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2080ti cards failing ?

Nasher said:
Makes you wonder what else they are hiding.

It took a while for people to notice the RAM scam on the 970 because at the time games didn't eat more than 3gb of vram.
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Here is one of the initial reviews from 2014. It is using Nvidia and BIOS (GPUZ) spec sheet

https://bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/graphics/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/1/
All way to May 2015 same official spec sheet and BIOS readings
https://bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/graphics/evga-geforce-gtx-970-ssc-acx-2-0-review/1/

However this issue was popped on Feb 2015
https://bit-tech.net/news/tech/graphics/nvidia-sued-over-gtx970/1/

And a year later (2016) Nvidia (and most AIBs) admitted and changed the official spec sheet and paid the American owners $30 each.
https://bit-tech.net/news/tech/nvidia-settles-gtx-970-4gb-class-action-law/1/


But for 2 years Nvidia knowingly was scamming everyone who bought a GTX970 with false advertisement.
 
Gerard said:
The nvidia statement was kind of odd, limited test "escapes". Wut? Sounds like an A-Team breaking murdock out of the psych hospital routine was in operation.
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:D It is an unusual term :) I think it has something to do with parts used either not been tested or been tested and failed but because of errors in handing/reporting or whatever, these parts get used by mistake.

Ah, sorry, I see @easyrider has responded already with a much better explanation.

A-Team, showing your age now :p
 
RTX 2080 Ti Failure Analysis: Artifacting, Thermals, Black Screens, & Defects

Thermals were not the issue with the tested cards," nor was firmware so the exact cause remains a mystery.
Engineers in the industry suggests its a "board-level assembly" or "in-silicon" issue.
 
I'm unsure what to do about my 2080TI's, the new drivers seem to have lessened the number of crashes I'm getting but I still get the occasional black screen crash, maybe one every other day; so will this be an issue ironed out by driver updates or should I RMA now rather than risk problems down the time.

I'm also concerned with how hot the cards are running, I know they're supposed to handle 85 degrees but it's the speed they get there, while other users cards are running in the high seventies under similar circumstances, I do not want my rig to go on fire :/
 
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El_MUERkO said:
I'm unsure what to do about my 2080TI's, the new drivers seem to have lessened the number of crashes I'm getting but I still get the occasional black screen crash, maybe one every other day; so will this be an issue ironed out by driver updates or should I RMA now rather than risk problems down the time.

I'm also concerned with how hot the cards are running, I know they're supposed to handle 85 degrees but it's the speed they get there, while other users cards are running in the high seventies under similar circumstances, I do not want my rig to go on fire :/
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RMA it, you get 30 days for a full refund if FE with Nvidia
 
El_MUERkO said:
I'm unsure what to do about my 2080TI's, the new drivers seem to have lessened the number of crashes I'm getting but I still get the occasional black screen crash, maybe one every other day; so will this be an issue ironed out by driver updates or should I RMA now rather than risk problems down the time.

I'm also concerned with how hot the cards are running, I know they're supposed to handle 85 degrees but it's the speed they get there, while other users cards are running in the high seventies under similar circumstances, I do not want my rig to go on fire :/
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At least if your rig catches fire, it'll be fully ray-traced.




Soz :(
 
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NinjaCool said:
RTX 2080 Ti FE Escapes Testing by Dying After 8 Hours :eek:
https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/11/21/rtx_2080_ti_fe_escapes_testing_by_dying_after_8_hours/

"We have now owned three NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition video cards. Two of those three have failed on us"
"It seems that not signing NVIDIA's 5 year blanket NDA has certainly given us a true enthusiast NVIDIA experience, just like our readers should expect."
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Missed the first paragraph that hardocp bought their cards, wasn't given to them by Nvidia (like on every other reviewer) because they didn't sign the NDA.
 
Not saying that these cards don't have issues, but it is amazing how those tech sites that didn't sign / have a beef with NVidia have failures and then others like GN have no issues with all their own cards.

Fishy or salty?
I can't decide. :)
 
bru said:
Not saying that these cards don't have issues, but it is amazing how those tech sites that didn't sign / have a beef with NVidia have failures and then others like GN have no issues with all their own cards.

Fishy or salty?
I can't decide. :)
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You didn't read the article it seems. The guy is not salty at all. He send the space invaders card back and got a new one (with Samsung memory) on Monday, this week, which was bricked after 8 hours of usage. Nvidia already started RMA that card also, and attached the discussion with NV web support.

His experience is no different that many on the official forums especially, been on 3rd-4th card now.

Both Hardware Unboxed and Joker had issues with their review cards and said so also. Joker with 2070 on custom PCB btw.
 
Wouldn't surprise me that part of the problem is people's systems. Maybe overclock malfunction is damaging the cards in some way. My system runs stock settings and my card is running fine, had it since Oct 5th - knock on wood
 
bru said:
Not saying that these cards don't have issues, but it is amazing how those tech sites that didn't sign / have a beef with NVidia have failures and then others like GN have no issues with all their own cards.

Fishy or salty?
I can't decide. :)
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Well it's not salty, In his Review he gave the card a gold award. When asked what card he recommended, he said that the 2080Ti was the one he was keeping in for his own PC. And don't forget, he had to buy the cards himself. Of course the Gold award was before it failed. If it was just the HardOCP guy getting the failures, it might be suspect on his part, but, there are several reports on various forums from guys who bought a 2080Ti, returned it when it failed and the replacement card also failed.

Or you could look at it another way, Nvidia cherry picked the Cards for those people that signed the NDA. But those review sites that didn't sign the NDA had to go out and buy their own cards so they are buying cards that the public are buying and so their experiences are mirroring what's happening in the real world.
 
Dan82 said:
Wouldn't surprise me that part of the problem is people's systems. Maybe overclock malfunction is damaging the cards in some way. My system runs stock settings and my card is running fine, had it since Oct 5th - knock on wood
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The second card that HardOCP got with the Samsung memory wasn't overclocked, he never used anything only stock settings. Other people with failures have also said they didn't overclock and their card still failed.

Is your card an AIB card? The problem seems to mainly affect FE cards.
 
melmac said:
Well it's not salty, In his Review he gave the card a gold award. When asked what card he recommended, he said that the 2080Ti was the one he was keeping in for his own PC. And don't forget, he had to buy the cards himself. Of course the Gold award was before it failed. If it was just the HardOCP guy getting the failures, it might be suspect on his part, but, there are several reports on various forums from guys who bought a 2080Ti, returned it when it failed and the replacement card also failed.

Or you could look at it another way, Nvidia cherry picked the Cards for those people that signed the NDA. But those review sites that didn't sign the NDA had to go out and buy their own cards so they are buying cards that the public are buying and so their experiences are mirroring what's happening in the real world.
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Exactly. I'm not taking the risk on these cards. I finally got my refund yesterday for my faulty 2080 Ti FE and I was so happy. My Palit GTX 1080 Gamerock Premium has been entirely dependable this entire time by contrast.

I must say though that although Nvidia took ages to take the card back, once they did the refund was processed quickly which was good (they said 7-10 days and it took 5 days, 6 for the money to appear in my account).
 
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bru said:
Not saying that these cards don't have issues, but it is amazing how those tech sites that didn't sign / have a beef with NVidia have failures and then others like GN have no issues with all their own cards.

Fishy or salty?
I can't decide. :)
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A failed 2070 from a reviewer that signed the nda. Tinfoil hat off now please.
 
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