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Aug 04, 2021
EVGA FTW3 Ultra For the Win!
22 of 27 found this helpful This card is amazing, no two ways about it. If you want a basically TOP Tier Air cooled RTX 3000 series card, the EVGA FTW3 Ultra seems to be the best for maxing out the GPU and Memory - Yes there are the Asus ROG STRIX cards and Gigabyte Aorus Master - but BOTH of those cost SIGNIFICANTLY more! Like $300 MSRP alone!
But the MARKET is INSANE! Normally, I would have just waited and bought an MSRP RTX 3080 - ideally. But when the prices are what they are, and Vanilla 3080's cost about the same as the Ti models - well, the RTX 3080 Ti is the OBVIOUS choice there! And 3090s - they are like twice the price, and in gaming - usually perform WORSE than a good AIB model like the EVGA FTW3 Ultra - I clocked my memory to 20.6 Gbps - up from 19, and OC scan told me a +134 on the core was good, so that is what I run - and in games, I RARELY see less than 2050 MHZ - the lowest I have ever seen it dip is 1920 MHZ - not one crash or glitch so far! - this is with power maxed too of course!
TL:DR
If you WANT a GREAT RTX 3080/Ti/3090 - it would appear that the EVGA FTW3 Ultra is the best model for people like me, who want to max the chip out with good air cooling! I mean I haven't tested the other top tier air offerings, but TechPowerUp has, and the FTW3 either beats, or ties them when OCed!