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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45758

In the past few days there have been reports of several crashes/CTDs, and random black screen issues while Gaming, with factory-overclocked custom NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards. The issues were reported on several tech forums and also social media platforms. Users have been experiencing severe crashes during G

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gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2542

"ZOTAC:

Igor’sLAB reports that PC Partner, Zotac’s mother company, seems to have recognized this and is obviously changing its cards."

I don't think they are telling the truth. I don't think they have a single chip left for sale, and if they did - I am 99% sure they'd put it on the same low-ball underspeced board and sell it that way by now.
Now that people now of the corner cutting, I doubt they will sell cards if they don't change that design in the future, but I would go for Asus or MSI because fuck all other cheap bastards. Especially Gigashite.

Tom · Elite Member Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 4189

cutting corners and charging the same ridiculous prices.

lorcro2000 · Elite Member Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 384

Apparently ASUS TUF did it right, going beyond the bare minimum spec, not below.

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Tom · Elite Member Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 4189

heretic · Site Admin Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 2745

UPDATE:

ZOTAC, GALAX, GAINWARD and Inno3D have responded to the RTX3080 crash issues.

GALAX (machine translation from Chinese)

About the SP-CAP capacitors and MLCC capacitors of GALAXY RTX 3080/3090 products

Dear player friends:

Hello, everyone. Recently, many users have come to inquire about the specific usage of the capacitors on the back of the GALAXY RTX 3080/3090 series of graphics chips. After verification, about the RTX 3080/3090 released by GALAXY. The capacitors used on the back of the model chip are as follows:

1. GALAXY RTX 3080 Heijiang/Metal Master product, the number of SP-CAP capacitors on the back of the chip: 5, the number of MLCC capacitors: a set of 10. This version is currently on sale and is the original commercial version.

2. GALAXY RTX 3090 General/Metal Master product, the number of SP-CAP capacitors on the back of the chip: 4, the number of MLCC capacitors: two groups of 20. This version is currently on sale and is the original commercial version.

3. GALAX RTX 3090 GAMER trial production samples, currently only 6 pieces are in the hands of the media and KOL. The first batch of this sample uses 6 SP-CAP capacitors. After confirmation, the GAMER products officially produced and sold will be used for capacitor materials. Make optimization improvements. Note: This product is not currently on sale.

I am very grateful to the players and friends for their support and love to GALAXY. GALAXY is also consistent in its pursuit of product quality. It is our glorious mission to provide you with better and stronger hardware. In addition, the current full range of GALAXY graphics card products support three-year warranty and personal warranty service. If you have other doubts or questions, please feel free to leave us a message to discuss, thank you!

GAINWARD (machine translation from Chinese)

Announcement on SP-CAP Capacitors and MLCC Capacitors of Gainsun 30 Series Graphics Card Products

Dear Gainward consumer players:

Thanks to the friends who bought and supported Gainward. Recently, we received the voice of market players’ inquiries. Many players are very concerned about our company’s just released 30 series products. Regarding the specific usage of the capacitors on the back of the chip, we hereby explain the situation:

All the RTX 3080 10GB graphics cards released by Gainward currently use 5 SP-CAP capacitors on the back of the chip and 10 MLCC capacitors. The versions currently on the market are all the original commercial versions.

All the RTX 3090 graphics cards released by Gainward currently use 4 SP-CAP capacitors on the back of the chip and 20 MLCC capacitors. The versions currently on the market are all the original commercial versions.

As a long-term AIC partner of Nvidia, Gainward has always been adhering to the product standard to design and produce completely according to Nvidia’s requirements. Therefore, currently players are concerned about the problem of capacitors and new product failures on the Internet. Currently Gainward has not generated such feedback.

In addition, all Gainward graphics card products support three-year warranty and personal warranty service. Thank you consumers and players for your support and love to Gainward.

MSI has changed the design of the RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO PCB. The left image is the original design of the MSI RTX 3080 GPUs, whereas the right image is the new design.

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-quietly-changes-geforce-rtx-3080-gaming-x-trio-design-amid-stability-concerns