tamalero
milkman76
But what is that saying, still? Whose fault is it? I've been building for 30 years, and it is exceedingly rare I run into any tech issue I cannot track back to a vendor.
Unless I have a bench with power monitoring systems that I currently do not have access to, I cannot prove when the "aggressive power draw" occurred on the GPU, or when the PSU was unable to handle the transition to a higher draw. Existing runtime monitoring software and BIOS level monitoring do not show anything that would cause a reboot or failure, so the issue isnt something a customer... can easily prove. This stinks, and one of the vendors should step up and try a little honesty for 2 seconds, if that's possible under an economic system that makes everyone lie to cover their butts.
I am only half serious when I say Im not sure whose issue it is. If I were a betting man, I wouldnt bet that nearly EVERY PSU maker on the planet has the same "faulty" PSUs, that can only be shown to be faulty under this one use case. (EVGA 3080 and 3090s). I dont see any FEs with this issue.
EDIT: Oh, and good luck with your PSU!!! Thermaltake tried to fight with me, at first, and thought they were talking to someone who would give up with "if the PSU turns on, it isnt bad." They tried to refuse my 10 year warranty on that PSU until I threatened them. Now, I have an open RMA with thermaltake for that grand 850watt.
Its incorrect to say that "only" EVGA cards were to blame here. I have been on reddit and other forums and ANY overclocked 3080 and 3090 seem to have some sort of issues with very specific older power supplies.
Most of these PSUs already been replaced by newer more sturdy ones.
And I still remember back then when the 1080's and TI's caused similar issues with even older PSUs.
Let's not forget how Nvidia had to make a driver to make sure the 3000's series weren't pushing too aggressively on their boosts (which caused many cards to bsod, freeze or reboot in he first weeks of release).
In the other hand I just installed the replacement 750W from Seasonic.
What is interesting is, despite being the same model, brand, type and code. The sticker is different and has different position for a few things. Like the 80 Titanium plus. I wonder if I just got the latest version of the same model.
Anyway, If I'm getting the same issue. I'm going to sell the PSU and just get a bigger more powerful one.
The data shows that EVGA cards are, indeed, experiencing most of the issues, and I am not talking about overclocking, mining, or resizable BAR failures in the hands of unskilled system builders.
Im talking DOA, Im talking screen blinking, Im talking GPUs causing PSUs to engage over-current protection in response to inappropriately high, sudden power spikes.
I've been building systems for 30 years, and I train and mentor younger people. I always recommend against overclocking. If you overclock and kill your stuff, shouldn't have been overclocking. If you dont care about money, energy consumption, or the lifespan of your parts, blaze up your OC and see how hard you can go. Get mad frames in everything. Be my guest. lol.
Show me where thousands of Nvidia FE, MSI, Gigabyte, etc cards are coming back en masse. I have 3 PSUs in my house, and all test 100% OK and run all my other systems -- including a couple 1080ti systems -- without any trouble. But 2 of the 3 power supplies which test fine also REBOOT any PC with this 3080 FTW3 in it. When your GPU makes many PSUs reboot, and your GPU is one of the only ones doing this, should we look at those PSU makers, including EVGA, or....? Is it maybe more logical to pursue the voltage regulation issue on the GPU?
I get it -- EVGA is your brand. They've been a primary choice for me, as well, for decades. But that voltage regulator issue... is a known issue, and cannot be blamed on others nor the waters muddied on this. EVGA should own it, but they wont, like most companies wont own something like this if they can get away with it. Capitalism makes people dishonest.