EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Hydro Copper final culprit?

[Nebulous]

YESSSS! Finally it's rock steady stable! All the games that crashed are now playable. One thing I remembered was when I got the 1st one, right away I installed the EVGA Precision software and it auto updated the firmware/bios and that's when it all went to crap. I decided not to install that crap software and just run the card as is and use afterburner to clock it.

Any hows it plays flawlessly @ 1440 with all the eye candy maxed out and temps under load was 51c. Again alot cooler than the first card.

 

[Nebulous]

So a couple of days and me is happy with the replacement. After a few hours of FC6 maxed out at 55c and CPU at 65c. So far it's handled all my favorite games rock steady.

Geeez, what a crazy ride chasing this issue down.

 

[yoadknux]

So, what kind of scores are you getting on this? Did it enable better overclocking? Superposition 1080p Extreme / 4k Optimized, TimeSpy etc

 

[Nebulous]

Actually it scores within others in it's class at 1080 & 1440. I don't bother overclocking the card as the returns are minimal, so not worth the effort. The 2 bios switch doesn't do anything aside from a more aggressive fan profile. Clocks are the same. I did dial in the Rig tho.

So for plug and play, I play all my games at 1440 with max settings. All my games play excellently and depending on the game, fps range from 100-150 and buttery smooth. Max gaming temps after 2 hours is 54c. I'm happy.

I was going to post an update since I got the return. Thanks for reminding me.