RTX 3080 FE Tear-Down: th-cam.com/video/OX9Eh_NaC5c/w-d-xo.html RTX 3090 FE tear-down: th-cam.com/video/9JWqRjqqNko/w-d-xo.html Back-order a GN toolkit: store.gamersnexus.net/products/gamersnexus-tear-down-toolkit Or a GN Modmat: store.gamersnexus.net/products/modmat
@@GamersNexus honestly when I first saw that I just thought wow. These guys are crazy. That red thing looked really tacky. Still not on the level of hot glue tho
As an owner of the production version of this card I can confirm that the caps on the back are now in a x2 + x4 config. Also this card seems to oc pretty well. I was able to get a +190core/+1000mem pretty easily putting clock speeds in the 2050-2080 area. Heaven bench mark 2560x1440p max settings scored a 3738 with an avg frame rate of 148. Approximately a 20fps jump compared to my old 2080ti.
Ultimately doesn't seem to matter. I have my card on water now and though it won't even break 50c in winter months the clocks STILL eventually drop to the 1925mhz range after awhile under load Which is fine honestly. You'd be VERY hard pressed to notice the difference between 1800mhz vs 2000mhz gcore (without active monitoring -- in which case you may get 2 or 3 additional frames when the card is under full load)
@@erikhendrickson59 I installed the evga hybrid kit and flashed the evga xoc 500w bios. Turns out Steve was right.....you're always going to be voltage limited unless you want to get very creative
What's the point in running outdated API benchmarks? I'm asking because 20 fps is a nice improvement, sure, but that's such a (seemingly) random thing to test. Heaven is old lol. People are too concerned with FPS of games based on DX10, DX11, etc., when in reality what the card actually allows you to do is execute entirely new graphical features supported by updated shader models and APIs like DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan. Frustrating to see so many folks basing the success of a new card on irrelevant benchmarks. Anyway part of this is just me ranting, but kudos to you for the OC lol.
Doesn't really matter after the new update. Theoretically a mix of SP Cap and MLCC arrays is ideal, but, after the latest driver we're not seeing the crashing anyway, so it wasn't really a purely hardware issue.
Yeah, Steve mentioned this in a previous video. He said that EVGA contacted him and let him know that they'd found issues with the 6x big cap setup and pre-production testing (which Nvidia gave them next to not time to do), and had changed to a 2x and 4x setup (iirc) for production.
@@JB-xl2jc Nobody said it was purely hardware. In saying that, i don't see any reason 'having a mix' would be ideal when we know the 10x of the smaller ones is better for avoiding electrical noise. Also, the new update didn't technically *fix* anything, it (to my knowledge) just lowered the boost clock.
Love these tear down videos, Thank you for doing them, even if I don't plan to pull one apart it's fascinating and the depth that you go into, not just for tear downs, is the best I've ever seen. I know it must be annoying when recording but I love seeing the tank vent, something satisfying about it.
EVGA has always been super cool about warranty claims even if the sticker is removed. I removed mine on my 1080 ti SC2 because I swapped thermal pads and thermal paste after 3 years of use. Then not long after that, the card started stuttering a lot and I shared everything I did and the procedure I went through and even still they completely honored a replacement without any hassle. Even though there might have been something on my part that accidentally caused the card to not perform right, I don't know, because temps were better after replacing everything. But either way they have had the best customer service out of any other component manufacturer from my experience. I'm not always the biggest fan of aesthetics on their GPUs, but I'll still go with them because of their customer service.
What I have always found amazing is the amount of cooling that is necessary in order to cool the GPU/memory. Given the total volume of the card, the GPU/memory percentage appears to be in the single digits compared to the fans, fins, cold plate, etc.
evga is great with warranty. i got a junk ebay card with all the everything pilled off. sticker with sku number and the tamper seal. evga just sent me another
first time i ever tore my card down it took me literally 10 minutes. putting it back together took me longer because i wanted to make sure it was perfect. I tear my card down every 3 months for cleaning. I take the heatsink right off to replace paste and blast the heatsink down with awesome cleaner and the hottest tap water possible with high pressure shower sprayer. comes out brand new every time.
Nice to see a card other than the Strix with a fan header for case/rad fans on it. I sadly don't work at Intel anymore, but I tried to push for them to get PCI SIG to reserve a register for temperature reporting so motherboards could control fans based on PCIe device temps if desired. Unfortunately, it didn't get very far. But I highly encourage others to email PCI SIG, and if you work at a member company to lobby for that internally so these "workarounds" aren't needed
Thanks a lot for this video. I had to watch it till the end to figure out how to replace my EVGA RTX 3080 ftw3 fan. I did it successfully with your help, and it was a piece of cake. Removing just 7 screws did the trick. I was worried I'd have to remove the backplate, but I didn't' have to eventually.
Hey man please read this comment. Sorry for my english. What kind does this fan header are? Normal 4pin header or 4pin mini headers. Can i just plug the simple fan header like i can with motherboard? I want to use my Noctua fan. But please tell me what kind of header are this 3 header in GPU, NOT the external!!!
I just realized I'm such a dork. I see this video pop up in my feed on a Saturday night. The first thing that pops in my head is "Awesome, I'm gonna make popcorn and watch Steve take apart a GPU!" I do not regret my decision.
because most of them cant be overclocked. Evga cheaped out on the chips shown on the backside of the gpu. go watch jaystwocents and youll see what i mean. Go FE or Asus TUF and rog strix for any 3000s series cards.
EVGA makes quality boards and coolers. Yet, every single RTX iteration of theirs felt like a contest to see if could design the ugliest card of the generation. Why are they so reluctant to make a classic rectangular box?
My EVGA RTX 2060 and 2060 KO just look boring to me. Which is fine. Chose a case with no window so I can’t see them anyway (I just looked at a picture I took of them - to confirm my memories of them).
Could you make a recommendation on which thermal pads to use on the ram modules/backplate? If you don't have a specific thermal pad in mind could you provide the thickness needed so that there will be contact with the backplate?
There seems to be a market for even larger cards, and if I were making the decisions at the corporate office, I would offer "The 7.1 liter Cummins Diesel RTX" or "Andre the Giant RTX."
Took the card apart today. Thermal pad got stuck, and I had to run it with a half disassembled cooler to soften it. It... actually worked just fine, and hilariously still got good temps running Heaven benchmark despite having no screws holding it together. Just the stickiness of the paste. The card is now happily waterblocked.
spent so long waiting to hear which size bit I should use, and figured PH00 worked fine. Then we get to taking the I/O cover off, and THEN Steve tells me. LMAO well I'm glad I didn't strip anything.
I'm happy that you told us that that sticker is not a warranty void if removed sticker because I've been afraid to open my ftw3 3080ti to replace the thermal pads simply because I didn't want to void the warranty
This card looked so much worse in the marketing material than it does in real life. I still don't like the red accents, but that light bar in the middle of the card looks way better IRL than I thought it will. This is my number one choice an AIB model now. It's between this and the RTX 3080FE .Whichever one I can get first is the one that I will get.
@@thehypercovery I don't want a GPU that looks like it was run over by a car. Also hate the TUF brand aesthetics in general. The thermals and performance between most AIB models is negligible, so the factors influencing my decision making are more looks, customer support and other quality of life stuff. If you think the Asus TUF is better, more power to you and good luck getting one.
The red clown smile was supposedly inspired by the lit red led tail light from a McLaren P1 supercar. I guess it started off in concept as a rgb light, and cost/tech issues devolved it to be the loved bit of red plastic we know today :)
Lol was just watching this video again and forgot I left this comment. I did manage to get this GPU btw. Got it the day after I got my 5900X from Microcenter on launch day. It's been an absolute beast so far, no complaints. I was also one of the first people to get it with the black accents instead of the red ones. Hope you all manage to get whatever PC hardware you're looking to get!
If you are removing the backplate to add some thermal pads and your worried about that nut that fell into the card I think if you remove the I/O plate from 10:25 first you should be able to snag the nut.
I back ordered a 3090 FTW3 Ultra after running out of VRAM frequently on my 2080 Ti (AI modeling with Keras), so I’m very happy to see this content if I have to do maintenance later on! Thank you GN!
Personally, I think this is one of the best looking GPUs in years. I don't mind the red accent at all, and I really like the diffused RGB look, and the waves on the shroud. Really cool looking card to me. Even if it isn't quite up to snuff perhaps performance-gain wise with previous EVGA FTW3 cards, like the 1080 Ti.
@@svn5994 If anything the "gamer aesthetic" at this point is all black/grey cards with a bunch of dumb edges and bevels, made to look like a transformer. That fits in with your motherboard and case, that are also dumb black/grey with lots of dumb edges and bevels made to look like a transformer. Boring. This hobby is supposed to be fun for people, y'know??
@Bob Dole Was this one of the bad ones? I haven't really followed all of it, I thought it was one the ones Steve uses for the RIP overclocking competition
YES! I just got this card 2 days ago (waited in line on the 17th at my local store and didn't get one but was 9th preorder, perks of living downtown near a major retailer). Mine has 2 MLCCs in the middle though.
Being someone who fixes electronics it can streamline diagnostics to know if someone else has been inside of a device before. If a device has been opened, there are many more things that have to be taken into consideration and specifically looked for, mainly accidentally knocked off caps, damaged connectors, drilled holes in the PCB where there shouldn't be holes and so on.
personally i just don't want ugly huge stickers visible on my GPU... points at that GIANT white sticker with QR code right below the GPU cutout... warranty or not, that sticker has got to go!
The GPU thermal paste is not a grease, it is a phase change material (PCM). It may seem dry at room temperature, but when heated it will "phase change" and flow allowing for improved thermal performance.
I feel like that one bolt screw is a "fuck you" screw. It means that if you take the backplate off, you HAVE to continue disassembling to properly reassemble it. It means that putting thermal pads under the backplate goes from a quick few screws and reassemble to an "oh boy, let me disassemble the whole thing just to put it back together" job.
@Gamers Nexus I find an easy and clean way to remove dried paste is to use an ifixit nylon spudger and just carefully scrape it off then wipe it down with isopropyl. It's much cleaner and doesn't smear paste everywhere.
"Boss, gamers and enthusiasts are really into customisation these days - you know, all the RGB and stuff - and they're willing to pay a premium for an attractive design." Yes. Let's put red accents on it. And make them cheap, too. Cheap and plastic. And red. Put them on the ends and on the backplate, you know, to make sure they can't be hidden.
While I enjoy the extensive coverage on products that I can't buy right now (there are no cards), I would really appriciate the Lian Li AiO review you guys promised. Because that's Something that I actually can and would buy right now.
He said that it is normal for it to do that at random times. If you are worried about them breathing it in he also said that it's fine since the is room is ventilated 24/7.
Great video! Thanks for including explanations of the basic stuff in your tear-down. And thanks for not prefacing these explanations with "...and for you noobs...". Much appreciated. I have one of these cards on order. Happy with my choice.
If you want to go hardcore OC with liquid Nitrogen I would change thos Caps to MCCs - Yes I know the software update fixed the crashes but the MCCs are still better for really high frequencies and stability which you may reach if you go *that* hardcore on OC
I was wondering this, because on EVGAs website it looks like newer models of the FTW3 may have made this switch? At least according to the pictures on the site
So EVGA has been promising people will be able to swap out the red plastic, but it turns out its all molded in and the entire shroud would have to be replaced. I'd bet money on a swap will never happen.
@@XxViciousxX I avoided EVGA all together and just got a Tuf gaming 3080 OC. I really like the look of it and the build quality, although honestly I think Nvidia takes the cakes this series. Their founders edition looks sexy af.
It's been changed. And hell, you could get nail polish and cover it with black if it's that bad on your eyes. Nail polish is a couple of bucks and won't hurt anything.
This is a reviewer model that has the different capacitors, they later added one "better" one for Production Models... is it possible production models also have the thermal pads under the backplate? When we never got a review on the card but we get a tear-down video, yeeeeeeeeeeeet I want a full review on this card Steve, c'mon now :-P I already have one on the way (will be here Tuesday), I want to see what you guys got out of yours OC & performance wise :(
@@PabzRoz Hey idiot how about instead of defending EVGA's design you admit that it's out of place? Last time I checked I shouldn't be required to paint my $800+ USD GPU because people like you exist. It's an $800+ GPU it should be plug and play not paint and then play.
@@svn5994😂😂😂BRO you're so triggered wtf lmfao. Or just don't buy it? I don't care, I'm running a Tuf gaming 3080. I'm not an EVGA fan, I'm just saying if you really wanted the card but hated the accents you could paint them. I'm not "defending" them I think it's dumb as hell they did that. I'm just saying it's a work around. Why are you so upset about a graphic cards color accents? 🤣
@@svn5994 If you don't like the color then don't buy the card? You're literally angry over a GPU color accent. EVGA isn't the only one making 3080's you know. Calm tf down.
Steve EVGA is gonna be pissed at you for this video... So many people commenting about the 6 SP caps that have no clue that the retail version of this card is 4+2 design. That and they care more about the number of X capacitor than the fact that you clearly stated that this card got you the highest scores out of all the ones you tested.. guess everyone's an electrical engineer now.
Steve, you should do a dumbed down step-by-step PC build with the new upcoming RTX 3070 and Ryzen 5900X for people trying to reach like 240+ fps at 1440P... For like no specific reason, just looking out for *you* best buddy!! 😊
Couldnt help to notice this card had the 6 polymer Cap configuration on the back side, where as my FTW3 Ultra has 4 polymer and 2 sets (20) MLCC. On air I get +180 core clock and +1000 Mem. havent tried pushing the Memory clocks further yet. +180 on core clock runs Port Royal no problems but did cause Time Spy to end with 0 score. 165 Works fine. I use +120 core clock and +750 Memory for gaming and absolutely zero issues so far and after many hours of gaming per session. Hit 2085 on core clock regularly.
I know it isn't related to this card. But I was able to get a Gigabyte RTX 3080 OC card in the top 100 (#80) for i7-10700k/RTX 3080 in Time Spy and Port Royal. I was able to tweak the core clock to +125 and +525 mem. Obviously limiting factors were power/wattage. Very very impressed with this RTX 3080 overall. 100% increase in performance over my 1070ti which was overclocked. Love the break down videos.
Almost every 3000 series card is just hideous. I don't even get it. Only cards I actually like is the Strix and Kingpin, the HOF will probably look decent too tho over the top as always.
Really? I think it looks great! See how they have a provision for SMD of TH capacitors and inductors? That's pretty cool. You can also see the lines for the kelvin type current sensing on the inductors on the back. There's also a lot of really nice 45 degree components on the back near the slot. Don't get me wrong: the FE card looks nice, especially with all the VRM output capacitors on the back, but it's not perfect.
Eh, personally I think this card looks nicer than the FE when actually inside a case. The FE looks weird in a build unless the build is built around the card.
Honestly, just deshrouding and replacing the thermal pads does so much, I also put pads on the back to make contact with the black plate, tremendous idea
hey I know its been 5 months since you commented, but what thickness thermal pads did you use for the backplate. I just got a ftw 3 3080 ti a bit over a week ago. I still havent taken the card apart, or even the back plate off yet, but sadly I think they still aren’t putting thermal pads between the back of the pcb and backplate. If you see this and can get back to me on the correct size for thermal pad thickness for sinking heat from the back of the board and the backplate I would greatly appreciate it. If you don’t reply I obviously understand this is an old comment and you probably wont ever notice I even commented.
@@BeatsbyVegas look at specs and forums to make sure, but to the best of my memory 1.5mm and 2.0 mm, although I might’ve picked up a pack of 3.0 also just to be safe
If you pay 700 or 1500 dollars for something, the performance should be the first concern, but that doesn't mean how it looks becomes irrelevant especially when that horrendous red outline would conflict with a lot people's builds.
Agreed. and what most people don't realize is once you put it in a case with even a mild tint on your window you dont' even see the red. That and these cards are so long that the "clown frown" is usually so close to your front fans that you can't even see it. I am looking at this card in my case right now and I can't even see the red accents unless i have sunlight going right into my case.
Itching for your review of this card! I presume you're either swamped or waiting for the production card to arrive.. Either way keep up the amazing work :)
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How bout rog strix 3080 OC
Hi Steve
Get some sleep
When will the review for this card be up?
That middle fan lines up with the hole cut out? so it works for thermals as you get more airflow through the card.
Enjoyed bearded hardware cameo
:0
How's r6 nowadays?
@@Oldsah F
What a troll! =-)
Hahaha
"Before that"
I don't know why I get such satisfaction from Steve saying that everytime.
"out classing thermal paste, significantly"
"73w per meter kelvin"
@@KillaBitz you forgot a traditional
lol these days i just think of the linus video with the "segway benchmark" featuring "Gamers Nexus Steve: 'Before That...'"
Bee four that
I feel like this guy should partner with a GPU maker to make the perfect card for each generation.
Liquid nitrogen tank is just bullying Steve at this point.
There best be some hot glue. That's how you get more ray tracing.
You only get that attention to detail on the official first-party models!
@@GamersNexus honestly when I first saw that I just thought wow. These guys are crazy. That red thing looked really tacky. Still not on the level of hot glue tho
No you're wrong. You get extra ray tracing by addnig a plastic backplate with a $1000 card
@@jannclaudebinoya that's how you get maximum rays man. That's the highest level strategy
Noice
When the LN2 sprayed out, I immediately realized King Odin will show up in no time.
I’m lurking everywhere! Hahah
@@BeardedHardware Proud to be a Slacker. Thanks for the reply!
That fan header off the gpu for case fans is a great idea. I love it.
Loved Joe just picking up the PCB and running off 😂
I'm loving my TUF but still keep coming to these reviews. This card is amazing, first time I'm still in love even after buying it lol
As an owner of the production version of this card I can confirm that the caps on the back are now in a x2 + x4 config. Also this card seems to oc pretty well. I was able to get a +190core/+1000mem pretty easily putting clock speeds in the 2050-2080 area.
Heaven bench mark 2560x1440p max settings scored a 3738 with an avg frame rate of 148. Approximately a 20fps jump compared to my old 2080ti.
Ultimately doesn't seem to matter. I have my card on water now and though it won't even break 50c in winter months the clocks STILL eventually drop to the 1925mhz range after awhile under load
Which is fine honestly. You'd be VERY hard pressed to notice the difference between 1800mhz vs 2000mhz gcore (without active monitoring -- in which case you may get 2 or 3 additional frames when the card is under full load)
@@erikhendrickson59 I installed the evga hybrid kit and flashed the evga xoc 500w bios. Turns out Steve was right.....you're always going to be voltage limited unless you want to get very creative
What's the point in running outdated API benchmarks? I'm asking because 20 fps is a nice improvement, sure, but that's such a (seemingly) random thing to test. Heaven is old lol. People are too concerned with FPS of games based on DX10, DX11, etc., when in reality what the card actually allows you to do is execute entirely new graphical features supported by updated shader models and APIs like DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan.
Frustrating to see so many folks basing the success of a new card on irrelevant benchmarks. Anyway part of this is just me ranting, but kudos to you for the OC lol.
Looks like a pre-production card. They changed the capacitors on the production run.
Production cards could also possibly have thermal pads on the underside of the backplate.
Good to hear, i was wondering about that.
Doesn't really matter after the new update. Theoretically a mix of SP Cap and MLCC arrays is ideal, but, after the latest driver we're not seeing the crashing anyway, so it wasn't really a purely hardware issue.
Yeah, Steve mentioned this in a previous video. He said that EVGA contacted him and let him know that they'd found issues with the 6x big cap setup and pre-production testing (which Nvidia gave them next to not time to do), and had changed to a 2x and 4x setup (iirc) for production.
@@JB-xl2jc Nobody said it was purely hardware. In saying that, i don't see any reason 'having a mix' would be ideal when we know the 10x of the smaller ones is better for avoiding electrical noise. Also, the new update didn't technically *fix* anything, it (to my knowledge) just lowered the boost clock.
kudos to evga for doing a queue to order these cards.
Thanks for the constant updates on the 3000 series GN, we all really appreciate it. Keep it up :)
Love these tear down videos, Thank you for doing them, even if I don't plan to pull one apart it's fascinating and the depth that you go into, not just for tear downs, is the best I've ever seen. I know it must be annoying when recording but I love seeing the tank vent, something satisfying about it.
EVGA has always been super cool about warranty claims even if the sticker is removed. I removed mine on my 1080 ti SC2 because I swapped thermal pads and thermal paste after 3 years of use. Then not long after that, the card started stuttering a lot and I shared everything I did and the procedure I went through and even still they completely honored a replacement without any hassle. Even though there might have been something on my part that accidentally caused the card to not perform right, I don't know, because temps were better after replacing everything. But either way they have had the best customer service out of any other component manufacturer from my experience. I'm not always the biggest fan of aesthetics on their GPUs, but I'll still go with them because of their customer service.
If the thermal pads are too hard or big it can cause many issues and even break the card. Its cool they still warrantied your card though
What I have always found amazing is the amount of cooling that is necessary in order to cool the GPU/memory. Given the total volume of the card, the GPU/memory percentage appears to be in the single digits compared to the fans, fins, cold plate, etc.
That's what happens when you bottle lightning in order to make sand do math at incredible speeds
evga is great with warranty. i got a junk ebay card with all the everything pilled off. sticker with sku number and the tamper seal. evga just sent me another
Yup all these people who are talking like the TUF cards are all that are gonna be crying when ASUS denies their warranty claims like they always do.
Agree, my 1080FTW burnt AND was outside of warranty period. I contacted them and they sent me a replacement - RTX 2070 super!!! EVGA rocks, big time.
@@SpetznazSamson yeah gotta love when they dont have your card in stock. unfortunately for me they still had 1070ti's when this happened
first time i ever tore my card down it took me literally 10 minutes. putting it back together took me longer because i wanted to make sure it was perfect. I tear my card down every 3 months for cleaning. I take the heatsink right off to replace paste and blast the heatsink down with awesome cleaner and the hottest tap water possible with high pressure shower sprayer. comes out brand new every time.
"A wild joe appears" I love it!
So, I just subscribed to my first channel ever I think. Thanks for all the effort you have put into videos over the years
02.25 in the UK and I’m still up watching great content.
Nice to see a card other than the Strix with a fan header for case/rad fans on it.
I sadly don't work at Intel anymore, but I tried to push for them to get PCI SIG to reserve a register for temperature reporting so motherboards could control fans based on PCIe device temps if desired. Unfortunately, it didn't get very far. But I highly encourage others to email PCI SIG, and if you work at a member company to lobby for that internally so these "workarounds" aren't needed
Thanks a lot for this video. I had to watch it till the end to figure out how to replace my EVGA RTX 3080 ftw3 fan. I did it successfully with your help, and it was a piece of cake. Removing just 7 screws did the trick. I was worried I'd have to remove the backplate, but I didn't' have to eventually.
Hey man please read this comment. Sorry for my english. What kind does this fan header are? Normal 4pin header or 4pin mini headers. Can i just plug the simple fan header like i can with motherboard? I want to use my Noctua fan. But please tell me what kind of header are this 3 header in GPU, NOT the external!!!
I just realized I'm such a dork. I see this video pop up in my feed on a Saturday night. The first thing that pops in my head is "Awesome, I'm gonna make popcorn and watch Steve take apart a GPU!" I do not regret my decision.
much safer than cocaine and hookers. proud of u bro!
Just bought a brand new one for $864 on Newegg! Coming in tomorrow, so stoked! Big upgrade from my 1060 6gb lol
0:00 "Heveryone". Because Steve has to go to sleep and that y makes a difference!
Thank you very much! Replaced thermal pads by your dissasemble instruction!
Why the hell aren’t there any other reviews out of the evga 3000 series cards?
They're too ugly
because most of them cant be overclocked. Evga cheaped out on the chips shown on the backside of the gpu. go watch jaystwocents and youll see what i mean. Go FE or Asus TUF and rog strix for any 3000s series cards.
@@bakersavage229 I have a FTW3 ULTRA OC'd to 2080 mhz stable so that's not accurate.
@@lancebockelman8756 hence why I said "MOST" cards. That doesn't include ALL cards.
@@bakersavage229 incorrect and debunked by Nvidia
That's it. The best thumbnail you've ever produced.
EVGA makes quality boards and coolers. Yet, every single RTX iteration of theirs felt like a contest to see if could design the ugliest card of the generation. Why are they so reluctant to make a classic rectangular box?
It must have something to do with cost reduction. EVGA sell only NVIDIA and they are pretty niche.
Ihaven0thing Notevenaname same
The eagle one if far uglier, and look like a toy
EVGA cuts corners to save money even on premium cards.
My EVGA RTX 2060 and 2060 KO just look boring to me. Which is fine. Chose a case with no window so I can’t see them anyway (I just looked at a picture I took of them - to confirm my memories of them).
As someone trying to buy this card, it looks much better in this video than it does in the pictures on the storefronts
Could you make a recommendation on which thermal pads to use on the ram modules/backplate? If you don't have a specific thermal pad in mind could you provide the thickness needed so that there will be contact with the backplate?
This is the best looking 3080 on the market by far. The RGB strip is perfect.
FE > Literally any AIB design.
@@svn5994 Strongly disagree. The FE edition is by far the ugliest design imo. It's also objectively worse, with bad temperatures.
There seems to be a market for even larger cards, and if I were making the decisions at the corporate office, I would offer "The 7.1 liter Cummins Diesel RTX" or "Andre the Giant RTX."
Took the card apart today.
Thermal pad got stuck, and I had to run it with a half disassembled cooler to soften it.
It... actually worked just fine, and hilariously still got good temps running Heaven benchmark despite having no screws holding it together. Just the stickiness of the paste.
The card is now happily waterblocked.
The AIBs should send you the card unassembled so you guys can build it up - might save you some time
spent so long waiting to hear which size bit I should use, and figured PH00 worked fine. Then we get to taking the I/O cover off, and THEN Steve tells me. LMAO well I'm glad I didn't strip anything.
That Nitrogen tank is gonna give me a gd heart attack and iam even next to it.
absolutely. wtf
I'm happy that you told us that that sticker is not a warranty void if removed sticker because I've been afraid to open my ftw3 3080ti to replace the thermal pads simply because I didn't want to void the warranty
This card looked so much worse in the marketing material than it does in real life. I still don't like the red accents, but that light bar in the middle of the card looks way better IRL than I thought it will. This is my number one choice an AIB model now. It's between this and the RTX 3080FE .Whichever one I can get first is the one that I will get.
Asus tuf is better
@@thehypercovery I don't want a GPU that looks like it was run over by a car. Also hate the TUF brand aesthetics in general. The thermals and performance between most AIB models is negligible, so the factors influencing my decision making are more looks, customer support and other quality of life stuff. If you think the Asus TUF is better, more power to you and good luck getting one.
The red clown smile was supposedly inspired by the lit red led tail light from a McLaren P1 supercar. I guess it started off in concept as a rgb light, and cost/tech issues devolved it to be the loved bit of red plastic we know today :)
@@13thdukeofwybourne69 so now it's officially a clown emoji gamer card
Lol was just watching this video again and forgot I left this comment. I did manage to get this GPU btw. Got it the day after I got my 5900X from Microcenter on launch day. It's been an absolute beast so far, no complaints. I was also one of the first people to get it with the black accents instead of the red ones. Hope you all manage to get whatever PC hardware you're looking to get!
i was waiting for this AF. Mi FTW3 comes in 3-4 days.... omg. I hope everything its gonna be ok with it. GREAT work, as alñways.
If you are removing the backplate to add some thermal pads and your worried about that nut that fell into the card I think if you remove the I/O plate from 10:25 first you should be able to snag the nut.
You should always livestream. I don't want to miss the moment when that hydrogen tank goes KABOOM!
"900 watt power target"
steve's trying to become sam raimi spider-man 2 doc ock
11:19 I really like it when Nitry chimes in during vids....really knows how to break things down for people still learning, like myself.
They should have just made the different colors a cap over the red.
They should sell paint lol
I back ordered a 3090 FTW3 Ultra after running out of VRAM frequently on my 2080 Ti (AI modeling with Keras), so I’m very happy to see this content if I have to do maintenance later on! Thank you GN!
Personally, I think this is one of the best looking GPUs in years.
I don't mind the red accent at all, and I really like the diffused RGB look, and the waves on the shroud.
Really cool looking card to me. Even if it isn't quite up to snuff perhaps performance-gain wise with previous EVGA FTW3 cards, like the 1080 Ti.
imgur.com/a/IgGHFwx yeah you dont really see much of the red lipstick on the front either
Forced RGB, gamer aesthetic, and red should not exist.
@@svn5994 If anything the "gamer aesthetic" at this point is all black/grey cards with a bunch of dumb edges and bevels, made to look like a transformer.
That fits in with your motherboard and case, that are also dumb black/grey with lots of dumb edges and bevels made to look like a transformer.
Boring.
This hobby is supposed to be fun for people, y'know??
@Lucky Shot Well technically anyone that has this card is special because they won the lottery
love your work Steve & Co! cheers from Uruguay!
EVGA cards are usually well engineered, and this seems to be no exception, but damn that shroud is ugly.
@humandxp Jeez dude. What did Evga do to you? Lol.
@Bob Dole Was this one of the bad ones? I haven't really followed all of it, I thought it was one the ones Steve uses for the RIP overclocking competition
@humandxp They're about at the same level as other Taiwanese AIBs, always were. There's nothing wrong with that.
@Bob Dole You don't know what you're talking about.
Yeah. That red trim just constantly reminds me of the old 60s TV batmobile. Pretty much equal parts a good and bad thing.
The person at EVGA that put the red clown lips on the shroud -> #FeelsBadMan
eh it's not that bad. If only people cares this much about things that actually matter
@@froot2912 You have my highest sympathy
YES! I just got this card 2 days ago (waited in line on the 17th at my local store and didn't get one but was 9th preorder, perks of living downtown near a major retailer). Mine has 2 MLCCs in the middle though.
11:18 the tank HATES that red thing too it seems
This card looks like a normal card which was left on the dashboard of a car cooking in the sun for a month
Being someone who fixes electronics it can streamline diagnostics to know if someone else has been inside of a device before. If a device has been opened, there are many more things that have to be taken into consideration and specifically looked for, mainly accidentally knocked off caps, damaged connectors, drilled holes in the PCB where there shouldn't be holes and so on.
personally i just don't want ugly huge stickers visible on my GPU... points at that GIANT white sticker with QR code right below the GPU cutout... warranty or not, that sticker has got to go!
That gpu shroud looks like a McDonald's Reference Design.
Looks like the toy you get in the happy meal
EVGA, masters of making cards look good from every angle except from the front, every generation.
Lipstick on a pig.
Thank you Steve and Team. 🏁🎉
Is no one going to talk about the demon that was just exorcised from that LN2 tank?
it's normal behavior for cryogenic tanks. if you aren't using the gas inside, it build up pressure and needs to vent occasionally.
@@wyattroncin941 also it have happen so many times that now nobody talks.
You probably have seen that first time.
The GPU thermal paste is not a grease, it is a phase change material (PCM). It may seem dry at room temperature, but when heated it will "phase change" and flow allowing for improved thermal performance.
Sharpie that red line on the back. Cant believe they did that.
I feel like that one bolt screw is a "fuck you" screw. It means that if you take the backplate off, you HAVE to continue disassembling to properly reassemble it. It means that putting thermal pads under the backplate goes from a quick few screws and reassemble to an "oh boy, let me disassemble the whole thing just to put it back together" job.
Steve, did EVGA mention anything about the FTW3's Red Light of Death? The issue seems to be quite prominent with no proper explanation.
I don’t why, maybe it’s that I’m in my dark bedroom at 4am, but that hand coming out of nowhere really spooked me 😂
Thumbnail: Evil Tech Dude trying to tear-down the card of righteousness...
@Gamers Nexus I find an easy and clean way to remove dried paste is to use an ifixit nylon spudger and just carefully scrape it off then wipe it down with isopropyl. It's much cleaner and doesn't smear paste everywhere.
"Boss, gamers and enthusiasts are really into customisation these days - you know, all the RGB and stuff - and they're willing to pay a premium for an attractive design."
Yes. Let's put red accents on it. And make them cheap, too. Cheap and plastic. And red. Put them on the ends and on the backplate, you know, to make sure they can't be hidden.
Thats what Jayz says lol
While I enjoy the extensive coverage on products that I can't buy right now (there are no cards), I would really appriciate the Lian Li AiO review you guys promised. Because that's Something that I actually can and would buy right now.
Did Joe run off with the 3090? That was pretty random and funny.
Joe was there, not only as a nitrogen ghost. Looking forward to LN2 3090 SLI video, he was there for a reason.
Isn't Steve worried about his LN2 tank exhausting all of a sudden when he's not at the office? Like at 11:20
He said that it is normal for it to do that at random times. If you are worried about them breathing it in he also said that it's fine since the is room is ventilated 24/7.
that shit scared me awake lol, was nodding off to Steve's soft voice
Air is 70% nitrogen
@@themodfather9382 ?
@@themodfather9382 and yet i've heard that the oxygen part of air is pretty important
Mine 3090 FTW3 came with a black lipstick. Thank you EVGA.
For anyone seriously considering parting with their cards because of the red trim, let me know. I'll be happy to take it off your hands.
Great video! Thanks for including explanations of the basic stuff in your tear-down. And thanks for not prefacing these explanations with "...and for you noobs...". Much appreciated.
I have one of these cards on order. Happy with my choice.
Mmm, some soothing instruction manuals that means I won’t break anything.... Hopefully.
Thanks for the Nos warning,I needed those 2 minutes shortened off my life. Damn I almost jumped back in my chair.
Is this an early review sample? I was sure EVGA said the consumer versions of these cards would have 2 MLCC's and 4 SP-CAPS
This is the first time I like a card other than the reference design
If you want to go hardcore OC with liquid Nitrogen I would change thos Caps to MCCs - Yes I know the software update fixed the crashes but the MCCs are still better for really high frequencies and stability which you may reach if you go *that* hardcore on OC
I was wondering this, because on EVGAs website it looks like newer models of the FTW3 may have made this switch? At least according to the pictures on the site
HeroicTaquito Preproduction board he has here. Production models going to customers are 4+2
@@qerlak sweet thanks, I'm glad, because mine is coming wednesday. got in line early on the auto-notify que via EVGA website
@@dabiggamer how is it? Patiently waiting for my email. Should come soon hopefully lol.
Thanks for your hard work Steve + team. As always a very informative video :)
So EVGA has been promising people will be able to swap out the red plastic, but it turns out its all molded in and the entire shroud would have to be replaced. I'd bet money on a swap will never happen.
Thought it was always a cover to go over not a swap
I'm actually waiting for the 3080ti FTW3 ultra!
I know the red accent is ugly as hell but it's seriously not hard to paint it, a little patience goes a long way lol.
Thats what I was going to do if I got the EVGA FTW3 model. But ended up with a 3090 founders instead.
v1 tech gpu backplate will also cover it
@@XxViciousxX I avoided EVGA all together and just got a Tuf gaming 3080 OC. I really like the look of it and the build quality, although honestly I think Nvidia takes the cakes this series. Their founders edition looks sexy af.
Or, people can just pop it off... It does come off. Don't actually need it because it doesn't do anything.
@@coryv5679 you clearly didn't watch the video the entire way through. On this model the red accent is molded into the plastic and can't be taken off.
I didn't jump at the tank semi-exploding in your general direction but man that was loud.
I like everyone can't get a 3080 right now and I wouldn't want this card just based on looks. That red plastic whatever the hell it is, why?
It's been changed to black, if it's the trim I assume you're talking about.
v1 tech gpu backplate and evga is coming out with a cover to the lipstick red on the side
@@hgr3180 Nice! Couldn't stand that thing.
Shouldn't buy cards based on looks anyway.
It's been changed. And hell, you could get nail polish and cover it with black if it's that bad on your eyes. Nail polish is a couple of bucks and won't hurt anything.
thank you for explaining the matt that helped alot to understand the diagrams u have on it
This is a reviewer model that has the different capacitors, they later added one "better" one for Production Models... is it possible production models also have the thermal pads under the backplate?
When we never got a review on the card but we get a tear-down video, yeeeeeeeeeeeet
I want a full review on this card Steve, c'mon now :-P I already have one on the way (will be here Tuesday), I want to see what you guys got out of yours OC & performance wise :(
Now are you going to watch the video and read the description?
You know you are at the right place, when the person seen at the video calls up KINGPIN on the phone :D
The red detailing really is not sitting right with me.
paint it
@@PabzRoz Hey idiot how about instead of defending EVGA's design you admit that it's out of place? Last time I checked I shouldn't be required to paint my $800+ USD GPU because people like you exist. It's an $800+ GPU it should be plug and play not paint and then play.
@@svn5994😂😂😂BRO you're so triggered wtf lmfao. Or just don't buy it? I don't care, I'm running a Tuf gaming 3080. I'm not an EVGA fan, I'm just saying if you really wanted the card but hated the accents you could paint them. I'm not "defending" them I think it's dumb as hell they did that. I'm just saying it's a work around. Why are you so upset about a graphic cards color accents? 🤣
@@svn5994 If you don't like the color then don't buy the card? You're literally angry over a GPU color accent. EVGA isn't the only one making 3080's you know. Calm tf down.
@@svn5994 Imagine getting this mad over something you will never be able to afford anyway.....
I usually like the fall asleep to these kinds of videos but damn did that nitrogen scare me awake haha
Steve EVGA is gonna be pissed at you for this video... So many people commenting about the 6 SP caps that have no clue that the retail version of this card is 4+2 design. That and they care more about the number of X capacitor than the fact that you clearly stated that this card got you the highest scores out of all the ones you tested.. guess everyone's an electrical engineer now.
duh :p why bother watching this if only half the content is digested properly :p
Steve, you should do a dumbed down step-by-step PC build with the new upcoming RTX 3070 and Ryzen 5900X for people trying to reach like 240+ fps at 1440P...
For like no specific reason, just looking out for *you* best buddy!! 😊
What do you run on? because you don’t run on sleep 😂
Foreals, I hope he's getting proper rest but I ain't too sure.
Probably monster or red bull 😂
@@txkingg I'm not sure if one should touch those drinks.
Couldnt help to notice this card had the 6 polymer Cap configuration on the back side, where as my FTW3 Ultra has 4 polymer and 2 sets (20) MLCC. On air I get +180 core clock and +1000 Mem. havent tried pushing the Memory clocks further yet. +180 on core clock runs Port Royal no problems but did cause Time Spy to end with 0 score. 165 Works fine. I use +120 core clock and +750 Memory for gaming and absolutely zero issues so far and after many hours of gaming per session. Hit 2085 on core clock regularly.
Steve, you should know FTW3 is NEVER a reference design. That is the whole point of FTW3. I think you must be tired.
I know it isn't related to this card. But I was able to get a Gigabyte RTX 3080 OC card in the top 100 (#80) for i7-10700k/RTX 3080 in Time Spy and Port Royal. I was able to tweak the core clock to +125 and +525 mem. Obviously limiting factors were power/wattage. Very very impressed with this RTX 3080 overall. 100% increase in performance over my 1070ti which was overclocked.
Love the break down videos.
I can't get over how terrible everything looks compared to the FE card.
Even compared to older cards it's so damn ugly lol
Almost every 3000 series card is just hideous. I don't even get it. Only cards I actually like is the Strix and Kingpin, the HOF will probably look decent too tho over the top as always.
the MSI ventus and the gigabyte n3080vision look really good imo
Really? I think it looks great! See how they have a provision for SMD of TH capacitors and inductors? That's pretty cool. You can also see the lines for the kelvin type current sensing on the inductors on the back. There's also a lot of really nice 45 degree components on the back near the slot.
Don't get me wrong: the FE card looks nice, especially with all the VRM output capacitors on the back, but it's not perfect.
Eh, personally I think this card looks nicer than the FE when actually inside a case. The FE looks weird in a build unless the build is built around the card.
Honestly, just deshrouding and replacing the thermal pads does so much, I also put pads on the back to make contact with the black plate, tremendous idea
hey I know its been 5 months since you commented, but what thickness thermal pads did you use for the backplate. I just got a ftw 3 3080 ti a bit over a week ago. I still havent taken the card apart, or even the back plate off yet, but sadly I think they still aren’t putting thermal pads between the back of the pcb and backplate. If you see this and can get back to me on the correct size for thermal pad thickness for sinking heat from the back of the board and the backplate I would greatly appreciate it. If you don’t reply I obviously understand this is an old comment and you probably wont ever notice I even commented.
@@BeatsbyVegas look at specs and forums to make sure, but to the best of my memory 1.5mm and 2.0 mm, although I might’ve picked up a pack of 3.0 also just to be safe
Also, if you have the extra dough to shell out for it, I would highly recommend a water block kit that also covers vram!
The amount of whining about a purely superficial red line is astonishing.
and most of the whiners want even see the line when the card is mounted.
If you pay 700 or 1500 dollars for something, the performance should be the first concern, but that doesn't mean how it looks becomes irrelevant especially when that horrendous red outline would conflict with a lot people's builds.
@@VizardPhoenix ideal build is a steel meshy box with no view on internals. fite me
@@VizardPhoenix yeah, its not like you got competing brands to chose from.
Agreed. and what most people don't realize is once you put it in a case with even a mild tint on your window you dont' even see the red. That and these cards are so long that the "clown frown" is usually so close to your front fans that you can't even see it. I am looking at this card in my case right now and I can't even see the red accents unless i have sunlight going right into my case.
Itching for your review of this card!
I presume you're either swamped or waiting for the production card to arrive.. Either way keep up the amazing work :)