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NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

wookiee87 said:
i think you've mixed that up if the aib cards have 6 black capacitors on the back they are the ones that are falling over at 2ghz+ from the picture in the link you posted the strixx has 6 banks of the more expensive capacitors which are need to stop cross talk and interference, thus allowing more sustained higher clocks

what you want (the asus strix 3080)

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vs what you want to avoid at all costs really, unless you plan to not overclock and even underclock (this is the zotac trinity rtx 3080 card)

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On the Asus website link I posted the image on there shows the 6 cheap capacitors.

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Anyone know how to claim these free games with the 3000 series cards? Are codes sent via email after a few days like before?
 
Jay85 said:
Anyone know how to claim these free games with the 3000 series cards? Are codes sent via email after a few days like before?
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The game isn't even out until the end of October

If you don't get sent a code however you should be able to input your serial on the promotion page to redeem it
 
Update from EVGA: https://forums.evga.com/Message-about-EVGA-GeForce-RTX-3080-POSCAPs-m3095238.aspx

Hi all,

Recently there has been some discussion about the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 series.

During our mass production QC testing we discovered a full 6 POSCAPs solution cannot pass the real world applications testing. It took almost a week of R&D effort to find the cause and reduce the POSCAPs to 4 and add 20 MLCC caps prior to shipping production boards, this is why the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 series was delayed at launch. There were no 6 POSCAP production EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 boards shipped.

But, due to the time crunch, some of the reviewers were sent a pre-production version with 6 POSCAP’s, we are working with those reviewers directly to replace their boards with production versions.
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 series with 5 POSCAPs + 10 MLCC solution is matched with the XC3 spec without issues.

Also note that we have updated the product pictures at EVGA.com to reflect the production components that shipped to gamers and enthusiasts since day 1 of product launch.
Once you receive the card you can compare for yourself, EVGA stands behind its products!

Thanks
EVGA
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I'm deffo not buying a card for the moment with this issue floating about, well other than a EVGA one.
 
That happened before many years ago.

Well before FE we had no Nvidia Ref cards other than review samples sent out and EVGA etc bought the GPU and either had their own factory or paid a factory to put it on a PCB, and fit VRam/SMD's Caps etc.

Nvidia gave them strict specs on what makes and values of parts to use inc Samsung Vram.

This worked for years then some took shortcuts (forget which series it was) but one of worse recalls was EVGA and they had to recall cards and solder on higher value resistors/SMD's to fix them, they also use non Samsung Vram.

That is when Nvidia took over and all card were made for Nvidia to Nvidia spec by a company (cannot remember name) and EVGA etc bought the whole card and stuck their branded sticker on the cooler and wrote/flashed their Bios on it.

This went on for a while but eventually they were allowed to change the cooler etc, still looked like the Nvidia Ref blower but like EVGA's ACS 1/2/3 coolers and GTX 680 FTW blower cooler.
 
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