problems with it for months, recently reformatted my PC to a clean windows Installation also.
 
My spec:
Intel i9 9900k
Corsair DDR4 32GB 3200Mhz RAM
ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO Z390 Motherboard
LEADEX PLATINUM 1000W FULLY MODULAR 80 PLUS PLATINUM (I am using 2 Independent PCI-E 8 Pin power cables from different connections on the PSU also.)
SSD Samsung 970 Pro 512GB
 
This issue is related to a faulty Graphics Card.

Flonkam
How many GPUs, or EVGA GPUs, have you purchased in your life? I'm asking because one can expect to get a bad card eventually.
 
To date, after building my first gaming PC, I have purchased five EVGA cards. The third card I bought, a GTX 570, was faulty upon arrival. It kept giving a POST error every second or third boot. EVGA acknowledged it as defective without any hassle and the replacement was fine. So within six GPUS--2 x GTX 260s, GTX 570, replacement GTX 570, GTX 770, and GTX 980 Ti, 17% of the cards have been faulty.
 
That's a big reason why I stick with EVGA. For quality, but also because things happen, and that's when service matters. I'm not suggesting that the RTX design doesn't have more problems than normal--we know that NVIDIA's cards do, but as for the design in general, maybe it does. But the fact alone of getting a bad card doesn't necessarily mean that. We would have to have hard data on the failure rate. I'm not sure if that data is available at all.

 
I have Bought 2x GTX 780 for SLI from EVGA, One died and was replaced via EVGA. I also bought 2x GTX 980ti which worked fine for the 2 years I had em and My GTX 1080ti was direct from NVIDIA when it first came out. I am not trying to blame EVGA but this situation with the RTX cards is really messed, so many people are reporting problems and for a product that costs over £1k its not acceptable. Now i am left with out a GPU during this Christmas holiday which really sucks.

Hello outlawXGP,
 
I'm going to send you an email once it has been received please respond, I would like to go over this with you to see if we can get this issue resolved for you.

EVGATech_DavidO
Hello outlawXGP,
 
I'm going to send you an email once it has been received please respond, I would like to go over this with you to see if we can get this issue resolved for you.

 
Hi there,
 
Thanks for replying to me during Christmas, I have replied back to the email you sent me with all the information you asked for and also attached a picture of my setup.
 
Thanks

I’d wager failure rates seem higher than normal because more people complain when something doesn’t work as opposed to when it is working correctly.

My 2080Ti is the first GPU I’ve bought from evga that has failed. I’ve had 2x GTX 260, 2x GTX 2080s, 2x GTX 470s, 2x GTX 570s, 1 GTX 980, a RTX 2080 XC Ultra for 44 days, and a RTX 2080Ti that failed now on Second card that has had no issues as of yet. I still have the 570s and both are still functioning despite new driver support.

It sucks when a $1400+ card fails but electronics fail it happens. Good thing about evga is they will correct the issue as fast as possible.

I've had this problem for the past 3 day and finally found a solution that fixes it for me. I had to download MSI afterburner and drop the memory clock speed down -500MHz. Kept the core clock speed the same as default. I had every game crashing even in the menus before getting into a game, and this fixed everything. Still getting great performance and over 180fps on most games.

So yeah I think tech sites kind of pushed a false sense of fear for the RTX 2080 Ti cards making it seem like the failure rate was like the XBOX 360's red ring of death, when in reality the failure rate is probably at or only slightly above industry standards.  That's not to say you should be disappointed when a $1000+ graphics card dies, but there is also this self of entitlement from buyers as well.  Oh I spent $1K+ and had to sell my kidney's so not only should the card work but it should be delivered white glove service and I should have the best over clocking card possible.  I know as I am writing this my card could die 2 days from now or 2 years from now, not a ton I can do to know when this will occur but what I do know is that hands down EVGA IMO has the best customer service compared to other brands.  Will it still be a hassle if my card dies?  without a doubt but I am not going to scouring the internet posting how all RTX 2080 Ti cards are defective.  i think people being hugely disappointed by RTX plays a huge roll in people wanting these fail and having something to blame.  While I have yet to use ray tracing even with my free copy of BF5, I still think the RTX 2080 Ti is is a nice (not great) setup from a GTX 1080 Ti.  

broli
Mine died a week after use and I am sort of kicking myself for even buying the card, knowing all these issues being reported.  I did my research prior and decided to get evga specifically due to being paranoid around this.

Your NVIDIA Card or EVGA Card Died?

EVGA 2080Ti XC Ultra - 2 days and died. Same here. Waiting for replacement.

My two EVGA 2080Ti have been running 24x7 since October, with no issues --> see RTX Project in my signature for details
 
So, its not all the cards. 

broli
We can only hope our second RMA card is solid like yours.  Really sucks waiting for a RMA and not being able to play anything on my new build comp during the holiday week off.  It'll probably be after new years I'll get my RMA card since I'm on the east coast and holiday schedule.  Still waiting for it to be shipped -=X

Have the previous GPU or older spare card .... to at least have so fun ?

broli
I think the failure rate is definitely higher than what Nvidia is claiming...it's definitely not 1-3% of failure rates that Nvidia claims.

For the sake of accuracy, I think you are conflating two different (but possibly related) issues. NVIDIA specifically mentioned something about failure rates, but that was in reference to what I understand to be a manufacturing issue with their own Founder's Edition cards. I think what people are talking about here is a possible design issue, which would obviously affect all card manufacturers, and for that I'm not aware of any numbers ever being reported.
 
 

broli
I am both a consumer and a shareholder of Nvidia and this bad experience really make me re-think my perspective of the company.

I can't say that I have any fear for NVIDIA's future success, no matter what happens to the PC gaming market. Success aside, I can't say I like NVIDIA's "Proprietary or Die!" business practices at all.
 
 

broli
Only old card I have right now is an evga Geforce 9600 GT.  Don't think I can run anything worthwhile with that.

You might be surprised, lol! Despite all of the misinformation about Crysis (2007) that persists to this day, I know for a fact that an 8500 GT runs it just fine.

ty_ger07

OutlawXGP

bcavnaugh
Reset the CPU and Memory on your Motherboard back to the Default Auto Settings and re-test in your games.
Maybe your Power Supply is to small or to Old or both or using a Single PCIe Power Cable to your RTX Card.

 
Hello I am pretty sure my Hardware is fine because I had a GTX 1080ti Before this and I Had no problems with it for months, recently reformatted my PC to a clean windows Installation also.
 
My spec:
Intel i9 9900k
Corsair DDR4 32GB 3200Mhz RAM
ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO Z390 Motherboard
LEADEX PLATINUM 1000W FULLY MODULAR 80 PLUS PLATINUM (I am using 2 Independent PCI-E 8 Pin power cables from different connections on the PSU also.)
SSD Samsung 970 Pro 512GB

This issue is related to a faulty Graphics Card.

Lots of people have said the same thing. But many have been proven wrong. Something about CPU and memory overclocks are less stable with these Turing cards. It's been proven multiple times on this forum. There are even threads dedicated as PSAs on this topic. I suggest that you do as he advised. Why not? You have nothing to lose.

Is Nvidia taking the "you're holding it wrong" play card from apple?
 
Might have a point when dealing with the 1% of the 1% of people that do extreme overclocking, but is he even overclocking at all?

Flonkam

vengeancewithin
...a RTX 2080 XC Ultra for 44 days, and a RTX 2080Ti...

Out of curiosity, what made you change your mind and decide to upgrade directly from the 2080 to the 2080 Ti?

I was still within my return time at Best Buy for the 2080 and the Ti’s became available. Plus I’ve never bought a Ti and wanted to have the best if only for a little while.

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