HP RTX 2080TI bios questions

[Pichulec]

I read the pumps are noisy on those units. Yes?

Mine are not.

 

[X71200]

I read the pumps are noisy on those units. Yes?

I don't recall the Kraken pumps being loud, they're basically Asetek designs. Besides, blowers have a high pitched whine at high revolutions. It should be much better than the stock cooler either way.

 

[Pichulec]

I am thinking how to retain the face and backplate while Kraken x41 in place. I think dremel will be the case... I need to keep cooling for memory and VRM.

 

[phanbuey]

I am thinking how to retain the face and backplate while Kraken x41 in place. I think dremel will be the case... I need to keep cooling for memory and VRM.

Well you can always get thermal tape and copper squares and make a thermal sammich on the chips and vrms, works really well.

The plate of that is metal and does radiate. without the gpu heat on them they will be frosty, you can also add heatsinks to the plate for extra dissipation.

 

[Pichulec]

Well you can always get thermal tape and copper squares and make a thermal sammich on the chips and vrms, works really well.

The plate of that is metal and does radiate. without the gpu heat on them they will be frosty, you can also add heatsinks to the plate for extra dissipation.

I am happy if they will be frosty

 

[Pichulec]

To keep faceplate and backplate, few modifications will be required.... Dremel to the hand

Opearation completed, with full success. Card in maximum stress go up to 62C and stays there no matter how heavy the load is. PC is dead quiet. Core under heavy stress stays around 2GHz, i am happy with it. Card idling around 33C. Palit dual bios with 310W in use. I kept the face and back plates so i have vrm and mem cooling (+ kraken vrm fan). I used my Kraken G10 bracket at the end, it is also compatible Pictures attached

 

[lexluthermiester]

To keep faceplate and backplate, few modifications will be required.... Dremel to the hand

Opearation completed, with full success. Card in maximum stress go up to 62C and stays there no matter how heavy the load is. PC is dead quiet. Core under heavy stress stays around 2GHz, i am happy with it. Card idling around 33C. Palit dual bios with 310W in use. I kept the face and back plates so i have vrm and mem cooling (+ kraken vrm fan). I used my Kraken G10 bracket at the end, it is also compatible Pictures attached

It's a little janky looking, but if works, booya and bazinga!

 

[Pichulec]

For me, functionality is the most important, who cares how it's looks like

 

[Kanan]

To keep faceplate and backplate, few modifications will be required.... Dremel to the hand

Opearation completed, with full success. Card in maximum stress go up to 62C and stays there no matter how heavy the load is. PC is dead quiet. Core under heavy stress stays around 2GHz, i am happy with it. Card idling around 33C. Palit dual bios with 310W in use. I kept the face and back plates so i have vrm and mem cooling (+ kraken vrm fan). I used my Kraken G10 bracket at the end, it is also compatible Pictures attached

Great work! How much did you pay for this card, if I may ask?

 

[Pichulec]

£799

 

[Kanan]

£799

That's a good price, well done.

 

[Pichulec]

Indeed, i think it is the most inexpensive 2080Ti ever sold

3dmark result

I scored 12 490 in Time Spy

Intel Core i7-7700K Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti x 1, 16384 MB, 64-bit Windows 10}

www.3dmark.com

+160 on core and +500 on memory. Stable for 24/7

Power limit in maximum stress (Timespy Extreme) stays between 120 to 137% in some cases. Usually 120-124%. So the card is not being throttled by either temp or power to much

 

[phanbuey]

great work!

 

[Pichulec]

Stats in Shadow of Tombraider, 4k everything on max, hdr, rtx on. It is only 60fps because vsync is on, playing on 4k tv and without vsync to much tearing appear. I found gpu +200 stable I am surprised how good this NON-A chip behaves

 

[Pichulec]

Superposition benchmark

 

[nguyen]

Well your 2080 Ti seems to be missing a thermal pad over the VRMs on the left side of the card, 2080 Ti VRMs are overbuilt but letting some of them roasting over time (especially with the baseplate blocking any sort of air flow) maybe is not a good idea...

 

[Pichulec]

Well, thats how the card was made from factory.

 

[nguyen]

Probably just HP being shoddy with thermal pads, even EVGA was forgetting to put thermal pads on VRMs and that cause fire on alot of their Pascal cards (some was even caught on camera).

You can see from 2080 Ti FE review from TPU that those VRMs are covered with thermal pads

Now that you have no chance of ever returning your 2080 Ti I would suggest putting some thermal pads over those VRMs...

Btw this is how many thermal pads my Heatkiller IV wb came with

 

[Pichulec]

Will do then, any recommended thickness??

 

[nguyen]

the VRM on the right side use 1mm thermal pads from the look of it so I guess 1mm will do fine for the left side VRM

 

[Pichulec]

Ordered , will post update when it is done

 

[lexluthermiester]

Well, thats how the card was made from factory.

Fair enough. It couldn't hurt to add some pads sometime in the near future though.

Ordered , will post update when it is done

Oops. I missed this before posting... LOL!

 

[Pichulec]

Job done. I aslo changed thermal compound on gpu, last time i have left over and looks like it wasn't enough because i dropped another 3 deg C on gpu now. I checked the radiator in stress and it is getting hot in place where new thermopads are, so there is good contact. 1mm layer wasn't enough, i had to put 4 layers in but is working fine Now i feel safe. Also 3dmark test results are higher so replacement of thermal compound helped as well. GPU in Rise of TombRaider maxed out is now 2040MHz, before was changing between 2025 and 1995MHz Temps are 42-45 deg C now vs 46-51 deg C before.

 

[cgtechuk]

Thanks for your research into this.

I bought one of these exact cards off Ebay last week for €700 / £622 and I am really really impressed with it!

Can I just confirm that you flashed and are now using the same bios from Palit that you mentioned earlier caused you the Chrome Black Screen Issue? I want to flash my card and I think it's the best move.I will eventually open air cool it but thats for another day

 

[Pichulec]

Hi, yes i am using palit bios. Chrome needs reinstalling and it is fine then. Also this bios makes fan go max 2200rpm. But my fan is 1500rpm (kraken fan) so it is fine. This bios is not good if you want to use the stock cooler.