EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING, 12G-P5-3967-KR, 12GB GDDR6X, iCX3 Technology, ARGB LED, Metal Backplate

This is my first Ti card. I’ve had most all of the X80 and XX80 cards at one point or another. This card I was told was a very solid buy.I’ve had it for 5 weeks or so now and it’s performed well above any expectations I had as to its potential. Most AAA games with ultra settings or even high settings make the fans run to keep the card cool. It is well worth the meager noise due to no game being unplayable below 60fps. Most are 80+ at 4K so lower resolutions will have little issues.I’m pairing it with my 8700K so it’s not needing the 10-12th generation Intel chips I’ve seen others deem necessary.Edit 24-DEC-2023: I've had this card now 16 months and it's still working as the day I received it. The performance this GPU has contributed to any apps and operating system must be excellent as I have not noticed any lag when opening or closing programs anymore.Playing games has completely changed. Having more frames per second than my eyes can detect has transformed my experience with various games which used to suffer due to using lesser GPU than this 3080 Ti. I'm glad I have it and it should last me many years. I have yet to play a game in which it is GPU bound using reasonable graphics settings.

It was a refurbish and sometimes things just go wrong, return process was painless and easy. Bought a brand new RX 7900 XTX and it worked first boot, I wanted to try a refurbish again because I bought a 980 Ti once and I got really lucky and got an upgraded version of the model I was actually trying to buy. Life happens, thanks for making the return process easy.

EVGA 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra - simply the best value in a performance GPUAmazed that Amazon was the seller & shipper with 6% discount @ time of purchase, then my Amazon Prime & CC 5% "credit" made this a great value for this graphics card.The 3090 might have up to a 5% performance edge; but, boy do you pay a lot more (~50%) for that tiny bump in performanceNo issues, plug & play, used HDMI cable. My Nvidia driver was already new enough to see this card in my X570 build.The EVGA X1 software ver 1.2.6 which was already installed on this PC - recognized the new GPU & advised an update to the firmware.The X1 firmware updated without issue. You just need to wait for it to complete. I highly recommend using a UPS power supply, you do not want any interruptions during the update.Yes 30 series GPUs run warmer than previous designs ... that is the price of a more powerful GPU. So, you want excellent air flow ... & not a tiny case &your case fans need to be moving plenty of airRoom Temp 68F [20C] ..... GPU die Max 60C @ 2040 MHz with a small OC setting in EVGA X1 software. This is an Open bench test & has been running like this for Over 12 hours. Cards fans @ 90%That is a Delta T of 40C (die temp Rise, over room temp) - the case, fans & room temp you use can impact your resultsUsing an EVGA 850 T2 PSU with No Issues on a x570S MB & 5950X AMD 16 core CPUNot OC CPU or heavy loads on CPU -- pulls 600-650W, with the 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra under Full loadThe only Con in the whole process .... Was the shipping from Amazon. Package was not shipped for 2 day delivery - Amazon choose to ship ground 5 days? no idea why with a Prime account.The Bigger issue ... did someone try to open this box ? It was destroyed! Crushed! Torn Open in Spots!I made the UPS driver wait while I inspected my package contents - Box was destroyed & partially re-taped in few spots .... What in the World happened to that box, was my first thought...... the outer shipping box was heavily damaged --> crushed & corners seams torn open in several places... looks like someone might have tried to remove the contents ??... The EVGA thin "retail box" (with the Pictures of GPU) only had minimal damage ... torn where it looks like someone tried to open? & 1 corner of the box had a Small dent...... The inner retail "heavy box" inside the retail package was not damaged at All ? This does not equate to the destroyed shipping box. I do not believe this damage was from the automated convener system UPS uses... again almost like someone tried to open the shipping Box & retail package .... the EVGA factory seals were still intact. So, I took possession of the package from UPS & signed for this EVGA 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra

So I hesitantly pulled the trigger on this card @ $1089.99 coming from a 1080 Ti. The 1080 Ti is still a beast of a card make no mistakes, but I couldn't pass this up at this price.This card is large. I have my build in a Coolermaster HAF XB EVO and in order to fit this card, I had to move my fans to the outside of my case, leaving only the 240mm radiator inside.Let me start off by saying, in this day and age, I'm not looking to game on the bleeding edge of graphics. My happy gaming spot is ultra graphics, 1080p @ 60hz (Fps) if I can game at these settings and not see a single dip in my frames, I'm a happy camper."But isn't this overkill for those settings?" Absolutely! I bought this card so that I could undervolt and underclock it. I have a custom curve set in MSI afterburner to limit my clock speek to 1710 mhz @ .775 volts and have capped my power limit 65% of max.People say that these cards pull a lot of power and run hot, but at these settings, in brief stress tests I'm seeing 60c on the hotspots/mem with the power ceiling hitting the 65% @ 288w max pulled @.775voltsIn everyday long gaming utilization I see it top out around 190w at these settings. Hot spots and mem temps maxing around 54c (I have two low flow 120s set up to blow directly on this card so the fans never even have to kick on)My reason for purchasing this card and not a lower tier card for playing at these settings can be summed up by the following analogy:I'd rather buy a Ferrari and cruise around in it at 70mph, knowing that if push comes to shove I can drive it at 140 every once in a while just for fun, than buy a Prius that I'm red-lining @80mph just to get where I'm going on time, worrying that any day it will crap out on me.