bulkchart32
i have been thru 5 2080 ti ftw3 ultra's(the 1st one that i bought and 4 rma's). to try to make this story as easy as possible to explain, i'll refer to them as 1,2,3,4,5. 1 was bought back in late 2018. i have been having problems with fans 2 & 3 randomly ramping up even though the system is at idle. fan 3 will randomly ramp up to 80-100% for just a few moments. i was also having problems with random black screens about once a month. i tried everything to fix the black screen and the only thing that would fix it was a cmos reset and the fix lasted for about another month. i finally did an rma on it back in dec of 2019 and got gpu 2. i had fan issues with it but the were completely different from gpu1. ram'd again and got gpu3. it had the same exact fan issues as gpu1 did. rma'd that card and got gpu4. that card had a messed up fan controller on fan 1 so that the fan ran the same rpm regardless of anything. rma'd it and i got a brand new in box card this time(gpu5). i'm having the same fan issues that i had with gpu 1. the pc may sit for hours and be perfectly fine but the fans just start ramping up for no apparent reason. i really don't know what's going on. btw, this only happens when i have "prefer maximum performance" selected in the nvidia control panels. according to x1, no part of the card will be over 57c when the fan ramps up. i could understand it coming on slowly to cool things down but shooting up to 100% should only happen if the card is at least in the high 60's. side note: i don't know if i'll have the black screen issue again yet because i have only the card a few days. i don't know if it is an incompatibility problem with my motherboard or if i just getting bad cards. someone please help cause i don't know what else to do and i don't know what the problem is.
i9-9900k,asus z370 maximus x code,evga 1000w gold psu,corsair vengance ram,dual boot 7/10(same exact problems on both 7 and 10)p.s. just to be clear about the black screen issue. it would stay black thru multiple reboots until i cleared the cmos. as soon as it would try to load the home screen it'd go black.

bulkchart32
i have been thru 5 2080 ti ftw3 ultra's(the 1st one that i bought and 4 rma's). to try to make this story as easy as possible to explain, i'll refer to them as 1,2,3,4,5.
 
1 was bought back in late 2018. i have been having problems with fans 2 & 3 randomly ramping up even though the system is at idle. fan 3 will randomly ramp up to 80-100% for just a few moments. i was also having problems with random black screens about once a month. i tried everything to fix the black screen and the only thing that would fix it was a cmos reset and the fix lasted for about another month. i finally did an rma on it back in dec of 2019 and got gpu 2.
 
i had fan issues with it but the were completely different from gpu1. ram'd again and got gpu3.
 
it had the same exact fan issues as gpu1 did. rma'd that card and got gpu4.
 
that card had a messed up fan controller on fan 1 so that the fan ran the same rpm regardless of anything. rma'd it and i got a brand new in box card this time(gpu5).
 
i'm having the same fan issues that i had with gpu 1. the pc may sit for hours and be perfectly fine but the fans just start ramping up for no apparent reason. i really don't know what's going on. btw, this only happens when i have "prefer maximum performance" selected in the nvidia control panels. according to x1, no part of the card will be over 57c when the fan ramps up. i could understand it coming on slowly to cool things down but shooting up to 100% should only happen if the card is at least in the high 60's.
 
side note: i don't know if i'll have the black screen issue again yet because i have only the card a few days. i don't know if it is an incompatibility problem with my motherboard or if i just getting bad cards. someone please help cause i don't know what else to do and i don't know what the problem is.
 
i9-9900k,asus z370 maximus x code,evga 1000w gold psu,corsair vengance ram,dual boot 7/10(same exact problems on both 7 and 10)p.s. just to be clear about the black screen issue. it would stay black thru multiple reboots until i cleared the cmos. as soon as it would try to load the home screen it'd go black.

sparetimepc
 
That just seems to be way to many rma's for the same model video card and fans issues all the time with them, i believe i would stop thinking video card problems and look elsewhere in the system.  If you have your system overclocked go back to stock speeds and voltages with everything including the gpu, cpu, and memory. Put your motherboard bios on optimum defaults. Don't install any overclocking software for the gpu at this time until you get it figured out. 

transdogmifier
the run together is hard to read...
 
But I'm with SparetimePC. But I'd also make sure your Motherboard BIOS was up to date......Probably is...
 
I am betting something is running at a higher than normal/stock speeds and it's creating some issues.
 

bulkchart32

transdogmifier
the run together is hard to read...
 
But I'm with SparetimePC. But I'd also make sure your Motherboard BIOS was up to date......Probably is...
 
I am betting something is running at a higher than normal/stock speeds and it's creating some issues.
 

my bios is a little old. i've been seriously considering updating it but i have tried that in the past and it didn't fix it. i'm also concerned about the spectre and meltdown performance killing protections that the new bios will install so i have tried that yet. and yes, the ram and cpu are oc'd. i don't see how that effects temps on the card though and i didn't have this problem with my 1080ti.

chrisdglong
After reading this whole thread, here's what I would do:

1. Open your window (actual window, not Windows).
2. Pick up your computer tower.
3. Throw your computer tower out the window (again the REAL window, not Windows).
4. Go to your nearest Apple store (the company, not the fruit).
5. Buy an Ipad.
6. Don't buy another computer...

bulkchart32
btw, this only happens when i have "prefer maximum performance" selected in the nvidia control panels. 

Sajin#1 If your fans are only ramping up randomly when you have "prefer maximum performance" set then you clearly need to set that setting to "adaptive" to fix your fan ramping issues as your card is getting hot due to running the "prefer maximum performance" setting 24/7. The "prefer maximum performance" causes cards to run at elevated clocks at idle when enabled.

bulkchart32
sigh......i thought it was fixed. but it is not.

bulkchart32
i have been thru 5 2080 ti ftw3 ultra's(the 1st one that i bought and 4 rma's). to try to make this story as easy as possible to explain, i'll refer to them as 1,2,3,4,5. 1 was bought back in late 2018. i have been having problems with fans 2 & 3 randomly ramping up even though the system is at idle. fan 3 will randomly ramp up to 80-100% for just a few moments. i was also having problems with random black screens about once a month. i tried everything to fix the black screen and the only thing that would fix it was a cmos reset and the fix lasted for about another month. i finally did an rma on it back in dec of 2019 and got gpu 2. i had fan issues with it but the were completely different from gpu1. ram'd again and got gpu3. it had the same exact fan issues as gpu1 did. rma'd that card and got gpu4. that card had a messed up fan controller on fan 1 so that the fan ran the same rpm regardless of anything. rma'd it and i got a brand new in box card this time(gpu5). i'm having the same fan issues that i had with gpu 1. the pc may sit for hours and be perfectly fine but the fans just start ramping up for no apparent reason. i really don't know what's going on. btw, this only happens when i have "prefer maximum performance" selected in the nvidia control panels. according to x1, no part of the card will be over 57c when the fan ramps up. i could understand it coming on slowly to cool things down but shooting up to 100% should only happen if the card is at least in the high 60's. side note: i don't know if i'll have the black screen issue again yet because i have only the card a few days. i don't know if it is an incompatibility problem with my motherboard or if i just getting bad cards. someone please help cause i don't know what else to do and i don't know what the problem is.
i9-9900k,asus z370 maximus x code,evga 1000w gold psu,corsair vengance ram,dual boot 7/10(same exact problems on both 7 and 10)p.s. just to be clear about the black screen issue. it would stay black thru multiple reboots until i cleared the cmos. as soon as it would try to load the home screen it'd go black.