I did find it kind of hilarious myself that we paid this much for a GPU & got jack-crap in the box basically besides the GPU itself.
 
Remember when GPUs used to come with accessories... like, a lot of them?  Adapters, cables, power splitters (I COMPLETELY get why they would NOT include those with 30-series cards, just saying), stickers, installation guides, etc...
 
Now?  Here's a support bracket, the video card, and a singular adapter.  Good luck & thanks for the money. lol
 
Glad eVGA at least has support forums with both employees & helpful members that regularly help out on them, or some people might be completely lost getting such a product for the first time with no nothin' in the box.

Dabadger84
 
Now?  Here's a support bracket, the video card, and a singular adapter.  Good luck & thanks for the money. lol
 

I would call that a scenario specific support bracket. I was expecting to find a generic RTX support bracket like the one I got with the PNY 3080 but no luck with EVGA just the small metal one that doesn't help me.
 
For the record though, the PNY 3080 came with JUST the RTX branded support bracket and nothing else hah.

Dabadger84
I did find it kind of hilarious myself that we paid this much for a GPU & got jack-crap in the box basically besides the GPU itself.
 
Remember when GPUs used to come with accessories... like, a lot of them?  Adapters, cables, power splitters (I COMPLETELY get why they would NOT include those with 30-series cards, just saying), stickers, installation guides, etc...
 
Now?  Here's a support bracket, the video card, and a singular adapter.  Good luck & thanks for the money. lol
 
Glad eVGA at least has support forums with both employees & helpful members that regularly help out on them, or some people might be completely lost getting such a product for the first time with no nothin' in the box.

 
Yeah they actually did used to come with a lot of stuff.
 
Back with we actually needed some of that stuff.
 
Like back when GPUs used to be powered by the floppy drive power cable and 4 Pin MOLEX.
 
Not so much these days however now that things are much more advanced and do take a lot of power to run.
 
But adding some useful goodies would be a nice touch as a thank you for buying the product.

Do i have to buy 3d Mark to run port royal? I can only run time spy.

I got a score of 16165
Graphics score of 19179

8700k 5ghz
32 gig 3000 c15 ram
850 psu corsair ax850

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Do i have to buy 3d Mark to run port royal? I can only run time spy.

I got a score of 16165
Graphics score of 19179

8700k 5ghz
32 gig 3000 c15 ram
850 psu corsair ax850

Yes you have to purchase it. I got it on Steam on a sale for like $5 iirc. You can probably find a decent price by searching internet

Dabadger84
I did find it kind of hilarious myself that we paid this much for a GPU & got jack-crap in the box basically besides the GPU itself.
 
Remember when GPUs used to come with accessories... like, a lot of them?  Adapters, cables, power splitters (I COMPLETELY get why they would NOT include those with 30-series cards, just saying), stickers, installation guides, etc...
 
Now?  Here's a support bracket, the video card, and a singular adapter.  Good luck & thanks for the money. lol
 
Glad eVGA at least has support forums with both employees & helpful members that regularly help out on them, or some people might be completely lost getting such a product for the first time with no nothin' in the box.

Wait, you got an adapter? lol I just got the little booklet and the useless mounting bracket. XD

Quick question: Yesterday my 3080 FTW Ultra was downclocking when idle/nothing going on or looking at webpages, etc. I then did some benchmarking on timespy and such, during which I used the Boost Lock in X1 Precision. Not sure if I changed another setting somewhere in Nvidia control panel or power settings when messing around, but now it just sits at 1800Mhz at all times regardless of what I'm doing, and then boosts higher when gaming, etc. Even if I revert to default, the setting remains. Anyone else encounter anything like this?
 

Endworld
Quick question: Yesterday my 3080 FTW Ultra was downclocking when idle/nothing going on or looking at webpages, etc. I then did some benchmarking on timespy and such, during which I used the Boost Lock in X1 Precision. Not sure if I changed another setting somewhere in Nvidia control panel or power settings when messing around, but now it just sits at 1800Mhz at all times regardless of what I'm doing, and then boosts higher when gaming, etc. Even if I revert to default, the setting remains. Anyone else encounter anything like this?
 

Check if "Prefer Maximum Performance" is selected under power management in NVidia Control Panel, that's usually what causes that behavior.

Dabadger84

Endworld
Quick question: Yesterday my 3080 FTW Ultra was downclocking when idle/nothing going on or looking at webpages, etc. I then did some benchmarking on timespy and such, during which I used the Boost Lock in X1 Precision. Not sure if I changed another setting somewhere in Nvidia control panel or power settings when messing around, but now it just sits at 1800Mhz at all times regardless of what I'm doing, and then boosts higher when gaming, etc. Even if I revert to default, the setting remains. Anyone else encounter anything like this?
 

Check if "Prefer Maximum Performance" is selected under power management in NVidia Control Panel, that's usually what causes that behavior.

Yep, that was it. lol Not a big deal, I was just wondering which setting was causing it. I've read that in general you want "Prefer Maximum Performance" on, as it will never throttle anything during gaming and such. Is that a thing? Also that "Texture Filtering-Quality" should be on High Performance, as the difference is minimal. I wasn't sure if that still applied to higher end cards. My source is Jayztwocents, if that factors in either way. lol

Endworld
Quick question: Yesterday my 3080 FTW Ultra was downclocking when idle/nothing going on or looking at webpages, etc. I then did some benchmarking on timespy and such, during which I used the Boost Lock in X1 Precision. Not sure if I changed another setting somewhere in Nvidia control panel or power settings when messing around, but now it just sits at 1800Mhz at all times regardless of what I'm doing, and then boosts higher when gaming, etc. Even if I revert to default, the setting remains. Anyone else encounter anything like this?
 

Maximum performance setting will never do that - there is a know significant bios/driver issue happing with all 3000 series cards.  The fix is to clean-install the studio versions of the drivers, then reinstall the latest game ready drivers... you MUST switch between game ready and studio clean to fix the bios locking the clocks... then you can go back to your regular game day driver.