Crismac1

Memsar
Does the 6 MLCC design mean more quality and block crashing?

I won't answer that. Some say all is better some say 2 in the middle is better. Here is a video Buildzoid did for Gamers Nexus of the breakdown FE and what he thinks. A very smart dude.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMukcOzB8g

One thing I also noticed is the FE and ASUS use all surface mount VRM caps, while the FTW3 uses a bunch of thru-hole caps. That includes the 3090 FTW3, which seems a bit odd for a $1800 card.  Meh.

stefanhondasi
I know few people that got bad units with all cheap caps. Also I had photo here but it was taken out. I bet there will be a recall. I also think there is one more issue with aib boards but I will leave that for some other time. Your best bet is going with FE model.

 I dont think they will recall the cards.  More likely they will give them a downclocked BIOS to flash. 

Avolate

stefanhondasi
I know few people that got bad units with all cheap caps. Also I had photo here but it was taken out. I bet there will be a recall. I also think there is one more issue with aib boards but I will leave that for some other time. Your best bet is going with FE model.

 I dont think they will recall the cards.  More likely they will give them a downclocked BIOS to flash. 

I would not accept that

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stefanhondasi
I know few people that got bad units with all cheap caps. Also I had photo here but it was taken out. I bet there will be a recall. I also think there is one more issue with aib boards but I will leave that for some other time. Your best bet is going with FE model.

 I dont think they will recall the cards.  More likely they will give them a downclocked BIOS to flash. 

EVGA cards don't have a problem and will not need to be downclocked.
Any EVGA cards which are unstable will be replaced through warranty process as a defective GPU.

Defects happen. There will always be some which fail. That doesn't mean that there is a GPU design issue which needs to be fixed.

Please don't discuss issues with Zotac cards as if it is a problem which is applicable to EVGA cards.

Refer to the first post of this thread.

kevinc313

Crismac1

Memsar
Does the 6 MLCC design mean more quality and block crashing?

I won't answer that. Some say all is better some say 2 in the middle is better. Here is a video Buildzoid did for Gamers Nexus of the breakdown FE and what he thinks. A very smart dude.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMukcOzB8g

One thing I also noticed is the FE and ASUS use all surface mount VRM caps, while the FTW3 uses a bunch of thru-hole caps. That includes the 3090 FTW3, which seems a bit odd for a $1800 card.  Meh.

You pay an extra premium for the ASUS but FTW use 3 X 8 pin connectors so they can handle extra power draw.

jayrwar

kevinc313

Crismac1

Memsar
Does the 6 MLCC design mean more quality and block crashing?

I won't answer that. Some say all is better some say 2 in the middle is better. Here is a video Buildzoid did for Gamers Nexus of the breakdown FE and what he thinks. A very smart dude.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMukcOzB8g

One thing I also noticed is the FE and ASUS use all surface mount VRM caps, while the FTW3 uses a bunch of thru-hole caps. That includes the 3090 FTW3, which seems a bit odd for a $1800 card.  Meh.

You pay an extra premium for the ASUS but FTW use 3 X 8 pin connectors so they can handle extra power draw.

The Asus TUF 3080 is $699 and the only thing it seems to be lacking is 3x8-pin power.

The original post mentions 5 + 10, but looking at the photo it appears to show 4 + 20.

Am I missing something obvious?

Adam1V
The original post mentions 5 + 10, but looking at the photo it appears to show 4 + 20.

Am I missing something obvious?

XC3 are 5 + 10 FTW3 are 4 + 20.

kevinc313

jayrwar

kevinc313

Crismac1

Memsar
Does the 6 MLCC design mean more quality and block crashing?

I won't answer that. Some say all is better some say 2 in the middle is better. Here is a video Buildzoid did for Gamers Nexus of the breakdown FE and what he thinks. A very smart dude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMukcOzB8g

One thing I also noticed is the FE and ASUS use all surface mount VRM caps, while the FTW3 uses a bunch of thru-hole caps. That includes the 3090 FTW3, which seems a bit odd for a $1800 card.  Meh.

You pay an extra premium for the ASUS but FTW use 3 X 8 pin connectors so they can handle extra power draw.

The Asus TUF 3080 is $699 and the only thing it seems to be lacking is 3x8-pin power.

I guess you can't just look at just the power delivery capacitor type but the system as a whole. eVGA could be using more or higher rated pass through capacitors instead for smoother power delivery for a 3 X 8 pin connection. ASUS have less SPCaps as they only use 2 X 8 pin. Buildzoid said it would give you a 15mhz advantage but the MLCS is more important issue for overclocking.

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