I'm creating a thread for those of us who have had/having issues with their RTX 2080ti cards. My specs are in my sig below. I will state that my card was running hotter than I like @78*c. Whereas my EVGA 1080 SC would run under 70*c. All stock settings on 2080, and 1080 was OC'd.
I'll start things off with my story. I did not pre-order the card as I wanted to see real world results and tests. After release it was found to be the first true 4k ultra 60FPS single card solution. I then started my search for a card. I really wanted to purchase through Best Buy as I can use my BB card and a 10% off coupon. I finally found one in stock and made the purchase online and had to go pick it up. It was a 200 mile round trip.
I installed the card that evening and all seemed great. My games played great @ 4k/60fps. Sunday morning I get up and try to get a few rounds of BF1 in. After a hiccup with the NZXT CAM software I get to play a few. I go do things with the family and come home that evening. I left the PC on from this morning and tried to fire up BF1. The game would try to load then crash to desktop with an DX11 error "Card has been physically removed". Tried to open game a few times with same error. I then tried to play AC: Odyssey and the game would start and I was able to make it to the menu and select 'CONTINUE' the game would attempt to load and crash to desktop.
I decided to reinstall the card drivers. I was now able to actually enter Odyssey and it would load. Once in game it got screwy. If i moved it would glitch and artifact and appear to load the same objects multiple times. It would do that for maybe a minute and then crash. I then uninstalled drivers and re-seated card, installed different version of drivers and same thing. I then tried to use a single PCIe power cable(with two ends) and same thing. It wouldn't even make it more than a few seconds through the Heaven benchmark without crashing.
I went to Nvidia website and started a live chat. I explained to the rep what was going on. I gave him all my info and proof-of-purchase. He then said the info would be submitted for RMA and I will get and e-mail with further info. I thought "oh cool" now I get to wait. I started doing a little research and came across this https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-graphics-cards-dying. Not to mention the threads here @ Tom's. So I decided to return to Best Buy for refund. On my way to the store I get an e-mail stating my RMA was accepted and they will ship out a new card to me and I then have to send my old one back.
Now I'm not sure what to do. Do I take the replacement card and hope to not have any more issues. Or do I deny the replacement, return my faulty card and then wait for an EVGA or MSI card to get in stock.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/10/30/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-cards-have-a-serious-problem-they-keep-dying/amp/
https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/some-users-are-complaining-of-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-cards-dying/
I'll start things off with my story. I did not pre-order the card as I wanted to see real world results and tests. After release it was found to be the first true 4k ultra 60FPS single card solution. I then started my search for a card. I really wanted to purchase through Best Buy as I can use my BB card and a 10% off coupon. I finally found one in stock and made the purchase online and had to go pick it up. It was a 200 mile round trip.
I installed the card that evening and all seemed great. My games played great @ 4k/60fps. Sunday morning I get up and try to get a few rounds of BF1 in. After a hiccup with the NZXT CAM software I get to play a few. I go do things with the family and come home that evening. I left the PC on from this morning and tried to fire up BF1. The game would try to load then crash to desktop with an DX11 error "Card has been physically removed". Tried to open game a few times with same error. I then tried to play AC: Odyssey and the game would start and I was able to make it to the menu and select 'CONTINUE' the game would attempt to load and crash to desktop.
I decided to reinstall the card drivers. I was now able to actually enter Odyssey and it would load. Once in game it got screwy. If i moved it would glitch and artifact and appear to load the same objects multiple times. It would do that for maybe a minute and then crash. I then uninstalled drivers and re-seated card, installed different version of drivers and same thing. I then tried to use a single PCIe power cable(with two ends) and same thing. It wouldn't even make it more than a few seconds through the Heaven benchmark without crashing.
I went to Nvidia website and started a live chat. I explained to the rep what was going on. I gave him all my info and proof-of-purchase. He then said the info would be submitted for RMA and I will get and e-mail with further info. I thought "oh cool" now I get to wait. I started doing a little research and came across this https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-graphics-cards-dying. Not to mention the threads here @ Tom's. So I decided to return to Best Buy for refund. On my way to the store I get an e-mail stating my RMA was accepted and they will ship out a new card to me and I then have to send my old one back.
Now I'm not sure what to do. Do I take the replacement card and hope to not have any more issues. Or do I deny the replacement, return my faulty card and then wait for an EVGA or MSI card to get in stock.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/10/30/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-cards-have-a-serious-problem-they-keep-dying/amp/
https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/some-users-are-complaining-of-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-cards-dying/