Glad that EVGA had the foresight to make the changes needed. Will support by buying a FTW3 3080 or 2090 ;)

bboy1234
Why would they need to report anything?  Its fixed on the production units.  Im sure they ran into other issues that where fixed prior to production do you expect EVGA to tells us each of those??  Love EVGA first class all the way. 

 
Sometimes, silence is golden. Sometimes it's just bad for business.
 
 

This is why I love EVGA

tayback longlegFor real. Hysterics all around with this 30 series launch, good lord.

 
 
i noticed that people crying the most are those who are too poor to buy the card in the first place. i came across a bunch of these people on an unmoderated "tech" website i'd rather not name (they don't deserve the exposure). i have a 3090, i'm not worried. 3 year manufacturer warranty + 1 year amex warranty. i also wasn't worried about the 2080ti failures. i got an EVGA 2080ti on release day. despite the same morons foaming at the mouth and screaming that the sky is falling, i never had a single issue after nearly 2 years of use. 

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.

? i  also see see thru-hole thingies way right on the oc strix 3090. (don't think there caps? but still thru-hole)
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3090-strix-oc/images/front.jpg
 
The fe kinda HAD to use everything surface mount sins err they don't really have the space for thru-hole.
The FE seems to have a lot of stuff on the backside compared to normal as well.
I guess both have there cons and pro's like with everything

Hardware Unboxed have issues on FE and ASUS TUF editions which do have proper capacitors. So the issue seems to be related not only with the capacitors.
 

 
Any comment on this?
 
 

Lothar_ab
Hardware Unboxed have issues on FE and ASUS TUF editions which do have proper capacitors. So the issue seems to be related not only with the capacitors.
 

 
Any comment on this?
 
 

Sounds like a driver issue in my personal opinion. 

EVGA_JacobF

Hi all,
 
Recently there has been some discussion about the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 series.
 
During our mass production QC testing we discovered a full 6 POSCAPs solution cannot pass the real world applications testing. It took almost a week of R&D effort to find the cause and reduce the POSCAPs to 4 and add 20 MLCC caps prior to shipping production boards, this is why the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 series was delayed at launch. There were no 6 POSCAP production EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 boards shipped.
 
But, due to the time crunch, some of the reviewers were sent a pre-production version with 6 POSCAP’s, we are working with those reviewers directly to replace their boards with production versions.
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 series with 5 POSCAPs + 10 MLCC solution is matched with the XC3 spec without issues.
 
Also note that we have updated the product pictures at EVGA.com to reflect the production components that shipped to gamers and enthusiasts since day 1 of product launch.
Once you receive the card you can compare for yourself, EVGA stands behind its products!
 
Thanks
EVGA
 

 

Well, THIS is huge! Thank You Jacob for that clear and concise explanation!

Can’t wait to see how this shakes out

Looks AIB's are now changing their PCB's to match that 2+4 configuration as seen on Founders Edition.
 
Rush launch just to get solid market share. Set too high and way too aggressive boost clocks, send some cherrypicked samples to reviewers, so they can show some high numbers. Start the mass production with issues and then downgrade clocks/boost via new drivers, PCB changes or/and BIOS updates, that will cripple the benchmarks after all the reviews have already been made.
 
Looks like a perfect launch to me