RTX 3000 AIB Cards

[Hailgod]

Win liao loh, the card iself = 1 high end gaming PC.

can buy 2x gaming pc with 3070.
thats why its a halo product. just there for the "performance crown"

 

[Fatfool]

Any idea on what are the aio versions of the 3000 series gpus?

Sent from Asus ROG_PhoneII using GAGT

Don't bother with an attached AIO

This solves all the heat and space issues with this damn series.

As expected Aquacomputer has a solution with a heatpipe to the pesky heat off the rear and to the liquid.

That's it guys!

 

[vpsupun]

Is there any variant with a legit waterblock on? not an AIO like EVGA, I mean just a waterblock for a custom loop. I recall that EVGA may have one. Corsair too. or sometimes Gigabyte has them.

There is a rumor on ASUS EK Series with waterblock pre-installed. But, not sure thought.

https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyt...and-vision-rtx-30-series-asus-to-launch-turbo

 

[shadow84]

Don't bother with an attached AIO

This solves all the heat and space issues with this damn series.

As expected Aquacomputer has a solution with a heatpipe to the pesky heat off the rear and to the liquid.

That's it guys!

AQC nickel plating cannot survive in SG. Royfrosty and my set kena a lot of 'marks' even when we nvr spill any liquid on it. Somehow, some form of oxidation happened and they say not their fault, our climate fault. lol.

 

[Fatfool]

AQC nickel plating cannot survive in SG. Royfrosty and my set kena a lot of 'marks' even when we nvr spill any liquid on it. Somehow, some form of oxidation happened and they say not their fault, our climate fault. lol.

Weird. I've used an Aquacomputer block for my Vega 64 for 2 years now and it's been fine. Mine's nickel plated as well.

 

[ItsmeagainhK]

Anyone running oc and crashing on rtx aib cards, might want to watch this video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bUUEEe-X8

 

[ragnarok95]

 

[ItsmeagainhK]

Wonder how many of the cheaper aib cards are using at least 1 or none of the “expensive” components and if the more expensive brands like Asus are using more of them.

 

[shadow84]

Weird. I've used an Aquacomputer block for my Vega 64 for 2 years now and it's been fine. Mine's nickel plated as well.

Mine is 1080ti. Dunnoe if manufacturing are the same.

 

[VoodooKing]

Wonder how many of the cheaper aib cards are using at least 1 or none of the “expensive” components and if the more expensive brands like Asus are using more of them.

Sad for those early adopters.

 

[aLvInCbH]

Asus TUF Gaming has MLCCs for all 6.

See 1:54 min of the video.

 

[ItsmeagainhK]

Asus TUF Gaming has MLCCs for all 6.

See 1:54 min of the video.

No wonder it is more expensive. I saw the video from jaystwocents that the zotac Trinity has no mlcc at all ( at 6.09 )

 

[Koenig168]

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Asus TUF Gaming has MLCCs for all 6.

See 1:54 min of the video.

+1 for Asus, even the FE only has two MLCCs

 

[LiLAsN]

No wonder it is more expensive. I saw the video from jaystwocents that the zotac Trinity has no mlcc at all ( at 6.09 )

That is why. After all these years, I finally understand why Asus charges their cards way more than most other graphics cards. Looks like their cards are overkill in the components used.
Thank goodness it is not an Asus tax but because they went beyond the reference and even Founder's specs.

So what we learnt here is that

1a) Nvidia's reference is really a super low bare minimum. Which in this case is to use 1 MLCC.

1b) So any non-OC cards that use less than 1 MLCC might face problems since it is going below the bare minimum that even Nvidia uses on their reference PCB.

2a) Nvidia's Founder's Edition uses 2 MLCC for their beefed up model.

2b) So the OC AIB cards should use 2 MLCC or more. So any cards with 1 MLCC or less for their OC variants is really cutting a lot of corners.

Now with this information, take a look at the prices of the Nvidia cards plus shipping and then compare to the Singapore AIB models. See if the price is right. If it is cheaper than reference or Founder's Edition, now we know why. So cheaper does not necessarily mean better. But unfortunately, why is this only an issue now? It seems like Nvidia is really pushing its Ampere cards to the limit. Is AMD going to have a really threatening card that Nvidia has to resort to this? Who knows. But its high power usage, beefed up cooler to cool down the GPU and all is a tell-tale sign that Nvidia is afraid of something

 

[hg2]

+1 for Asus, even the FE only has two MLCCs

Yeah, make all other cards looks like junk, push a bit in gaming and black-out guess they still usable for MS office
Not the AIB fault, they only get the production drivers from Nvidia after launch....

 

[Hailgod]

does ppl here even have the issue? igor's lab simply stated "boosting above 2ghz" so are the cards fine at stock? which is their spec? who even expects stability when overclocking?
i have yet to find actual youtube videos of the crashes.

 

[vpsupun]

Below are from a post in PCMR international page. All credits should goes to the OP in there. I'm just sharing it.

POSCAP(Green): Cheap Chip
MLCC(RED): Expensive Chip

 

[hg2]

Below are from a post in PCMR international page. All credits should goes to the OP in there. I'm just sharing it.

POSCAP(Green): Cheap Chip
MLCC(RED): Expensive Chip

That's have been puzzling me for a while... as i can't figure where are the 2 MLCC mention in the 3080 reviews....

You pics make it so clear now, the tiny chip with gold legs exposed the are MLCC... again bigger not better.. learn something today...

 

[hg2]

does ppl here even have the issue? igor's lab simply stated "boosting above 2ghz" so are the cards fine at stock? which is their spec? who even expects stability when overclocking?
i have yet to find actual youtube videos of the crashes.

U need a combo conditions (timing+boost+ complex games) to trigger it....below that certified 1710 mhz u will not see the problem. So manufacturer castrate it with vBios firmware upgrade. (e.g, Pstate 0, disable frequency table)

Generally, reviewers are not so short sighted to blatantly point out AIB manufacturer cut-corners built-underspecs and get blacklist from the next new cards. Buyers are too sad to capture the video.... so all pass the message by words of mouth.... i guess

 

[Koenig168]

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Not the AIB fault, they only get the production drivers from Nvidia after launch....

Those who cut corners without using even one MLCC are definitely at fault, since the reference design did specify one MLCC.