The Ampere RTX 3090 Owners Thread

HRL · 18 Jan 2021 at 17:42

It may not be as fast as a few of the AIB 3090’s but for sure, the build quality and feel of it is a distinct cut above the rest.

mikehhhhhhh · 18 Jan 2021 at 17:47

Just fitted my dedicated 12pin cable from corsair.

It's a simple thing and very pointless in a case without a window but £20 to ease my OCD was well worth it

Untitled by mikehhhhhhh, on Flickr

evohicks · 18 Jan 2021 at 17:56

mikehhhhhhh said:
Just fitted my dedicated 12pin cable from corsair.

It's a simple thing and very pointless in a case without a window but £20 to ease my OCD was well worth it

Untitled by mikehhhhhhh, on Flickr

Well it certainly hides the two 8pin connectors, looks better.

Ravenger · 18 Jan 2021 at 22:19

This thing is a beast. I can't believe how quiet it is. Runs ten degrees cooler than my 1080TI FTW 3 under load.

I had to update my X570 Aorus Elite bios otherwise it was making an additional beep on boot, presumably some compatibility issue. Interesting to see resize bar is now an option in the bios. That'll be interesting to try out with 24gb of VRAM.

My computer is benching slower than the average which needs investigating, but still 99% faster than most gaming PC's. I'm leaning towards it being CPU related rather than GPU but will have to work it out. It's still miles faster than before.

VR games are running so much better, which was the main reason for the upgrade, even Oculus games via Revive on the Index have much improved performance and look amazing.

Kaapstad · 19 Jan 2021 at 06:20

Welcome all and on TROH.

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sk3lph · 19 Jan 2021 at 12:36

Ravenger said:
My computer is benching slower than the average which needs investigating, but still 99% faster than most gaming PC's. I'm leaning towards it being CPU related rather than GPU but will have to work it out. It's still miles faster than before.

VR games are running so much better, which was the main reason for the upgrade, even Oculus games via Revive on the Index have much improved performance and look amazing.

Noticed the same thing with 3D Mark when I checked benchmarks when I upgraded my system to an RTX3090 and 5600X CPU with everything running at stock. You'll find that a lot of the benchmarks logged are running with some sort of overclock applied somewhere, so the fact you are below average is probably nothing to worry about - if your GPU score is about 19k in Timespy then you are fine.

I'm also running CV1 and your comments on whether to go for a Quest are interesting - playing Space Pirate Trainer without being tethered by a cable with the improved resolution sounds appealing.

Ravenger · 19 Jan 2021 at 13:57

sk3lph said:
Noticed the same thing with 3D Mark when I checked benchmarks when I upgraded my system to an RTX3090 and 5600X CPU with everything running at stock. You'll find that a lot of the benchmarks logged are running with some sort of overclock applied somewhere, so the fact you are below average is probably nothing to worry about - if your GPU score is about 19k in Timespy then you are fine.

I'm also running CV1 and your comments on whether to go for a Quest are interesting - playing Space Pirate Trainer without being tethered by a cable with the improved resolution sounds appealing.

Yeah I'm getting around 19,000 GPU in Timespy, so no need to worry.

I am getting some annoying hitches in Skyrim VR where it goes unresponsive for a few frames, but that may be due to the SteamVR framerate issue that Nvidia say will be fixed in the latest drivers, and in any case Skyrim isn't the best optimised game when you throw lots of mods at it. It does look massively better now that I can run at 150%ss though, and when it isn't hitching it's massively smoother.

I loved my CV1. All I really wanted was an upgraded one with higher resolution - everything else worked for me perfectly. I had a three sensor setup which gave better tracking than my Valve Index. But the Quest 2 is a good replacement, for both the wireless, and the clarity.

Jay85 · 19 Jan 2021 at 14:09

I really hope resizeable bar will be available on the Z390 platforms, im guessing it will be done via a bios update. Really dont want to upgrade again just to take advantage of this extra few % in performance.

gpuerrilla · 19 Jan 2021 at 14:16

Jay85 said:
I really hope resizeable bar will be available on the Z390 platforms, im guessing it will be done via a bios update. Really dont want to upgrade again just to take advantage of this extra few % in performance.

Yeah it could mean a BIOS for mobo and gpu cards to get it going.

Jay85 · 19 Jan 2021 at 14:37

Th0nt said:
Yeah it could mean a BIOS for mobo and gpu cards to get it going.

Dont mind bios updates as they're usually quick and easy one click solutions. Just hope it actually gets rolled out, fingers crossed.

Ravenger · 19 Jan 2021 at 14:48

Resizable Bar support is implemented in the latest bios for my X570 Aorus Elite. Still got to wait for Nvidia to release the drivers enabling it though.

I had to update the bios anyway, as there was some sort of compatibility issue with the older bios and the 3090 - it was beeping on boot (but still working).

Steedie · 19 Jan 2021 at 15:10

5950x and 3090 were pushing the poor 510 Elite to its limit in terms of its already limited thermal capabilities

Finally managed to get a O11D and it looks so much better and a lot more room to breath. Crazy that in a case this size, it’s still millimetres away from touching the glass. Will eventually get a vertical mounting kit when proper PCIe 4 riser cables are available

Also, I had no idea until I opened iCUE that the founders cards have controllable RGB. The light at the top, managed to make it purple rather than white to fit in with the rest of the lighting. Shame you can’t do the same with the text

mikehhhhhhh · 19 Jan 2021 at 15:31

Steedie said:
5950x and 3090 were pushing the poor 510 Elite to its limit in terms of its already limited thermal capabilities

Finally managed to get a O11D and it looks so much better and a lot more room to breath. Crazy that in a case this size, it’s still millimetres away from touching the glass. Will eventually get a vertical mounting kit when proper PCIe 4 riser cables are available

Also, I had no idea until I opened iCUE that the founders cards have controllable RGB. The light at the top, managed to make it purple rather than white to fit in with the rest of the lighting. Shame you can’t do the same with the text

Wow, I didn't know I wated one of these but I do now!

Very tidy indeed.

shrek2 · 19 Jan 2021 at 19:40

MSI Suprim.
Card is smoking crack. Boosts all the way to 2100Mhz

Ravenger · 19 Jan 2021 at 21:37

I tried undervolting, but didn't seem to make much difference in power consumption, but did lead to a slight drop in performance so I'll probably not bother. Followed a couple of different guides so I think I got it right.

lordhawkwind · 19 Jan 2021 at 21:46

Ravenger said:
Yeah I'm getting around 19,000 GPU in Timespy, so no need to worry.

I get 19,086 with everything stock on an AMD 3800X, 16gb 3000 ram and KFA2 3090 SG. I'm getting 100fps average in BFV trileau map with everything Ultra including Ultra RT. The reflections in the puddles look nice but it's just eye candy.

mikehhhhhhh · 19 Jan 2021 at 22:59

Anyone tried the Auto Performance Tuning stuff in Geforce Experience?

I started playing with manual OC before realising I have no time for it. It gave me +98Mhz which gave me around a 600point boost in Time Spy

autooc by mikehhhhhhh, on Flickr

Hakanese · 19 Jan 2021 at 23:11

90mhz and a 300mhz was what my card gave me with the Palit auto OC feature, looks just fine, you don't have to overclock your card unless you want to bench it.

evohicks · 20 Jan 2021 at 00:17

Steedie said:
Also, I had no idea until I opened iCUE that the founders cards have controllable RGB. The light at the top, managed to make it purple rather than white to fit in with the rest of the lighting. Shame you can’t do the same with the text

You can't change the colour but you can make it pulse on and off