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MSI 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio - Inconsistent

JButlerUK

JButlerUK

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Hi all.

Bought an MSI 2080 Ti, Gaming X Trio.

After knocking through a wall in the house to fit it in, I had it up and running.

I was getting 13,500 scores on 3D Mark with just the simple OC scan and curve overclock that's built in to the Afterburner software, plus increasing the power limit to the theoretical max. However it won't pass the stability test.

I have had to revert all parameters to default to get it stable.

It seems this new generation of cards really overclock differently.

What parameters should I adjust first and then test? I really need some basic advice for getting this thing stable.

I have also added a water block to add to my custom water-cooling loop and the temps are looking good, never above 65C under full load. I think I have headroom to OC but anything I touch leaves it unstable, or would you not rely on the stress test in 3D mark too much?
 
I don't have your setup, I've a 1080Ti FTW3 fitted with the hybrid kit.
To me your temperature seems high for a full water cooling setup. Overclocked mine runs at 50C, so if yours is running at 65C I'd be tempted to check the fitment or pasting.
These chips overclock/boost themselves automatically but the clocks are dependant on power and temp. Overclocking raises the curve the boost follows if that helps :)
 
i have the same card with an ek vector trio waterblock and backplate and temps at full load only go to 46c and thats with a 5ghz 8086k in the loop to.
i think you may need to do a refit of the block and see if that helps mate.
 
Just fitted the block again, the corners of the chip weren't covered. Running it again now, it was 28C on idle. Before it was 35C or so.

Lets see.

Asa rule, do you increase the volts etc and then let the card do its own thing?

I read that the Bios limits the Watts, how would you alter that on the motherboard?
 
These cards are already overclocked by default. I believe this card clocked to 1755 at default therefore you won’t have much headroom at all to overclock it any further.

If it fails the stability test at default clocks then that is an issue. I have the EVGA FTW3 2080ti and it would not clock much more than 50 on the core before stability became an issue.

Is that firemark extreme your running?

I have a MSI Gaming X Trio 2080ti turning up tomorrow so we can compare :)
 
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With no overclock mine boosts to 1980, when overclocking I have core +130 and memory at +1000 and runs fine at around 46c
Every card is different though.
 
All fixed, it was the cooing, the thermal paste missed the corners of the chip and the thermal strips on the back plate were too shallow and not touching the board.

Just got it stable at 2050Mhz, on 3D mark. Thanks all.

Out of interest if the GPU is being 99% utilised, I don't need to upgrade the CPU do I? I opted for a 3800X as I thought this was more than enough, but now I'm thinking should I have got a 3900X - I only use the PC for gaming.
 
Its also running at 46-47c under load now too.

I'm worried I may have under applied the thermal paste to my CPU too. I don't like it when it all squeezes out the sides and on to the board, but that's how this GPU came.

My 3800X is running at up to 70c at full load, with the ASRock Aqua water-cooled MoBo.
 
JButlerUK said:
All fixed, it was the cooing, the thermal paste missed the corners of the chip and the thermal strips on the back plate were too shallow and not touching the board.

Just got it stable at 2050Mhz, on 3D mark. Thanks all.

Out of interest if the GPU is being 99% utilised, I don't need to upgrade the CPU do I? I opted for a 3800X as I thought this was more than enough, but now I'm thinking should I have got a 3900X - I only use the PC for gaming.
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No, if the GPU is being 99% Utilised it means the CPU is pushing the GPU to it's limit which is what you want!! Glad to hear your all sorted. I hope my one clocks to 2050 stable.

Having said that, try running the 'Port Royal' stress test and see if that's stable at those clocks.
 
Oh and your 3800x temp seems to be similar to my 3800x under 'full' load. I've never seen it that high during normal use tho. I don't think I use anything that can stretch it's legs :D
 
Thanks all. During this lock down, OC'ing the PC seems the only safe and productive use of my time.

I now want to see if I can increase the Wattage the MoBo will send the GPU, given that everything is water-cooled. The MSI Gaming X Trio has 8+8+6 power pins, meaning it can handle >400 watts, but the MoBo's send it 320W as standard apparently.

Any idea?
 
djay said:
I have the EVGA FTW3 2080ti and it would not clock much more than 50 on the core before stability became an issue.

I have a MSI Gaming X Trio 2080ti turning up tomorrow so we can compare :)
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Are you buying the MSI X Trio 2080ti to make an SLI setup with your with your EVGA FTW3 2080ti ?
 
JButlerUK said:
Thanks all. During this lock down, OC'ing the PC seems the only safe and productive use of my time.

I now want to see if I can increase the Wattage the MoBo will send the GPU, given that everything is water-cooled. The MSI Gaming X Trio has 8+8+6 power pins, meaning it can handle >400 watts, but the MoBo's send it 320W as standard apparently.

Any idea?
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Not sure how it goes with MSI cards, but with EVGA they have a utility that can overclock the GPU, and also raise the power limit of the card if it's adequately cooled you can get higher overclocks. Might be worth looking into.
I'm no expert but I don't think the motherboard or BIOS handles the power to the GPU.
 
you would have to update the bios on the card with the galax one i believe which ups the wattage to 380.

to be honest its not worth doing the extra 100mhz you might get if your lucky.
 
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