30xx Series Founders Edition

[gpuerrilla]

Means I have undervolted the card so the max amount of boost happens at 850mV as opposed to whatever the stock voltage was (1000mV ish, can't remember exactly).

Temps are down 6c on average and performance has increased. MSI Kombuster went from 1440p benchmark of 81fps to 86fps and reduced temps.

Also means reduced power draw.

But yeah it's a quiet card, 73c is about the hottest I've seen it in demanding games before undervolt.

Great example of getting lots out of the card instead of leaving it in out of the box state.

 

[Guest2]

Means I have undervolted the card so the max amount of boost happens at 850mV as opposed to whatever the stock voltage was (1000mV ish, can't remember exactly).

Temps are down 6c on average and performance has increased. MSI Kombuster went from 1440p benchmark of 81fps to 86fps and reduced temps.

Also means reduced power draw.

But yeah it's a quiet card, 73c is about the hottest I've seen it in demanding games before undervolt.

Thanks. How do you do this, Ctrl&F for voltage then just ramp up 850mv to 1905MHz?

Is it normal to hear a sort of high pitch noise over the fan? I cant hear the fan at all really but do hear a slightly high pitch whining noise. I remember a card I had years ago has coil whine (780Ti I think) is that still a thing?

 

[michty_me]

My custom 12pin cable arrived today.

Before:

After:

That looks great! Perhaps I should have ordered the longer one now looking at that.

 

[Pablosammy]

Thanks. How do you do this, Ctrl&F for voltage then just ramp up 850mv to 1905MHz?

Is it normal to hear a sort of high pitch noise over the fan? I cant hear the fan at all really but do hear a slightly high pitch whining noise. I remember a card I had years ago has coil whine (780Ti I think) is that still a thing?

If it comes and goes depending on frame rate, then it's coil whine. The FEs aren't the worst for it by the sounds of things, but it's definitely audible and sometimes quite annoying.

 

[chrcoluk]

I can see why people dont like the 12 pin adaptor now, it sticks out towards side of case, meaning everything is too tight a fit and more of a tighter curve needed on cables.

 

[Boxfreshchris]

That looks great! Perhaps I should have ordered the longer one now looking at that.

50cm cable, straight into the PSU, Lian Li Lancool 2 case, so a relatively small mid tower.

I would 110% recommend undervolting these cards to anyone.

Less power draw, less heat, less noise, same performance. Once you've undervolted you realise how poor they are straight out the box in comparison.

 

[Josh]

Thanks. How do you do this, Ctrl&F for voltage then just ramp up 850mv to 1905MHz?

Is it normal to hear a sort of high pitch noise over the fan? I cant hear the fan at all really but do hear a slightly high pitch whining noise. I remember a card I had years ago has coil whine (780Ti I think) is that still a thing?

Yeah mine had a touch of whine but running some benchmarks sorted that.

You'll need to find your own settings as no 2 cards are the same but yeah, I went 1800/1850/1875/1900 until it crashed out at 825mV and then did the same with 25mV increases until I settled on 1905 and 850.

Probably going to do more tweaking at some point to try and stretch its legs.

Performance increases aren't guaranteed so make sure you bench stock etc so you can compare.

 

[Guest2]

5tower.

I would 110% recommend undervolting these cards to anyone.

Less power draw, less heat, less noise, same performance. Once you've undervolted you realise how poor they are straight out the box in comparison.

I dont fully buy into this (just yet) Why didnt they just design them / have the pre set to be undervolted if undervolting helps all cards?

 

[Josh]

What's not to buy into?

Same or better performance, lower volts, lower power draw, lower temps.

 

[Guest2]

If it comes and goes depending on frame rate, then it's coil whine. The FEs aren't the worst for it by the sounds of things, but it's definitely audible and sometimes quite annoying.

Yeh, really high framerate so expect its coil whine. Not much but can hear it slightly

 

[Guest2]

What's not to buy into?

Same or better performance, lower volts, lower power draw, lower temps.

I just mean if undervolting works on all card with better performance, lower volts, lower power draw, lower temps then why didnt they undervolt every card by default?

Of course, i'll try it and see for myself. Do you know what the best RTX benchmark is to check when tweaking? I've been using Quake II RTX timedemo, demo demo1 as they seem to really utilize the GPU though cannot see temps when running that

 

[greatash]

I dont fully buy into this (just yet) Why didnt they just design them / have the pre set to be undervolted if undervolting helps all cards?

Vega had exactly the same issue. Something about 1% of cards not being stable if undervolted, so all cards are overvolted.

 

[montymint]

I dont fully buy into this (just yet) Why didnt they just design them / have the pre set to be undervolted if undervolting helps all cards?

Higher clocks for short benchmarks.

 

[Josh]

I just mean if undervolting works on all card with better performance, lower volts, lower power draw, lower temps then why didnt they undervolt every card by default?

Of course, i'll try it and see for myself. Do you know what the best RTX benchmark is to check when tweaking? I've been using Quake II RTX timedemo, demo demo1 as they seem to really utilize the GPU though cannot see temps when running that

I used, MSI Kombuster as it comes with MSI Afterburner, Heaven Benchmark and ASUS Realbench, not sure if there is a best but these do a good job imo.

Easier for them to ship standard and stable as they would lose lots of time benching each card individually I would have thought.

 

[Gerard]

I can see why people dont like the 12 pin adaptor now, it sticks out towards side of case, meaning everything is too tight a fit and more of a tighter curve needed on cables.

Had nvidia put the 12 pin connector length ways (the usual way a pcie connector is oriented) instead of width ways it might have been a bit more workable with the out of box adaptor. Surprised evga hasn't came put with one of those power brackets like they did a while back to make the cabling look tidier.

 

[topgun06]

Why do they even put the power connectors on the leading edge when installed anyway? Sticking them on the short edge would be much neater and easier to deal with, surely.

 

[JohnG7]

You mean the rear of card?

Cards used to have the Molex Power (1or 2) there but as cards got longer they hit the HDD cages in many PC cases.

 

[mjeccs]

Anyone answer this for me. I am playing around with undervolting the 3080FE and notice on most of the Youtube guides, the clock frequency starts at 1300MHz. My curve however starts at 1200MHz frequency.

Does this vary card to card or is mine set up wrong? thanks

 

[JohnG7]

Yes due to way Boost works (think it is 4.0, unofficially 5.0 as Turing was 4.0 and this has been tweaked) it goes by power/heat etc so no two cards will be 100% the same the same, the same card in two different type rigs etc.

Your cards should all meet the same stock speed at least outside of boost but if your changing voltage this will so change.

 

[varkanoid]

Anyone answer this for me. I am playing around with undervolting the 3080FE and notice on most of the Youtube guides, the clock frequency starts at 1300MHz. My curve however starts at 1200MHz frequency.

Does this vary card to card or is mine set up wrong? thanks

Mine starts at 1250mhz