EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra

W1zzard · Nov 4, 2020

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra comes with a massive triple-slot, triple-fan cooler that makes it the quietest RTX 3090 we've ever tested. Gaming noise levels are comparable to mid-range cards from a few years ago, but performance is like 300% higher, very impressive.

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dante`afk · Nov 4, 2020

how can you say the quietest without comparing it directly to other board partner 3090s like strix oc?

W1zzard · Nov 4, 2020

dante`afk said:
how can you say the quietest without comparing it directly to other board partner 3090s like strix oc?

You're not serious are you? Have you checked the review?

randompeep · Nov 4, 2020

the new performance per buck king

dicktracy · Nov 4, 2020

Strix is the best for 3080 but not so much for 3090

cellar door · Nov 4, 2020

I'm still not a fan of evert nvidia card getting a "highly recommended" award - $1800 for this card. This thing is NOT $300 better then the Gigabyte or $200 more then MSI Trio

It takes away value from those award when every single nvidia card gets ono... as is, I even stopped paying attention to them.

Steevo · Nov 4, 2020

500W.......

Amazing piece of hardware to be sure, but that is a lot of heat to unload...

W1zzard · Nov 4, 2020

cellar door said:
I'm still not a fan of evert nvidia card getting a "highly recommended" award - $1800 for this card. This thing is NOT $300 better then the Gigabyte or $200 more then MSI Trio

It takes away value from those award when every single nvidia card gets ono... as is, I even stopped paying attention to them.

The idea is "which RTX 3090 would you recommend?" Obviously if someone can't afford it, it's not for him

Searing · Nov 4, 2020

randompeep said:
the new performance per buck king

I saw one in store for the first time in Canada (no one had a preorder). Yours for the low price of $2600 CAD. What a joke. nVidia scalping their own customers.

xkm1948 · Nov 4, 2020

Thx for the review on pancake monitor gaming haha.

Been loving mine since purchase. CUDA 11 still have a few kinks to work out but so far scientific computing performance on this has been nothing short of amazing.

@W1zzard on the overclocking page you had EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra @ 400 W . I think you meant 450Watt right? That is the default 107% power slider.

QUANTUMPHYSICS · Nov 4, 2020

If the Kingpin had been available on day one, I'd have taken that, with its liquid cooler over everything else (except a Founders 3090) even at $2000.

Footman · Nov 4, 2020

Performance per dollar looks great, lol..........

W1zzard · Nov 4, 2020

xkm1948 said:
on the overclocking page you had EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra @ 400 W . I think you meant 450Watt right?

Yup, fixed

Makaveli · Nov 4, 2020

Searing said:
I saw one in store for the first time in Canada (no one had a preorder). Yours for the low price of $2600 CAD. What a joke. nVidia scalping their own customers.

I'm seeing $2399 at Canada Computer quite the deal lol.

mechtech · Nov 4, 2020

It would be nice if EVGA also made AMD cards.

Makaveli said:
I'm seeing $2399 at Canada Computer quite the deal lol.

Is that before or after the 13% tax?

bug · Nov 4, 2020

Damn right it's the quietest. At $1,800 and with that power draw, very few people will ever be able to hear one of these.

X71200 · Nov 4, 2020

"During gaming, power consumption of the MSI Gaming X is around 350 W", taken from the power consumption page. Typo I think.

Makaveli · Nov 5, 2020

mechtech said:
It would be nice if EVGA also made AMD cards.

Is that before or after the 13% tax?

That is before tax.

$1799 USD is $2361 CAD + Retailer markup + Tax

F-man4 · Nov 5, 2020

Defect 1: 500W’s OC performance is inferior to STRIX’s default .....
Defect 2: Massively died recently according to EVGA forum (may be caused by 457.09) .....
I’ll pass it.

Mescalamba · Nov 5, 2020

F-man4 said:
Defect 1: 500W’s OC performance is inferior to STRIX’s default .....
Defect 2: Massively died recently according to EVGA forum (may be caused by 457.09) .....
I’ll pass it.

Was kinda surprised that while clocks matched, performance didnt. Guess ASUS had better cherries to pick..

Noztra · Nov 5, 2020

cellar door said:
I'm still not a fan of evert nvidia card getting a "highly recommended" award - $1800 for this card. This thing is NOT $300 better then the Gigabyte or $200 more then MSI Trio

It takes away value from those award when every single nvidia card gets ono... as is, I even stopped paying attention to them.

I said that multiple times in other reviews. As soon its an NVIDIA product slap on the "highly recommend" award. When 99% of products get an award it makes in kinda useless.
Same with the pros/cons list.

"14% faster than RTX 3080" is not a postive? - You are paying 800USD more for 14% performance. Should have been listed under cons with "ONLY 14% faster than RTX 3080"
"Manual power limit setting goes up to 500 W with XOC BIOS!" - So apparently now its a positive that a GPU can pull 500W. Let me guess when the review of the 6800XT/6900XT arrives under cons it will say "high power draw" even if it uses less than a RTX 3090.

R0H1T · Nov 5, 2020

Steevo said:
500W.......

Amazing piece of hardware to be sure, but that is a lot of heat to unload...

JHH wasn't kidding when he brought out the oven

W1zzard · Nov 5, 2020

Noztra said:
Let me guess when the review of the 6800XT/6900XT arrives under cons it will say "high power draw" even if it uses less than a RTX 3090.

"High heat output" is already listed in this review.

Performance per Watt is great on these cards? You are getting A LOT of performance. Is it possible that you are having unrealistic expectations that go beyond what is possible at this time?

randompeep · Nov 5, 2020

Searing said:
I saw one in store for the first time in Canada (no one had a preorder). Yours for the low price of $2600 CAD. What a joke. nVidia scalping their own customers.

More like evga being evga...it's the fatal combination I've seen coming sooner or later. Not excepting something better for the flagship of 'em all, but taking in consideration it measures 3x the perf of a vega 56 @4k and the FE having 1.5k MSRP, it should be priced ~1650 cost of a transaction, not the 'sheet price'. Preferably, this industry needs more transparency and courage to say 'buy it, BLING BLING BOY'

r.h.p · Nov 5, 2020

Great review as always , i need to save a bit for this one though :laugh:

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