Their RMA is usually very good, so hopefully the case here.
Thanks. I’ll give it a try.
There might be something else amiss. I swapped out my 3080 for my old 2080 ti. It booted and ran fine for about an hour with a light load, web surfing, email, etc. Then I decided to try VR with the 2080, and bam, the VR display and monitor both go black, just like they did with the 3080. I put the 3080 in my other PC to test, but realized that I don’t have a third 8 pin PCI-e cable (2080 takes 2, 3080 takes 3).
Power supply going bad? It’s a 1000 watts, but getting pretty long in the tooth. I’m wondering if when I try to run a 3D app, that the additional load is causing it to shut down power to the PCI-e leads. Just a WAG.
Power or mainboard would be my guess, but just to be sure you don’t have 2 faulty GPU’s, I’d try testing the 3000 in another system regardless.
yes it sounds like a bad power supply, is there anyway you can get the PSU a load test?
I agree, there’s more to power supplies then a max watt number. Also they age.
Exchanging the PSU for a trusted brand 800+ watt one is a good next step to take.
Edit: And cables! Sometimes an oxidized connector is all it takes.
. One of the GPU power leads (PCI-e). Probably took an AIM-9 to the chassis. EVGA power supply ordered.
Oh geez. That ain’t right. Nope.
Any ideas what caused this? Have you had a graphics card fail in the past? Some mishap with liquid cooling, etc.?
I got to admit, I’ve never seen anything like this.
Yikes. For a replacement I’ve found this list useful in the past.
A ‘B’ doesn’t mean it’s bad, just helps determine what’s worth paying extra for.
Thanks for that. I think that the one that I ordered is on the Tier B recommended list. But it might be so new there is no data. FYI, the one that failed was a 1000w Silverstone, the last remaining component from a Falcon NW Frag Box that is 3.5 builds ago. So a pretty good ROI on that component, IMO. It’s life didn’t get easier with each build.
No idea how or when it happened, but if the 3080 is still good, will consider myself very lucky.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CRH8YPV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_0W075WTPGZXWYEHFVHG6
Slightly oxidized indeed 
That picture makes me wonder, how did you connect the GPU to the PSU? Did you use two cables or just one with the ‘loop-through’ plug to make it fit two sockets?
If you were using only one cable then the powerdraw of the card might have caused the cable to fry. It’s recommended to connect your modern GPU by two PCI-e cables and only if your card requires three sockets to be connected on the GPU use one loop-through for the third.
No, I used three separate runs to each power receptacle on the GPU. Here’s the tag. Is that a manufacture date of ‘07? Not sure, but it had been in 4 separate PCs. So, I was definitely pushing my luck. I’m surprised that it had compatible outputs. You know how it goes, your gaming rig is beginning to show its age. So you pick up all of the sexy parts and go with whatever else is in the parts bin that works.
Late to this party but my PSU went out about 2/3 months ago. Was ~3-4 years old. It came with the pre-built.
this usually happens when one of the 12v rails blows out due to over taxing,
Just cause it’s 8-Pin does not mean the leads put out the recommended power.
I used to be in the camp of shrugging about Raytracing, but since I’ve seen its effects properly displayed in Astro’s Playroom and Ratchet and Clank on the PS5 I am a total covert!
RTX is awesome!
It would add much atmosphere and realism to flightsims in dusky conditions or at night.
But the performance cost is significant
The tech itself is very pretty, but implementation is what makes the difference.
Your Crysis example is quite old by now. The tech has advanced and programmers should have more knowledge on how to implement it.
Furthermore RTX stands for many things. Games sometimes only support raytracing on shadows, others use it for light sources, yet others use it only for global lighting from the sun for example.
Like I said, look at the two games I mentioned (regardless that they’re PS5 games) and do it live on a tv, not from video material.
Its hard to deny it looks fantastic.
I disagree with you that the tech couldn’t add something to Flightsims.
Atmospheric lighting, lighting and shadowing from explosions, muzzle flashes, beacons, headlights you name it.
Like you, I wasn’t convinced RTX was worth the effort, but I’ve now seen examples where proper implementation (keyword) makes all the difference.
In contrast, the RTX ambient occlusion BF2042 supports doesn’t add anything to the experience and only eats performance.
As for Linus… yeah well. 
I am not trying to convert you or anyone for that matter. If you don’t like it that’s perfectly fine. 
Just making conversation.
I’m with @Yassy on this. In certain titles RTX sure makes a difference and I think in a flight sim it could make a fair it of difference.
I’ve never tried RTX and I’ve always wanted to see it working after hearing about it for so long, I’ve kind of agreed with @B12 about it being a bit gimmicky because the only exposure I’ve had to it is watching videos of Quake 2 RTX.
I really hope the tech matures as it really could make epic changes to the racing games and flight sims I love.
I’m not sure even my new pc can run it but I am genuinely looking forward to playing through Quake 2.
I need to look that up actually, is my card an RTX 2080ti? How would I know?