James Haskew
I recently got rid of my Asus Poseidon which had an overheating problem so I'm really paranoid about the new EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3 working as it should, especially for the price. It seems fine but I'm just checking for my peace of mind.
 
At idle I'm getting temps around 45°C and at 100% load it's hitting around 62°C with the fans only spinning up at 60°C. Do these temps all seem fine? My Poseidon was at 53°C at idle and 84-90°C on load caused by a fault whereby sagging caused the heatsink to separate from the hot stuff. This card is too expensive for it to run in any way other than as intended because I don't want to be left with another lump of hot garbage like with the Poseidon .
 
Thanks for looking!

jose31hartford
I  think I have an issue with my 2080 ti ftw3 my temps are in the 70s when playing bf5 it doesn't matter if the fan speed is at 20  or 80% , or if its overclocked or not it will reach 72c no matter what  its makin the rest of my components hotter too for example my 8086k is running 12c hotter . to make sure it wasn't my case I put back my old 1080 ti made by asus and my temps are in the mid 50s rarely reaches 58c and that card is overclocked at only 50% fan speed not everyone is gonna think im crazy saying 72c is a good temp but not when you live in Connecticut at this time of the year and don't have heater at home im pretty sure this card will reach 90s easy in the summer what can I do about it . is evga cooling that bad or asus is just too ****ing good?

jose31hartford

James Haskew

jose31hartford
I  think I have an issue with my 2080 ti ftw3 my temps are in the 70s when playing bf5 it doesn't matter if the fan speed is at 20  or 80% , or if its overclocked or not it will reach 72c no matter what  its makin the rest of my components hotter too for example my 8086k is running 12c hotter . to make sure it wasn't my case I put back my old 1080 ti made by asus and my temps are in the mid 50s rarely reaches 58c and that card is overclocked at only 50% fan speed not everyone is gonna think im crazy saying 72c is a good temp but not when you live in Connecticut at this time of the year and don't have heater at home im pretty sure this card will reach 90s easy in the summer what can I do about it . is evga cooling that bad or asus is just too ****ing good?

Well my last card was an Asus Poseidon that hit 90 degrees most times while gaming, and was the reason I went for an EVGA card this time, so no, quality products are not unique to any one manufacturer, I think it's just down to luck with PC components. However, it seems as though your card is definitely running hotter than mine and everyone else's that have replied to me on here so maybe contact EVGA directly and ask them if the card is within safe operating limits, becasue I didn't see my problem with the Poseidon until it was too late and couldn't get it refunded or fixed. When you're dealing with components that are this expensive it's better to be completely sure they're running right becasue you don't know if that problem will worsen over time if there's already something wrong with it.

I contacted evga they say as long ass the card is under 80c you not losing any performance I know for sure this card in the summer will hit 90s c the only reason it only at 72c right now its because its cold as hell here in Connecticut  my gaming set up is in my basement so I cant get heater down  here to prevent problems in the future I decided to return the product and eat that stupid ass 15% restocking fee had msi and asus in the past built like 5 pcs and never had to rma any part not even fans this is the first time I get an evga product and its a piece of s... if my heavy overclocked asus 1080ti pulling 340watts from the wall can stay at 55c then 72 is way too high for this ftw3 2080ti 
 

James Haskew
 
 
Well my last card was an Asus Poseidon that hit 90 degrees most times while gaming, and was the reason I went for an EVGA card this time, so no, quality products are not unique to any one manufacturer, I think it's just down to luck with PC components. 
 

jose31hartford
 
 
I contacted evga they say as long ass the card is under 80c you not losing any performance I know for sure this card in the summer will hit 90s c the only reason it only at 72c right now its because its cold as hell here in Connecticut  my gaming set up is in my basement so I cant get heater down  here to prevent problems in the future I decided to return the product and eat that stupid ass 15% restocking fee had msi and asus in the past built like 5 pcs and never had to rma any part not even fans this is the first time I get an evga product and its a piece of s... if my heavy overclocked asus 1080ti pulling 340watts from the wall can stay at 55c then 72 is way too high for this ftw3 2080ti 
 

James Haskew
 
 
Some fresh news to report. I was testing the card's temperatures and performance with Furmark, and the card was hitting 100% load and staying at 62°C, that's the truth; however, I decided to max out the Witcher for the first time ever with my £1350 card, getting ready for near silent operation at frosty temperatures, undoing my trousers at the prospect of experiencing the pinnacle of technological bliss, and lo and behold! I'm at 76°C with the fans at 80% on auto, which already sounds like a harrier jet taking off inside my room, so I bump it up to 100% fans manually and then the temperature finally comes down to around the mid-60s, but with the fans making it sound as if the Earth is about to disappear into an Event Horizon. Am I missing something with this PC business? I started out with an Alienware 17 with a GTX 1080 and the noise of the fans on full load seemed completely fine. So I think to myself, being the stupid greedy monkey that I am, that I'll upgrade to a desktop becasue all I see on tech forums and on tech YouTube channels, is parrots extolling the brilliance of desktop performance over that of gaming laptops, and yet every single thing I've learned from this thoroughly miserable journey is that it's all complete and utter lies and hyperbole. What is it that I'm acquiring with this ridiculously expensive lump that's taking up the entire corner of my office space, that an almost zero-real estate, portable laptop, that's infinitely quieter than this thing on gaming loads, isn't giving me? At 3440x1440 I'm only getting 90-100fps at max settings but for that my room is like a sauna and it's so unbearably loud I can't possibly play it like that. Am I doing something wrong? Check my specs in the horrific footer of this soul destroying message would you and tell me what it is I'm doing wrong, becasue everything I've bought is pretty much the best you buy for a gaming rig in 2018 and I know it's all built properly and there's literally no more I can do about airflow in this case? Or is this is the reality, becasue if it is then why on Earth would anyone invest so much when you play on a PS4 in near silence and it look nowhere near as bad graphically as I've seen some people claim in the forums. I'm honestly lost here. This noise cannot be right.

James Haskew

xblackvalorx
Mine usually idles from 29-32°c and full load gets to 65°c max, and that's also at 2185-2210mhz, 7900mhz ram full full max power, max voltage.
The cooling performance on this card has by far been the most impressive cooling I've ever had

Hi, can you elaborate on how you have your card set up please? Are fans set to auto; are you using Precision X1; are you switching to a different or manual fan curve during heavy loads; what case and other components are you using; where do you live and what's your average ambient temperature; what is the noise of the fans like on load and idling; are you getting any coil whine with or without GSync/VSync on/off; is 65°C your absolute temperature limit and does it always hit that temp no matter the load; and anything else you can think of . There are so many varying factors at play here, and most have a significant effect on the operating conditions of the card, that it's important to know everything that's going on regarding the GPU. Mine, for instance, has a maximum temperature of about 78°C while playing the Witcher but doesn't go above 62°C when bench-marking on full load with Unigine Heaven or EVGA OCScanner; without using Precision X1 the fans kick on at 60°C while using it they come on at varying temperatures but usually around 45°C, and while at 30-50% emit an unbearable insect clicking sound and when on heavy load the card has coil whine so bad – even when VSync is on and frames are limited – that the game sounds are penetrated through my headphones by a hideous insect whine that distracts from my experience of playing games; then there's the differing noise profiles of the fans at different percentages and while playing at high resolutions such as on my Alienware ultrawide. I have what could be described as one of the best contemporary gaming hardware specifications it#'s possible to have, and there are three fans drawing cool air in from outside and exhausting through the 360 CPU radiator fans out of the top, and the CPU is nice and cool even at full load, and I'm in England in winter, so airflow and temperatures in my case aren't a factor. So far I've been as far from impressed with its performance as you can get. I'd rather it wasn't that way.

pesari
Im getting mine tomorrow so excited 😄 lets hope it performs well. Propably going to use it week or two before putting it under water to make sure it works 😅. Anything i should do before installing it? Im plug and play type guy and hope it work that way.

badboy64

xblackvalorx
Mine usually idles from 29-32°c and full load gets to 65°c max, and that's also at 2185-2210mhz, 7900mhz ram full full max power, max voltage.
The cooling performance on this card has by far been the most impressive cooling I've ever had

I would like to see your clocks at 2185-2210mhz on aircooling in perhaps 3DMark score. Just asking as a friendly post.

James Haskew
 

xblackvalorx

badboy64

xblackvalorx
Mine usually idles from 29-32°c and full load gets to 65°c max, and that's also at 2185-2210mhz, 7900mhz ram full full max power, max voltage.
The cooling performance on this card has by far been the most impressive cooling I've ever had

I would like to see your clocks at 2185-2210mhz on aircooling in perhaps 3DMark score. Just asking as a friendly post.

I'd love to bench it out at that but unfortunately I've began the rma process due to space invaders. Don't think I can get it stable that high, or long at the moment.
Hoping my new card does half as well on the OC :/ and temps

What was the conclusion as to why that was happening? Was your card the FTW3 because that has a different PCB to the reference design?

James Haskew

xblackvalorx

James Haskew

xblackvalorx

badboy64

xblackvalorx
Mine usually idles from 29-32°c and full load gets to 65°c max, and that's also at 2185-2210mhz, 7900mhz ram full full max power, max voltage.
The cooling performance on this card has by far been the most impressive cooling I've ever had

I would like to see your clocks at 2185-2210mhz on aircooling in perhaps 3DMark score. Just asking as a friendly post.

I'd love to bench it out at that but unfortunately I've began the rma process due to space invaders. Don't think I can get it stable that high, or long at the moment.
Hoping my new card does half as well on the OC :/ and temps

What was the conclusion as to why that was happening? Was your card the FTW3 because that has a different PCB to the reference design?

Never really got a why. And yea, the FTW3, but support says space invaders are a surefire sign of a bad card. But I'm gaming on it right now and having no issues, just won't dare install precision x1 as my cards stable as long as it isn't installed. Even without oc that program seems to break everything for me

QC must've been pulling 70 hour weeks before the launch of the 20 series cards. It's a shame because everything else you've said about the card sounds about what I was actually expecting for the money I paid . Hopefully you don't get a nasty, hot, noisy lump as a replacement! Let us know how you get on with the RMA.