Strix 2080ti ( Aura Sync ) Vs Gaming X Trio

[Hazeno]

Just picked up an Asus Strix OC 2080Ti but Aura Sync doesn't want to work properly at all. After a reboot it'll stay on 1 colour even after changing with aura sync again. 

 

Was thinking of returning and grabbing an MSI Gaming X Trio as it's the same cost and I'll only be without a GPU for 2 days. 

 

Current benchmarks would put them around the same FPS wise. 

 

Question is, does the Trio have any issues like coil whine? Can't find any info on failure rate either. Do they use Micron or Samsung RAM?

[Constantin]

I would try to find a solution as Asus is way better than MSI.

What is your motherboard? 

[mxk]

I don't believe it has any issues with coil whine. 

 

As for memory, it's usually luck as to what you'll get in your card. I know a few people with the same card as me and they have micron memory, but I happened to get samsung gddr5.

[Hazeno]

Asus Rampage VI Extreme. 

 

Slight update, I've managed to get the RGB to colour cycle finally with the GPU only software. After a reboot it's actually sticking without having Aura Sync. So now it's a case of deciding which is the better card. I've heard that the MSI Gaming X is slightly better performance. But I've got a slight fanboy for asus. 

[Ankerson]

5 minutes ago, Hazeno said:

Asus Rampage VI Extreme. 

 

Slight update, I've managed to get the RGB to colour cycle finally with the GPU only software. After a reboot it's actually sticking without having Aura Sync. So now it's a case of deciding which is the better card. I've heard that the MSI Gaming X is slightly better performance. But I've got a slight fanboy for asus. 

ASUS is the better card in general.

 

However the BEST is the EVGA 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming out of all of them.

[Hazeno]

See how this card fairs tonight as I've already had 3 BSOD's and some not normal behaviour. 

 

And yes I DDU'd the drivers before using the latest. If she fails she's going back.

[Jurrunio]

PCB difference between the Trio, Strix and FTW3 Ultra are negligible, all are completely overkill for air cooled situations. Even in liquid nitrogen there won't be any difference more than the silicon lottery.

 

Even for cooling, the differences are meaningless. Go liquid if you want to have meaningful differences.

 

As for memory, it's luck of the draw. I've seen liquid nitrogen overclocking cards that end with up Elpida and Micron (both crap compared to Samsung in the overclocking scene) memory anyway and these 3 aren't as extreme as those.

 

Coil whine... All 3 cards use the same type of inductors so they have equal chance on whining. I do know that EVGA is the only brand that accepts coil whine as a reason for RMA

[Ankerson]

8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

PCB difference between the Trio, Strix and FTW3 Ultra are negligible, all are completely overkill for air cooled situations. Even in liquid nitrogen there won't be any difference more than the silicon lottery.

 

Even for cooling, the differences are meaningless. Go liquid if you want to have meaningful differences.

 

As for memory, it's luck of the draw. I've seen liquid nitrogen overclocking cards that end with up Elpida and Micron (both crap compared to Samsung in the overclocking scene) memory anyway and these 3 aren't as extreme as those.

 

Coil whine... All 3 cards use the same type of inductors so they have equal chance on whining. I do know that EVGA is the only brand that accepts coil whine as a reason for RMA

 

I have a 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming.

 

It has the Samsung Memory and will do +1,300 easy.

 

[Velcade]

38 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

However the BEST is the EVGA 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming out of all of them.

agreed.  there's a ton of headroom on the FTW3 cards.

[Ankerson]

1 minute ago, Velcade said:

agreed.  there's a ton of headroom on the FTW3 cards.

 

Yeah, they are monsters. 

[Jurrunio]

7 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

I have a 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming.

 

It has the Samsung Memory and will do +1,300 easy.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GeForce_RTX_2080_Ti_FTW3_Ultra/36.html

 

yup, lottery confirmed

[Ankerson]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GeForce_RTX_2080_Ti_FTW3_Ultra/36.html

 

yup, lottery confirmed

 

I believe they are using all Samsung now, that review was from awhile back.

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

I believe they are using all Samsung now, that review was from awhile back.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/4dTBD3

 

I'm not sure if TahoeDust in the PCPP link is the @TahoeDust we have in the forums, but his sample is Micron and it was built in early March

[Ankerson]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/4dTBD3

 

I'm not sure if TahoeDust in the PCPP link is the @TahoeDust we have in the forums, but his sample is Micron and it was built in early March

 

I don't think so, look at the driver date he was using.

 

Likely made before March.

[TahoeDust]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/4dTBD3

 

I'm not sure if TahoeDust in the PCPP link is the @TahoeDust we have in the forums, but his sample is Micron and it was built in early March

Yep.  That is me.  The card was bought 10/23/18, has micron memory, and benches ~+1250 on memory.

[Ankerson]

10 minutes ago, TahoeDust said:

Yep.  That is me.  The card was bought 10/23/18, has micron memory, and benches ~+1250 on memory.

 

Yeah, that's what I thought.

 

Nice score though.

 

Most I have gotten so far is 10,215 in 1080P Extreme.

 

I think I could get more if I shut all the excess programs down etc.

 

Haven't bothered with that yet though.

 

 

[Jurrunio]

10 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

I don't think so, look at the driver date he was using.

 

Likely made before March.

still, binning memory on a widely available consumer card just isn't a thing, and I doubt it ever will be due to supply issues. Rare ones like Kingpin editions might be the exception.

 

@TahoeDust thx for responding to my summon

[Ankerson]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

still, binning memory on a widely available consumer card just isn't a thing, and I doubt it ever will be due to supply issues. Rare ones like Kingpin editions might be the exception.

 

The FTW3 Ultra Gaming isn't exactly widely available.

 

They are custom cards from the ground up.

 

Unlike the others that just use NVIDIA's standard PCB.

[Jurrunio]

Just now, Ankerson said:

The FTW3 Ultra Gaming isn't exactly widely available.

Compared to Kingpin edition & HOF edition, the FTW3 U is widely available.

 

also just found out even the 1080ti Kingpin uses a mix of Samsung and Micron memory, so chances of 2080ti Kingpin being Samsung memory only is even lower.

[Ankerson]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Compared to Kingpin edition & HOF edition, the FTW3 U is widely available.

 

also just found out even the 1080ti Kingpin uses a mix of Samsung and Micron memory, so chances of 2080ti Kingpin being Samsung memory only is even lower.

 

They only make a handful of the KP version so any card compared to that would be widely available.

 

Now compare the FTW3 Ultra to the standard cards, big difference and they do use binned chips, clocks are higher that the FTW3 Gaming and the standard cards.

[Jurrunio]

1 minute ago, Ankerson said:

Now compare the FTW3 Ultra to the standard cards, big difference.

You're the only one talking about reference PCB cards here

[Ankerson]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

You're the only one talking about reference PCB cards here

 

The FTW3 Ultra Gaming is just now becoming more available, as in stock at EVGA etc.

 

You couldn't even get them really until lately, they weren't making that many of them, handful at a time.

 

The ones that actually made it to sale sold out in secs.

[Jurrunio]

Just now, Ankerson said:

The FTW3 Ultra Gaming is just now becoming more available, as in stock at EVGA etc.

 

You couldn't even get them really until lately.

Supply issues, higher end models come after the reference PCB ones. The same happened to the MSI Trio as well, though not the Strix as Asus don't really care about their reference PCB cards. 

[Ankerson]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Supply issues, higher end models come after the reference PCB ones. The same happened to the MSI Trio as well, though not the Strix as Asus don't really care about their reference PCB cards. 

 

I don't pay attention to the other cards.

 

I wanted the FTW3 Ultra so I was watching those, I only buy the FTW versions.

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

I don't pay attention to the other cards.

 

I wanted the FTW3 Ultra so I was watching those, I only buy the FTW versions.

so the exploding GTX 1060, 1070 and 1080 SC and FTW editions didn't scare you off?