3090FE, 17xxMHz average in Valley? (Monitoring screenshot included)

[wookiee87]

I was going to ask how your temps were so low but then read "custom loop for GPU", nice.

its a must for the 3090 to get the very best from it anyway, plus i have a mobile aircon arriving today too, so much for the heat, my rooms going to be like antarctica XD

 

[wookiee87]

I actually thought about doing that to mine as I'm fairly happy with my CPU attached to an AIO.

i have my poor 5950x on a aircooler but running pbo settings from the bios, the real heat generator is my 3090 but the custom loop does a bang up job of keeping it under control

 

[Psycho Sonny]

I always run Nvidia cards at 90% or 95% power limit. I find it makes zero difference to the power available and sometimes allows them to boost higher. Yet keeps temps well in check.

Lower power limit to 90% and re-run the benchmark and then 95% and compare both to 100% scores.

The core needs to be kept cool to boost therefore less power is better.

 

[RipGroove]

I always run Nvidia cards at 90% or 95% power limit. I find it makes zero difference to the power available and sometimes allows them to boost higher. Yet keeps temps well in check.

Lower power limit to 90% and re-run the benchmark and then 95% and compare both to 100% scores.

The core needs to be kept cool to boost therefore less power is better.

Interesting, will do.

 

[stooeh]

I have my 3080 under a loop now but it still hammers the power limit - just luck of the draw on silicon, I can stick it on 115% and temps are fine due to the loop but it won't hit 2000+ easily unless running at 1080p. Power hungry games like Metro enhanced can still drop under 1900 even at 360 watts.

Perhaps the best thing to do is to try and find a good undervolt for your particular card if you want to lower the temps - you can see the speeds in game/valley if you enable it in the OSD btw.

 

[RipGroove]

If you pick a game that isn't too power hungry and the card isn't throttling on power, then assuming the temps are fine it'll simply run the best voltage it can and whatever clockspeed matches that voltage on the v/mhz curve (you can open this curve in Afterburner to see).

I'd guess that most of the YT videos involve games that aren't hard throttling much, leading to much more stable clockspeeds. Could you provide some links to examples?

Of course, if these gamers are more in the enthusiast crowd or have an interest in it, they may have a stable clockspeed because they've limited the conditions that cause the cards to bounce around. For example, my 3090 FE will generally run a fairly flat 2220-2250mhz because it's always running VRel/VOP, i.e. 1.1v. Temperature is handled by my watercooling and power by hard-modding the pcb, thereby eliminated the card's tendency to reduce voltage to external conditions, since those conditions don't exist anymore.

As regards your card, you should see the clocks flatten out a little bit by max'ing the power sliders since the need to throttle voltage in response to power draw will be less extreme. We just have to be careful not to push too hard since the memory is very hot there. Power and core offset will only affect the core, though, not the VRAM (I wouldn't recommend overclocking the memory given the temperature).

As requested.

Desk fan still blasting (trying to rule out heat as being a problem becuase thats a given)
+100 on core
Stock Fan Curve
Power/Temp Sliders stock
Temp Limit Prioritized

Overall core clock seems to be higher

 

[RipGroove]

I always run Nvidia cards at 90% or 95% power limit. I find it makes zero difference to the power available and sometimes allows them to boost higher. Yet keeps temps well in check.

Lower power limit to 90% and re-run the benchmark and then 95% and compare both to 100% scores.

The core needs to be kept cool to boost therefore less power is better.

Desk fan still blasting (trying to rule out heat as being a problem becuase thats a given)
Stock Fan Curve
Power Slider 95%
Temp Sliders stock
Power Limit Prioritized

Overall core clock seems to be lower

 

[RipGroove]

Just an obvious observation but even with the side panel off and a desk fan going full ham at the GPU, the top of that GPU is super hot to the touch

 

[stooeh]

That is to be expected - what will it boost to if you have slider at 115 power ?

 

[RipGroove]

That is to be expected - what will it boost to if you have slider at 115 power ?

Side panel back on with desk fan at the front helping the rad fans

 

[RipGroove]

And about 30mins gaming, all stock, with desk fan at the front still:

 

[Psycho Sonny]

The problem with the 3080 and 3090 is the vram. Nothing can overcome that apart from thermal pad mods

 

[RipGroove]

The problem with the 3080 and 3090 is the vram. Nothing can overcome that apart from thermal pad mods

It's certainly looking that way.

 

[wookiee87]

The problem with the 3080 and 3090 is the vram. Nothing can overcome that apart from thermal pad mods

or watercooling a full card

 

[wookiee87]

before i ran my fe 3090 on water i saw my ram temps in the high 80's to low 90 region and that was gaming and benchmarking under stock conditions, whats troubling me is the op's card at stock config for the most part but the memory temps seem widly out of control, i'd take the backplate off the card and make sure there are pads underneath if so replace asap and try and get that ram running cooler

 

[RipGroove]

before i ran my fe 3090 on water i saw my ram temps in the high 80's to low 90 region and that was gaming and benchmarking under stock conditions, whats troubling me is the op's card at stock config for the most part but the memory temps seem widly out of control, i'd take the backplate off the card and make sure there are pads underneath if so replace asap and try and get that ram running cooler

Well it's a brand new GPU so I would hope there are pads in there! It is unusually hot though the last few days so maybe they'll be lower when its cooler, that and of course my GPU is currenly being 'cooled' with hot air from my CPU rad, that is, when my side panel is back on and I'm not using a desk fan lol

 

[RipGroove]

I'm assuming this is kind of the go-to guide for changing the thermal pads? But using Gelid 1.5mm pads and also chaning the thermal paste?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3260LR2JzQ&ab_channel=CryptoAtHome

 

[wookiee87]

Well it's a brand new GPU so I would hope there are pads in there! It is unusually hot though the last few days so maybe they'll be lower when its cooler, that and of course my GPU is currenly being 'cooled' with hot air from my CPU rad, that is, when my side panel is back on and I'm not using a desk fan lol

if you can take the backplate off just to check its worth doing, i hope to god there are pads on it but if not rma the card explaing you have horendus memory temps, 115 degrees is the max gddr6x runs at so your close to wearing out your ram faster if it runs over 100 degrees

 

[RipGroove]

if you can take the backplate off just to check its worth doing, i hope to god there are pads on it but if not rma the card explaing you have horendus memory temps, 115 degrees is the max gddr6x runs at so your close to wearing out your ram faster if it runs over 100 degrees

Taking the back ate off would require applying new thermal paste?

 

[wookiee87]

Taking the back ate off would require applying new thermal paste?

not on the 3000 series, the backplate only has thermal pads on it (3090) as long as you dont damage them, simply re-install and carry on after you've checked it