god503
Again.... someone point me where it says on the box or web page where they stated 500 watts draw.... or a guarantee of an overclock result. I just remember 1800 mhz stock.. ;) since when is a company garbage for not overclocking to ur expectations. As for the load balancing... I'm sure they implemented it to prevent rmas under warranty.
I think the point some are trying to make is that the Ultra is supposed to be a premium product, and in the past generations of GPUs it was, came with better power phases, beefier coolers, and could achieve overclocks on air above the competition so the price increase was worth it. the 3090 FTW3 Ultra is almost a $2000 GPU after taxes it has a huge air cooler and factory 1800mhz clock which is great but for the most part you can buy a GPU $200-$300 cheaper and get the same performance out of it with a couple of mouse button clicks, and in some cases achieve even a higher clock under load since other GPUs can handle the increased power draw.
I mean just look at the 3090 strix for same price, and you even get another HDMI 2.1 port....
In my case I'm able to hit 450w power draw with the default OC bios and am only seeing around 66W PCIe power draw under load with some hits up to 70W here and there.
it's hard to swallow the $300 premium over the competition for the same performance in the end.
For a premium like that the Ultra should only be available in the Watercooled version and reliably be able to draw 500+W power draw.