Official Zotac rep underfire on Reddit with regards to the 1 - 3 % lower performance..

mjeccs · 22 Sep 2020 at 14:46

the rgb again?

josh millen · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:03

I was playing black ops 3 and the game froze, I could easily force close the game with task manager.. So is this not an issue with the card?

I'm using two separate 8 pin power cables for the gpu (not a single cable with two 8 pins)

Corsair CS750M (750W Gold rated)

I'll try more games.. Hopefully it's fine

roller88 · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:05

willhub said:
That guys Zotac is dead now as well

Just the RGB is dead right? not the whole GPU?

Vogon · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:48

pdhenin said:
If you set a custom fan curve do you lose the 0% fan mode when idle?

ATM I do, It wont let me run anything under 30% with a custom fan curve. I can set it but it wont do less.
If that is specific to my card, or a general 3080 thing, I don't know.

josh millen · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:51

Vogon said:
ATM I do, It wont let me run anything under 30% with a custom fan curve. I can set it but it wont do less.
If that is specific to my card, or a general 3080 thing, I don't know.

I can't set mine lower, than 55% for some reason. Using msi afterburner.

Vogon · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:52

What card Josh ?

K1LaW8tt5 · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:57

willhub said:
That guys Zotac is dead now as well

pushing a cheap pcb to its limit RIP.

josh millen · 22 Sep 2020 at 17:04

Vogon said:
What card Josh ?

Zotac trinity, rage 2 and black ops 3 have both crashed.. Might be the card not sure

Kelt · 22 Sep 2020 at 17:07

josh millen said:
Zotac trinity, rage 2 and black ops 3 have both crashed.. Might be the card not sure

Could also be the PSU not quite being up to the job, even though it's rated to be.

But yeh, Zotac cheaped out on the PCB as well.

Adrian1976 · 22 Sep 2020 at 17:20

josh millen said:
Zotac trinity, rage 2 and black ops 3 have both crashed.. Might be the card not sure

Oh dear, clock your card back 50mhz and let me know how you get on, I've heard a few cases of MSI and Zotacs crashing at stock clocks, Mines ok but RGB is kaput, Sending back to retailer if Zotac don't fix it within the next 9 days.

Kelt · 22 Sep 2020 at 17:25

Adrian1976 said:
Oh dear, clock your card back 50mhz and let me know how you get on, I've heard a few cases of MSI and Zotacs crashing at stock clocks, Mines ok but RGB is kaput, Sending back to retailer if Zotac don't fix it within the next 9 days.

Should be OK, I hear Zotac are preparing a download of capacitors and chokes to update the PCB to bring it up to spec.

Adrian1976 · 22 Sep 2020 at 17:26

Kelt said:
Should be OK, I hear Zotac are preparing a download of capacitors and chokes to update the PCB to bring it up to spec.

LOL, To be fair mine clocks up 50 MHz but yeah 105% Target is a P*** take, Can't see them increasing that with a v bios

josh millen · 22 Sep 2020 at 18:31

Adrian1976 said:
Oh dear, clock your card back 50mhz and let me know how you get on, I've heard a few cases of MSI and Zotacs crashing at stock clocks, Mines ok but RGB is kaput, Sending back to retailer if Zotac don't fix it within the next 9 days.

I think it was just the games.. Black ops 3 zombies did crash before on my rx 5700 xt but never in rage 2. Been running a metro last light benchmark for 30 mins (1440p, max settings, 99% gpu usage) and haven't ran into any issues.. 65c max with 70% fan speed (it's actually very quiet at 70%, custom fan curve)

1830mhz minimum, averages about 1875mhz and hits 1950mhz..no oc

hyperseven · 22 Sep 2020 at 18:41

weldon855 said:
pushing a cheap pcb to its limit RIP.

its only the RGB, not the whole card :rolleyes:

SeeNoWeevil · 22 Sep 2020 at 18:44

Are people just really salty they didn't get a card or something because the amount of nonsense on display over this card is pretty ridiculous.

K1LaW8tt5 · 22 Sep 2020 at 18:46

hyperseven said:
its only the RGB, not the whole card

Different persons gpu :rolleyes:

hyperseven · 22 Sep 2020 at 18:50

weldon855 said:
Different persons gpu

you replied to willhub who quoted a Reddit post in which the RGB is only showing red, no dead card :rolleyes:

K1LaW8tt5 · 22 Sep 2020 at 18:52

hyperseven said:
you replied to willhub who quoted a Reddit post in which the RGB is only showing red, no dead card

Correct I did :rolleyes:

willsteele · 22 Sep 2020 at 18:57

Quite a few complaints coming through on to zotac subreddit around the rgb stopping, crashes and the fans acting strange (one fan stopping, one fan pegged at 100% and so on).

Some might be due to that spectra/firestorm software they have.

SeeNoWeevil · 22 Sep 2020 at 19:04

willsteele said:
Quite a few complaints coming through on to zotac subreddit around the rgb stopping, crashes and the fans acting strange (one fan stopping, one fan pegged at 100% and so on).

Some might be that spectra software they have.

There's a bug in Firestorm that borks rgb. I'd really recommend people don't dick around with the rgb until they fix that.