First time using NVIDIA card, I have questions.

[gh0st47]

So just got myself a Strix 2080 Super...this is my first time using NVIDIA so I have ton of questions. 
First of in the NVIDIA Control Panel, 3D Management, is there anything I should tweak ? Any sort of settings maybe I should turn off or on, something like that....

1) Do I really need to install NVIDIA GeForce Experience ? Because I skipped that. 
2) I can only tweak the GPU Clock, Power Limit etc via MSI Afterburner / ASUS Tweak ?? Unlike AMD which you can do with their Radeon Settings. 
3) On MSI AB it shows that my Temp Target is 84C...should I increase that or just keep it as so ? 
4) For some reason both GPU-Z and MSI AB shows that I have 2 Fans on my GPU....Fan 1 Fan 2...same for Fan Tachometer....why so ? I thought it doesn't matter how many fans you have on your GPU it had always only been 1 for all AMD cards. 
5) On MSI AB Monitoring, there's a graph for " Power " is that the " Power Limit " reading ? On my previous Vega 64 MSI AB actually shows how much Wattage of my GPU consume...
6) Memory Clock @ 9000mhz ++ what ???? Maybe I've been using HBM Memory for too long lol...but since when did Memory Clock goes up this high lol ?? So what's are the Average Memory Clock for GPU these days ?? 

If I come up with more questions I will post it here. 

[5x5]

Ignore GeForce Experience - it's bloatware that tends to cause problems.

Nvidia don't provide any overclocking utilities. Use MSI AB

Temp target is 84 - leave it as is. More than that is ill advised

The fan monitoring varies by card OEM.

No idea what the Power reading would relate to. Probably the GPU's power target or current power state

Your memory is running at 2250, 9000 effective since that's how GDDR6 works

[Skiiwee29]

A) no need to tweak anything in the Nvidia control panel unless you need to enable g-sync.

 

1. While not 100% necessary for Geforce Experience, it does make it convenient for updating drivers since it alerts you when new drivers are available. 

 

2. Nvidia themselves does not have any type of tweaking or overclocking software so you have to rely on 3rd party ones like Afterburner etc..

 

3. Increase temp target and power limit. This will help your clocks stay higher longer as temps ramp up while under load.

 

4. Asus I believe uses what is called A-sync fans, meaning they will spin up independently when say the VRM are under load compared to say VRAM etc.. You can only control this I believe with the manufactures software, so in this case Asus's software will allow you to control that, but MSI Afterburner wont. 

 

5. There is a graph specifically for Power Limit. This will never show anything unless the power limit is reached. The power limit is read as 0 for good, or 1 meaning it reached power limits.

 

6. Welcome to GDDR6!!!

[xAcid9]

1 hour ago, gh0st47 said:

So just got myself a Strix 2080 Super...this is my first time using NVIDIA so I have ton of questions. 
First of in the NVIDIA Control Panel, 3D Management, is there anything I should tweak ? Any sort of settings maybe I should turn off or on, something like that....
 

Spoiler

1) Do I really need to install NVIDIA GeForce Experience ? Because I skipped that. 
2) I can only tweak the GPU Clock, Power Limit etc via MSI Afterburner / ASUS Tweak ?? Unlike AMD which you can do with their Radeon Settings. 
3) On MSI AB it shows that my Temp Target is 84C...should I increase that or just keep it as so ? 
4) For some reason both GPU-Z and MSI AB shows that I have 2 Fans on my GPU....Fan 1 Fan 2...same for Fan Tachometer....why so ? I thought it doesn't matter how many fans you have on your GPU it had always only been 1 for all AMD cards. 
5) On MSI AB Monitoring, there's a graph for " Power " is that the " Power Limit " reading ? On my previous Vega 64 MSI AB actually shows how much Wattage of my GPU consume...
6) Memory Clock @ 9000mhz ++ what ???? Maybe I've been using HBM Memory for too long lol...but since when did Memory Clock goes up this high lol ?? So what's are the Average Memory Clock for GPU these days ?? 

 

1) Install GE if you need stuff like Shadowplay and Ansel otherwise don't bother with that bloatware.
2) Yeah, NVCP is lacking many stuffs unlike Radeon Settings but fanboys said it works so it just works. 
3) Keep it.

4) Not sure about this one, my 980 Ti got 3 fans but it only show 1 fan in MSI AB. I know some cards like the old MSI Lightning or Sapphire Vapor-X the middle or smaller fan got it's own controller.

5) "Power" show how much power your card is consuming in percentage relative to BIOS power limit. If you want to check the exact wattage it currently using you need to use HWiNFO alongside MSI AB.

6) Afterburner show "effective memory clock" for Nvidia cards. For GDDR6/GDDR5X like 2080 you need to multiply the base clock speed with 8 while GDDR5 you need to multiply it by 4. A GDDR5 RX 580 with 2000mhz memory clock is effectively run at 8000mhz. HBM clock speed is slower but it got HUGE memory bus width. 256bit in 2080 vs 4096bit in Radeon VII. 

[gh0st47]

Thank You everyone for their patience and detailed replies. This really help me a lot to get up to things. 
NVIDIA cards really work very differently from AMD cards. 

I think I would skip GeForce Experience, since I won't use Shadowplay ( nor did I even use ReLive on Radeon Settings ) 
I will update GPU Driver myself manually, I will always use DDU and do a completely clean install. 
Also I'm quite updated to when new Drivers drop, due to Facebook News by the Tech Pages I follow

Overall, everything seems to be working as intended...I'm pretty satisfied with it so far. 
Haven't try out RTX though. Maybe I will download Quake RTX and test it out. 

[xAcid9]

18 minutes ago, gh0st47 said:

NVIDIA cards really work very differently from AMD cards. 

If you want to maximize performance per watt, you can use MSI Afterburner Frequency Curve to further tweak the card. You might get lower temp and power usage with minimal performance drop depending on your chip quality. You can open Frequency Curve by pressing CTRL+F. 

[xg32]

3 hours ago, gh0st47 said:

So just got myself a Strix 2080 Super...this is my first time using NVIDIA so I have ton of questions. 
First of in the NVIDIA Control Panel, 3D Management, is there anything I should tweak ? Any sort of settings maybe I should turn off or on, something like that....

1) Do I really need to install NVIDIA GeForce Experience ? Because I skipped that. 
2) I can only tweak the GPU Clock, Power Limit etc via MSI Afterburner / ASUS Tweak ?? Unlike AMD which you can do with their Radeon Settings. 
3) On MSI AB it shows that my Temp Target is 84C...should I increase that or just keep it as so ? 
4) For some reason both GPU-Z and MSI AB shows that I have 2 Fans on my GPU....Fan 1 Fan 2...same for Fan Tachometer....why so ? I thought it doesn't matter how many fans you have on your GPU it had always only been 1 for all AMD cards. 
5) On MSI AB Monitoring, there's a graph for " Power " is that the " Power Limit " reading ? On my previous Vega 64 MSI AB actually shows how much Wattage of my GPU consume...
6) Memory Clock @ 9000mhz ++ what ???? Maybe I've been using HBM Memory for too long lol...but since when did Memory Clock goes up this high lol ?? So what's are the Average Memory Clock for GPU these days ?? 

If I come up with more questions I will post it here. 

1. i'm using it for the sharpness and color filter in some games, not using AA anymore unless i have to, freeing up performance. 

2. there are some others, but most ppl use afterburner and x1 for the RTX series

3. i keep mine at 79C, 84 is fine but i personally wouldn't use it that high.

4. probably 3 fans hooked up to 2 controllers/sensors.

5. power limit is the easiest way RTX cards overclocks/underclocks, some cards show wattage used, strix should be able to, maybe try the asus program.

6. gddr6

[gh0st47]

I just recall, if you see reviews the 2080 Super Strix or most of the Strix model cards there's a 3-Pin fan header on the GPU....does that mean the Fan 2 is used for the 3-Pin case fan you're connected to the GPU ?? Because that's the most logical reason. 
Look at the blow up view of the GPU there's one showing FanConnect2, I think the Fan 2 reading on MSI AB is for that....even GPU-Z  shows Fan 2

Another question, do you guys use Custom Fan Curve or just let it completely AUTO ? 

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/ROG-STRIX-RTX2080S-O8G-GAMING/