The Ampere RTX 3090 Owners Thread

Perra_himself · 21 Oct 2020 at 13:43

Stu999 said:
Thanks @Perra_himself - I may start a dedicated thread on coil whine so we don’t clutter up this thread.

Sounds like a plan

agnes · 21 Oct 2020 at 13:49

Private Custard said:
Cheers RP-260F's. They can take a beating!

Each floorstander is paired with a BK XXLS400 sealed sub, 400w each. The Klipsch floorstanders are very capable, but add 2x400w sealed 12's, and it becomes utterly terrifying!

I'm resisting the urge to get subs for now, we just moved from the states and now live in an apartment in Amsterda. It's very well sound isolated, but I think with some subs, we'd quickly become hated haha. I'm hoping the RF7's will do until we buy a house next year.

Good luck with the build!

Perra_himself · 21 Oct 2020 at 13:57

agnes said:
Still 26th in a line of now 59 people for my Strix 3090 OC... This is insane. Surely they should have received some shipments by now.

Just read a post on another forum where the ASUS representive for the Nordics just stated "Next week, we will be receiving the biggest batch of 3000-series cards yet. The majority is 3080/3090 OC but also some 3080 non-OC models. It takes 1-2 weeks for cards to leave the factory in China and reach our territory"

So perhaps it's the same for the Benelux area?

Shaolin Chicken · 21 Oct 2020 at 14:01

southy1978 said:
It’s here!!!!!!!

Nice.

Private Custard · 21 Oct 2020 at 14:10

agnes said:
I'm resisting the urge to get subs for now, we just moved from the states and now live in an apartment in Amsterda. It's very well sound isolated, but I think with some subs, we'd quickly become hated haha. I'm hoping the RF7's will do until we buy a house next year.

Good luck with the build!

Yeah, maybe wait until you have a house. The other day, I caught a paper bag with my prescription it it, going for a walk across my bedside table!!

Kaapstad · 21 Oct 2020 at 14:15

southy1978 said:
It’s here!!!!!!!

Welcome and on TROH.

You have cut Kaapstad off of that map of South Africa !!!

The Roll of Honour.

Date 21/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, southy1978, Link
Date 21/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, Private Custard, Link
Date 20/10/2020, Make PNY XLR8, Cosimo, Link
Date 20/10/2020, Make Palit GamingPro, Brok, Link
Date 20/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, Stu999, Link
Date 20/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, scrivz69, Link
Date 20/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, pyxis_00, Link
Date 19/10/2020, Make MSI Gaming X Trio, sd1cko, Link
Date 17/10/2020, Make Zotac Trinity, wickfut, Link
Date 17/10/2020, Make Asus TUF, WhiteHawk77, Link
Date 17/10/2020, Make Palit GamingPro, jimmy321, Link
Date 17/10/2020, Make Asus Strix, DxFlame, Link
Date 16/10/2020, Make Palit GamingPro, Jarrastafari, Link
Date 16/10/2020, Make Zotac Trinity, Jarrastafari, Link
Date 15/10/2020, Make Asus Strix, Drazek, Link
Date 14/10/2020, Make Gigabyte Gaming, darkBytes, Link
Date 13/10/2020, Make MSI Ventus X, cadmunkey, Link
Date 11/10/2020, Make MSI Gaming X Trio, ketma, Link
Date 10/10/2020, Make MSI Gaming X Trio, bemaniac, Link
Date 10/10/2020, Make Gainward Phoenix, Jose, Link
Date 08/10/2020, Make Gigabyte Gaming, Zsooo, Link
Date 08/10/2020, Make Asus TUF, Marc250, Link
Date 06/10/2020, Make MSI Ventus X, kitkat9933, Link
Date 06/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, cHk4, Link
Date 06/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, Quare Crack, Link
Date 05/10/2020, Make Zotac Trinity, m4rmite, Link
Date 05/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, tatts, Link
Date 04/10/2020, Make NVidia FE, Addicted, Link
Date 04/10/2020, Make MSI Gaming X Trio, xb8browney, Link
Date 02/10/2020, Make Palit GamingPro, 0121danwilliams84, Link
Date 01/10/2020, Make Gigabyte Eagle, Sedgey123, Link
Date 30/09/2020, Make NVidia FE, RexAlba, Link
Date 29/09/2020, Make Asus TUF, Bigminimus, Link
Date 29/09/2020, Make NVidia FE, Strife212, Link
Date 29/09/2020, Make Asus TUF, BaueruTc, Link
Date 26/09/2020, Make Gigabyte Gaming, malachi, Link
Date 26/09/2020, Make Gigabyte Gaming, 1nfern0, Link
Date 26/09/2020, Make Palit GamingPro, Jay85, Link
Date 25/09/2020, Make Asus TUF, Cubed, Link
Date 25/09/2020, Make Palit GamingPro, jabski, Link
Date 25/09/2020, Make Asus TUF, MestasDeejay, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your RTX 3090

Marc250 · 21 Oct 2020 at 14:23

Just noticed Asus has put out a new bios for both Strix and TUF OC raising power limits to 450W. The heat that radiates out my PC now is already substantial, don't think I'll bother with this unless I decide to water cool the card and I don't really want to bother chasing synthetic benchmarks anymore so..suppose it might be worth doing it for the lower fan noise added as well.

pyxis_00 · 21 Oct 2020 at 14:37

sd1cko said:
Lovely looking build! However you could do with either flipping your rad 180 degrees or top mounting it. All the air will gather at the top of the rad over time as your coolant levels deplete (plus the small amount of air already in there from manufacture) and your CPU temps will slowly creep up while your pump impeller starts to fail too over time due to your hoses sucking more and more air with them being at the top of the rad and above the pump.

Thanks sd1cko, I actually tried flipping the radiator 180 degrees when installing the card, but ended up flipping it back. Going from what you said, I will flip it 180 degrees again and keep it that way. Much appreciated.

MidKnight · 21 Oct 2020 at 16:27

Man this card is a BEAST!

mastrchee · 21 Oct 2020 at 16:33

Had this delivered yesterday. It's a tight squeeze in my h210, had to dremel the back of my case. But damn!

Woodsta888 · 21 Oct 2020 at 16:56

mastrchee said:
Had this delivered yesterday. It's a tight squeeze in my h210, had to dremel the back of my case. But damn!

You must've needed ISS docking skills to get that in there! Nice

mastrchee · 21 Oct 2020 at 17:07

Woodsta888 said:
You must've needed ISS docking skills to get that in there! Nice

Haha, it was a bit of a mission.

I took the PSU shroud out first - that was a pain! (ignore the PSU, new one on the way)

Then dremelled the back out, so I can fit a 3 slot card. (also dremelled the front to make space for the radiator)

Then I 3d printed a bit of plastic to support the card

Finally, spray painted the glass to hide the PSU/cables

I know I could've just bought a new case, but where's the fun in that! Most of the parts are from my H1.

RexAlba · 21 Oct 2020 at 17:11

Ooft you fair shoe horned that in there!

Glad to see more of these appearing in the wild... I was actually feeling guilty over getting mine over a month ago and seeing so many people desperate to recieve theirs haha

Jay85 · 21 Oct 2020 at 17:14

RexAlba said:
Ooft you fair shoe horned that in there!

Glad to see more of these appearing in the wild... I was actually feeling guilty over getting mine over a month ago and seeing so many people desperate to recieve theirs haha

Nah nothing to be guilty about, just be happy you got one lol.

Sc00p007 · 21 Oct 2020 at 17:55

Marc250 said:
Just noticed Asus has put out a new bios for both Strix and TUF OC raising power limits to 450W. The heat that radiates out my PC now is already substantial, don't think I'll bother with this unless I decide to water cool the card and I don't really want to bother chasing synthetic benchmarks anymore so..suppose it might be worth doing it for the lower fan noise added as well.

Just saw a new bios for the ftw3 for 500w.

RexAlba · 21 Oct 2020 at 18:05

Just out of curiosity can any of these BIOS versions be used in cards they werent made for?
I may of been misunderstanding but it sounded like people were using the Asus bios in other cards...

Jay85 · 21 Oct 2020 at 18:10

RexAlba said:
Just out of curiosity can any of these BIOS versions be used in cards they werent made for?
I may of been misunderstanding but it sounded like people were using the Asus bios in other cards...

They can be used with other cards provided they are not too physically dissimilar i.e. have the same number of power connectors.

RexAlba · 21 Oct 2020 at 18:15

Hmm I guess that means the FE would need its own bios, not fussed im happy with the performance anyway just wondering.

Sc00p007 · 21 Oct 2020 at 18:34

RexAlba said:
Hmm I guess that means the FE would need its own bios, not fussed im happy with the performance anyway just wondering.

I don't think anyone has tried it with the founders yet as normally 3x8 pin card bios wont work with a 2x8 pin. This time around the fe is the card with the highest power limit for a 2 x 8 pin, so not much drive to try out other bios. Also the pcb is custom. So this may mean a stop.
However, there is a small hope. Last gen the evga xoc 3 pin bios worked on the 2x8 pin founders. They have just released a 500w beta version, so maybe someone will try this out soon.

Kaapstad · 21 Oct 2020 at 18:46

https://www.techpowerup.com/273632/evga-unleashes-xoc-bios-for-geforce-rtx-3090-ftw3-graphics-card

https://forums.evga.com/EVGA-GeForce-RTX-3090-FTW3-XOC-BIOS-BETA-m3124192.aspx