[SOLVED] RTX 3080 Ti bad performance?

[Bozzo]

Hello,
I recently bought the RTX 3080 Ti FE. I did some testing and my results seems a bit underwhelming.
First: My previous card was a 2080 ti and was idling at 32°C. I swapped it for the 3080 Ti and it's now idling at 50°C with the fans at 47%. It seems hot and it is very noisy.
Second: I launched a Time Spy extreme benchmark and I got a Graphics score of 9320 and it seems low. Temps were around 80°C.
Do you have similar performance? Do you think of something I might have done wrong? I can provide more data if needed.
Thx a lot for your help !

 

[Bassman999]

Did you use DDU to uninstall drivers and then install the driver for the 3080ti?

 

[Bozzo]

I didn't... Could you please tell me what is DDU??

 

[norcalsc]

DISPLAY DRIVER UNINSTALLER download and install the program and run in safe mode

 

[alceryes]

Please list all hardware (CPU, RAM, MB, PSU).
Please run a UIserbenchmark and post a link to the results.

 

[Bozzo]

CPU: I7-9700K
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32 Go (4 x 8 Go) - DDR4 3000 MHz Cas 15
MB: GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO
PSU: EVGA Alimentation SuperNova 850W G3

UserBenchmark before DDU and driver reinstall: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/43717862
UserBenchmark after DDU and driver reinstall: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/43718472

 

[Eximo]

Seems pretty normal then.

3080Ti FE is basically a 3090 with the 3080 cooler. Not ideal and there is certainly more performance on the table with a CPU upgrade and water cooling the GPU if you wanted to go down that route.

 

[Joseph_138]

JayzTwoCents and Gamers Nexus both thought the founders edition 3080ti was underwhelming compared to the vanilla 3080. Jay did review both a founders and an EVGA FTW3 card, though, and said that the EVGA card performed like a 3090 for less money, so it was a better value overall then the founders 3080ti. I think a lot of people are going to be buying these with unrealistic expectations of a massive performance uplift over the vanilla cards, when the real gain will probably be closer to 3-4%, which isn't justified for nearly double the MSRP.

 

[wyliec2]

The FE reviews I read did speculate about cooling with power of 350 watts (same as 3090) using the same cooling as 320 watt 3080.

I have a Gigabyte 3080TI Gaming and it runs around 35C at idle. It will hit 60C when drawing 350 watts. My case is set up for very good airflow.

 

[Bozzo]

I bought the 3080 ti at MSRP so no regret at all regarding the cost of this card. I cannot find any 3080 at this cost anyway ! YouTubers saying that it’s not worth it are irrelevant in my case because you cannot buy a 3080 for the MSRP of a 3080 ti at the moment. Why would I spend more than 1200$ for a 3080 when I was able to buy the 3080 ti at this price?

Plus I don’t even talk about the value regarding other card, I only compare it to others 3080 ti data, even to 3080 ti FE data.

Anyway, thx to those who helped with the DDU tips

 

[Dragos Manea]

There are aftermarket air coolers which can help you if you wish to squeeze a bit more out of it.

 

[Bozzo]

There are aftermarket air coolers which can help you if you wish to squeeze a bit more out of it.

Oh I'd be interested in that actually ! Would you mind giving me an example plz? I used the Arctic accelero Xtrem IV on my previous card and it did great. I wasn't able to find one for the 3080 ti fe though.

 

[Dragos Manea]

Actually, Accelero Xtreme IV seems to be compatible up to 2080 TI, so maybe it is with 3080 ti also, double check that.