*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[johnksss]

My HC also showed up today, but I have yet to install it. Looks brand new and never before used, so I'm pretty happy about that.

[ryan]

3x the performance with dlss.....if a game offers dlss I really dont see a point to the 3080 or 3070 in laptops...you get 100fps or 130fps but you most certainly don't get a better experience as the 30 past 100 won't be noticeable at least to me....in fact dare I say I did'nt notice much past 60fps...some people are sensitive and I get that but me personally i'm average and have a hard time telling when im in 144hz mode...a few times I was in 60hz mode thinking nice 144hz is so smooth until I changed refresh rate to 144hz and borderless.

[Papusan]

On 3/26/2022 at 2:00 AM, Papusan said:

Also nvidia want a bit more $$$ for their 3090 graphics. Open the gates for 2% more cores (12900KS also got sub 2% faster multicore boost over the regular K chips) and brand it it Ti. KS andTi letters is today's golden milkcow.

Nvidia prepare for 4000 series graphics cards. As you know... The 3000 series cards will be produced and sold together with coming 4000 series cards. MSRP for their upper high end gaming cards will finally going up from 1499$ and now end at 1999$ for their top cards. Why not just use the 2K price tag? I expect 1999$ looks much cheaper than 2000$ 🙂 Yep, 500$ for 2.5% more of the cores. Or 25% price premium. 

 

Yep, we talk about the reference models price point directly out from Nvidia. This will be the cheapest 3090 Ti you can get. And this isn't scalpers prices or jacked up by miners. The real MSRP.

 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Graphics Card Launches at $1999 US: The Fastest Ampere GPU With Insane Custom Models Now Available

 

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-launch-1999-usd-price-fastest-ampere-gpu-insane-custom-models/

 

If you want the best of the best... You need buy a new cards each new year forwards. The 3080 and 3090 failure will continue into next gen cards. Buy last gen cards and a new with same name SKU with another specs pop up as the disgusting mess from Nvidia below. Welcome to the future.

 

A slap in the face to those that bought the 3090. From 5:50. In short a cynical cash grab beacuse the 3090 was too cheap.

 

EVGA's New eLeash Keeps Its RTX 3090 TI Graphics Cards in Line. Nice they are able to offer it for free and not charging another 20$ on top of the new cards costs😀

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/rtx-3090-ti-evga-eleash

[aldarxt]

I'd like to see the benchmark on this https://docs.olcf.ornl.gov/systems/crusher_quick_start_guide.html

 The Crusher was announced today, it beats out china's computer

Saw it here first https://www.tomshardware.com/news/from-opteron-to-milan-crusher-supercomputer-comes-online-with-amd-cpus-and-gpus

[electrosoft]

So the 3090ti is upon us (aka Last of the Money Grabs).

 

Nvidia 3090ti Founders Edition is $2000 so that's the new baseline and all cards go up from there.

 

EVGA queues are open for all their cards (except the lowest spec'd 3090ti FTW3 which is full and closed). EVGA's FTW3 bottom tier card is actually priced the same as the Founders. They continue to offer the best pricing overall versus all other makers along with a killer warranty service.

 

KPE 3090ti queues are open. With the new 3.0 Queue system, you can only queue up for ONE 3090ti model (you are limited to one card per chipset). If you queue up and get a FTW3 you can't get a KPE 3090ti too.

 

K|NGP|N 3090ti: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=24G-P5-4998-KR

 

I'm expecting the KP 3090ti to clock in at $2499.99.

 

Asus Strix 3090ti LC is actually competitively priced this time $2199.99: https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-rog-strix-lc-rtx3090ti-o24g-gaming/p/N82E16814126554?Description=strix 3090ti&cm_re=strix_3090ti-_-14-126-554-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

Overall multi game average difference:

 

 

Pretty substantial difference between my Strix 3080 10GB and 3090TI. $1000+ worth of difference? Hmmmm....

 

As predicted, same 3090 vs same 3090ti you're seeing a 5-10% uplift. I expect the KPE 3090ti to offer the same gap at the least.

 

 

[ryan]

I did it again broke 9k

 

 

 

this time with much cooler temps below 70c

[Rage Set]

3 hours ago, electrosoft said:

So the 3090ti is upon us (aka Last of the Money Grabs).

 

Nvidia 3090ti Founders Edition is $2000 so that's the new baseline and all cards go up from there.

 

EVGA queues are open for all their cards (except the lowest spec'd 3090ti FTW3 which is full and closed). EVGA's FTW3 bottom tier card is actually priced the same as the Founders. They continue to offer the best pricing overall versus all other makers along with a killer warranty service.

 

KPE 3090ti queues are open. With the new 3.0 Queue system, you can only queue up for ONE 3090ti model (you are limited to one card per chipset). If you queue up and get a FTW3 you can't get a KPE 3090ti too.

 

K|NGP|N 3090ti: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=24G-P5-4998-KR

 

I'm expecting the KP 3090ti to clock in at $2499.99.

 

Asus Strix 3090ti LC is actually competitively priced this time $2199.99: https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-rog-strix-lc-rtx3090ti-o24g-gaming/p/N82E16814126554?Description=strix 3090ti&cm_re=strix_3090ti-_-14-126-554-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

Overall multi game average difference:

 

 

Pretty substantial difference between my Strix 3080 10GB and 3090TI. $1000+ worth of difference? Hmmmm....

 

As predicted, same 3090 vs same 3090ti you're seeing a 5-10% uplift. I expect the KPE 3090ti to offer the same gap at the least.

 

 

 

They can keep that. I rather buy a set of cinema lenses for my S1H. 

[Mr. Fox]

18 hours ago, johnksss said:

My HC also showed up today, but I have yet to install it. Looks brand new and never before used, so I'm pretty happy about that.

Wonderful news. That is a good reason to be happy, for sure. I am glad it worked out. As much as I like EVGA and their products, I am starting to have seconds thoughts about buying their products going forward because of their inability to service replacement parts. That problem kind of  casts a dark shadow on an otherwise really great company, and it makes me feel sad.

[johnksss]

42 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

Wonderful news. That is a good reason to be happy, for sure. I am glad it worked out. As much as I like EVGA and their products, I am starting to have seconds thoughts about buying their products going forward because of their inability to service replacement parts. That problem kind of  casts a dark shadow on an otherwise really great company, and it makes me feel sad.

Thanks sir!

 

Yes, I know what you mean! That is a serious bummer to say the least, but in my defense I was not about to wait on that damn Optimus block that may or may not be made...made or may not be made and shipped in the near future. Block does look awesome though!

[Mr. Fox]

29 minutes ago, johnksss said:

Thanks sir!

 

Yes, I know what you mean! That is a serious bummer to say the least, but in my defense I was not about to wait on that damn Optimus block that may or may not be made...made or may not be made and shipped in the near future. Block does look awesome though!

I ordered one in July and canceled in December after it was not shipped yet and no ETA could be provided. Some people have received theirs but come on that's just ridiculous. They didn't seem to mind sitting on my $650 for 5 months though LOL.

[johnksss]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

I ordered one in July and canceled in December after it was not shipped yet and no ETA could be provided. Some people have received theirs but come on that's just ridiculous. They didn't seem to mind sitting on my $650 for 5 months though LOL.

.... Better they sit on your 650 bucks than to spend it and not have it to give back...I always say.😄

[Mr. Fox]

11 hours ago, Papusan said:

A slap in the face to those that bought the 3090.

Yes, indeed. Very much so. But, I expect betrayal from NVIDIA as long as they stand to make a buck, and mediocrity from AMD.  They always stick to things they are good at. Par for the course.

11 hours ago, Papusan said:

EVGA's New eLeash Keeps Its RTX 3090 TI Graphics Cards in Line. Nice they are able to offer it for free and not charging another 20$ on top of the new cards costs😀

Yes. I saw that too, and thought to myself... 

That "bonus" item had to cost them at least 0.02% of the total cost of the GPU.

Very generous. And, tacky. But, at least I don't have to buy one from Dollar Tree.

6 hours ago, electrosoft said:

As predicted, same 3090 vs same 3090ti you're seeing a 5-10% uplift. I expect the KPE 3090ti to offer the same gap at the least.

Eww, eww, OMG! Let me hurry up and spend another $2200 on a 5% performance bump. 

 

Not! 

 

But, thank you for taking decisive steps to devalue my 3090. I really appreciate that, Green Goblin.

 

Bastards.

[Papusan]

On 3/13/2022 at 9:55 PM, Mr. Fox said:

I don't know why the Benchmate validation window has become so gigantic and bloated looking. That totally sucks and it wastes a ton of screen space. It is only like that on W10/11. On Windows 7 it is still the original size and is far more aesthetically pleasing and screen space-friendly the old way. I asked the Benchmate author to explain why the ugly changes. Brother @Rage Setin case you did not see it, I think you have an answer to a question you asked about certificates on W7 in that same thread.

 

https://community.hwbot.org/topic/190025-the-official-benchmate-support-thread/?do=findComment&comment=605278

 

Seems like HWBOT is malfunctioning again. It is saying my best submissions are not my best, when they in fact are, and not calculating scores.

See my post below. Fits as hands in gloves. And its intended so people can see if you post correct scores😞 Pretty Ugly if you ask me. And the ugly red color with the ugly Asus marketing doesn't make it any better. Only worse. And newer has to be better. Isn't it?😮 Hence you can't see HW temperatures as you could see in older Benchmate versions.

 

https://hwbot.org/submission/4962610_papusan_cinebench___r20_core_i9_12900k_12102_cb?recalculate=true

 

 

This one is for you bro @ryan This is double the cores vs your i7-11800H. And half of them is wimpy small lower clocked E-cores. The result could have been a hell lot better if Intel didn't cripple the newer chips with 50% power efficient Junk cores made for the new modern Jokebooks. 

https://hwbot.org/submission/4962620_papusan_cinebench___r15_core_i9_12900k_4780_cb?recalculate=true

On 3/13/2022 at 10:43 PM, Papusan said:

Be happy you don't have an 1080P screen. A hell lot worse. Almost impossible see much of the benchmark rendered screen. And on top... They have created an very ugly Asus UI for Asus boards to make it fullfilled. Not sure why but probaly a paid work. Bigger is better... Isn't it?😀

 

 

[electrosoft]

43 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

Yes, indeed. Very much so. But, I expect betrayal from NVIDIA as long as they stand to make a buck, and mediocrity from AMD.  They always stick to things they are good at. Par for the course.

Yes. I saw that too, and thought to myself... 

That had to cost them at least 0.02% of the total cost of the GPU. Very generous.

Eww, eww, OMG! Let me hurry up and spend another $2200 on a 5% performance bump. 

 

Not! 

 

But, thank you for taking decisive steps to devalue my 3090. I really appreciate that, Green Goblin.

 

Bastards.

 

Devalues the 3090 AND in these falling market times makes reselling at best a break even event.

 

Crikeys, KPE 3090 ti has dual 16-pin power connectors.....this thing means business...I like the caps on the back though....all high end for that $2500....

 

 

 

 

[Reciever]

Hows the ol' 2080ti stacking up these days?

Been debating the 6900xt or 2080ti, no idea if they are similar or anything just the only 2 cards I still hold an interest for. No idea where I would source a 2080Ti but I know the accelero xtreme IV works with it and gosh darn it its been a long held dream to have that cooler on something

[electrosoft]

5 minutes ago, Reciever said:

Hows the ol' 2080ti stacking up these days?

Been debating the 6900xt or 2080ti, no idea if they are similar or anything just the only 2 cards I still hold an interest for. No idea where I would source a 2080Ti but I know the accelero xtreme IV works with it and gosh darn it its been a long held dream to have that cooler on something

 

Price being equal, I'd take a 6900xt over a 2080ti. The 6900xt still manages to beat the 3090ti in a few games and hangs tough overall. It really comes down to what you're going to do with it.

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

@Reciever I still love my modded 2080 Ti. It is an awesome GPU. If you are not competing for leaderboard status, I would say it is a winner if you can buy it right. The difference in performance between a shunted 2080 Ti with modded firmare and a standard 3090 is much smaller than a standard 2080 Ti and 3090.

 

I am not interested in a GPU upgrade right now. Prices are still too high and 3090 Ti doesn't offer enough of a boost for the cost. Maybe if I were on an older GPU that might be worth considering.

 

Even if I were looking for a GPU upgrade right now I don't think I would buy another KPE or any other GPU with an oddball PCB. FTW3 might be as proprietary as I would consider, because they generally have at least a few options available for GPU blocks. But, even an FTW3 has fewer options than a GPU built with a reference PCB does. I think that I would prefer to just butcher the GPU  with hardware mods, force flash modded firmware and void the warranty than limit myself on available cooling options.

 

I just flat-out do not trust AMD at all. You won't find any of the Team Red fanboys griping about the issues 5950X has and I found out the hard way that things are not a rosey as they pretend they are. I just don't need to complicate my life with their performance-tuning resistant buggy garbage. They have made significant progress, but not enough for me to entertain the idea of exposing myself to another round of disappointment by rolling the dice on a sketchy product that has severe flaws the fanboys won't acknowledge. Waiting around hoping and praying that they are going to fix their messes with firmware updates someday is just silly.

[Reciever]

Just now, Mr. Fox said:

@Reciever I still love my modded 2080 Ti. It is an awesome GPU. If you are not competing for leaderboard status, I would say it is a winner if you can buy it right.

 

I am not interested in a GPU upgrade right now. Prices are still too high and 3090 Ti doesn't offer enough of a boost for the cost. Maybe if I were on an older GPU that might be worth considering.

 

Even if I were looking for a GPU upgrade right now I don't think I would buy a KPE or any other GPU with an oddball PCB. FTW3 might be as proprietary as I would consider, because they generally have at least a few options available for GPU blocks. I think that I would prefer to just butcher the GPU and firmware with hardware mods and void the warranty than limit myself on available cooling options.

 

I just flat-out do not trust AMD at all. You won't find any of the Team Red fanboys griping about the issues 5950X has and I found out the hard way that things are not a rosey as they pretend they are. I just don't need to complicate my life with their performance-tuning resistant buggy garbage. They have made significant progress, but not enough for me to entertain the idea of exposing myself to another round of disappointment by rolling the dice on a sketchy product that has severe flaws the fanboys won't acknowledge. Waiting around hoping and praying that they are going to fix their messes with firmware updates someday is just silly.

20 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

 

Price being equal, I'd take a 6900xt over a 2080ti. The 6900xt still manages to beat the 3090ti in a few games and hangs tough overall. It really comes down to what you're going to do with it.

 

 

Being equal of course that would be the natural conclusion as well. Like all things all amounts to timing and opportunity. Love the oversized air coolers and it was some time ago but @Hiew may remember when I had the r9 290x and strapped a couple of 120mm fans on it to maintain the 1175c and modded bios acquired from OCN at the time.

@Mr. Fox that is one reason I have some interest in the 2080Ti, mostly the ability to tune it to the max potential due to its nature of it being a halo product for a time. I have a 3090 but its busy churning hash, I've got a server heatsink on the back side of it with a vaccum cooler to keep the memory a healthy temperature.

 

For now I'll start building out the rest of it, need to get some drill bits and some other tidbits to really start it up

[johnksss]

23 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

@Reciever I still love my modded 2080 Ti. It is an awesome GPU. If you are not competing for leaderboard status, I would say it is a winner if you can buy it right.

 

I am not interested in a GPU upgrade right now. Prices are still too high and 3090 Ti doesn't offer enough of a boost for the cost. Maybe if I were on an older GPU that might be worth considering.

 

Even if I were looking for a GPU upgrade right now I don't think I would buy a KPE or any other GPU with an oddball PCB. FTW3 might be as proprietary as I would consider, because they generally have at least a few options available for GPU blocks. I think that I would prefer to just butcher the GPU and firmware with hardware mods and void the warranty than limit myself on available cooling options.

 

I just flat-out do not trust AMD at all. You won't find any of the Team Red fanboys griping about the issues 5950X has and I found out the hard way that things are not a rosey as they pretend they are. I just don't need to complicate my life with their performance-tuning resistant buggy garbage. They have made significant progress, but not enough for me to entertain the idea of exposing myself to another round of disappointment by rolling the dice on a sketchy product that has severe flaws the fanboys won't acknowledge. Waiting around hoping and praying that they are going to fix their messes with firmware updates someday is just silly.

You know. I was seriously thinking the same thing until I got this GPU from RMA. It's been a long while since I had a KPE that actually was not a hassel to work with. With it's "dusty" AIO and missing thermal pad from the single memory chip on the front side....is a beast! I finally get to join you guys in the ranks of having a decent GPU for a change. With that being said...I'm cool on the 3090TI at least for now.(Need to see what it can do before jumping onboard) I could have grabbed one tonight from MC for testing, but was like...i'll hold off and let others find out what it does. Still trying to see just what this card can do.

 

Also cant really say it devalues my card as 2% or a better example....I get 100 FPS in game and that card gets 102 FPS, is ridiculous to pay to upgrade. Going for records, yes...Anything other than that, oh hell nah!😆

 

And besides....near the end of the year the 4k cards will be out and your shiny new purchase will be worthless.....Unless..... they broker in another shortage of GPU's like the apparent growing trend with GPU's now a days.

https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1503589

[johnksss]

So why not compare it to a comparable 3090....😒

 

Steve seems to do a better job though.

 

[electrosoft]

10 hours ago, johnksss said:

So why not compare it to a comparable 3090....😒

 

Steve seems to do a better job though.

 

 

I thought he exact same thing watching Jay's video yesterday. Why compare a stock FE 3090 to a FTW 3090ti? He even had a 3090 FTW in hand for size comparison.

 

HWunboxed did a better job too:

 

 

Testing games TUF vs TUF = ~6-11% faster depending on game:

 

 

[Talon]

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/73703445

 

 

Bone stock CPU and GPU run. Power limits and all sliders at default. 

 

Sold my KPE for $1800 cash yesterday. I've wanted to get away from the AIO solution since I got it, I want EVGA to release KPE cards with beefy air coolers made of copper again or just blocked, but I think those days are gone. 

 

I got 1 year and 4 months out of my KPE and only lost a few hundred bucks. I used some of my EVGA bucks to 'upgrade' to this. As expected slightly faster than a 3090 KPE at stock, but no mess in the case. Easy pop in and pop out air cooled card. The card ran 2055Mhz during the test around 64c. Again all stock sliders and stock fans. Hard to judge since the power limits are so insanely high and it ran around 430-450w during the test. 

[electrosoft]

23 minutes ago, Talon said:

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/73703445

 

 

Bone stock CPU and GPU run. Power limits and all sliders at default. 

 

Sold my KPE for $1800 cash yesterday. I've wanted to get away from the AIO solution since I got it, I want EVGA to release KPE cards with beefy air coolers made of copper again or just blocked, but I think those days are gone. 

 

I got 1 year and 4 months out of my KPE and only lost a few hundred bucks. I used some of my EVGA bucks to 'upgrade' to this. As expected slightly faster than a 3090 KPE at stock, but no mess in the case. Easy pop in and pop out air cooled card. The card ran 2055Mhz during the test around 64c. Again all stock sliders and stock fans. Hard to judge since the power limits are so insanely high and it ran around 430-450w during the test. 

 

Nice! I always like how you keep right on the cutting edge. I dip my toe in the water from time to time but I still live vicariously overall through your purchases. 😄 How's the coil whine?

 

I don't regret selling my KPE back in October. Solid 9-10 months of use. Took me through the better part of WoW with RT enabled @ 4k Ultra 10 settings. Sold it for a little bit of profit. I like this Strix 3080 a lot. Quietest card I've ever had. Got it at "retail." ($1119) Even quieter than the KPE 3090 which was near silent for coil whine. I could hear it if I got right up on it. This one? I have to use the tube method to even find any sound at all.

 

Downside? That performance drop means I had to jettison RT as the hit is too much but I don't really miss it. I'd take it if the fps could keep up though. There are a few areas where the 3080 bogs down into the low 50's where the 3090 kept it at a solid 60 no matter what (I'm looking at you Ardenweald and a few ORBs). Looking at the difference between the 3080 and 3090ti it is even more pronounced.

 

Our local (50min away) Microcenter JUST sold out today their EVGA 3090 ti's. They had them in stock all day yesterday and into today which shows the market is acting right for once. They had the $1999.99 model in stock up to an hour ago and sold out of the $2149.99 model this morning.

 

I've contemplated stepping back up to a 3090 (now 3090ti) to get those rock solid frames back. 

 

It would definitely be an EVGA FTW3 3090ti $1999 model or I'm still thinking about a 6900xt which with RT off equals or beats a 3090 for WoW @ 4k. I still got my eye on the Asrock OC Formula 6900xt at Newegg which is now down to $1359. That's only $360 more than the OEM model, vastly better PCB build quality and cooler and it comes with the binned silicon.

 

 

 

 

[Talon]

5 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

 

Nice! I always like how you keep right on the cutting edge. I dip my toe in the water from time to time but I still live vicariously overall through your purchases. 😄 How's the coil whine?

 

I don't regret selling my KPE back in October. Solid 9-10 months of use. Took me through the better part of WoW with RT enabled @ 4k Ultra 10 settings. Sold it for a little bit of profit. I like this Strix 3080 a lot. Quietest card I've ever had. Got it at "retail." ($1119) Even quieter than the KPE 3090 which was near silent for coil whine. I could hear it if I got right up on it. This one? I have to use the tube method to even find any sound at all.

 

Downside? That performance drop means I had to jettison RT as the hit is too much but I don't really miss it. I'd take it if the fps could keep up though. There are a few areas where the 3080 bogs down into the low 50's where the 3090 kept it at a solid 60 no matter what (I'm looking at you Ardenweald and a few ORBs). Looking at the difference between the 3080 and 3090ti it is even more pronounced.

 

Our local (50min away) Microcenter JUST sold out today their EVGA 3090 ti's. They had them in stock all day yesterday and into today which shows the market is acting right for once. They had the $1999.99 model in stock up to an hour ago and sold out of the $2149.99 model this morning.

 

I've contemplated stepping back up to a 3090 (now 3090ti) to get those rock solid frames back. 

 

It would definitely be an EVGA FTW3 3090ti $1999 model or I'm still thinking about a 6900xt which with RT off equals or beats a 3090 for WoW @ 4k. I still got my eye on the Asrock OC Formula 6900xt at Newegg which is now down to $1359. That's only $360 more than the OEM model, vastly better PCB build quality and cooler and it comes with the binned silicon.

 

 

 

 

 

So far absolutely zero whine. I am truly shocked. My KPE also had a bit of whine, but wasn't too bad. 

 

So far my opinion is that if you have a 3090 KPE there is 100% reason to upgrade unless you are chasing records and then you need the KPE 3090 Ti. This FTW3 is good, but there is no substitution for the KingPin. 

 

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/73704630 +100/1500Mhz. Bests my 15400 KPE personal best, and that took a lot of tweaking messing around with the classy tool and what not. So I am happy that I can easily just drop in the clocks and beat it. I'll mess around tonight and see if I can break 16,000 but I'm thinking you need water for that. But my 12900K is also stock so I'll see if upping that helps any. All in all I am happy with the card. It's a beast and have the card I wanted from the beginning lol. 

[johnksss]

2 hours ago, electrosoft said:

 

I thought he exact same thing watching Jay's video yesterday. Why compare a stock FE 3090 to a FTW 3090ti? He even had a 3090 FTW in hand for size comparison.

 

HWunboxed did a better job too:

 

 

Testing games TUF vs TUF = ~6-11% faster depending on game:

 

 

 

Okay, cool. Will check it out in a few.

 

1 hour ago, Talon said:

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/73703445

 

 

Bone stock CPU and GPU run. Power limits and all sliders at default. 

 

Sold my KPE for $1800 cash yesterday. I've wanted to get away from the AIO solution since I got it, I want EVGA to release KPE cards with beefy air coolers made of copper again or just blocked, but I think those days are gone. 

 

I got 1 year and 4 months out of my KPE and only lost a few hundred bucks. I used some of my EVGA bucks to 'upgrade' to this. As expected slightly faster than a 3090 KPE at stock, but no mess in the case. Easy pop in and pop out air cooled card. The card ran 2055Mhz during the test around 64c. Again all stock sliders and stock fans. Hard to judge since the power limits are so insanely high and it ran around 430-450w during the test. 

 

Looking good!!

 

42 minutes ago, Talon said:

 

So far absolutely zero whine. I am truly shocked. My KPE also had a bit of whine, but wasn't too bad. 

 

So far my opinion is that if you have a 3090 KPE there is 100% reason to upgrade unless you are chasing records and then you need the KPE 3090 Ti. This FTW3 is good, but there is no substitution for the KingPin. 

 

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/73704630 +100/1500Mhz. Bests my 15400 KPE personal best, and that took a lot of tweaking messing around with the classy tool and what not. So I am happy that I can easily just drop in the clocks and beat it. I'll mess around tonight and see if I can break 16,000 but I'm thinking you need water for that. But my 12900K is also stock so I'll see if upping that helps any. All in all I am happy with the card. It's a beast and have the card I wanted from the beginning lol. 

Yes, I do hear the coil whine on mine as well.... Not loud but I know its there.

 

Let me know when you pass my 16080 score. That was the best I got on a few days of AIO.

 

I see the top score so far is https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1502051 .

 

I know you can beat him! LOL

 

Side note: Your KPE was crap, just like mine. I had to seriously struggle to get to 15,7 for like months. Memory would only do 1394 on a very very very good day with a water block. And I basically beat all those scores on aio and nothing extra. All I could say was...wow!