Gigabyte RTX 3090 Aorus Xtreme & Gaming OC Review, Power, Thermals, Overclocking & Gaming

[@0Wayland]

Funny how you can also play games on these mining cards.

[@sherlockhighland8292]

Isn't that great? I heard that was the latest feature from Nvidia!

[@CutzMcOnions]

looking forward to somebody taking this joke seriously

[@daghtus]

I'm looking forward to seeing used RTX 3090 cards on eBay in 2 years in "mint" condition. The problem is no matter what you do, these GDDR6X modules run over 100 °C when mining which throttles the cards under the compute workload so it doesn't even yield as much as one would expect. Also, how long can it be run over 100 degrees until it dies? Time will tell. EDIT: Verified this myself on ROG Strix 3090.

[@VIRT22]

Ironically, the 3090 is the least sought out mining card due its slow ROI.

[@andrebatista2399]

Nice point...

[@BeyondEllisBeck]

The smile on his face says it all.

[@criznittle968]

it says most of it, but not all

[@yogurtfluff1]

Next week, Steve takes a tour of the unicorn petting zoo and visits the unobtainium foundry.

[@JohnSmith-hv6ks]

Man watching these feels like watching someone reviewing what it's like to ride a dragon.

[@bim8498]

3090 buyer here. It's really not that good.

[@KontroldKaos]

Dragons are real and you can have your very own. You just have to go on a quest and defeat monsters, like scalpers and bots. But don’t worry! There are wizards with stock checking powers that can help.

[@hamada6719791]

At moment you can believe found red dragon in your backyard more realty than found GPU

[@thangluongquang2826]

"Riding" a dragon, you say :))

[@Lead_Foot]

3090s are way easier to get at MSRP than 3080s.

[@EyesOfByes]

Very very interesting results. This is exactly why your channel and videos like this are so important! Keep up the good work! I know it takes a lot of time for you to do these tests

[@tomvandongen8075]

"relatively small 628mm2 die" I mean it makes total sense in context but that still got a chuckle out of me 🤣

[@crispianchealuks2024]

the prices in the US are so bad that theoretically, a scalper could fly from the US to the Philippines, quarantine for 14 days in a 5 star hotel, buy a dozen rtx 3080/3090 graphics cards and still be able to buy a car with the profits when he sells those cards in the US upon his return.

[@senpaiy0982]

Have you taken a look at EU? There aren't any cards AT OFFICIAL RETAILERS that aren't over 2x MSRP.

[@crispianchealuks2024]

@@senpaiy0982 the way this is going I bet developing countries could make a profit in graphics card tourism if their own stocks hold, currently most developing countries have hit rtx 3000 saturation, and electricity is too expensive for mining so there is a decent supply of rtx 3000 cards at around 1.25x - 1.5x markup

[@GoatChease]

"What's the point of this review we can't buy them anyways"

[@sussybaka4200]

FLEX

[@jackrabbitping]

What's the point of this review we can't buy them anyways

[@lucianp87]

What would be the point of buying one if there were no reviews?

[@TommyVercettisGamingNews]

I have a new video up. 🤘

[@mururoa7024]

My words exactly.

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Steve.... I already own a great 3090 from ASUS... The TUF GAMING OC version 🤔😃. Who cares about this 3090 🤔🙄.

[@DonmenDragon]

Big fan of sci-fi and fantasy so this is right up my alley.

[@tedclayton6504]

Well my Aorus Xtreme 3090 was delivered on the 12th Nov 2020, I game at 4K (Star Citizen), I've had no problems and I'm very happy with it :D

[@b.c4309]

Same

[@Wolphfff]

how's your 3090 aorus xtreme now?

[@ShaneCutting]

Thanks for this overview; I feel much better about my Gaming OC 3090 now. It plots a solid 1860 when undervolted and runs cool and quiet. It seems like it will be a solid card (which it has been) that will keep me from looking for other variants for better performance

[@kiwiasian]

I think the real strength of the 3090 is that once undervolted it can drop about 20% in power consumption, allowing it to boost higher with the set power budget. At 0.865v my middle of the road MSI 3090 stays at 1950mhz for hours at a time gaming, drawing “only” 320w.

[@nicholasvinen]

Yes you absolutely have to undervolt as it lets you get more performance within the otherwise restrictive power budget. Unless you have very bad luck and or buy the worst brand, you can easily knock about 50W off max load without any loss of stability.

[@FBuilding]

A few months ago I would have thought "hey, some out of reach expensive card. Neat". Now it's "oh you're holding my car value on your desk. These prices."

[@madd5]

Nice! I'll order one from amazon right away!

[@koraptd6085]

Of course you will

[@standardcoffee2001]

Enjoy ur ordering 😅😂😂😂

[@jamesfield1674]

oooff

[@Kira-qc4qi]

It is interesting that the Gaming OC manages to pull up to 395w on two 8 pins. Spec would say it should max out at 375. And the Xtreme Waterforce somehow only got 2 8 pins, while the air version gets 3. Pretty confounding why they would give the inferior model access to more power.

[@r_uName]

Think cuz the waterforce is somehow "lower" spec wise? Mb lower clocks or smth and the "water force" (mid tier AiO) is the main priceup

[@ugys]

I have the RTX 3090 Gaming OC, use it for machine learning. The VRAM overheats and throttles the performance.

[@decibal7532]

Change the pads and paste. Gigabyte uses the worst pads and paste.

[@stanb1604]

**checks local price** yeeeaahh... Imma keep my monies.

[@DarkTechno404]

haha I did the same. I sold my entire tower and ordered a 3080 laptop. Desktop hardware is dumb atm with all the miners.

[@stanb1604]

@@DarkTechno404 yeah, choosing laptops seems a better choice these days. Rtx3070 prices here can net you a mid-range laptop and a 3080 can get you a high-end laptop with some spare for groceries lol

[@CoilingSliver]

@@DarkTechno404 Yeah, its ridiculous. Sadly now the miners start buying up Laptops to use for mining....

[@jondonnelly3]

Might as well show the mining performance. Hash rate, temps, power draw.

[@alaskanmalamute101]

that's all there used for nowadays Nvidia might aswell remove the gaming division since they no longer cater for it. Nvidia just keep gamers attention just incase the mining craze drops off otherwise why would you sell to gamers when miners will pay more since they making the money back off the cards anyways.

[@ninhosensei]

My aorus extreme mining at TRex eth, makes 121hash, but I need some air cond to help. it gets very hot.

[@jlgroovetek]

Hi Steve, I did a teardown of my Aorus Xtreme RTX3080 and was very disappointed by the mistakes made by the assembler with the thermal transfer pads (worse than in your teardown here), but also the copper base has these raised bumps all over it, including many of them on the raised square that contacts the GPU. By lapping these down to a flat surface, I dropped a whopping 5-6 degC in temps. Though not doing a whole lot for OC headroom, it now purrs along at significantly lower noise and temperature. Quality control is an issue with Gigabyte these days in my opinion, and something their eSupport system has literally not even provided a response to (at least when I told them about the thermal pads). I also have a Gigabyte monitor, case, motherboard, and have been buying their gear for 20 years, but am so disappointed that I think it's time to end this loyalty once and for all. Rubbish software I can tolerate and find alternatives for. Terrible QC even on cards nearing AU$2k? Not good enough.

[@dawn-moon]

I went from a Gigabyte 2080Ti Aorus Extreme to a Gigabyte 3080 Aorus Master ( same cooler and dimensions as the 3080 Extreme and the 3090 Extreme seen here in the video ), and I was surprised they did not include the separate aluminum GPU support stand any longer, knowing the new card is even bigger and more heavy. Now the card is not horizontal any more. A bit of a shame for the price tag. I don't understand the inconsistency in their products.

[@woody12008]

I appreciate that you're still doing these reviews, and wish you were doing it at the frequency you normally would. For the rare occasions that cards are available and in the future when stock normalizes, I want this quality content to exist so I know which models to desire and avoid. It's frustrating trying to research specific models of newer cards and not finding much quality testing of many models. You provide a valuable public service to the community and I appreciate it.

[@simon3461]

I'm looking forward to the RTX 4090 with a 5 slot design and 600W power consumption.

[@gionieves2646]

Great analysis on heat//Core Clocks. I have an EVGA FTW 3 Ultra RTX 3090 that would only do a +50 OC. I removed the air cooler and installed an EVGA FTW AIO kit. Now I can OC +125 with temps hovering around 66C @ 60% fans speed.

[@salamaltar7]

You forgot to put the links to your corresponding reviews of the 3080 models in the description

[@theJ4ZZ]

Not sure about the Gaming OC but I've heard the VRAM on the Aorus Xtreme overheats and can be easily and effectively rectified by tossing some stick-on copper heatsinks with airflow on the backplate where the VRAM is. Apparently around a 20C drop in temps, and allows for OCing headroom and less throttling. Mileage may vary, I'm sure.

[@MrInosensei]

Jesus just look at the sheer size of those cards.

[@jaysol1128]

That’s what she said

[@decibal7532]

Glad I picked up the Gaming OC 3090. My temps under load for Memory and hotspot never break 75C. But I changed the pads and paste. Seems to be a good card.

[@Shevanovich]

Good job clarifying the differences

[@AlexanderBukh]

I was waiting for exactly this for 6 months, thanks Steve!!!

[@Pandemonium088]

Several posts in reddit point to Gigabyte using a very poor thermal pads ( has a very oily residue ) on the Aorus Master/Xtreme to transfer the heat from the GDDR6X to the heatsinks, a lot of users have replaced it better pads from Thermalright or GELID and now their temps are 20C better.

[@StaelTek]

2:27 there is a spot on the die that has no thermal paste on. That may contribute to the higher temperatures

[@EarthIsFlat456]

Nope, such a small spot doesn't really affect the cooling performance.

[@CastIronEric]

I started doing Nicehash (my first time renting PC out to miners) with a Strix 3080 and made almost $175 in two weeks at a mild +250 on my memory, 1230mhz locked core clock and power set to 69%(nice).. fan speed set to 65%. My memory only hits 88C max this way, I reduce wear on my fans and I greatly reduce the risk of memory degradation with these settings. You would think I'm losing a ton of money not doing +1000 on the memory, but I'm really not. It's 90MHs vs 97MHs. Not worth the added wear on my card. I also only run it from the time I go to sleep (10pm to about 330-430pm the next day when I get home from work)

[@kingdomkey2011]

I'm liking and leaving a comment on every video from now and going all the way back to January

[@jay108D]

Was lucky enough to get a gigabyte gaming oc 3080. Thing is super quiet and most excellent. Thanks for the video Steve.

[@dudex233]

u got the best reviews man. i find compares vram temp which is prob the biggest issue when deciding what 3090 to buy

[@chrism5770]

I was lucky got a 3090 from PCCG for retail. Not disappointed. I weighed up the wait time, inflated prices on 3080 and decided. I also needed another GPU to place in my kids machine so they got the leftover 1070.

[@StatsGam4er]

455w...? ouch! My Red Devil 6900XT with Alphacool Waterclock and 2720MHz sustained boost overclock, only pulls 340W tops !!! (During gaming)

[@standardcoffee2001]

We need to see new Bios with higher limits for power,. Then you might see 3ghz with ur card

[@viorelmatei4877]

I UV/OC mine rx 6900xt red devil. Dose yours have coil wine?

[@StatsGam4er]

@@standardcoffee2001 Originally locked at 300W, used MPT to increase higher. 340W is my limit, as I can literally begin to feel hot air from my 480mm and 560mm radiators... Oh and any higher than 2785 mhz on radeon software causes artifacting and crashing. No where near the 3Ghz limit.

[@StatsGam4er]

@@viorelmatei4877 Yes, but honestly, all my cards have had coil whine. Hardly an issue for me at all.

[@standardcoffee2001]

@@StatsGam4er Still great results , enjoy ur build bro 👍

[@MetalxD117]

Hey! The camera quality is awesome, the capture of the hardware seems so good, smooth and very detailed!!!!

[@currentlykent4593]

Nice and concise video👍 You reckon the Master is closer in performance/noise/power consumption to the xtreme or gaming OC?

[@SuperBitsandBob]

Why do you also not think you had bad luck on the Xtreme? Mine does 2gh+, can undervolt well and is less than 60 degrees with fans not bothersome at all.

[@Pouria_1664]

have you tried under volting or decreasing the power lever but with the same clock speeds and see how it works?

[@Hardwareunboxed]

Can't, the clock speeds drop out.

[@Pouria_1664]

@@Hardwareunboxed oops so i guess it needs a tuned bios as good as the gaming oc. or maybe they expect to cool it with ln2 lol. any way.. good job Steve !

[@MeGBillG]

Oh Another S&M Card (4 Scalpers And Miners)

[@ApocDevTeam]

Cool technology, not that I care anymore with everything being 50-70% over MSRP. But hey, it's there (sometimes).

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

These coolers are a waste on the Ampere cards, there's not enough performance gain to justify the increased power draw and heat output. Nvidia's messed up the AIBs by making the Founders cards run at the max that these chips can handle, no point in paying a premium for an 'OC' card when there's next-to-no performance gain when doing so.

[@sammoore2242]

At MSRP It's already a grand and a half - are 3090 buyers really going to be price sensitive? You already decided you want the best of the best no matter the cost.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

@@sammoore2242 I'd honestly consider a Quadro if I wanted to spend more than two grand on an Nvidia card

[@KimBoKastekniv47]

I wish it was 50-70%, try 100%+.

[@kzhein007]

I think the aorus might be plagued by bad paste job. There is a small corner without any paste. Maybe a manual spread would do it justice. Buildzoid fried one of his cards due to bad paste jobs when it didn't spread to one of the corners.

[@kzhein007]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gILIhnZ8r66ZjtE

[@Nutakins]

That marketing tho. Great stuff Steve, quality content as always. Just remember to speak on ray tracing in the future please. Xp

[@Mark3rz101]

Keep the reviews coming, i love seeing tech. Plus these are becoming a bit easier to get in the US. I'm waiting on the strix non lc 6800 review since i might make that my daily driverm

[@Tarsarian]

I would buy the Aorus in a heart beat if it were available! It will be nice to see the 3080 ti version if and when they release it?

[@rhettro7236]

I have this card. The power draw is probably a bit excessive. But….it’s a fun gpu to have. The performance in VR and 4K is great. If you can, use a big open case with plenty of vents. The card generates so much heat, you won’t need to have the heater on in winter.

[@yousef9554]

Which rtx 3090 graphics card do you recommend?

[@simplysaphi]

I have an aorus 3070 and had some trouble with it being quite hot like here :/ performance is good but eh, expected it to run much quieter for what I'm throwing at it edit: + coil whine is present at +~250 fps. non audible without looking for it without headphones bit quite disappointing for a top product stack gpu

[@johnbancroft5242]

I was so lucky to get my ZOTAC Trinity 3090 at stock price a few months ago. I seen the same card from the same retailer now asking £420 more. that's when the get a few in for the pre-orders.

[@TheMaca1991]

3090's have been in pretty steady stock for ages over at Scorptec. Even have Strix variants available, just can't justify the price for my needs. Will have to hold out for that unicorn 3080.

[@aurelio3410]

@Hardware Unboxed Hey Steve thanks for the reviews, they really help allot in the preordering of these cards. I really struggle finding information on graphics cards and if they are worth the premium over another card. Thanks!

[@rajamju]

I heard there might be a problem with the thermal pads on the memory side of the extreme. Can you check that?

[@HarithBK]

all 3090 cards run the same thermal pads expect for the ASUS ROG card (which still isn't using the best money can buy) GDDR6X runs hot real hot and both vendors and we shouldn't be OCing them if we want a card to live long term.

[@MUMMY9ful]

What is the best strong 3090 edition?

[@AM-fl4uo]

I have the extreme in the 3070 variant I’ve OC it and it does run hot but the card looks so cool ! 😂🤣

[@DocBrewskie]

Watching this with my daughter and she asks “ what would you do if you had both of those?”. I replayed “ sell one and rebuild my computer” lol

[@ReeceT20]

10 percent of the global Ampere supply in this video

[@jaysol1128]

The point of the review is that when you get your chance to buy either of these cards you will be well informed before you choose. This is good because it teaches the “I want it now crowd “ that IT IS wiser to wait. If we can’t learn during tough times “what’s the point” of being the so called higher species?

[@bretth6393]

If you guys have got any reviews for the Evga XC3 series, I'd like to see them. I want to know how the poor man's Evga cards stack up.

[@Battleneter]

As per forums the 3080 / 3090 XC3 do not do well with thermals definitely one of the hotter cards, not a bad cooler just not a good cooler. The 3070 / 3060Ti XC3 are however very good, as the cooler can handle the lower TDP just fine.

[@nicholasvinen]

@@Battleneter I have a 3070 XC3 in a Mini ITX machine. It works very well. It has very good cooling performance given its size. As far as I know the 3080 and 3090 versions are the same size and so will fit in fairly tight spots but it would be a lot of heat to vent!

[@dragos-lucian]

I kinda started to like these videos. It's got like sci-fi tech that only NASA has access to but allows the Discovery Channel to give you a presentation of it.

[@martinstevenson5796]

I have had a 3090 (XTREME) for 6 months now and I’ve never seen any temps like you’ve shown here not even close 15/20 degrees difference (Lower) air cooled in a fractal meshify medium case.

[@Wolphfff]

what's your gaming temp and idle temp?

[@chrcoluk]

So the extreme looks the part, but seems they needed to put more thought into the cooling design.

[@deenyc1049]

Aside from fun, is OC'ing worth it anymore? Are you getting any real world performance increase?

[@decibal7532]

I never OC my Core or Memory anymore on GPU. Just up the Power Limit and Custom Fan Curve. It's still worth it on CPU, but not so much GPU.

[@SuperSaiyaGinge]

Hey guys. I appreciate your content a lot. I was wondering if you have made a video where you give your recommendations for the best 3080's out there at the moment?

[@bim8498]

They should've done what ASUS did with the 2080ti Matrix. It has an inbuilt water-cooling setup, like it doesn't have an external radiator and tubes, it's all under the shroud. That could be a solution for an uber high wattage uber expensive 3090.

[@andrey-13.]

а как на счёт RTX 3080 Ti Aorus Xtreme. нужна замена термопрокладок?или там исправели эту проблему?

[@Maciejoxx]

Did you try to repaste it and try testing again? I know its not directly comparable, but my 3070 aorus with +200 on core and +1100 on mem hits 65-68C with fans under 2k rpm (so thermals and noise comparable with your 3090 gaming OC). I think there just might be something wrong with your aorus 3090

[@Snafu2346]

This isn't the first time the bling version of Gigabyte gpu's were highest temp with no increase in perf. That previous gen with the led in the fan was the same way.

[@OhThatGuy143]

Nice review! I'll buy the RTX 3090 AORUS EXTREME for $3000 right now.. RIP ME

[@OhThatGuy143]

going to be a RMA... my Junction temps runs at 106c degrees playing Metro Exodus at 1440p..

[@bigal2688]

Great work Steve! I for one love these AIB reviews! People need to understand these Reviews are Needed even if cards are hard to get Right Now! The Thermal and Noise Data on the Aorus Xtreme is all the proof anyone should need to realize just how important these reviews are! Cheers! 👍🖖😎

[@justsomegamer2285]

I have 3080 Xtreme and more than happy with, the max temp is 66c degree with max 80% fan speed and not loud at all like Steve said it was in his previous video for that card, actually it's very quiet card even on OC mode even in my small case, which i'll replace for big tower when will be in re stock. Beside that, i watched a many reviwes for that card from other tech channels, seems everybody was very suprised, how well this card preform in terms and noise.

[@thekinglov265]

TLDR: gigabytes quality control should be notified if this was not your own fault the paste application left a huge chunk of the gpu die with 0 tim coverage 100% spread is vital to any exposed die due to there being no intigrated heat spreader and the dies being full from edge to edge of components that being said the "pea/grain of rice" method is no good anymore the gpu looked like it was not completely covered by thermal paste the one corner looked like it did not have any on it not sure if it came that way from gigabyte but if it did i would reapply the tim from edge to edge of the die and re test because it looked to me like the thermal dead zone was causing the rest of the gpu to overheat with the bare die being exposed with no tim and yes absolutely with the way these things are made the "pea" method can kill a gpu it happened a few times to buildzoid even fried the memory controller on an rx graphics card because of exposed die not sure if this was a fault on you guys improperly applying the tim or if that was gigabytes stock application but it can be the difference between a cool gpu or an overheating gpu

[@VolcanoBakeMeat7]

I was able to actually buy this card a month ago. There are some serious issues with black screen 100% fan driver crashes. It will Heaven bench no problem, but going into a lot of games will either immediately crash after loading in or after short gameplay.

[@Sy-T007]

I've been following these reviews hoping you'd review the gigabyte aorus master 3070. I've just managed to get hold of one and desperately waiting to here your opinion of it

[@jerghal]

What would be interesting is clocking both these cards on 1755 MHz and see if this massive cooler actually is able to get lower temps at the same noise level for the GPU than the smaller OC heatsink. Then we would really know if this massive finstack makes any difference at all.

[@EZEkill1803]

You can buy them though?

[@paparazzo80]

So VRAM overheats to 97°C while load (in games)?

[@jollycows6536]

Do you think MSI 3090 supreme x will suffer from the same issues? What about the aorus 3080ti xtreme?

[@PSNGormond]

In the UK the 3090s tend to stay in stock for a couple of hours so in this case you can actually buy them. I wish I could say the same about the 3080s, I have been after one since launch with no luck as they sell out instantly.

[@paulbewley1537]

CCL has had some 3070s in stock over the last few weeks. They are around £150 overpriced but at least they are coming in

[@johnv737]

Any Suprim reviews coming? Keep up the great work!

[@muhammaddiaboffical]

Can you tell me please rtx3090 aours xtreme or ROG-STRIX-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING is better for content creator?

[@TechnoFreak-IN]

Why AIBs are falling off in terms of their Graphics card designs? EVGA 10 Series card designs were so good and the Aorus 20 series cards were so beautiful.

[@broklond]

It's just the usual ups and downs

[@leidyslazaro5069]

What waterblock did you use?

[@shshankking]

Tighten the cooler screws in the rear of aorus as they may have come loose. My 3080 xtreme was a bit hot and I looked to the screws and they were bit loose. Around 3-4c difference I got, but was there as my boost clocks bit higher, 2070 with nothing touched. Ambient 24c room

[@dallas88b]

See all those fans? These things produce so much heat its like having a radiator on your desk.

[@SpenReyn]

Hey Steve, I noticed a corner of the Aorus Extreme die didn't have any thermal paste on it after the teardown, would that hurt the thermals? Would using liquid metal help with the thermal dissipation or is it still a limitation of the die size?

[@pierregrobbelaar9116]

Steve i watched a old video of the ryzen 5 2600 vs I5 8400 back 2 years.You looked so relaxed back then.What happened?😒Guess 1k benchmark a day does make you stressed out 😁 Joking aside i would love to see a revisit on those 2 cpu's to see how they fare in 2021 specially with amd's optimization etc.Back in 2018 the i5 was faster but who knows how they do vs each other in 2021 on newer games.

[@ΘανάσηςΑλεντάς]

Steve your aorus results seems really bad..Could it be sth is off with your sample?Mine with 450w bios ocd sits at 68 degrees at 80 % fanspeed,and 74 degrees using the 500w evga bios.Im much better than any strix ive compared it with.

[@iveku]

I just returned the aorus xtreme 3090 due to a burned power channel (the one on the farthest left). It was connected with the 1200w platinum corsair power supply. It was only used for a month and it just went blank...

[@TheSaadtut]

Hey, so I have the master version and I found out that the thermal pads and paste are absolute trash. I replaced them and the card is much quieter and cooler. Maybe you guys can do something similar?

[@intech7863]

Really hmm

[@DJBauer]

I did it to my Aorus waterforce xtreme 1080Ti and noticed better temps too, though I did use Conductonaut on the GPU lol.

[@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188]

I might have to do this. My 3080 xtreme hits below 65c on the chip but the vram tops 86c. Unlike HU, mine pushes 2150mhz+ average on an OC

[@TheSaadtut]

@@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188 my vram hotspot uses to hit 108,after the new pads it doesn't go past 80. Even while mining

[@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188]

@@TheSaadtut sheesh 108 is way up there. I'm debating on swapping mine but not sure if warranty would be voided

[@Godlyhank]

Great vid as always, but steve, 2500k 2600k 1 decade anniversary benchmarks? ;) 10 years on it will be fun to see if the i7 2600k is still a 60 fps capable cpu on the newest titles, truly a golden chip that one.

[@qlum]

I doubt the die area is being the limiting factor here. Could be oversatutrated heat pipes, the fans not delivering enough pressure to cool all the way down the fin stack. Water coolers would perform about the same if the transfer between baseplate and gpu is the limiting factor.

[@Whitect4v]

Not compared to high end 3080s?

[@valentinvas6454]

This Aorus Xtreme and the XFX Merc cards are so freaking huge. And now guess what. Sapphire is rumoured to bring back the Toxic and Atomic models with the RX 6000 series.

[@ghost_of_m403]

Thanks for the review!

[@MTBScotland]

be interesting to see the power v frequency curve. They seem to be quite far out from a linear response. How much extra power did nVidia have to put in to get them performing as they are.

[@kaddameknaci1838]

Can you test MSI 3090 suprim i think its better then all the others ???

[@ashleybishop1926]

Could you replace the thermal pads and paste and see if you could unlock any potential

[@TheReini83]

Hi guys I have the 3090 xtreme! How many power had ur power supply? I have 850W! but many games crashed. I have send it back to check!!