Does a 3090 need water cooling?

RTX 3090 GPUs are one of the most wanted cards on the market and are among the components that can benefit greatly when complemented with water cooling. The card packs 24GB of GDDR6X RAM, which is massive for both professional and gaming usage.
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Do I need cooler for RTX 3090?

A giant card needs a big cooler. Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3090 Ti promises to vie for a spot on the best graphics card for gaming when it becomes available in a week or two, but this card will require a lot of power and a lot of cooling.
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Can you liquid cool a 3090?

EKWB has officially announced all-new "Active Backplates" for the reference designed RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 graphics cards (not the Founders Edition). This new backplate features an actively liquid-cooled water block to cool all the PCB hotspots found at the rear of Nvidia's top-tier Ampere GPUs.
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Does a 3080 need to be water-cooled?

The 3080 is a powerful GPU, one I consider to be the best on the market for gaming. You can definitely use it without a water block and still get high FPS with the coveted hardware-accelerated ray tracing. However, to those of us who have gotten used to water cooling, things just aren't the same with a fan-cooled GPU.
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Is water cooling GPU worth it?

Verdict – Is Water Cooling a Graphics Card Worth It? Yes, water or liquid cooling is the most viable option to overclock your graphics card and maintain a higher core frequency without any thermal throttling or performance drop scene.
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Water Cooling the RTX 3090 is... More Complicated



Which 3080 is best for water cooling?

What is this? The Bitspower Classic VGA Waterblock is our pick for the Founder's Edition PCB of the RTX 3080. For any of you rocking a Founder's Edition RTX 3080, this is the water block to pick for your custom loop setup.
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Can a RTX 3090 overheat?

Since yesterday though, things have gotten a bit too hot to handle for some folks using RTX 3090 graphics cards. Players across several different forums are reporting overheating that's led to GPU failure. Amazon are aware of the issue, and have started with some tips to help players avoid overheating.
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Does 3090 get hot?

The GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition runs hot, as we discovered last month when we reviewed NVIDIA's flagship GeForce card. While NVIDIA has equipped the Founders Edition with an innovative cooling solution, it struggles to cool the card's 24 GB of GDDR6X VRAM.
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What VRAM temp is too high 3090?

If it should rise above 100 degrees, you should get concerned, because above that, 105-110 degrees, it could start damaging the chips seating or other parts. There is absolutely NO reason for you to be concerned if the RAM is hitting 90 degrees, nor the core hitting 80, they can safely go up to 100.
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Is the 3090 better than the 2080 TI?

Based on its CUDA core count and similar clock speed, the RTX 3090 could be 70% to 80% faster than the 2080 Ti — even more so in the right games.
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Can you water cool a 3090 Founders Edition?

EK®, the leading computer cooling solutions provider, is proud to finally unveil its Special Edition high-performance GPU water blocks for NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3090 Founders Edition graphics card.
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What is the fastest 3090?

For our top pick, this powerhouse of performance, clock speed, and cooling is the ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 OC. This behemoth is ASUS's flagship card, and it comes with undeniable flagship specs. As with all RTX 3090s on the market, the ROG STRIX OC comes with 24GB of GDDR6X VRAM.
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How many fans do you need for 3090?

Yes, that's a graphics card with five fans. The Sycom GeForce RTX 3090 Ti comes an Asetek 240mm radiator that's cooled by a pair of excellent Noctua NF-A12x25 ULN fans.
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How much does a 3090 cost?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 release date and price

Released September 24 in 2020, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 is available to buy now if you can find it. At $1,499 in the U.S. and £1,399 in the U.K., it's one of the most expensive gaming-grade GPUs to date from Nvidia.
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Is liquid cooling worth it?

The flashier option for temperature management, liquid cooling offers incredible performance combined with a visual appeal that no other cooling system can match. In these systems, liquid (typically water) transfers heat away from components and is generally much better at heat management than air alone.
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Why is New World killing GPUs?

Amazon says they have detected no game-breaking bugs in New World that would cause the game to kill RTX GPUs. Instead, it reiterates and confirms that it's a problem with GPU manufacturers and poor graphics card build quality.
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What temp should my 3090 run?

95C or lower if you want it to last.
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Is New World still killing GPUs?

New World is still killing GPUs and its not only 3090s from EVGA.
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Why is my 3090 so loud?

The reason this most likely happens is due to temperatures exceeding a preset thermal threshold - it is not necessarily the card's thermal throttle limit. Kind of like how some models have 0rpm mode active up until 60 or 70C, then the fans ramp right up to 80% or so.
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Why is New World Killing 3090s?

Previously, New World was killing EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 graphics cards, with EVGA explaining it was due to "bad soldering". But now, new reports from PowerGPU -- a custom PC builder -- tweeted that the company received multiple emails from customers saying their graphics cards died after playing New World.
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How much VRAM does a 3090 have?

Currently, the RTX 3090 has 24GB of VRAM running at 19.5Gbps, so the memory being pushed a bit faster on the 3090 Ti would represent a nice little speed hike, while remaining at 24GB – but populated with 12 x 2GB modules with the Ti variant, as opposed to 24 x 1GB on the 3090.
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Is 3090 or 3080 TI better?

Performance. In terms of performance, Nvidia claims the RTX 3090 Ti is, on average, 64% faster faster than the RTX 3080 Ti. The RTX 3090 Ti has been marketed for 8K gaming, while the RTX 3080 Ti is arguably limited to 4K gaming.
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Should I buy RTX 3080ti?

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is basically as fast as the RTX 3090 in PC games, even despite the fact that it has half the VRAM. So, the RTX 3080 Ti is what you should buy if you want the best gaming performance you can get right now, and don't really need to be running Blender or Resolve all the time.
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Which 3080 TI is best for mining?

If users have an EVGA RTX 3080 Ti, upgrading the firmware is the best way to get more mining performance out of their card. Precision X1 software from EVGA can be used to accomplish this. Bravo reported that after updating the firmware on his XC3, the card's speed increased by 21%, from 66MH/s to 80MH/s.
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