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The Ampere RTX 3080 Owners Thread

How old we talking since I play a game from 2002 now and again and never had an issue with clocks?

I've also never had this problem

Most old games already have frame rate locks, the issue is the game will make card drop to 2d clocks as card thinks its not in a game, then the 2d clocks cant handle the load, its a known issue and its why "prefer max performance" exists, its to be used in those games.

Many people dont know as the reviewers dont really talk about old games, they only interested in testing the latest and greatest AAA titles.

Surely just creating a profile for the game causing the issue would also be a lot less faffing around?

I wouldn't have the patience to change options constantly before playing a game. Remembering to switch from my mining profile to my gaming profile in MSI Afterburner is a chore in it's self and something I often forget to do
 
How old we talking since I play a game from 2002 now and again and never had an issue with clocks?

That probably is too old, probably old enough that the game will drop down to 2d clocks, but not old enough that 2d clocks is enough to not stutter. Some games will loop from 2d back to 3d back to 2d and so on.
 
I've also never had this problem



Surely just creating a profile for the game causing the issue would also be a lot less faffing around?

I wouldn't have the patience to change options constantly before playing a game. Remembering to switch from my mining profile to my gaming profile in MSI Afterburner is a chore in it's self and something I often forget to do

I tend to stick to one game for a while then move onto another game rather than constantly rotating between games.

I had a similar setup on my 1080ti, and I probably was only changing profiles once every month or so.

Regardless if you have ever had the problem of needing to use max performance on older games on a high end gpu, it does happen and its why nvidia have that option. Not sure of the merit of trying to claim it isnt just because you have never come across it.
 
Posted my detailed testing results on reddit, I agree with the thoughts there that around 1800mhz and 0.85-0.87v is sweet spot.

Nvidia panicked with how high they set power limit due to AMD and the power efficiency nosedives above that point, 1-2% performance for extra 30% power. (or even worse if you raise power limit above 100%).

I will post here the data if people want it.
 
Hi guys,

Managed to grab a FE card in the drop a few weeks ago - very happy to have finally got one!

Annoyingly though it's putting out coil whine like i've never heard before.

Does anyone have a FE 3080 that DOESN'T have coil whine? I understand, higher power draw, more whine, yadda yadda. Just wondering if I RMA it (which I can) whether I'm just wasting my time.

Cheers.
 
Hi guys,

Managed to grab a FE card in the drop a few weeks ago - very happy to have finally got one!

Annoyingly though it's putting out coil whine like i've never heard before.

Does anyone have a FE 3080 that DOESN'T have coil whine? I understand, higher power draw, more whine, yadda yadda. Just wondering if I RMA it (which I can) whether I'm just wasting my time.

Cheers.

Mine doesnt, that I can notice. Its entirely possible that I just cant hear those sounds though, bit like kids can hear different pitched sounds.

I will get my kids to have a listen later. :p
 
Mine doesnt, that I can notice. Its entirely possible that I just cant hear those sounds though, bit like kids can hear different pitched sounds.

I will get my kids to have a listen later. :p

Ok great, thank you. I think you'd be able to hear this- it sounds like it's singing!

If you jump to about 30 secs you can hear what it's like when moving around in Doom. Apologies for the awful camera work!

https://streamable.com/e/zjc441

 
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Well good news on my part - I've tried undervolting the card and the coil whine drops to an acceptable level. Some of the undervolting I tried all but eliminated it, but was then falling over during benchmarking, but where it is right now is well under half the coil whine and stable. I think it can go lower, but I need to tinker more.

I followed this tutorial here. It's running cooler, using less energy and coil whine is better, all for a drop of about 2fps in Tomb Raider.

Saved myself the RMA!
 
Ok great, thank you. I think you'd be able to hear this- it sounds like it's singing!

If you jump to about 30 secs you can hear what it's like when moving around in Doom. Apologies for the awful camera work!

https://streamable.com/e/zjc441


Yeah I can hear something, bet its much clearer in person, I dont get any of that.

I undervolted exactly like the video above quite early on, running 850mv @ 1905 ish boost, more than enough grunt for my 1440p usage. :)
 
I will post a dumbed down summary of my results here.

port royale custom 1440p, async on, reflection filtering medium (non demo), reflection mode RT, all off next 5 options, max reflection samples 1, bloom on, filtering mode AF, max AF 16, max TAA 16, TAA on for tests, vsync and fixed fps off

stock - profile 1
320w
1905 but drops to 1845 at end 100% power limit isnt enough
score 11331 52.46fps

custom - profile 2 - be profile for games that require max performance mode
142w - power limit 80%
1500 (1515 below 35C) 0.731v - old 1500 0.718v
score 8613 39.88fps

custom - profile 3 - probably be day to day profile.
240w - 255w at end - power limit 80%
1830 (1845 at end) 0.850v - old 1860 0.850v
score 11118 51.48fps

custom - profile 4 - this profile maintains same clocks as stock configuration, but unlike stock can hold the clock at 100% power limit, possibly be profile for new games where profile 3 cannot reach 60fps, although it only gains 1fps.
280w - at end 290w - power limit 100%
1905 0.882v
score 11454 53.03 fps

timespy custom, 1440p, graphics test 1,2 no cpu test, borderless full screen windowed, demo vram, auto, async on, max af 16, max tesselation 32, tesselation scale 1, vsync triple buffer fixed fps all off

profile 1 80% power limit
250-255w (clocks, averaging about 1780mhz dropping to 1690)
score 16155, 105.91fps, 92.15fps
profile 1 100% power limit
315-320w (clock speed avaraged 1845, dropping to 1770)
score 17068, 111.81fps, 97.42fps
profile 2
135-180w
score 13300, 83.64fps, 78.77fps
profile 3
240-260w (hit limit) clock bottomed out at 1785
score 16886, 109.82fps, 97.00fps
profile 4
270w-318w didnt hit limit
score 17642, 113.12fps, 100.66fps

next is timespy capped 60fps tests, settings otherwise same as above, to mimic my typical gaming config.
This is to see the point of using lower profiles when card is not under full load. Also useful for testing curve stability as full load tests keeps clocks at top end of curve only. These peak load figures might also help people who want to use lower end psu's.

profile 1 100% power limit
106w-314w, score 9793
profile 2
105w-153w, score 9760 (in one 1-2 second part of run fps did dip to 56)
profile 3
105w-230w, score 9789
profile 4
105w-240w, score 9800

all tests gysnc disabled. clock multiplier left at 0, voltage left at 0 on slider as well.

conclusion is only time will tell if profiles 2-4 are stable given profile 5 cannot run timespy reliably. profiles 2-4 had at least 10 runs of 10 loops each of timespy and port royale, but I only checked osd data on first run of each, rest were unattended just to see if would complete.
profile 3 isnt quite at profile 1 performance but runs at 80% limit
profile 4 exceeds profile 1 performance with same limit but average power usage lower.
If playing games at 60fps that dont fully load hardware, profiles 3 and 4 are very close, profile 2 peaks much lower but average power consumption is similar, stock remains inefficient.
 
doug the method I used. requires afterburner.

First save stock to profile 1, so with one click you have a way back.
Open up voltage curve editor with ctrl-f.
If e.g. you want to use my profile 3 as a starting point, look for the square dot that matches 850mv. Then hold down shift and drag it up to around 1800-1830mhz. You should see the entire curve move.
Then whilst holding shift, click an empty area below the next dot to the right, and drag all way to right, you should effectively be making a highlighted area.
Finally click on any of the dots in the highlighted area (no need for shift key), and drag it down below the existing ones to the left.
When you click on the tick/apply button in main afterburner window you should see everything to the right of 850mv, be a flat line to the right of it. then save this to a new profile and test it.

The consensus on reddit seems to be undervolted 1800mhz is around the sweet point. Others have reported using a little higher voltage though, so if you want more confidence, you can use maybe something like 0.882mv for 1800mhz.

If you are ok with existing peak power levels, then my profile 4 is a starting point (with power limit left at 100%). You will still get average lower power usage and better peak performance, but peak power load will probably be at around the 95% range. I prefer profile 3 though. :)
 
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Hi guys,

Managed to grab a FE card in the drop a few weeks ago - very happy to have finally got one!

Annoyingly though it's putting out coil whine like i've never heard before.

Does anyone have a FE 3080 that DOESN'T have coil whine? I understand, higher power draw, more whine, yadda yadda. Just wondering if I RMA it (which I can) whether I'm just wasting my time.

Cheers.

Mine doesnt I cant hear it anyway but then again mine is under the desk to my right in its own section and not on the desk in line with my ear lobes.

doug the method I used. requires afterburner.

First save stock to profile 1, so with one click you have a way back.
:)

or you can just click the reset settings button ;)

If e.g. you want to use my profile 3 as a starting point, look for the square dot that matches 850mv. Then hold down shift and drag it down to around 1800-1830mhz. You should see the entire curve move.
Then whilst holding shift, click an empty area below the next dot to the right, and drag all way to right, you should effectively be making a highlighted area.
Finally click on any of the dots in the highlighted area (no need for shift key), and drag it down below the existing ones to the left.
When you click on the tick/apply button in main afterburner window you should see everything to the right of 850mv, be a flat line to the right of it. then save this to a new profile and test it.

or drag the 850mv dot to the mhz you want, close the window, click the tick, press CTRL + F to bring the window back and all the dots have magically moved on there own to the right place for you. ;)

I've settled on 1920mhz @ 825mv for mine with +500 on the Mem after a lot of tinkering.
 
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doug the method I used. requires afterburner.

First save stock to profile 1, so with one click you have a way back.
Open up voltage curve editor with ctrl-f.
If e.g. you want to use my profile 3 as a starting point, look for the square dot that matches 850mv. Then hold down shift and drag it down to around 1800-1830mhz. You should see the entire curve move.
Then whilst holding shift, click an empty area below the next dot to the right, and drag all way to right, you should effectively be making a highlighted area.
Finally click on any of the dots in the highlighted area (no need for shift key), and drag it down below the existing ones to the left.
When you click on the tick/apply button in main afterburner window you should see everything to the right of 850mv, be a flat line to the right of it. then save this to a new profile and test it.

The consensus on reddit seems to be undervolted 1800mhz is around the sweet point. Others have reported using a little higher voltage though, so if you want more confidence, you can use maybe something like 0.882mv for 1800mhz.

If you are ok with existing peak power levels, then my profile 4 is a starting point (with power limit left at 100%). You will still get average lower power usage and better peak performance, but peak power load will probably be at around the 95% range. I prefer profile 3 though. :)

Thank you, that's so helpful! Looking forward to having a go with this later. Will report back.

Thank you!
 
Mine doesnt I cant hear it anyway but then again mine is under the desk to my right in its own section and not on the desk in line with my ear lobes.

Mine's under the desk in a noise dampened Define R5, and it still sounded like a bad midi orchestra!

Really chuffed that this undervolting seems to be 'curing' it
 
Hi guys,

Managed to grab a FE card in the drop a few weeks ago - very happy to have finally got one!

Annoyingly though it's putting out coil whine like i've never heard before.

Does anyone have a FE 3080 that DOESN'T have coil whine? I understand, higher power draw, more whine, yadda yadda. Just wondering if I RMA it (which I can) whether I'm just wasting my time.

Cheers.
Mine has bad whine.
 
doug the method I used. requires afterburner.

First save stock to profile 1, so with one click you have a way back.
Open up voltage curve editor with ctrl-f.
If e.g. you want to use my profile 3 as a starting point, look for the square dot that matches 850mv. Then hold down shift and drag it down to around 1800-1830mhz. You should see the entire curve move.
Then whilst holding shift, click an empty area below the next dot to the right, and drag all way to right, you should effectively be making a highlighted area.
Finally click on any of the dots in the highlighted area (no need for shift key), and drag it down below the existing ones to the left.
When you click on the tick/apply button in main afterburner window you should see everything to the right of 850mv, be a flat line to the right of it. then save this to a new profile and test it.

The consensus on reddit seems to be undervolted 1800mhz is around the sweet point. Others have reported using a little higher voltage though, so if you want more confidence, you can use maybe something like 0.882mv for 1800mhz.

If you are ok with existing peak power levels, then my profile 4 is a starting point (with power limit left at 100%). You will still get average lower power usage and better peak performance, but peak power load will probably be at around the 95% range. I prefer profile 3 though. :)

Just trying this now - do I need to put a figure in the Core Clock? -280 or something?

Also, when I select the square above 850mV, it's by default at 1651. Should I be dragging that UP to 1800-1830 mhz?

It's currently looking like this...

 
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