USALion
 
No, see, when I spend $800 on a product, I expect it to work fine the first time. Thanks.

Unfortunately, that is not a guarantee.  No matter what you buy, no matter from who, it is impossible to be certain that there are zero defects.  You are new to this world?

EVGATech_LeeM

jayrwar

You will have overclock stability issues on the FTW3 Ultra on anything over the advertised boost clock speed of 1815Mhz.

Like this guy?  
 
https://forums.evga.com/3090FTW-Ultra2085-core-on-air-m3097166.aspx

3080?

EVGATech_LeeM

jayrwar

You will have overclock stability issues on the FTW3 Ultra on anything over the advertised boost clock speed of 1815Mhz.

Like this guy?  
 
https://forums.evga.com/3090FTW-Ultra2085-core-on-air-m3097166.aspx

Amazing OC! Will be interesting to see what happens when he starts throwing games at it...where the non-static power draw starts generating transients.
 
At the end of the day...I'm not super concerned with this and still looking forward to the FTW3 hybrid...but it gives me time to monitor all this...  I'm guessing most crashing that is being reported is simply driver level...as is normal for new GPU launches....or bad PSUs, user connection error for PCIE cables, unstable overclocks, failure to DDU previous drivers...etc.

jayrwar

EVGATech_LeeM

jayrwar

You will have overclock stability issues on the FTW3 Ultra on anything over the advertised boost clock speed of 1815Mhz.

Like this guy?  
 

3080?

The 3090 takes more power and would be more susceptible to power issues if the caps on the back were not enough.
 
EDIT: I felt my original message was too aggressive. What I mean to say is, we don't know 100% what is causing the issues. It may be hardware, it maybe software, maybe even both. At this point I feel it's way to early to go to races with conclusions. Igor's article is only a few days old and we don't have more detailed testing from other 3rd parties.

Was debating on buying the gaming trio from msi or ftw3 ultra. Now I’m most certainly keeping a strong eye on the FTW3. Wish they go back in stock soon. 

Same here! I think there is supposed to be an update on Monday for the next drop.

What am I missing? All pictures of the XC only have 1 and 5 or the pictures are not correct and should be 4 and 2?

Straykatt
What am I missing? All pictures of the XC only have 1 and 5 or the pictures are not correct and should be 4 and 2?

5+1 is Nvidia's reference design, which the XC3 is as close to as what EVGA offers.  FE's 4+2 is a custom config as the card is custom.  And there's no real "should be" at this point.  The entire card design has to be taken into consideration.  All of this needs to be taken with a grain of salt until the exact nature of these errors are concretely identified. 

Best Buy shows the STRIX having 6 pcaps but I bet it’s not accurate.

Yeah on the Asus website the STRIX has all 6 as MLCC's...who knows