Gigabyte RTX 3090 Turbo or Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity

[BejoBarokah]

Hey, i am planning to buy a new GPU, and the option are either Gigabyte RTX 3090 Turbo or Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity. The reason why i choose 3090 is because i need it for machine learning stuff and i need the 24GB VRAM. Other 3090 card are about 200-300 USD more expensive, so i'm not gonna pick them. The gigabyte card is about 100 USD cheaper, but it use blower fan on 3090, which makes me skeptical.

 

Honestly i don't really care about the noise. It is the temperature which got me worried, especially correllating with the card lifespan. If it's throttling but keep a low temp, then it's fine for me. What i would like to avoid is having the card running high temp for a long time when training and have the card broke in a few years. My case is Lancool 215 if that info is needed. Also if the blower fan broke, are there any replacement available? Or how should i fix it? Never had a blower card before.

FInally, which card should i choose? Thank you

[Shimejii]

Both are pretty meh, but AVOID that gigabyte card. Its AWFUL. Just get the Zotac card if you HAVE to chose between the two, but id look on Reddit Hardware swap or local Stuff as well for better cards.

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, BejoBarokah said:

Hey, i am planning to buy a new GPU, and the option are either Gigabyte RTX 3090 Turbo or Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity. The reason why i choose 3090 is because i need it for machine learning stuff and i need the 24GB VRAM. Other 3090 card are about 200-300 USD more expensive, so i'm not gonna pick them. The gigabyte card is about 100 USD cheaper, but it use blower fan on 3090, which makes me skeptical.

 

Honestly i don't really care about the noise. It is the temperature which got me worried, especially correllating with the card lifespan. If it's throttling but keep a low temp, then it's fine for me. What i would like to avoid is having the card running high temp for a long time when training and have the card broke in a few years. My case is Lancool 215 if that info is needed. Also if the blower fan broke, are there any replacement available? Or how should i fix it? Never had a blower card before.

FInally, which card should i choose? Thank you

go for the zotac since it has a better style cooler

[BejoBarokah]

Oh, okay then. It also seems the Gigabyte Turbo is discontinued so i can't really find the official page too.

[igormp]

4 hours ago, BejoBarokah said:

Hey, i am planning to buy a new GPU, and the option are either Gigabyte RTX 3090 Turbo or Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity. The reason why i choose 3090 is because i need it for machine learning stuff and i need the 24GB VRAM. Other 3090 card are about 200-300 USD more expensive, so i'm not gonna pick them. The gigabyte card is about 100 USD cheaper, but it use blower fan on 3090, which makes me skeptical.

 

Honestly i don't really care about the noise. It is the temperature which got me worried, especially correllating with the card lifespan. If it's throttling but keep a low temp, then it's fine for me. What i would like to avoid is having the card running high temp for a long time when training and have the card broke in a few years. My case is Lancool 215 if that info is needed. Also if the blower fan broke, are there any replacement available? Or how should i fix it? Never had a blower card before.

FInally, which card should i choose? Thank you

The only reason to go for the Turbo model is if you're going to have more than 1 GPU, because blower style cards do not heat up as much when sitting close to one another like regular models do.

 

Otherwise, it's better to go for the zotac model.

 

Anyhow, remember to reduce the power limit of your GPU, you can save ~100W by only sacrificing 10% or less performance, so lower electricity bill and heat. My own 3090 is set to 275W instead of the stock 370W.

[BejoBarokah]

1 hour ago, igormp said:

The only reason to go for the Turbo model is if you're going to have more than 1 GPU, because blower style cards do not heat up as much when sitting close to one another like regular models do.

 

Otherwise, it's better to go for the zotac model.

 

Anyhow, remember to reduce the power limit of your GPU, you can save ~100W by only sacrificing 10% or less performance, so lower electricity bill and heat. My own 3090 is set to 275W instead of the stock 370W.

Ah thank for the tip. Although is it possible to underclock in linux? since i might do the machine learning stuff with linux. Well, if not then it's ok too

[igormp]

1 hour ago, BejoBarokah said:

Ah thank for the tip. Although is it possible to underclock in linux? since i might do the machine learning stuff with linux. Well, if not then it's ok too

Well, you can underclock, but not undervolt. Your best bet is to just mess with the power limits, way easier IMO (I also work with ML and only use linux, fwiw).

[igormp]

7 hours ago, Shimejii said:

Both are pretty meh, but AVOID that gigabyte card. Its AWFUL. Just get the Zotac card if you HAVE to chose between the two, but id look on Reddit Hardware swap or local Stuff as well for better cards.

That model is actually AMAZING for what it was built for: having 2~4 GPUs sitting next to one another, that's the only reason it exists.

[BejoBarokah]

4 hours ago, igormp said:

Well, you can underclock, but not undervolt. Your best bet is to just mess with the power limits, way easier IMO (I also work with ML and only use linux, fwiw).

Ah i see, thanks for the information