Rtx 3080 Issue
Evga also published a statement regarding this issue too.
Rtx 3080 issue. Facebook twitter linkedin reddit whatsapp. It definitely underlines that this rtx 3080 stability issue isn t just about hardware and even when you do consider the hardware aspects the much talked about type of capacitors used poscap. 0 4 minutes read. They delayed the launch of their rtx 3080 ftw3 cards for the same reason.
This includes the zotac geforce rtx 3080. The issue appears to be widespread affecting not only nvidia s founders edition card but also custom designs from partners including the msi geforce rtx 3080 ventus 3x oc evga geforce rtx. Computerbase flagged the reports of problems but has yet to recreate the same issues with its geforce rtx 3080 founders edition a graphics card that comes directly from nvidia. Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors mlccs or conductive polymer tantalum solid capacitors poscaps the latter capacitors supposedly being of lower quality and thus being the cause of the custom rtx 3080 cards suffering from ctd issues.
September 28 2020 capacitors seem to be the culprit of some issues according to evga. During their mass production qc testing they discovered that 6 poscaps can t pass the real world applications testing. Evga geforce rtx 3080 xc3 series with 5 poscaps 10 mlcc solution is matched with the xc3 spec without issues i have one of those early review samples with six poscaps and will be receiving. Nvidia has issued a statement a q a more like to address the shortage of its newly launched rtx 3080 graphics cards.
Nvidia s founders edition cards seem to be in the clear as computerbase reports that the issue appears to be affecting custom variants of the rtx 3080. The 3080 and 3090 have a demand issue not a supply issue ceo jensen huang says in a press q a via tom s hardware. Areej september 22 2020. Rtx 3080 shortages are not a supply issue.