EVGA 3080/3090 Faulty fan controllers design fault - Igor's Lab

Benass · 26 Jul 2021 at 19:56

V F said:
Same applies to the 1080 Ti FTW3?

Don't know. Never had a chance To work on one.

robin66 · 26 Jul 2021 at 20:24

V F said:
Same applies to the 1080 Ti FTW3?

I had my EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 for just short of 4 years. And had no issues whatsoever.

V F · 26 Jul 2021 at 20:29

robin66 said:
I had my EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 for just short of 4 years. And had no issues whatsoever.

That's what I thought. It is a solid card as I'm still running mine from release day.

Ravenger · 26 Jul 2021 at 20:35

V F said:
That's what I thought. It is a solid card as I'm still running mine from release day.

I gave my 4 year old 1080Ti FTW3 to my daughter recently when I got a 3090. Had no issues with it at all, and it's working great for my daughter too. Still an amazingly competive card for 1080p and 1440p.

random_matt · 26 Jul 2021 at 23:54

As I said the kingpin is the only good card they have.

Johnny Silverhand · 27 Jul 2021 at 00:23

random_matt said:
As I said the kingpin is the only good card they have.

That's probably the best 3090 available but doesn't make the rest of their cards bad. Most AIB Ampere cards are just glorified FE cards anyway.

This particular issue seems to be with the 3090 FTW3 in particular and no evidence so far suggests it also effects the rest of EVGA's product stack.

The 3080/3070 FTW3 cards are most likely safe and still top tier cards even after this particular incident.

Goosy · 27 Jul 2021 at 00:27

EVGA is on a mission to torpedo their reputation in this generation of GPUs apparently

rumple9 · 27 Jul 2021 at 00:28

I have an EVGA 1080 (waiting for 3080 prices to come down). Similar issues happened with the gddr5 ram overheating and EVGA put out a new vBios and sent out thermal pads to people who requested them but I never bothered with the pads because I don't fancy opening up my card. Also the bios bricked my gfx card. I contacted EVGA support and had to prove I was the original purchaser and provide a shop receipt. A week later they emailed me a different vBios and got it working (apparently the first bios fix wasn't compatitble with AMD mobos).

My card is quite toasty (86 degrees when gaming) but other than that its the best card I've ever had

D1craig · 27 Jul 2021 at 03:30

Are we witnessing the fall of German engineering? First it's all them cars from VWs to Audis, mercs and BMWs fiddling the emissions check now its EVGA cheating out om super expensive gpus so they can save less than a 10er per card on a card that likely makes them over 50% profit per sale...

Kaapstad · 27 Jul 2021 at 05:49

random_matt said:
As I said the kingpin is the only good card they have.

Even that is debatable.

Kingpin this time seems to be quite disappointing.

In the space of a few years EVGA has gone from one of the best AIB partners to one of the worst.

Even their reps can not be bothered to post on these forums anymore.

CuriousTomCat · 27 Jul 2021 at 08:08

Surely it makes sense to buy a GPU with UK based RMA? I can understand a noob making that mistake but not an enthusiast.

Purgatory · 27 Jul 2021 at 08:14

CuriousTomCat said:
Surely it makes sense to buy a GPU with UK based RMA? I can understand a noob making that mistake but not an enthusiast.

So that means GigaByte.. No thanks..

Purgatory · 27 Jul 2021 at 08:18

random_matt said:
As I said the kingpin is the only good card they have.

You sure about that ?

kingpin 3090 at its best in the video. Check their forums how many have been returned too and still come back like this or worse.

https://streamable.com/ix0qc3

stooeh · 27 Jul 2021 at 08:19

Or from a UK retailer than directly handles the RMAs

Purgatory · 27 Jul 2021 at 08:22

stooeh said:
Or from a UK retailer than directly handles the RMAs

Most only handle it for the first year and after that same situation (some try to make you send it direct to the AIB saying it will be quicker than us doing it blaa blaa..), have to send to the AIB to RMA after 1 year.

CuriousTomCat · 27 Jul 2021 at 08:33

Purgatory said:
So that means GigaByte.. No thanks..

Lesser of two evils in my opinion. So many issues with the 3090.

Purgatory · 27 Jul 2021 at 08:38

CuriousTomCat said:
Lesser of two evils in my opinion. So many issues with the 3090.

Unless you want a GPU that can make you a fried meal too while your game :-

KompuKare · 27 Jul 2021 at 09:06

As Purgatory already pointed out, RMA and good CS costs a lot of money.
While there might be an element of pride ("we designed our own fan controller and will use it especially since we bought tons to make it worthwhile"), this does seem to be old adage:
Penny wise, pound foolish.

D1craig said:
Are we witnessing the fall of German engineering? First it's all them cars from VWs to Audis, mercs and BMWs fiddling the emissions check now its EVGA cheating out om super expensive gpus so they can save less than a 10er per card on a card that likely makes them over 50% profit per sale...

Are we talking about that well known Santa Clara, California corporation EVGA?

D1craig · 27 Jul 2021 at 09:28

Hmm. What made me think EVGA was a German company?

EDIT - auto correct... typo.

random_matt · 27 Jul 2021 at 11:20

Purgatory said:
You sure about that ? kingpin 3090 at its best in the video. Check their forums how many have been returned too and still come back like this or worse.

https://streamable.com/ix0qc3

It holds the records, dethroned the HOF. The board itself is top notch, plenty of users/vids/reviews say so. Would be a great buy if it didn't have super high price tag.

G J · 27 Jul 2021 at 11:45

I still dont understand how people are still putting up with this, esp with the 3090 and the cost of the card and the reliability/thermal pads etc these cards shouldnt have to be fettled with and made to a high standard.

Dont forget apparently aftermarket 3090's at one point needeed to be £1400 over a 3090 FE for them to make a profit but hey you all kick off when Hardware Unboxed dont recieve free review samples from Nvidia but this situation people and the tech press just seem to bend over and accept it.