1080Ti Failing Already

[smogsy]

@Gigabyte-Gaming @Gibbo
so i got a 1080Ti Aorus,

had some screen flickers (display turning off quickly and returning) but i put that down to the 5M DP cable. It didnt do this my 1080 Founders.

but today playing Witcher after an hour got treated to this: the GPU is running at 70c with custom fan profile (5% fan increase from default) & GPU boost kicked the GPU to 1962Mhz

what do you think i should do?
return it/wait for it occur more often? dont want to return it just to waste your guys finding the issue

 

[Scania]

RMA it, that's faulty.

 

[shamus21]

Replacement. It would seem you are not the only one looking at few other forums. I have been tempted to pull the trigger on a Aorus but I think I will give it a miss and pick up an FE and still a block or AIO on it.

 

[Razor Time]

I would RMA

 

[N19h7m4r3]

It happens mate, time to RMA.
I had a 390X that died within the week I got it.

 

[smogsy]

seems like i have really bad luck with Gigabyte wanted to give them another chance too
had from gigabyte
7970 fans fail on me
7970Ghz fans fail on me
and 7990 (overheat) fail on me
now a 1080TI memory? fail on me

not had issues with other brands. hmm least i got a 1080 FE in storage

 

[Dave2150]

seems like i have really bad luck with Gigabyte wanted to give them another chance too
had from gigabyte
7970 fans fail on me


7970Ghz fans fail on me
and 7990 (overheat) fail on me
now a 1080TI memory? fail on me

not had issues with other brands. hmm least i got a 1080 FE in storage

Sounds a bit fishy to me, what exactly are you doing with your cards?

Stopping the fans with your fingers? Using them in very dusty/dirty/moist environments? Not observing proper anti-static precautions? Handling the cards roughly?

The fact that your founders edition 1080 still works may attest to this - NVIDIA built them so well that even a child being rough with them will have a card time damaging the card.

 

[liammorris1990]

Sounds a bit fishy to me, what exactly are you doing with your cards?

Stopping the fans with your fingers? Using them in very dusty/dirty/moist environments? Not observing proper anti-static precautions? Handling the cards roughly?

The fact that your founders edition 1080 still works may attest to this - NVIDIA built them so well that even a child being rough with them will have a card time damaging the card.

Probably just bad luck? Doubt many people want to spend this kind of money only to have to keep RMAing things due to poor handling.

 

[smogsy]

Sounds a bit fishy to me, what exactly are you doing with your cards?

Stopping the fans with your fingers? Using them in very dusty/dirty/moist environments? Not observing proper anti-static precautions? Handling the cards roughly?

The fact that your founders edition 1080 still works may attest to this - NVIDIA built them so well that even a child being rough with them will have a card time damaging the card.

nothing seems i just have a bad luck with gigabyte!
my EVGA 1060 is fine
Gigabyte 980s are OK
my MSI 570s are ok
my Evga 670s are ok

7970s & 7990s both had common issues with Fans failing on the windforce
7990 was known to get hot

my 570s 690s 980s never had any issues.

these cards are from different times different houses different PC's entirely

just had the GPU crash again this time with no Fan edits...
seems like any sustain GPU boost hitting 1940 or more causing crashes after 20 odd minutes

 

[tyler_jrb]

I'd just RMA while you can for a brand new card. Any crashing like that is not right.

Out of curiosity, check the thermal pads. I had an aorus and a thermal pad was hanging halfway off the mosfets which may have caused thermal issues but never really tested it.

 

[Joe_Easy]

I learned a while ago to keep a basic back up card handy, which I also use to pass over the time between selling my old card (980ti) and getting my new card 1080ti...however my back up card had to be RMA's 10 days ago...LOL...having serious PC gaming withdrawals...

 

[Rroff]

Have you tested with a shorter cable? 5M is pretty long for high res/refresh and can be hit and miss with different hardware setups - while it does look like failing VRAM I've seen too long DP cables do that as well.

 

[Dervious]

@Gigabyte-Gaming @Gibbo
what do you think i should do?
return it/wait for it occur more often? dont want to return it just to waste your guys finding the issue

It wouldn't be a good idea to waste OCUK's time finding the issue. Put up with it.

 

[Safetytrousers]

5m can be a challenging distance for DP. I have had DP cables fail from just being disconnected and reconnected (perhaps the GPU had marginal power on the output) with a widescreen monitor. I would try a new different DP cable before I was sure it was the GPU fundamentally at fault.
One of the blessings of breaking my x34 was having no more black outs with my 27 inch.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

If you've done some trouble shooting methods mentioned above and still not working. Call OCUK for RMA, sire Gigabyte Rep will see this by start of the week to offer any assistance for it.
Seems like pure bad luck

Just seen distance of cable.... Active DP cable

 

[smogsy]

Have you tested with a shorter cable? 5M is pretty long for high res/refresh and can be hit and miss with different hardware setups - while it does look like failing VRAM I've seen too long DP cables do that as well.

5m can be a challenging distance for DP. I have had DP cables fail from just being disconnected and reconnected (perhaps the GPU had marginal power on the output) with a widescreen monitor. I would try a new different DP cable before I was sure it was the GPU fundamentally at fault.
One of the blessings of breaking my x34 was having no more black outs with my 27 inch.

If you've done some trouble shooting methods mentioned above and still not working. Call OCUK for RMA, sire Gigabyte Rep will see this by start of the week to offer any assistance for it.
Seems like pure bad luck

Just seen distance of cable.... Active DP cable

i've not tested with a Shorter Cable, however I've been using this cable for over a year running the same monitor on my Gigabyte Founders 1080 FE.

My Current issues i've found:
1) on bootup ASUS logo flickers a few times this didnt happen with my 1080 FE
2) if my card boosts over 1960Mhz (which it does if my card is a cold room or increased fan speed) it can crashes Witcher 3 after around 5-10 Minutes
3) had this once only so far: this happened on High boosts too:

i do have a spare 5M cable & i still have my 1080 FE so if it carries on today ill test with these.
But if this 1080Ti cannot run at 5M when my 1080 FE can i do not want it. its no use to me.

 

[nashathedog]

Considering how much money a top of the range 1080ti costs (Titan money) I would just get it sent back and either chance it with a replacement Auros or pick a different 1080ti, Zotac? EVGA?

 

[smogsy]

Considering how much money a top of the range 1080ti costs (Titan money) I would just get it sent back and either chance it with a replacement Auros or pick a different 1080ti, Zotac? EVGA?

true, just dont want to send it back for them to say they cannot find the issue & return me the same card wasting mine/ocuk time, it doesn't happen that often. so it could be missed.

 

[Rroff]

i do have a spare 5M cable & i still have my 1080 FE so if it carries on today ill test with these.
But if this 1080Ti cannot run at 5M when my 1080 FE can i do not want it. its no use to me.

At the end of the day 3440x1440@60 let alone higher refresh is beyond the DP spec at 5M and whether it works at all or even semi-stable let alone stable will rely heavily on chance with regard to the GPU and monitor and can only be slightly influenced by the quality of the cable and not indicative of a fault with the hardware if it doesn't work. If you want to return it as faulty and it runs all day at that resolution on a shorter cable then that will make things complicated.

That said that it tends to be more prone to crashing at higher boost clocks does tend to point towards the card being faulty.

 

[fenchu]

dead m8 , looks like memory issue maybe but def rma. Cant see you having any troubles with ocuk there first class sorting these things out