Rtx 3080 lower quality capacitor Issue

Chris Ecob · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:11

Vogon said:
Well I was hoping for a boost

Think yourself lucky

. Seems like a lot of people around here would have been happy if Nvidia gimped boost clocks back to 1710MHz. It'll be great if they have managed to fix the issue without any reduction in performance.

Rroff · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:12

J.D said:
I take it this is an amplifier?

Yes - single ended to pseudo-balanced (basically dual mono with active ground in this case) headphone amplifier (just prototyping at that point - hence not using XLR plugs, etc.).

JohnG7 · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:13

Sedgey123 · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:19

As the driver seems to have fixed the issues i wonder if EVGA are kicking themselves for there delayed launch and "investigating the issue".

It was good for there marketing i guess for a shortwhile

DarkFulgore · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:21

Haven't had a chance to try new drivers, but using msi ventus. Only played for about 3 hours and had no crashes on modern warfare. Might check clock speeds before updating drivers and see if there is any real changed.

hyperseven · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:21

I see in the driver thread on Reddit they are calling Jay2 basically a tit. I agree. Mind you 1.4m views for his capacitor 'story', he is laughing.

harney · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:23

DarkFulgore said:
Haven't had a chance to try new drivers, but using msi ventus. Only played for about 3 hours and had no crashes on modern warfare. Might check clock speeds before updating drivers and see if there is any real changed.

Yes i would ..also do some bench scores old vs new driver ..and post back your findings

Joxeon · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:47

harney said:
Yes i would ..also do some bench scores old vs new driver ..and post back your findings

Time spy is about 200 points lower on the new driver with stock and OC from the limited testing i've done.

mingey · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:57

I never had an issue with my Palit Gaming OC version of the card anyway but with the new drivers after the card warms up Im seeing higher clock speeds It did drop to 1850ish @ 71 degress, now at the same temp its hitting 2040/1950 consistently in division 2, and one other thing to note prior to these new drivers GPU was pegged @ 100% for me in Div 2, now its fluctuating from 89-95 ish %

Jam3s · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:07

SniperSmithy said:
Been a good do for those of us who are not of a nervous disposition. Storm in a teacup. First thing I'll do when I get mine is download some new capacitors

Let me know how the capacitor download goes XD

Rroff · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:11

hyperseven said:
I see in the driver thread on Reddit they are calling Jay2 basically a tit. I agree. Mind you 1.4m views for his capacitor 'story', he is laughing.

Loads of people bought 100% into the story to be fair including a good few who should know to double check stuff like this.

harney · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:20

Joxeon said:
Time spy is about 200 points lower on the new driver with stock and OC from the limited testing i've done.

thx

ZedEx48K · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:29

I think this sums it all up really

SeeNoWeevil · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:30

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc...x-3080-board-stability-new-driver-capacitors/

Nvidia statement

TLDR; Shut up, Internet. We fixed it.

chrcoluk · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:37

Kaapstad said:
Don't need a new driver at all.

The manufacturers need to fix/replace the cards not nerf them.

As this is a NVidia screw up they really should be picking up the bill.

As buildzoid pointed out, the marketed speeds are the only speeds they need to provide and since they boosting way above that, they can do a bios update to slightly reduce clock speeds and they have then met their sales agreement.

Rroff · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:39

chrcoluk said:
As buildzoid pointed out, the marketed speeds are the only speeds they need to provide and since they boosting way above that, they can do a bios update to slightly reduce clock speeds and they have then met their sales agreement.

I'd be interested to see a reliably crashing card if soldering a high quality capacitor setup (like way above what you'd normally find) on there actually made a difference.

chrcoluk · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:40

youdsy said:
How has the ASUS TUF got 6 of the expensive capacitors yet is priced @ MSRP?

Answer, it isnt priced at MSRP, it was some launch day only offer.

chrcoluk · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:43

Kaapstad said:
A RTX Titan can boost over 2000mhz on a good day with the right cooling and remain stable.

Even this crappy old Titan V I am using ATM which has a huge die can also boost over 2k.

My 1080ti cant do 2ghz stable, its called the silicon lottery.

The core's on Ampere are not the same as Turing, you cant assume the clock speed for different architecture's and you couldnt assume it for pascal and turing either. For both of those there was cards that couldnt do 2ghz.

falcodarkzz · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:47

Man I said this on another forum when people were mentioning capacitors; it seemed very low probability that independent teams of some of the best electrical engineers the world has to offer all made the same error on a product they’ve likely tested till dawn. Gotta love how suddenly everyone became a god damn phd and Elec eng overnight after reading a blogpost about capacitors.

Jam3s · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:53

falcodarkzz said:
Man I said this on another forum when people were mentioning capacitors; it seemed very low probability that independent teams of some of the best electrical engineers the world has to offer all made the same error on a product they’ve likely tested till dawn. Gotta love how suddenly everyone became a god damn phd and Elec eng overnight after reading a blogpost about capacitors.

Amen to that!!

Those of us with half a braincell that didn't cancel our orders are certainly laughing now