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As the title says, Borderlands 2 crashes instantly upon clicking "PLAY" in the launcher (specifically, it'll load the first frame of the 2K splash screen, then lock up a second and close). Borderlands 3 runs with no problems. Hunt: Showdown and L4D2 will both occasionally crash for seemingly no reason in the same way--all temperatures are seemingly fine, nothing particularly intense is going on, though my game will just freeze for about half a second with no audio, then play the next frame, then hard crash to desktop. I've verified integrity of game files for all of them, and issues persist. For Hunt, the crash crops up like every 1 in 4 games or so, and in L4D2 it happens after like 30 minutes or so of playing. As a bonus, Counter-Strike 2 will also crash like once every 4 or 5 rounds, and sometimes won't even let me load into the menu. I've tried running 3DMark benchmarks and stress tests (specifically, Time Spy, Time Spy Extreme, Fire Strike, and some others I can't think of) with no issues whatsoever. I don't remember the framerates I get in each game, but I believe they're all consistently >100. I've been dealing with these problems for months now and nothing I do can fix it. I just re-installed Windows hoping it was some problem with it, but the same problems are still around. I've gotten to the point where I'm considering just replacing my desktop that's served me loyally for a decade and just building a new computer, but I'd be willing to try whatever the LTT forum gods have to offer. Are there any special BIOS settings I should try using, options to change in Windows, or just some hardware incompatibility I have that I'm blind to? Feel free to suggest stuff that's plainly obvious as well. My experience debugging computer issues is really limited, so it's possible I might have just not considered something that everyone would start with. System information: OS: Windows 11 Pro CPU: Intel i7-13700k no OC done, and I just got done clearing CMOS so I suspect that would have gotten rid of any it had CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI BIOS currently all at default settings after clearing CMOS BIOS version is American Megatrends, Inc. 3302, 2/21/2024 RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5600MHz for some reason, it's showing as 4800MHz in Task Manager GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Latest Game Ready driver is installed, as of 3/19/2024 PSU: Corsair RM850x Boot SSD: SAMSUNG 980 PRO Case: Cooler Master HAF X I've also got a SATA SSD I use for recording OBS clips into and storing games, and 3 HDDs for more storage, if that matters at all. Also, in case it matters, my OBS settings are attached; I have the Replay Buffer running pretty much all the time, so that may have something to do with this.

Hey everyone, so I’ve upgraded to an asus strix 3080 OC from a gtx 1080 strix OC and I’m unfortunately experiencing micro stuttering, not to mention the frigin thing has coil whine… but that’s the least of my problems. The micro stuttering isn’t incredibly bad, i wouldn’t say it makes a game unplayable, but it makes you so annoyed that you just wanna punch something. My system can definitely handle the power which is why this makes no sense, and it doesn’t micro stutter on every game which is super strange. My system has an I9 10900k @3.7ghz, 32gb of Corsair ram @3600mhz (I have xmp1 on), 850W Corsair power supply, ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING motherboard, 1TB western digital ssd, and of course the rtx 3080 OC. I’m just so puzzled bc I had no issues with my 1080, and when you pay for an EXPENSIVE gpu aka the 3080, you expect it to be a no bs smooth experience in the games you play. It does it on red dead redemption 2 (story mode), gta5 (story mode and online), a new BR called super people, Outer Worlds, and Jedi fallen order. I’ve tried so many things, and yes I’ve uninstalled the drivers with DDU and used the custom installation method to have a clean instal with the nvida drivers. I’ve done other things as well like mess with the prefer max power in the nvida 3D settings, which honestly made some games crash after a while of playing. At this point I’m thinking it’s just a faulty card, maybe something is wrong with the memory in the gpu, or maybe I just have to much RGB lmfao. I should probably add that I use msi after burner to monitor everything. The frame time, frame rate, temps, gpu/cpu usage… all looks fine other than the damn frametime and micro stutters. Although I have noticed in some instances where when I do get a micro stutter or stutter in general, the gpu usage spikes down and the cpu usage spikes up for a split second, which in some cases when that happens the cpu usage will actually be higher than the gpu, then goes back to normal which is so weird!! Non of it makes sense to me and I’m just so mad, the FPS in my games are incredible but this micro stutter bs is getting to me! I’m about to send it for repair through asus or ask for a replacement but it’s just so strange that maybe it’s something stupid and not gpu related at all. My monitor is a 1920x1080p 1ms 144hz asus monitor, which this one is prob 5 or 4 years old now and it doesn’t have gsync or adaptive sync… could that be an issue??? I would really appreciate some help or advice if possible, sorry for the long thread but I wanted to get everything out there.

Hi Guys! I know this has probably been in alot of discussions, considering the 4070 Ti Super is releasing this week. Wanted to ask, truthfully, if it's worth upgrading from a RTX 3080 to a 4070 Ti Super. I have considered the 4080 Super, but I'm not sure at the moment. I think the price point for the 4070 Ti Super is what's capturing me. I've also heard, from other people, to wait for the 5000 series GPU, so I'm just conflicted pretty much. I currently have an AM4 motherboard with 5800x3D so I think going to a 5000 series GPU might be overkill since I plan on maxing out my AM4 board to its fullest. And really at that point...idk how well a 5000 series card would match with a Ryzen 7 5000 series CPU. Let me know what you guys think.

Hello, So this has been happening for a few days now where my GPU driver will just crash in the middle of games. The game will freeze or quit and i get an error that my driver has crashed. The games this has happened in is Overwatch 2 and EA FC 24. I am able to open the game back up just fine again. I have tried DDU and reinstalled the latest driver. I even rolled back to a couple older ones and the same issue occurs. A new error has happened when watching only on youtube when i go into full screen and then back out of full screen mode Chrome freezes and i have to close it in task manager. Then a pop up from an AMD program says my graphics driver has crashed and is now running in safe mode. This only happens on youtube on Chrome no other site or browser so not sure what that is about. Any help is greatly appreciated! Specs: CPU: 7900x Mobo: ROG Strix B650E-F GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 RAM: 32GB DDR5 (XMP is not on) PSU: CORSAIR 850W OS: window 10 64bit

Hello everyone, recently my RTX 3080, an Asus ROG Strix RTX 3080 V2 OC Edition, started acting strangely. I had to replace the side fans cause they started to make a terrible noise, so I disassembled, changed the fans, cleaned old thermal paste and thermal pads, new thermal pads (right size) and reassembled (no temperature problem in game, stable at 70°C on Memory and 65-68°C on Hot Spot). Since it was like 1 month of doing a terrible noise, I've been unaccustomed by the up and downs of the fans, and now it's driving me mad. As you can see all the fans do up and downs. I tried changing everything on GPU TWEAK III, the only way to solve this is to put the % on 71, which fixes the RPM of the fans. Anything between 30 and 70 keeps the fans do up and downs. I have all the drivers updated, bios of the mobo too. Tried the "NVIDIA Resizable BAR on systems with an ASUS GeForce RTX™ 30 series graphics card" RTX3080_V6 update from official support, it said that I don't need any update for it. This is my current setup: Case: be quiet! Silent Base 802 Window Black MOBO: ASUS ROG Z490-H CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K @3.80GHz Cooler: NZXT Kraken x52 GPU: Asus ROG Strix RTX 3080 V2 OC Edition RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4x8Gb @3200MHz PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 11 1000w Platinum HDD: WD Black 2 TB + WD Black 3 TB SSD: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500 GB + Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1 TB OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Primary Monitor: LG 27GL850 27" 2k@144Hz Secondary Monitor: ASUS VA24EHE 1080p UPS: Cyberpower CP1500EPFCLCD Thank you for any help and suggestions you can give.

just an example but this applies to almost every game Ryzen 5 5500 A520m k v2 RTX 3080 16 gigs 3600 - single channel yes ik its and issue already have another stick on the way just hoped to save some money (but i dont think it would result is such a huge performance loss) gpu usage is almost always below 50% in every single game and it wont go higher in cyber punk i can set the game to high settings and get 50fps and i will get the same fps on low (i dont remember the exact framerates i just reinstalled windows completely fresh so copying files rn) while i understand R5 5500 isnt the best value for the money i got both the motherboard and the cpu for 145$ brand new so i went for it. the card is used but doesn't appear to have any issues and got a score of 17k on furmurk which is rights around where a 3080 should be Ive tried reinstalling everything from drivers to windows. reinstalled the ram and gpu. cleared bios and tried it too (yes ram is at 3600 but i xmp gives me a black screen so i have it done manually) -- This is a benchmark i saw on youtube cyber punk on higher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktKCHElEmfI i just cant figure out what the issue is appart from the single channel memory. the cooler seems to be on fine the cpu temps are fine. Im completely lost.

Recently upgraded from a RX570 to an RTX 3080, and since I switched I've having an issue while gaming where both monitors will go black and go to sleep, but I can still hear audio from both the game and other applications (usually watch YouTube videos while I game). It usually happens when something changed in the game; end of a match, changing in-game settings, etc. Things I've checked: - Each PCIe power cable is a separately run 8-pin power cable to the PSU, not daisy-chained. - DDU'ed and reinstalled NVIDIA drivers. - Removed the OC I had on my CPU and made sure there was no OC on the GPU. Anyone got any idea what's up with this? First thought was not high enough wattage PSU but with no OC on anything surely that shouldn't be an issue. EDIT: tried swapping PCI-E slots, no change. Pulled up hardware monitor when I was running a benchmark, GPU was at 79C when the crash happened so that doesn't sound like it's overheating. Ryzen 7 5700X Asus TUF RTX 3080 10GB 4x8GB G.skill Ripjaws DDR4-3200Mhz CL16 MSI X570-A Pro Corsair RM750x Kingston 120GB SATA SSD WD Blue 1TB HDD

First of all I'm sorry this is long. But i don't know what to do anymore ran here made an account I'm sorry if break any rules since i don't know any rules. on November 9th i play on my PC just fine when suddenly Monitor turnoff to no display but all the computer components including the VGA as if the monitor just stop receiving output from VGA but the i can see the VGA still running light turn on and dan spinning. - don't know what to do and dumbfounded i force restart the PC when i noticed White LED VGA indicator on mobo is turn on - my first solution is maybe I'm don't use good cable for my 3x8pin psu cable(i use two8pin from my RM850 + one a spare from my old CX650). I bring new(i use two 8pin from RM850 + one 8pin from AX1000 i borrow from a friend) one all of em is 18AWG(CMIW). - as soon as I turn to computer with the new psu cable is when great. No white led VGA turn on but it stop at yellow LED boot indicator. - force restart again. Now it's boot just fine but back to VGA white led turn on. - fast forward to November 10th. i think Power is fine not the problem. So maybe because bad contact with the pcie slot because the VGA is to big/heavy since it's 3080(yes i don't use gpu support) So i try to lift manually the VGA while trying to turn on the PC. And it's BOOT! straight to windows - BUT its blue screen saying windows error 0xc0000001 and 0xc0000225. - now i though the VGA problem is fix but new windows problem. Next is i try to reinstall new windows from my bootable flashdisk by going to the BIOS. I when through the installation prosses when suddenly no display again! - computer still on but no display back to the first problem - i try to force restart but it won't boot. Back to white VGA led on mobo meaning they recognize something wrong with the VGA or maybe they recognize no VGA at all - next What I do is buy 99.9% isopropyl alcohol to clean the pcie pin on the VGA. I did that and try to plug it in again. To fail again. Still white led and no boot to window - next i try to try the second pcie slot on my mobo which is fortunately still the same pcie x16. But i have problem. My motherboard is matx that's make me can't put the 3080 to the second pcie slot because the VGA has no room since there a lot of cable there like case front panel, audio, and sata, etc. So i buy extended pcie cable so that i can put my 3080 to the second pcie slot with the extended cable. But to no avail. It won't boot, still led white VGA indicator - while all this happeneling the VGA RGB and fan is still spinning tho the fan sometimes spin sometime only spin for a while but at least i know power when through just fine to the VGA. the 3080 is not dead real dead since it's still manage to show display to bios and windows installation (even tho back to no display) PC Spec is -ryzen 9 5900X -asus TUF B550m Plus Gaming -EVGA 3080 ftw3 ultra -Corair RM850 PSU I'm tired please help this all my non techy brain can do for now i think

I already am running a system with a RTX 3080 and a ryzen 5 2600x (I know I'm not proud). I'm planning on getting nearly a full new rig with a intel i9 14900k and bring the RTX 3080, I know a 14900k is VERY strong compared to a 3080. I know cpu bottlenecking is a problem but idk how it works the other way around. I plan to eventually get a better gpu if recommended. Thanks

Hi there, I am plannin on gettin new PC and i have 2 options to choose from for GPU. Note: I am planning to use Multiple 1080p monitors, 2 or 3., Thanks PDifolco for reminding. - Palit 3080 10GB - 365$ used! - PNY 3080 Ti - 435$ used! My plan for whole PC: - i7 12700K - B760 DS3H AX DDR4 - Teamforce Delta DDR4 3600MHz kit [2x16GB] - ID Cooling frostflow 240mm AIO [non rgb, I will make it stand sideways, check the case, I dont like too much rgb] - mp33 Pro 1TB nvme - Asrock 3080 or PNY 3080Ti [both used] [ will send link here, I need help choosing GPU between these 2] - Xigmatek Overtake Supertower PC [its super sus cheap but will buy it cas why not, 19$] - Cougar Gex 750W 80+ Gold, Tier B psu which one should I get?

Hi Just got a used rtx 3080 MSI sea hawk It's a hybrid and the radiator fans seem to be running at max speed all the time Iddle temp is 23c and the fan on the GPU isn't spinning at iddle ... What's going on ??? Any ideas ? Drivers are installed and up to date

Hi I just got a rtx 3080 MSI sea hawk and the fans of the radiator are at 2400 rpm all the time. I can see the fan speed in afterburner but it won't let me change it. I had an AMD card previously but uninstalled all drivers before installing Nvidia drivers. I tried re seating the GPU and it's power cables tried resetting uefi bios tried updating uefi bios tried older drivers tried uninstalling GPU in windows device manager. Where should I go from here Any ideas Thanks for your help

Hello fellow tech people! First time writing but long time viewer of the channel and the forums. I'm helping a friend with his RTX 3080. He bought it second hand from some guy who bought them in bulk. It later broke and was sent in to be repaired by a third party shop multiple times but works fine since then. His little brothers mobo found the card no problems and it worked fine when he used it, but my mates old mobo did not even found a it as a PCI-device. Thought it was that the old motherboard was PCI Gen 3 and his little brothers was Gen 4 (the thinking was like the shop only fixed it to work with Gen 4). I tried it in one of my Gen 4 computers with AMD-chipset (his brother use Intel so we had tried both) and it works like a charm in it. Benchmarked it in some games as well with no problems. Updated the drivers as well the the latest. My mate caved in and bought a new mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU and finally a non-spinning storage device haha. I built it all for him and tried the card on the mobo-box but with the same results as in his old mobo. The fan spins slowly but not in the locked minimum 35% it should. The power is correct as no lights light up by the power connectors (if I pull one of them out and turn the PSU on it lights up so I know they work) I am now out of ideas to troubleshoot, integrated graphics works fine, but the 3080 really doesn't wanna work in this system. Do somebody have any ideas to test? Specs: CPU: i5 13600K Mobo: NZXT N5 Z690 DDR4 GPU: Asus RTX 3080 Founders RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 (2X16GB) 3200MHz PSU: CoolerMaster MWE 850 V2 CPU-Cooler: DeepCool AK620

I have an RTX 3080 with an HDMI 2.1 cable connected to a Samsung S95C TV. When I manually go into Windows settings, disable my other monitors, and make the TV my primary display, I can get 4K 144Hz 10bit HDR + Gsync without issue. I'm trying to simplify switching using Display Fusion, which stores monitor configuration profiles and lets me switch between them. However, switching using this software causes the signal to constantly drop at 144Hz. Dropping down to 120Hz reduces the frequency of this, but I'm still getting dropouts. As far as I can tell, there's no difference in resolution, refresh rate, etc when switching manually vs switching with Display Fusion. Could it be that Display Stream Compression isn't kicking in? Or something else? Any recommendations on other software to try to achieve my goals?

Budget (including currency): around 2000(NIS) /500(USD) Country: Israel Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games Hi guys I wanna buy 2nd hand 3080 the prices for 3080 that been used for miming is around 450 $(USD) for the 3080 that didn’t used for mining price is around 550 $ (USD) is to worth to pay 100$ more for gpu that wasn’t used for mining ?

-======I have a Gygabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC graphics card I bought in october 2020, I used to play games a lot on my gaming pc but after i left home for college, I only get to play on weekends. This january I was away for a month and when I got home I played games on my PC just fine, the next day I woke up to find my pc not beign able to boot. I could hear a clicking sound from my PSU, only after I disconnected the power conectors from my GPU could I get my pc to boot. I took the gpu to the store where i bought it and they said it was burned, I was able to claim the warranty and they fixed my gpu. I dont think they gave me a new unit, they just fixed what ever was broken but I am not sure whether I was given a new unit. Anyway, fast forward a few months and I find my self in the exact same position, Used the PC after about a month of non use and the GPU burned on the next day morning. I have 2 months left on the warranty I maybe able to claim it. I am not sure what is causing this to happen. Is it because I didn't use it for a month? I heard that not using electronic devices can lead them to burn when turned on? Could It be my PSU, it is a 750 W gold one, or could It just be a problem with a graphics card and when they fixed it the first time they didn't properly remove the cause for the issue? I can only claim the warranty one more time and I can't afford another GPU I can't be in this situation again, what can I do?

Continuing from my previous thread (it got derailed from people auguring about 7900 XTX and CPU score... hope this thread will stay on track...) I got a new PSU and done testing again on my Aorus Master RTX 3080 Rev 2, thankfully OPP/OCP didn't trip on this 850W (Corsair RMe850 ATX 3.0) PSU compared to my old one. I'm wondering if The GPU temps are ok especially Gigabyte had bad thermal pad on their 3080s, but this should got fixed with Rev 2 cards (I admit my ambient is too high, but I don't have a AC, and I'm in Sweden so temps usually don't get this high) Here are the results: Note that seems the GPU temps got hotter when running the Furmark stress tests. (all temperature are in Celsius) About Power Connectors: The Corsair RMe850 ATX 3.0 comes with two PCIe cables, one has an extra daisy chained PCIe connector. So it's 1+2 The Aorus Master card requires 3 PCIe connector, and I noticed that they have separate wattage thought them on CPUID HWMonitor, meaning one cable is taking 220+W while the other taking 110+W. Not quite sure how accurate that is, but 220+W is actually over the power rating of the cable (I checked Cybentics report, the cable is using 16+18AWG cable, thicker 16 AWG cable can carry 15 Amps, multiply 12 Volt is 180W, over 220W it is carrying. I'm considering buying an individual sleeved cable kit like this which (including two PCIe cable) to replace the daisy chained one. Corsair Sleevade Kablar Type 4 Gen 4 Startkit -Vit - Inet.se

Recently got a second hand 3080 and heard about Gigabyte shipping crappy thermopads, but appears they might fixed it with this Rev 2 I haven't done a Furmark Stess test due to my PSU didn't like it when I ran Furmark with prime 95... Furmark benchmark and Timespy passed alright. Max Temp after running TimeSpy GPU 70.0 C Memory 82.0 C Hotspot 84.7 C (forgot to log ambient... probably something 24-25 C) Idle GPU 45C Memory 50.0 Hotspot 55.4 Ambient 25 Here is the TimeSpy graph the Graphics score seems normal for a 3080, looks like in Demo I have a little bit CPU bottleneck 5800X3D later this year or next...

Finally got my second hand RTX 3080 in the mail. But I wonder do I need to run DDU when upgrade from 970? The Nvidia Driver version are the same. Maybe all I need to do is go to GeForce Experience and do a clean reinstall of drivers.

So caught in a bind here, I'm considering passing my GTX 970 to a relative of my BF whose GPU is pursuable dead. (He is actually using my BF's previous build, with a intel 4770 and GTX 670, which is having black screens due to driver crash from "unavailable recourse/memory error" in Event Viewer when running Heaven and also happened without load. Already tried repasting, reseat, done DDU and reinstall the driver, so pretty much sure that OLD GTX 670 is dead) I was considering the RTX 4060Ti 8GB, but given some games already can't run on it due to 8GB VRAM, I am considering either buy a second hand RTX 3080 10GB or wait for the 4060Ti 16GB. There aren't many new cards competitive to the 4060Ti's price point, and I don't really see the point push to 4070 or beyond. My self is running a R5 3600 and X570 elite, with a 650W power supply, 32GB DDR4 3600 CL16. (At the moment, if I want to play something like Cyberpunk, I can use my BF's 144Hz 4K monitor and 4080 if needed, but just in case if he is also at home/I have to go elsewhere, I still want to have a ready-to-play PC with me, so I still need a at least 1440P 60Hz capable card, and monitoring 5800X3D pricing) I'm in Sweden, and here are the current market prices. New RTX 4060Ti 8GB is priced at 5200 SEK (487USD) This is pretty much also my budget or + 1000 SEK RTX 4060Ti 16GB Expected to be ~6000 SEK given the 100 USD higher MSRP RTX 4070 7500+ (703 USD, My ideal model are at 7800 SEK, 731 USD) RX 6700XT 12GB 4500 SEK (~422 USD) RX 6750XT 12GB 5482 SEK (~515USD) RX 6800 16GB 6500 SEK (610 USD) RX 6800XT 16GB 7500+ SEK (6950XT of course is even more expensive, and my PSU will not be happy running that either) Intel A770 16GB 4800SEK/Bifrost 5138SEK (But at this price, I would probably choose 4060TI or ) Used (final price) include shipping (Pretty much Ebay, and I prefer limit to within EU due to not want to dealing with additional import tax...) 3080 Aorus Master 10GB 5356 SEK (what a steal) 3080 Gaming OC 10GB 5694 SEK There are also these Buy it Now listing 3080 Aorus 5344 SEK, but since the seller sells several other 3070 3080, guess these are mining cards (claims bought in June 2021 ) 3080 Gaming OC at 5450 SEK seller sells several other cards, but also monitor/PSU boards, maybe an electronics shop? *I know the Gigabyte 30- series may have PCB cracking issue, but given my motherboard is Aorus, I prefer use a Gigabyte/Aorus GPU if they have RGB. I'm also skeptical about the PCB cracking issue, given my current card is also from Gigabyte, a second-hand card bought arrived to me with a bent PCIe slot bracket and board. I would love to hear your second-opinion. I'm leaning hard on the secondhand 3080s or RTX 4060Ti 16GB mainly due to later will have DLSS 3.0 if I need it. And these 3080s can still from a crypto mine... and I'm not very happy about mining cards... Games I mainly play are Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, Age of Empire 4. The former 2 supports DLSS and RTX. *I'm also aware that my 650W Silverstone ET650-G is barely able to run a 3080...

Hello everyone, I've been a long time lurker but unfortunately came across an experience that I had to share. Let's start with a short timeline: 10th of February 2021: In the middle of Crypto related GPU-pricehikes i am in need of a new GPU. I finally manage to grab an Gigabyte RTX 3080 Aorus Master (Rev 1.0) for 1335€ (~$1459 US) End 2022 - Early 2023: Card keeps on "crashing" in games. All screens turn black, the fans go to 100%. System keeps running and can be interacted with, theres just no output. I suspected the RAM/CPU Overclock. The issue appeared not too often so it was hard to test. Finally discovered its the GPU when testing with OCCT. 9th of February 2023 (yes, really): I contact my retailer (Alternate Germany) and request an RMA. 14.2: Card arrives at Alternate 18.2: Card is processed (We later learn Alternate was able to reproduce the issue) 27.2: Card is sent off to Gigabyte 22.3: Alternate is getting the card back from Gigabyte. 25.3: The card arrives at my place. This is where the story begins. Foreshadowed by the Alternate support that the issue has not been resolved as "Gigabyte could not reproduce the issue", I unpacked my GPU and noticed that the card had been damaged in a way that it could not have happened in shipping from Alternate to me. It was later confirmed by Alternate that this must've happened between Gigabyte and Alternate that that they had sent it to me bent like that. Upon contacting Alternate I was recommended to "just bend it back". Assuming this might have happend through some kind of drop or similiar while keeping in mind that the card was still not fixed I was worried about the warranty and refused to just "bend it back". After some horribly slow Email exchanges I eventually sent the card back in to Alternate. 4.4: The card arrived at Alternate 12.4: The card has been unpacked 17.4: The bent slot cover had been replaced, but all of a sudden Alternate is no longer able to reproduce my original issue. 24.4: Alternate agrees to send the card back in to Gigabyte at my own expenses because they claim the card they confirmed to be broken a month earlier is, without any interaction, no longer broken. Being more than just mildly upset with the time Alternate takes to reply to my questions I had contacted the Gigabyte support in the meantime. There I was told that I should please "provide detailed steps on how to reproduce the issue so that it can be checked when I send the card back in". I did that by explaining how 5 Minutes of running OCCTs 3D Test test will easily cause the card to fail. I also proceeded to explain how this only appears at the cards very performance peak and that a workaround would be to use the silent BIOS or use it in PCIe 3.0 Mode. Both of which are no solution to me as I want to use the card at its designed performance for obvious reasons. I also explained that, according to my online reasearch, this would mostly happen with AMD Systems and that they should test the card in an AMD system, if possible. Gigabyte replied, telling me that they will not be using OCCT as they can no confirm that OCCT is a "3rd party utility" that they will not be using "because [they] cannot guarantee it reads [their] design and [that it would provide] the correct test report." This left me with more questions than before. We're not talking about OCCT reporting any errors. The issue is 3 Black screens and a 100% fan spin. This also can be reproduced in games (like COD:MW2) just not as easily as OCCT. Either way, Gigabyte agreed they would try their best to reproduce the issue. Which leads to today: I just got this Answer from Gigabyte: They replied this to a ticket in which I mentioned that the issue was reproduced on a different system AND on my system with a clean OS install. But even worse: Below is the picture they mentioned. The longer you look at this picture the more painful it gets. Did they try OCCT? No. Fine, I had been given a somewhat reasonable explanation for that. Why is the 3DMark Score that low? A Time Spy run on my system with that very card get's me a Score of 17631 (18328 GPU + 14506 CPU). Did they use an AMD CPU? No. Ok, there were also reports that it happens on Intel. But this is where they absolutely lost it. The Intel CPU used was an i5 8500T. They tested my RTX 3080, which I carefully described to have issues only at it's peak performance, on an Power-Optimized midrange CPU from 2018. Running at 2111MHz. Using PCIe 3.0. Even their Screen shows the card has not reached 100% load for once. How is this supposed to be a stability test? How can you, with confidence, look at this screen and say that there are definitely no crashes for that CPU when under full load? So to sum it up: Gigabyte is telling me that there's "nothing wrong with the card". I'm down 40€ because Alternate already refused to send it in the second time. I have been without my GPU for over 3 months now and chances are very high that the issue still isn't fixed (after all, nobody has ever "repaired" any damage other than the slot cover). The only way to send it back in a third time is through Alternate as Gigabyte does not offer direct customer support in Germany, and nobody is guaranteeing me that this time Gigabyte would finally reproduce the issue, or at least use a testbench that MIGHT be able to reproduce it. Not to mention the time it will take yet again. I need this PC for university, currently run on a 6700 XT that was supposed to be somewhere else quite a while ago and it doesn't look like I will be getting back a fixed 3080 anytime soon. Has anyone ever had similar issues with Gigabyte? Does anyone have any other ideas I could try to resolve this?

Hi there! I need some help choosing an upgrade. (I currently have a Ryzen 7 5700X) So I am upgrading my gtx 1080ti fe to either: a rtx 3080ti fe (used for a year - 3 - 4 hours per week) , but can pick it up for around $500 after selling my 1080ti) or a new rtx 4070 fe (which would be around the same price) or a used 3080fe (4 months) I was wondering what might be the better choice. I heard that the 4070 has only slightly less performance than the 3080 , but it has DLSS 3, Frame generation and 12gb of VRAM (which i am leaning towards for VR and future proofing) Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in Advance!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor ($191.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D12L 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler ($98.50 @ Newegg Sellers) Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A WIFI II Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($64.98 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: Gainward NE6306T019P2-190AB GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR 8 GB Video Card ($400.00) Case: Zalman T6 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Apevia Prestige 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($30.00) Monitor: Sceptre E275B-QPT168 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor ($100.00) I'm thinking about getting the rtx 3080 10gb used or the 6950xt used which one should I get for better price to performance and future proofing and good features.

So I’m planning on upgrading from my gtx 1080ti and I don’t know whether I should get a 3070 or a 3080 fe. I have a Ryzen 7 5700X and I am planning on using my system for gaming at mostly 1080p with a 144hz monitor (pretty sure it’s 1080p) but also for creative tasks (content creation). My main reason for an upgrade is primarily for vr (quest 3). So what would be the best bang for buck? i heard people say that the 3080 is overkill for 1080p, but usually higher end cards last longer and are more future proofed, I also don’t plan on upgrading my pc anymore (unless a component fails fully)

Before I proceed with my case study, I'll fill up my PC spec: Intel Core i9-10850K Gigabyte Z590 Vision D 4x32GB Gigabyte Designare RAM (operating at JEDEC speed of 2.666 GT/s) Zotac Trinity OC RTX 3080 1 TB Samsung 980 SSD 4 TB Samsung 870 Evo SSD 2x3 TB Toshiba P300 ASUS Bluray Writer 1x200mm Coolermaster MF200 3x140mm Coolermaster MF140 Halo 2x120mm Coolermaster MF120 Halo Seasonic Focus GX 750W I've count more than 8 power trips last year alone, mostly due to the thundering weather, and 1 or 2 for unknown reason. The recent power trip in the apartment that I'm living in forced me to re-evaluate, and get a UPS. Imma gonna go retail, instead of online, and found this one, which cost $200 in my currency https://www.apc.com/ph/en/product/BV1000I-MS/apc-easy-ups-1000va-floor-wall-mount-230v-4x-universal-outlets-avr/