The Fastest GPU Ever? - ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 Ti LC Review

ASUS making the best of the RTX 3090 Ti? - Meet the ASUS ROG Strix Liquid Cooled Edition.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:20 - The RTX 3090 Ti in a nutshell (incl 8 games)
3:17 - ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Overview
6:33 - Thermal Performance, Power, Noise
7:38 - Making it Quieter
8:23 - Overclocking
9:14 - Final Thoughts
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[@TechTesters]

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[@julioc918]

It happen to me before, they ask me to message them on telegram and to pay shipping cost using bitcoins. it ruins the experience of watching youtube videos even if you did not fall for it.

[@dandg296]

What did you do to get the 12 pins conector for your seasonic power supply?

[@dandg296]

I tried to contact Seasonic support, but they told me they don’t have the 16 pin conector for 3090 ti. My 3090 ti have 16 pin on the card, but use 12 pin adapter connector.

[@KOMISanAMVs]

We should talk in dollars, it's more easy to do calculations 😅

[@CalvinJary]

great job with this review in terms of temperatures and noise, great review! exactly what I was looking for

[@TheCoconutBlues]

The “Ti” nowadays stand for Tiny Improvement hahah Also, obligatory zeesonic comment :)

[@erkinalp]

Serbo-Dutch accent 😆

[@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep]

What's a "T.I."? I thought it was "TIE" Do Re Mi Fa So La TIE Do

[@LennyBarre]

I don't know Jeff Fisher but I loathe him just because of that

[@317Amg]

I absolutely love your channel and I see how you get better in testing, reviewing etc. Great, great work! Keep it up!!! :) Cheers from Poland!

[@Stromblast1]

Your presentation and information clarity is on another level! Keep it up!

[@True_Blood_89]

I can buy a decent car at that price point in my country. The concept of a GPU matching the price of a good second hand vehicle is just straight up ludacris. The world has gone mad.

[@JBrown-go8ru]

@Green Mamba Games Blah, blah, blah blah, blah…

[@victory4966]

@@JBrown-go8ru its literally a top notch graphics card meant for more than gaming

[@IIOctaneII]

@@victory4966 It’s a waste of money, get over it. Blatant money grab when the next generation is around the corner

[@victory4966]

@@IIOctaneII sure, why don't u wait for 5 generation to get it even cheaper. Might as well go for 10 after that

[@SouthFacedWindows]

@@victory4966 loser

[@dantheman7357]

Greetings! another brilliantly presented review. For me, the liquid cooling and the TDPower specs are just out of the question. They are aiming this product at a specific market-niche and I do not live in that niche at this time. Thanks.

[@EdvinDzafcic]

Agree and healthy mindset. 15yrs ago I made comments as such and worked on getting into position to afford a 3090ti. Cheers mate

[@supralex1]

I got the TUF 3090 Ti, to impress the ladies!

[@acidxtrx9779]

Thanks for the review! :)

[@carloscruz7317]

Two weekends ago when Evga had them for $1149.99 I pulled the trigger I will have to live with new release. It honestly solved all my issues and my flight sim run exactly how I want it. I replaced a 6900xt that was an absolute nightmare with those drivers. Every other drives fixes something breaks another

[@Surfas_]

The only review I wanted to watch, ahah! I'm sad there is no aircooled 3090 ti strix. Sadge

[@RBFR01]

I didn't even know that existed, I want one now.

[@newls1]

as normal, your videos are excellent. thank you

[@michaelthompson9798]

Another great review, thanks Nada 🤩😇👍 Asus making another sweet looking gpu 🥰🤩🥳. tbh, even thou it’s an OTT GPU, in terms of …… everything 😋 I think for those who’ve been patient and waited out the GPU pricing debacle, and got a bit of money to now spend, rather than getting a RTX3080/RX6800XT … GPU, these people have an option to buy the “crème de la crème” GPU of this generation getting an additional 25-30% performance, and they won’t be disappointed! While the RTX4000 series is rumoured to launch 🚀 in October 2022 (this year) ….. and be more powerful, it’s also going to be even more power hungry so for those on a 3-5year gpu upgrade cycle, this could be a ….. umm…. good choice.

[@everybodylieshm]

That one card costs almost as much as my entire PC.. insane :D

[@KelvinKMS]

Definitely overpriced. should only worth $1499

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

@@KelvinKMS poor im hate

[@Freedomkwok]

now is cheap like 1.4k

[@azuldebianka328]

Excellent review! I DO WANT the "bestest", but I'll wait for that 4090. And save up my dollars! Because ... IT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE!

[@JezyYT]

Nice video Nada 👍🏻

[@erkinalp]

Nada, not Nadia. She is a Serb, not an Arab.

[@gothbuda6053]

thank you for a very good video

[@EarthIsFlat456]

I have the 3080 Ti version and overall I'm satisfied. The card looks great (especially if you install it vertically), performs great and thanks to the overkill cooling the GPU temp rarely exceeds 60°C, or 57°C with "P mode" even when it's overclocked and consumes 440W. The only thing I wasn't happy about it was how loud the stock fans were even with "Q mode", so I replaced them with a pair of Noctua fans and the noise was reduced significantly. If I were to get a 3090 Ti, this is the only model I would consider. The other air-cooled models are way too thick (quad slots) and I don't like that.

[@TMProjection]

quick question, i also want to modify my 3090 TI Strix LC but all i want to do is switch the 240mm radiator/fans for a 360 one (as for the build im having is 2 360 AIO's its not going to be a custom loop, just 2 AIO's, one for GPU, one for CPU my question is, what are the fittings on the END of the tubes of the stock 3090 TI LC, not at the water block thats on the GPU, but on the radiator itself

[@gladosadoree]

You're Dutch?! Cool; you just earned a subscrption for that. :)

[@michaelczarnecki9937]

I really appreciate your opinions, and the lovely presentation. Thank you for covering the release.

[@RussLudwig]

Thanks! 👍

[@DanSong47]

Remember when the 3090 was announced as the Titan replacement? At this point, Nvidia would do anything to grasp the deep pockets of scalpers and desperate gamers before the GPU market price normalises.

[@novusparadium9430]

@Green Mamba Games Sure seems to be alot of people who don't grasp or use watercooling these days.

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

That card is ridiculous all around. Alone the size of it is mind-blowing.

[@OTechnology]

I don't think they can really lower the fan speed much anymore. For sure the GPU has a lot of thermal headroom but those asetek all in one coolers has a max water temperature of about 60C which the water temperature is probably not that far off the GPU temp when the die is so big and it dumps so much heat. So I wouldn't lower the fan speed and have the GPU run at over 60C.

[@maikelbaile2702]

what a beautiful contrast you and that card🥰

[@knightnxk2906]

I had to triple check and even use CC at 9:52 50cents for a freaking kWh sheesh. I mean we also had around 30-36cents after all that sht went down in EU but that is at most robbery what is happening in EU since Covid. Just a ridiculous thing one after another.

[@drew2626]

Here in Canada we pay an average of $0.10 per KWh so that wouldn’t be an issue, the price is a lot though. I have seen it around the same a few hundred more than their 3080 Ti counterpart to this card so either way whichever of the 3 you get you’re looking at around $1500 to $1800 or more depending on retailer

[@kinzie3915]

I know it's a bit late but can you make review about RTX 3050? I really like how you review GPUs 😉.

[@vledermaus]

Really seems useless for most people, they're also huge cards. I can't wait for the 40XX series though, not because I'll buy any...I'm happy with my 3080 but because of the rumoured TDP and performance increase as well as what the price will be.

[@GodKitty677]

They are for overclockers, who will buy two card for sli to get the highest time spy scores. Or for people that have more money than sense, that will then replace them at the end of the year with newer and faster cards. The 3090 ti is not aimed at most people, its a limited supply which is aimed at a small group of buyers. Like selling a 20million pound yacht. Like £29,999.99 PC builds like the 8Pack OrionX2 Dual System Extreme Overclocked PC which have two cpus and three 3090's. Two complete PCs in one system. Who would buy this PC? Someone must or why create such products.

[@ZedGagingLife]

and now the 4000 series are coming:)

[@robertwilliam5527]

I'm so glad I can buy this card in 20 years from now, YAY!

[@SABREX7]

That voice. That lovely voice of yours brings me here 😊

[@hasibk56]

I have ASUS ROG LC 3080ti which is Awesome. Wait to buy this.

[@connor040606]

Def not good value, but I am blown away by the overclocking potential on my 3090ti FTW3 Ultra. On a "locked" bios, I was able to get about 13 percent more performance in cyberpunk 2077 with a manual oc compared to my Strix 3090 on a manual oc. Temps were in the low to mid 60s and the card was inaudible. If I had an unlocked bios, things would def get interesting.

[@shahin_zarei]

Thank you

[@NATGEOANDSTUFFPaulbrannan]

Hi there great work.i wonder if you ever sell these cheap.obviously older items.i have 5 gaming pcs donated along time ago for a project I run teaching young children intruble drone racing and we are donated multiple items but need better software for the pcs as we run simulators so cheap good parts is way we require.any help would be amazing

[@dutchmilk]

And all the retail shops are pushing out all the Ti, while hiding the rest. I call out a few retails shop in my country. People out there should start doing the same.

[@TheNerdArmory]

I'm considering buying this today for $800 used. Looks to be in really good condition and I can't get a good 4080 for less than $1100 ssooooo.. I feel like I'll go with this because i'll also use the 24gb for workflows. Another guy is selling an X Trio for $800 but this one seems like it's faster, smaller, cooler and may pull less power than the x trio?

[@exile4829]

Hi, could you please review rog strix rtx 4090 LC? it's actually the same as this one but with 4090

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Wish you showed overclocking on the 3090 more also.

[@marcin_karwinski]

If going for gaming is one's goal, then 3080ti would be negligibly close at more than half the price once the GPU prices drop to MSRPs and lower ;) On the other hand, for those wanting best of the best for work, guess the A6000 or A100 even would be even better with their larger VRAM capacities... So it's like a last chance to sell a few binned chips/cards before the next gen hits the shelves...

[@DeonTolmay]

No matter the cost , I want that beauty and performance. Thanks Nada great review.

[@buckiesmalls]

Yeah people buying this card just solidifies higher prices for the 40 series.

[@novusparadium9430]

@@buckiesmalls Your under the massive assumption a single or even 10s of thousands of "gamers" is even the fucking target market for GPU's anymore, the cards price is irrelevant to crypto miners. might need a reality check there buddy.

[@buckiesmalls]

@@novusparadium9430 LOL. Angry lil guy eh? Nothing you said has a bearing on the reality of what I said. I believe you meant You're*. So good job on your very first word in you're comment being wrong, Mr Reality. Also crypto is actually worth nothing in reality.

[@justinfouts2094]

@@buckiesmalls oh how this aged

[@yushanoh5483]

Extremely happy with my Zotac 3090 i got last year. i wait for 50 Series

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

and why don't you get 4000 series?

[@cyjoker333]

Thanks for your thoughts. Always appreciate your opinion. I just can’t justify spending that kind of money on this even at msrp.

[@crobar1]

You look small next to the card, how heavy is the card? 3-4 kg?

[@Paulie8K]

Got a 3080FE which I undervolted and still notice my bill has went up in the months I've had it. I can't imagine this monster's power draw if you game a few hours a night.

[@buckiesmalls]

Yeah? cost went up by how much over a month?

[@Paulie8K]

@@buckiesmalls Bill jumped from $65 in December to $107 in January. I only had it since December of 2021. There has been an overall spike in electricity cost in my area so it's tough to tell if that jump was only from using my rig with 3080. I game maybe 2 hours a day max with some days not gaming at all so it's not like I have it running full tilt a ton of hours a day. I undervolted it which allows it to run 50W lower for roughly the same performance so we'll see how much that helps over time.

[@soos11]

The 3090 ti holds so much power that it needs a entire separate aio to operate 💀

[@wadysawkurcharczyk5479]

Cool card, but $3k for a gaming gpu is just pure greed. No gaming card should be anywhere close to this price. In general the gpu prices are just plain stupid. Ever since the RTX cards dropped, everything went haywire. Remember when a Titan's price $999 was insane, now its normal to pay that for a mid range card.

[@derpyturtle2660]

This cards 1500 used on Amazon right now and I hope it is in a few months when I’ve saved up 😂

[@BarDelRey]

Is it possible to put this in Cooler Master EG200?!?

[@swervature]

I've always pronounced STRIX as "strikes". Have I been saying it wrong? Great info!

[@juanuribe8925]

and now we can find one of these for 1300. Saw one on amazon (opened box) for 950 dollars. Not a bad deal considering it has an AIO.

[@TechTesters]

950 sounds ok. If you want to spend 1300 id probably wait for the 4090

[@johnm4397]

how do you control the radiator fans?

[@SVSpc13]

What if you undervolted the card, and put a fps cap on games... Could it be made quiet enough ;)

[@xavierfranco5800]

Your hair is amazing in every video.

[@3polygons]

Apparently the 4090 is going for a tdp of 600W... I mean... this needs to stop... With EU's power costs this is absolutely insane. I think I'll finally start buying AMD GPUs...Or intel, who knows. Or just APUs. After all, some of us only want the PC for graphic work...

[@novusparadium9430]

Just wait till ddr5 64 or 128gb standalone ram comes out, temps are going through the roof.

[@Michael-Ray]

You probably don't get to keep these unicorn GPUs after you've done testing. What GPU are you currently using in your personal rig for gaming?

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

yes

[@JamesSchro]

I just want the noctua 3070. The cooling bro....

[@durreyh]

Can you switch the AIO to an 360mm

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Things a freaking monster wow! Imo the power consumption isn't an issue as all new cards will be doing that even the 6950xt from amd who is all about efficiency couldn't get past it to get there performance. The new cards will be around where the 3090ti is also. So yes get ready this is what happens lol. Tbh I think peoplle really really over play the Power crap!

[@PatchRowcester]

I am not bragging or anything, but 50c per KWH sounds crazy. Is that on-peak pricing? In the mid west it costs about 11c per KWH, and I still thought the GPU is a power hog. I can't imagine paying nearly 5 times for electricity and using this GPU.

[@fpshooterful]

Here in Canada, this type of card goes for about $3400cad with tax. I can buy a decent used car for that price.

[@martinxyz]

3050 is way too expensive for me. 3090 Ti is like GOOD used car price

[@felipecamposfreire]

Lot of scalps trying to take advantage of the shortage...you're right but there's no much options for those that wanna a good gpu. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@HorstJt]

Early algorithm comment :)

[@Jeymez]

this graphics card is meant for doctors and lawyers, can you imagine seeing a doctor gaming in 4K on a 2000 dollar card lol. man what a time we live in right now.

[@MikoMuru]

Laughing at 12 cents per kilowatt. Dinosaur fossil fuels go brrrrrr

[@righteousindecision2778]

Looks like much fun was had making this review. It's a crazily expensive expensive product for me, but it sounds like overclocking was interesting.

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

stup up poor

[@Inknov83d]

What so many people failed to realize with the 3090s you’re not paying for the car you’re paying for that GGR6X memory which is extremely expensive. I play simulators and they use a lot of VRAM so depending on what you play you may need the 3090.

[@bobbynunez779]

I wish ASUS made the OC Edition able to detach the aio. You should have the agency to choose whether you want to use it or not. If I can’t fit it in my PC then the whole gpu goes to waste or i have to return it

[@TechTesters]

You could technically remove the aio cooler and buy a 3rd party aircooler?

[@silentp401]

Nice implementation, look good enough also for this psu sucker a 360 aio was a good ideea but the price+4000 series comming = skip sorry asus

[@novusparadium9430]

The only sucker here is you if your current rig isn't equipped for the power drain of the 4090. Better hope your ass is water cooled.

[@reloadingdontshoot1]

Just bought one of these for $1730 here in Canada. As an overclocker I just couldnt pass it up

[@genergia]

Price increase will is not linked to performance increase on GPU’s…But on power increase

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

im hate poor

[@derptyderp5287]

That thing eats more power than my system and monitor combined.

[@michaelthompson9798]

I’m just looking forward to aaallll the reviewers criticising this GPU and then upgrading their benchmarking rigs to this GPU till their new rtx4000 gpus arrive for them to upgrade again 😂🤦‍♂🤦🤦‍♀

[@wolverine1981pl]

whats hashrate for mining?:P

[@Panther_420]

screw miners

[@ksingh361]

The 3090 and 3090ti are very similarly priced right now in canada so for an extra $100-200 ill go with the 3090 ti

[@TechTesters]

Makes sense imho :)

[@lrmcatspaw1]

Cores: 10752 - 10496 = 256. Core Clock: 1560 - 1400 = 160. Boost Clock: 1860 - 1700 = 160. Memory clock: 1313 - 1219 = 94. Memory amount : 24 - 24 = 0. TDP: 450 - 350 = 100. MSRP: 1999 - 1499 = 500. Even in absolute numbers the MSRP is the highest difference. I guess nVidia has some 8nm samsung dies to burn ASAP before 4000 series is out.

[@clausbohm9807]

A 3090 (non Ti) Hybrid is the sweet spot if you can get the dB's below or at 35 (not using OC profile). Yeh this card is kinda ridiculous. Also they don't supply a nvlink at three slots. The smart thing is to put two 3090's three slots apart as hybrids and use nvlink to get 48Gb (future proof) but does Asus or anyone supply that config .. NO! Big Marketing fail and forces you to buy the 4090ti (Titan)

[@joaosoares2122]

Can you put water block on it

[@alitariq8752]

Nice smile 😊

[@YefimStefán]

First notifications squad

[@julioc918]

that is the card that we must buy if we want to be the best.

[@rastanz]

Nice aesthetics, if she performs well I may buy one for myself... talking about the card aye guys but then who wouldn't want to hire Nada to build them a super system! The thing I like about her reviews is that she is straight up honest in also exposing the bad aspects about the hardware she reviews unlike other tech channels who seem to kiss up to the brand manufacturers.

[@TheOnePlayerNoob]

quero tanto que você coloque legendas Do Português do Brasil

[@beastz89]

Intro Sounded like 39 TTI

[@PIPERBOYWILLIAMS]

She is so smart

[@the-patient-987]

Short and straight to the point. This product doesn't deserve anymore time than that. Great video!

[@YAKUILLASIN]

looks like Black Manta from Aqua Man.

[@T.K.9]

£1,999 here for the Asus TUF model. I like to spend money on a PC. But £1,999 for a GPUONLY. Id just buy a full PC with a decent GPU instead. Still they are a nice hardware to have. Just not the price. Maybe if I had disposable money.

[@anthcesana]

Imagine a card being called a 3090 and costing "$1500" USD at launch needing a Ti variant to offer fully unlocked performance. At least you save on your heating bill in the winter time while paying for that electricity bill.

[@nigelsenchez]

Wait for miners to start selling the 30 series GPus they hoarded last years and the prices will drop hard. Plus 40 series will come out and there will be huge bargains.

[@noadschannel3577]

I LOVE YOU

[@NickCauthon1313]

You put in to much work for the less then 1% of your followers that'll buy this 🤣🤣 Keep up the good work

[@IzunaGaiden]

You're just beautiful and competent.

[@fahrradmittelfranken8207]

You really just want a hole in the wall at your computer station and the computer is actually in the next room with all the cables going through the hole. Advantages are obvious 1. The computer won't heat up the room you're in (big in summer) 2. You're not heating up the room the computer is in with your own body heat. 3. Noise is completely gone.

[@jasonzhang7725]

but, how do you drill a hole through your wall without devaluing your house?

[@fahrradmittelfranken8207]

@@jasonzhang7725 eh you have lots of holes in your walls? what are you on about... Maybe you should learn to place quality of life higher than imagined "value" of things you don't want to sell anyways.

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

I water cooled my 3090 so temps and performance is great for me... so for me the 3090Ti isn't going to be that much better. Hell even a 3080Ti or just a 3080 you SHOULD see about the same performance.... maybe I don't own a 3080 🤔🤷.

[@juliangarces2011]

What’s your PSU?

[@GarbageTVoriginal]

For all of you going through the comments let me start by saying I am one of those guys who does crazy builds and loves to have the best hardware. With that said, this card is amazing but the value is not there. I bought an Asus tuf rtx 3090 ti and will be returning it. Why? Isn’t that the best card? Yes, in a lot of ways it’s the best BUT the issue is nvidia itself. The last year I’ve had a hard time using nvidia gpus for single pc streaming due to driver issues with certain software. The tables have truly turned and the 6900 xt is just a better card imo. I spent $2300 on this card and don’t appreciate the fact that the drivers out of all things would be a deal breaker over the price. Needless to say….. I’ve owned almost every single high end card for the past couple years and I’m going back to AMD. All I do is install the drivers (no software) and it just works so well. Nvidia has features but they cause to many issues in windows therefore making it irrelevant to a single pc steamer. I could get a streaming pc but why do that when I can get an amd card for $1400 and performance is 5x better while streaming. Just my two cents for anyone wondering how good is this card actually.

[@kyrolazioko4783]

What if I NV Link two of them? Would I need 2000 Watt PSU? Edit: I don't want any comments saying, "You don't need that much." To that, I say, "Yes. Yes I do. Apparently you don't use shaders." Also don't want any, "Durrr. SLI is dead. Nobody does that anymore." And to that I say, "The games I play DO use NV Link so two cards IS worth it to me."

[@TechTesters]

I guess 1500W might work fine. No idea though i havent tested it.

[@1972LittleC]

If you could get your hands on a Hyte Y60 case, would you do a in depth look? Pretty please with a cherry on top?