RTX 2080 Ti Failing Too Early

[GamerDude]

Well, I've decided to use and stress my RTX 2080 Ti more from here on, let's see if it fails. I ain't too worried as I've got a 3 year warranty on it, in fact, I'm using the RTX rig right now.....

[DildorTheDecent]

On 10/27/2018 at 8:06 AM, VegetableStu said:

oh damn, if it's the VRAM it's not good news for micron (if i remember right) o_o

>Micron

 

Kek. No wonder they're dying.

[maizenblue]

Maybe Nvidia has such a monopoly right now that they just decided, Quality control? We don't need no stinking quality control. They rushed these RTX cards to market so as not to leave AMD ANY breathing room, despite the fact they had minimal performance gains over the last gen. They tried to obscure these minimal gains by touting ray tracing, which none of these cards are powerful enough to successfully run in the few games where ray tracing can even be used. And they even had the balls to nearly double the price of their flagship card. So its not surprising many of these cards are defective.

 

[maizenblue]

26 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

To be fair that phone was an amazing phone, easily one of the best phones. They did a shit job on battery design, and it bit them. Note 8 wasnt as attractive to me, and the Note 9 is a MUCH better phone. Double the storage, More battery, more features. But i got the Note 9 for 800$ so theres that.

 

I wouldnt have pre-ordered a $1200 card since i still think 4k gaming is not worth bothering with. Im using a 980ti, and im interested in getting a 1080ti for around 400-450. Buying new is great for warranty stuff, but the 2080ti is only about 10-25% better, thats not worth 2-3x the price to me.

Its a shame the Note 9 has that idiotic curved screen that distorts the image at the margins and basically makes it impossible to put a screen protector on, and makes cases look and feel awkward. The sooner Samsung drops this gimmick the better. The fact NO ONE else is copying this curved screen means most people agree its dumb.

[Shimejii]

3 minutes ago, maizenblue said:

Its a shame the Note 9 has that idiotic curved screen that distorts the image at the margins and basically makes it impossible to put a screen protector on, and makes cases look and feel awkward. The sooner Samsung drops this gimmick the better. The fact NO ONE else is copying this curved screen means most people agree its dumb.

Eh i dont mind it at all. I dont use screen protectors because they are a bitch to put on. But i also take care of my phone and nothing else goes in that pocket. My note 4 lasted a long time and only reason i upgraded was because it was starting to have issues with certain apps and kept crashing. 

[JXS]

I'm at the point where I'm planning a new build. Threads like this seem like a cautionary tale to remind myself at least that perhaps the RTX series may not be the way to go, instead grab a 1080ti. The performance is comparable and hopefully prices will drop.

[GamerDude]

4 minutes ago, JXS said:

instead grab a 1080ti. The performance is comparable and hopefully prices will drop.

What? Comparable to the RTX 2080 Ti? No I don't think so, it (the GTX1080 Ti) is a fair bit behind.......but it is a safer bet in light of recent development.

[Lonehelljumper]

Well my rtx 2080 ti is still running. Just hope evga doesn't want to remove my warranty due to the ek waterblock I installed.

[IridescentExia]

There’s been rising concern over the past few weeks over 2080Ti’s (FE mostly) dying on people, the news just now has started to break from nvidia’s forums and reddit is even picking up on it, has anyone on here having any issues with their cards? Do you think it’s a worthy topic for the WAN show? 

 

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1078162/geforce-rtx-20-series/rtx-2080ti-massively-die-/

 

ttps://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-graphics-cards-dying/

 

 

Edit: @TetraSky noted, thanks

 

“Threads have been cropping up on Nvidia’s forumabout dead and dying RTX 2080 Ti cards for weeks now, with almost every thread filled with hundreds of comments highlighting crashes, black screens, blue screen of death issues, artifacts, and cards that fail to work entirely. There are some reports of issues with the 2080, too, but the majority reference problematic 2080 Ti cards.”

 

“Reddit threads with a similar theme have been appearing as well, detailing the RMA process that many users are now going through. Worse still, some users who have been issued a replacement card by Nvidia have then been forced to return that one too, suggesting that in some cases at least, the problem users are facing is not solved by simply giving them a new graphics card. That could hint at some sort of architectural defect.”

 

“The problems appear to primarily be affecting those with Founders Edition versions of the 2080 Ti, though some users with third-party cards from Gigabyte and Asus have also reported failures and problems with their new GPUs.”

 

As noted as a primarily FE issue this matter unfortunately hits early adopters the most, though it clearly causes issues and doubts for individuals like me who’d rather opt for the Ti card than go SLI with the 2080/70 or those who decided to stay with older cards so they could save up and get the best of the best for their system.

 

 

Depending on how large scale the issue is this could really hurt Nvidia, especially their FE sales, nobody wants to have their flagship card having major issues, though they could fix these issues easily enough with new revisions who knows when they would be released? And what AIB manufacturers would adopt them?

Edited October 31, 2018 by Wargreymon15
To conform to posting guidelines

[LukeSavenije]

it should be, and some things don't even got started yet. tensor and raytrace cores aren't even enabled yet, that could couse even more problems (and heat).

[TetraSky]

Could be a sign that it was rushed out.
Just like it could simply be a bad batch.

 

Edit : Also, @Wargreymon15, you might want to edit your post, to add a Quote and add your own opinion on the matter, as per the Tech News posting guidelines.

[Brooksie359]

On 10/27/2018 at 1:56 AM, mr moose said:

I had a quick read through the reddit thread.  Are we talking an handful of people all with the same problem or is this likely just the usual failure rate?

My first rtx 2080ti was doa and there are quite a few people who have the same issues. Honestly I think the failure is a bit higher than the norm. 

[Brooksie359]

On 10/27/2018 at 12:42 PM, pas008 said:

Is there actually any numbers here?

Is there actual real rma statuses being posted?

I remember this type of thing being said on few ssds to other products few times

 

 

I don't know about anyone else on the forum but mine was a dud. Second one worked though. 

[Lonehelljumper]

1 hour ago, Wargreymon15 said:

There’s been rising concern over the past few weeks over 2080Ti’s (FE mostly) dying on people, the news just now has started to break from nvidia’s forums and reddit is even picking up on it, has anyone on here having any issues with their cards? Do you think it’s a worthy topic for the WAN show? 

 

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1078162/geforce-rtx-20-series/rtx-2080ti-massively-die-/

 

ttps://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-graphics-cards-dying/

 

 

 

It's for sure wan worthy. 

[Piotrasinski]

I hope my one will be fine as its arriving today together with ek water block.But i will not put in on for the next couple of days just to stres test the card !Good think is that Nvidia i allowing the FE cards to be fitted with a water block

[Brooksie359]

1 hour ago, Wargreymon15 said:

There’s been rising concern over the past few weeks over 2080Ti’s (FE mostly) dying on people, the news just now has started to break from nvidia’s forums and reddit is even picking up on it, has anyone on here having any issues with their cards? Do you think it’s a worthy topic for the WAN show? 

 

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1078162/geforce-rtx-20-series/rtx-2080ti-massively-die-/

 

ttps://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-graphics-cards-dying/

 

 

 

Yep. 

[Wintyr]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/10/30/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-cards-have-a-serious-problem-they-keep-dying/#b3c82476b2a4

 

Looks like all those early adopters of some RTX tech no one can actually use outside of those nice nifty Nvidia test.  Get to now deal with there hardware Failing even worse the replacements may just fail on you as well. if this was an exploding battery they would recalling the whole batch.  What I find worse is that the price Nvidia Gouged their users for a product they didn't even test good enough. or worse they new it be this bad and it was the only way to offset the cost Allegedly of course.

 

some users on reddit

 

[ZeouLs]

 

*Laughs in perfectly working 10th series card*

[SeraphicWings]

... and those things cost $1500+

 

... yikes ...

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

*Laughs in perfectly working 10th series card*

*dabs in 1080s supporting SLI whereas the 2070 doesn't, also doesn't perform any better, but still costs the same*

[ZeouLs]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

*dabs in 1080s supporting SLI whereas the 2070 doesn't, also doesn't perform any better, but still costs the same*

[AngryBeaver]

I like how people come in here to gloat at the misfortune of others. I feel like since some people couldn't afford it or justify the cost you think that is a valid reason to come in here and poke fun at others expense.

 

Two words - GROW UP!

[Windows7ge]

7 minutes ago, AngryBeaver said:

I like how people come in here to gloat at the misfortune of others. I feel like since some people couldn't afford it or justify the cost you think that is a valid reason to come in here and poke fun at others expense.

 

Two words - GROW UP!

Do I still fall into the same category as everybody else if I feel bad for the end users who are affected but laugh at the fact NVIDIA didn't do enough testing on the card to see how reliable it'd be long term before releasing it?

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

Do I still fall into the same category as everybody else if I fell bad for the end users who are affected but laugh at the fact NVIDIA didn't do enough testing on the card to see how reliable it'd be long term before releasing it?

^^^ We're mocking Nvidia, not people who bought expensive GPUs and they broke. The joke is that Nvidia turned out these super expensive GPUs with all these features nobody can actually use yet, and before games even support them they're already breaking. 

[AngryBeaver]

1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

Do I still fall into the same category as everybody else if I fell bad for the end users who are affected but laugh at the fact NVIDIA didn't do enough testing on the card to see how reliable it'd be long term before releasing it?

From what I can see this looks like a problem with the memory. Also while they are seeing more failures than with say the 10xx series, they aren't THAT much higher than what you normally see. In the scheme of thing the failures are still a low % of the total playerbase, the problem is that the people that buy these cards are often members of the spoken minority and take to the forums to rant or complain about it... not to mention all the tech sources using this for click bait and blowing it out of proportion.