Anyone moved to a 3080ti from a 3080? or 3080 to a 3090?

[Johnny Silverhand]

I'm about to pull the trigger on a 3080 Ti, replacing a 3080 (basically a 1:1 trade since the 3080 is non-LHR). I figure since I'm playing on a 3440x1440 120hz monitor I should get a better experience in some games where the 3080 wasn't hitting >60fps e.g. CP2077, Metro, Control, Flight Simulator, RDR2.

I was considering moving to a 6900xt, but may be moving to 4k shortly (where the larger bus on 3080 shines), and the better RT is perhaps somewhat beneficial.

Lol oh dear... You won't notice a difference at all capped at 120Hz. And you say the 3080 wasn't hitting 60>fps in games like CP2077, RDR2 etc which is ******** considering even the 3070Ti can hit 60+ fps in those games unless your talking about stupid 4K resolutions. You should just keep the 3080.

Yes mine never coil whined at all which was great. Very good binned silicon too. I’ve tried a 3090fe in the past and that was coil whine heaven.

Don't you mean coil whine hell? I don't think coil whine would be allowed into heaven mate.

 

[Sarge2255]

I moved from a 3080 to 3090SLi. I didn't get the NV link yet so can't give much reviews.

 

[Jay-G25]

I moved from a 3080 to 3090SLi. I didn't get the NV link yet so can't give much reviews.

You certainly are a hypocrite , banging on about GAMERS wanting just one card in other threads and saying miners are buying them all yet here you are with 2 3090's

No need for reviews as we all know how they perform when paired in the 1% of games that still support SLI , should be put you on top of the benchmark thread but apart from that your best use case is to get them mining and try to return that £2800+ payout

 

[xPETEZx]

Yes mine never coil whined at all which was great. Very good binned silicon too. I’ve tried a 3090fe in the past and that was coil whine heaven.

However I found undervolting/reducing performance on the gpu just to reduce temps and fan noise seemed backwards to me, kinda pointless having a top end card to undervolt it…just my opinion. Plus all I need a gpu for is to game, I don’t do anything else with it so the mem was wasted on me.

The LC strix for me personally is better suited for my build and requirements.

Id much rather not 'need' to undervolt either, but its the best way to reduce the coil whine and fan noise!
Was the Suprim X on quiet bios not quiet enough?
Is the LC quieter even still?

 

[harmattan]

Lol oh dear... You won't notice a difference at all capped at 120Hz. And you say the 3080 wasn't hitting 60>fps in games like CP2077, RDR2 etc which is ******** considering even the 3070Ti can hit 60+ fps in those games unless your talking about stupid 4K resolutions. You should just keep the 3080.

The 3080 has trouble hitting 60 FPS with RT in quite a few games at 3440x1440, much less 4k and 100 FPS+. In any case, I sold the 3080 non-LHR already for a premium (I don't mine, haven't since 2014, so I'm looking to put the proceeds towards a higher-end card).

I should have qualified I don't use DLSS, the implementations I've seen look like rendering a stigmatism. I'd rather run "clean" at a lower resolution and settings than enable it.

 

[SpartaP]

Id much rather not 'need' to undervolt either, but its the best way to reduce the coil whine and fan noise!
Was the Suprim X on quiet bios not quiet enough?
Is the LC quieter even still?

I only used the 450w normal bios without increasing the power limit so it would pull 420w max but I ended up undervolting anyway 0.800mv / 1800mhz core, which pulled around 280/320w depending on load. I keep my case/glass panels closed up so I know it doesn't help with temps as much as leaving them open, but keeping the case closed is my personal preference, helps reduce fan noise etc. I have a Lian Li Mesh 2 and it's the best case I've had regarding air flow, but even with decent airflow I'd peak around 77c using normal bios 420w (I appreciate that temp is perfectly normal/safe etc). Undervolting reduced it to around 68c. I flashed the quiet bios to the EVGA 500w XOC bios just for benchmarking purposes.

Glass panel would get real hot to touch after a while of gaming as GPU exhausting it's heat directly into the side. With my Strix the rad is at the top exhausting the hot air straight out of the case, allowing for the cooler air intake from the front help reduce temps for my RAM / mobo VRMS better etc as I have quite an aggressive OC on my B-die.

Regarding the noise from the Strix, it too has zero coil whine and the fans for the rad only make a noise when they ramp up, but nothing loud/annoying. Their speed can always been adjusted too. Temps are 48c/52c in games depending on load.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not slating the Suprim at all, it's the best 3090 I've owned (and I've been fortunate enough to try a few) it's the best binned core and by far the best binned memory I've seen. If I had a waterblock/custom loop for that card, it would do extremely well in benchmarks (for those interested in that sort of thing). It was just a decision I made that suited my build/purpose better.

 

[SpartaP]

Don't you mean coil whine hell? I don't think coil whine would be allowed into heaven mate.

Haha yes very true!

 

[xPETEZx]

I moved from a 3080 to 3090SLi. I didn't get the NV link yet so can't give much reviews.

Which cards did you get?

You do anything bar gaming that can use 2x GPUs? As it seems very few games actually support SLi. Which case & PSU do you have? Dealing with 600W+ of heat and power is no small feat.

 

[FlyingFish]

Who on earth buys 2x 3090's for gaming? Lol.
That is so sweet

Any money they get sent back due to poor vram temps and burnt fingers

 

[Moley]

I have a 3070 and as soon as I get a decent commission payout I'm heading to 3090 land. I run a dual 4k setup and looking forward to decent FPS at high/ultra settings.

 

[Sarge2255]

Which cards did you get?

You do anything bar gaming that can use 2x GPUs? As it seems very few games actually support SLi. Which case & PSU do you have? Dealing with 600W+ of heat and power is no small feat.

I'm looking to run an 8k TV , have two 3090s but need an NV Link. I'm using an 850w Gold quality PSU and hope it can do the job. There a some games that do SLi, but I read that it's dying.

Someone on this forum gave me bad information and I ruined the temps of one card, so I'm waiting to do thermal pads so I can run them both in SLi.

 

[xPETEZx]

I'm looking to run an 8k TV , have two 3090s but need an NV Link. I'm using an 850w Gold quality PSU and hope it can do the job. There a some games that do SLi, but I read that it's dying.

Someone on this forum gave me bad information and I ruined the temps of one card, so I'm waiting to do thermal pads so I can run them both in SLi.

850W is not enough for 2x 3090s. Its about enough for one.

Ill be honest... sounds like you have more money than sense. 8K is barely a thing, is hugely expensive and at best a gimmick right now. (Given the near total lack of content for it.)

Also... you ruining your card is on you. Nobody else. Its up to you to vet the information you find online, and work out whats good and whats not.
Own your mistakes.

Anyway, good luck with your SLI setup I think you will hit a black-screen reboot the first time you 100% load them both.

 

[Sarge2255]

850W is not enough for 2x 3090s. Its about enough for one.

Ill be honest... sounds like you have more money than sense. 8K is barely a thing, is hugely expensive and at best a gimmick right now. (Given the near total lack of content for it.)

Also... you ruining your card is on you. Nobody else. Its up to you to vet the information you find online, and work out whats good and whats not.
Own your mistakes.

Anyway, good luck with your SLI setup I think you will hit a black-screen reboot the first time you 100% load them both.

8k is just a thing tbh, but I'll likely just use the 4k panel long term and only just occasionally test on the 8k with games like Doom Eternal and so on (I didn't purchase that panel).

Ruining the card, was my fault for reading the stupid advice on here ( it is usually very good) so I was too trusting , seems like I smudged the thermal pad doing so , by pressing on the card when it was hot, causing worse temps.

Let's see, my 850w quality psu ran them just fine, although waiting for the nv link for proper gaming test.
Temps were good before the one card got smudged.

In the end, I'm going to return a card to my cousin when he returns, so will be back to a normal setup.

 

[hobib_ali]

guys how much is my Evga 3080 FTW worth? i bought it for i think 800

Apparently the 3080 are more desirable for miners than the 3080ti?

If i can get rid of my car for 1100 ish and can add and get a ti or a 3090

everyone has upgraded their 3080 to a ti or 3090 thats like 80% of the ppl who responded to the question on this thread

 

[Grim5]

One of the main reasons why one 850w psu is good with a 3090 and another trips at load is OCP.

One 850w PSU can trigger OCP at 110% load and another 850w could trigger at 140%.

No one advertises what the OCP validation result is for your PSU when you go buy it

So cards like the 3090 and 6900xt can do 1ms spikes to 600w and if your 850w did well in its OCP test at the factory then it may be just fine trying to pull 1100w from the wall for 1ms.

 

[Jay-G25]

8k is just a thing tbh, but I'll likely just use the 4k panel long term and only just occasionally test on the 8k with games like Doom Eternal and so on (I didn't purchase that panel).

Ruining the card, was my fault for reading the stupid advice on here ( it is usually very good) so I was too trusting , seems like I smudged the thermal pad doing so , by pressing on the card when it was hot, causing worse temps.

Let's see, my 850w quality psu ran them just fine, although waiting for the nv link for proper gaming test.
Temps were good before the one card got smudged.

In the end, I'm going to return a card to my cousin when he returns, so will be back to a normal setup.

Delusional here is another youtube video for you to watch

... pay close attention then come back and tell us you have no problem running 2 3090's on a 850w Gold psu, lets hope for your sake its not a Gigabyte PSU

guys how much is my Evga 3080 FTW worth? i bought it for i think 800

Apparently the 3080 are more desirable for miners than the 3080ti?

If i can get rid of my car for 1100 ish and can add and get a ti or a 3090

everyone has upgraded their 3080 to a ti or 3090 thats like 80% of the ppl who responded to the question on this thread

Quick look on Ebay and the non lhr 3080 ftw3 are selling for up to £1500 so will be a free swap for you to a 3080tiFE or 3090FE , get it done as there is a noticeable difference between the 2 for sure especially if playing at 4k. Don't expect a 30% jump in performance but from 10% to 20% is achievable over the 3080 and as it will basically be a free upgrade its a win win situation imo

One of the main reasons why one 850w psu is good with a 3090 and another trips at load is OCP.

One 850w PSU can trigger OCP at 110% load and another 850w could trigger at 140%.

No one advertises what the OCP validation result is for your PSU when you go buy it

So cards like the 3090 and 6900xt can do 1ms spikes to 600w and if your 850w did well in its OCP test at the factory then it may be just fine trying to pull 1100w from the wall for 1ms.

No arguments on a 850w running a single 3090 but the guy reckons he is / will be running 2 on it

 

[Sarge2255]

One of the main reasons why one 850w psu is good with a 3090 and another trips at load is OCP.

One 850w PSU can trigger OCP at 110% load and another 850w could trigger at 140%.

No one advertises what the OCP validation result is for your PSU when you go buy it

So cards like the 3090 and 6900xt can do 1ms spikes to 600w and if your 850w did well in its OCP test at the factory then it may be just fine trying to pull 1100w from the wall for 1ms.

Yes Grim, sounds right, about tripping the PSU. Note that Nvidia does recommend 750W psu for the 3090, so again it comes to the quality of PSU I.e. graded A catergory rated.

My 750w did run my AIB 3080 (3x pin card) and 3090 with no issues. But I put the 850w into my cousins rig for the 3090 just to be on the safe side.

With the SLi 3090, again it's overkill but since I already had the 850w and a spare 1000w laying around. I just wanted to see if it can cope during gaming, just waiting for that NV link to see what's what. 8k is overkill again, 4K right now is a must have for me. But let's see what happens.

 

[Tutan]

How much is a 3080 FE (launch so LHR) used worth at this point? (selling)
mine was used for gaming only but I'm using it much less than I expected,so seems to be a waste.
I'm aware of eBay prices but not going to risk it with eBay,would you say around £1000 is a good price to let it go?
I'm not interested in scalping but don't want to sell it under market going price either.(which is not in my control)

 

[FlyingFish]

At a guess probably 1k

We do have a price check forum, if you qualify for the member's market.

 

[Tutan]

At a guess probably 1k

We do have a price check forum, if you qualify for the member's market.

don't have that many posts,so can't sell it here/check that section,just wanted to have an idea how much it's worth at the moment.(not eBay)
CEX offering £970.