[SOLVED] EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra catches fire?

[fordongreeman]

The RTX 3080 EVGA FTW3 Ultra is known to catch fire?

 

[RealBeast]

The RTX 3080 EVGA FTW3 Ultra is known to catch fire?

Nope, although defective products can occur. This card has great cooling and should be running in the mid 70C range when under load.

 

[TechyInAZ]

You might be thinking of the major issues with EVGA's 10 series GPUs. But none of the Ampere stuff is known to catch fire.

 

[Phaaze88]

I really think the OP should check the EVGA forums on this, if they haven't already.
I ghost that site from time to time, and the most common occurrences I've read is:
-a certain fuse popping in the card, followed by death.
-playing older titles, only to be greeted by black screen to the card's PCIe slots lighting up. Card refuses to come alive after.
-PCIe slot and 3rd PCIe socket(if present) are out of wack, with the former running a few watts or so out of spec, and the latter running way under.
-the usual(?) GDDR6X concerns. Might be a QC issue from the factory; the higher end models should have acceptable memory thermals, but some haven't been so great out of the box...

The closest thing to a fire happening would be number 1(not really), but that's why the fuse is there in the first place.