Get it down to 40-50C and youll get 2100.
I dont have a 3080, iv got the 3090 but on my card the point where it falls off a cliff is at 55C once it goes over that clocks just tank.

All hail the new KING!!
 

 
This was done on air with highest temps reaching 69c for this specific test.
 
RIP Strix OC

bmgjet
Get it down to 40-50C and youll get 2100.
I dont have a 3080, iv got the 3090 but on my card the point where it falls off a cliff is at 55C once it goes over that clocks just tank.

 
I rarely see 2000 unless I OC...
 
Never really did..
 
1980, and 1980 and 1980 in games....
 
I got a DUD.....

nycx360
 
I have 2 strix ocs and only 1 ftw3 atm. I was going to flash the strix bios today, but this bios saves me the hassle, so its much appreciated. Now that they are both 450 watt. 3090 bios would be nice since the strix is 480 on that. However, I am still power limited. I would say the ftw3 cooler does a better job at 100% fan than the strix cooler does, even though by looks and build the strix oc looks more beefy and effective. I think the ftw3 card has some catching up to do compared to the strix but it is 40 bucks less at 809 vs 849.  Hopefully we can get a true xoc bios 

Oddly I'm in a similar boat. I accidentally ended up with a FTW3 Ultra and a StrixOC trying to rush through a checkout though the Newegg App last week. 
 
 
Now with performance likely being functionally equal at worst (I haven't tried out the FTW3 yet but I will), I'm left trying to decide how much value I place on the second HDMI 2 port. Strix OC is beautiful no doubt, but from the side both cards are beautiful. FTW3 provides a level of peace of mind via Step Up that the Strix simply cannot. But one less HDMI port is a hard limit that I've been meditating over since the card configurations were announced.
 
If I decide to do a 4K 120Hz TV AND a 4K, high refresh monitor next year, I'd have to buy some sort of HDMI switch or manually swap cables when I want to use one vs the other with the card. Where with the Strix, I can have both plugged in and not have to worry about it at all.
 
I guess I'll take another day or two to decide if I prefer 2x HDMI ports vs the potential Step Up to a 3090 or similar in the next 3 months. Man, if the EVGA cards had 2 HDMI ports like all the Asus and Gigabyte cards do, this would have been the easiest decision ever. SIGH.

jankerson

bmgjet
Get it down to 40-50C and youll get 2100.
I dont have a 3080, iv got the 3090 but on my card the point where it falls off a cliff is at 55C once it goes over that clocks just tank.

 
I rarely see 2000 unless I OC...
 
Never really did..
 
1980, and 1980 and 1980 in games....
 
I got a DUD.....

1980 vs 2100 is a 5.88235% difference - not that much. If you absolutely have to have that 5.88235% difference, you could always sell your 3080 and try and get another one and play the silicon lottery again.

jankerson

bmgjet
Get it down to 40-50C and youll get 2100.
I dont have a 3080, iv got the 3090 but on my card the point where it falls off a cliff is at 55C once it goes over that clocks just tank.

 
I rarely see 2000 unless I OC...
 
Never really did..
 
1980, and 1980 and 1980 in games....
 
I got a DUD.....

Cry me a river bro. 

arestavo

jankerson

bmgjet
Get it down to 40-50C and youll get 2100.
I dont have a 3080, iv got the 3090 but on my card the point where it falls off a cliff is at 55C once it goes over that clocks just tank.

 
I rarely see 2000 unless I OC...
 
Never really did..
 
1980, and 1980 and 1980 in games....
 
I got a DUD.....

1980 vs 2100 is a 5.88235% difference - not that much. If you absolutely have to have that 5.88235% difference, you could always sell your 3080 and try and get another one and play the silicon lottery again.

 
But that can make a massive difference in the tests....
 
My 2080Ti FTW3 is a monster by comparison... OC wise.

jankerson

arestavo

jankerson

bmgjet
Get it down to 40-50C and youll get 2100.
I dont have a 3080, iv got the 3090 but on my card the point where it falls off a cliff is at 55C once it goes over that clocks just tank.

 
I rarely see 2000 unless I OC...
 
Never really did..
 
1980, and 1980 and 1980 in games....
 
I got a DUD.....

1980 vs 2100 is a 5.88235% difference - not that much. If you absolutely have to have that 5.88235% difference, you could always sell your 3080 and try and get another one and play the silicon lottery again.

 
But that can make a massive difference in the tests....

If you define a 5.88235% difference as massive, then take my advice.

arestavo

jankerson

arestavo

jankerson

bmgjet
Get it down to 40-50C and youll get 2100.
I dont have a 3080, iv got the 3090 but on my card the point where it falls off a cliff is at 55C once it goes over that clocks just tank.

 
I rarely see 2000 unless I OC...
 
Never really did..
 
1980, and 1980 and 1980 in games....
 
I got a DUD.....

1980 vs 2100 is a 5.88235% difference - not that much. If you absolutely have to have that 5.88235% difference, you could always sell your 3080 and try and get another one and play the silicon lottery again.

 
But that can make a massive difference in the tests....

If you define a 5.88235% difference as massive, then take my advice.

 
That doesn't add up to just 5.8% in the tests, the difference is much larger normally.
 
Even another 50 MHz can make a large difference.
 
I figured I would have gotten a little more out of it..... Didn't happen...

ajreynol

nycx360
 
I have 2 strix ocs and only 1 ftw3 atm. I was going to flash the strix bios today, but this bios saves me the hassle, so its much appreciated. Now that they are both 450 watt. 3090 bios would be nice since the strix is 480 on that. However, I am still power limited. I would say the ftw3 cooler does a better job at 100% fan than the strix cooler does, even though by looks and build the strix oc looks more beefy and effective. I think the ftw3 card has some catching up to do compared to the strix but it is 40 bucks less at 809 vs 849.  Hopefully we can get a true xoc bios 

Oddly I'm in a similar boat. I accidentally ended up with a FTW3 Ultra and a StrixOC trying to rush through a checkout though the Newegg App last week. 
 
 
Now with performance likely being functionally equal at worst (I haven't tried out the FTW3 yet but I will), I'm left trying to decide how much value I place on the second HDMI 2 port. Strix OC is beautiful no doubt, but from the side both cards are beautiful. FTW3 provides a level of peace of mind via Step Up that the Strix simply cannot. But one less HDMI port is a hard limit that I've been meditating over since the card configurations were announced.
 
If I decide to do a 4K 120Hz TV AND a 4K, high refresh monitor next year, I'd have to buy some sort of HDMI switch or manually swap cables when I want to use one vs the other with the card. Where with the Strix, I can have both plugged in and not have to worry about it at all.
 
I guess I'll take another day or two to decide if I prefer 2x HDMI ports vs the potential Step Up to a 3090 or similar in the next 3 months. Man, if the EVGA cards had 2 HDMI ports like all the Asus and Gigabyte cards do, this would have been the easiest decision ever. SIGH.

Why do you need two HDMI 2.1 ports? Wouldn't DisplayPort give.you everything you need for monitor connectivity?