dburne Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) After more years than I care to remember of buying EVGA products I finally had one fail on me. My most awesome 3090 FTW3 Ultra bit the dust yesterday evening. I use it quite heavily in gaming on a mostly daily basis. Luckily I had the foresight to purchase the EVGA Advanced RMA with next day cross shipping. Called their tech support today, and a very helpful gentleman has already processed the Advanced RMA for it and I should hear back on shipping details in 1-2 business days. Once received I will have 14 days to return the defective card to them. Big kudos to EVGA on this! This type of service is why I buy EVGA products. I have always read about their great service and can now attest to the same. Edited October 1, 2021 by dburne Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Wow DB. That's good their customer service is that good. I received my 3090 yesterday and flew once last night. I have some system tweaking to do, but I'm happy with the purchase even though I waited for almost a year. 1 i9 9900k @5.1GHz NZXT Kraken |Asus ROG Strix Z390 E-Gaming | Samsung NVMe m.2 970 Evo 1TB | LPX 64GB DDR4 3200MHz EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra | Reverb G1 | HOTAS Warthog | Saitek Flight Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, pimp said: Wow DB. That's good their customer service is that good. I received my 3090 yesterday and flew once last night. I have some system tweaking to do, but I'm happy with the purchase even though I waited for almost a year. Yep it is a great card for sure. I will be so happy to have the replacement in hand. Gonna be a long weekend without gaming going on. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Wow so I was expecting to hear back in 1-2 business days. But I just heard back from them already! Everything is approved and I just needed to submit my CC # for them to hold as collateral until they get the defective card back. This is why EVGA has such a stellar reputation in customer service. They took something I was dreading and made it as simple and painless than I could possibly have even imagen! 1 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 Yay my replacement EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra is out for delivery today by 7:00 PM. Made the call to EVGA on Friday afternoon and here it is out for delivery, awesomeness. Of course that is because I purchased the Advanced RMA with next day air service back when I registered this card, and am very glad I did. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 So what to do whilst awaiting on my replacement 3090 FTW3 Ultra? Well can't game till it arrives later this afternoon - had a message from MS this morning in Windows Update that my PC was all good to go for Windows 11. So I downloaded the install assistant and off I went. Yep I am now running Windows 11. I like early adopter stuff anyways lol. Took about 45 minutes and all appears well - course can't game just yet. I did have to go back in and take power management off all my USB peripheral devices again. I hate how MS keeps putting it back on after big updates. I am now officially on Windows Version 21H2. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Woohoo card received this evening and back in business! So far working splendidly! Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocamac Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Sucks, mate, sorry to hear that! Any idea what did it in? Wasn't New World, was it? Good thing you had EVGA on-side to sort it out for you though! I notice our systems are quite similar apart from the 6/8 core CPUs. What's your opinion on the 3090 (founder's edition in my case, IF I buy one) for DCS on VR? i7-8086K @ 5.3GHz all core | Noctua NH-D15 | Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 | nVidia RTX 3090 FE @ 2070 Core / 20500 Mem | 2x2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | 2x16GB G Skill DDR4-3200 @ 3333 CL14 | Corsair AX1600i | 48" LG C1 OLED | Oculus Quest 2 | TrackIR 5 | TM.16000M FCS with rudder | Razer keyboard + mouse | Logitech Brio Stream 4K | Logitech Z906 5.1 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Tocamac said: Sucks, mate, sorry to hear that! Any idea what did it in? Wasn't New World, was it? Good thing you had EVGA on-side to sort it out for you though! I notice our systems are quite similar apart from the 6/8 core CPUs. What's your opinion on the 3090 (founder's edition in my case, IF I buy one) for DCS on VR? Thanks yeah very glad I had that Advanced RMA I purchased with the card. This replacement doing very well so far. No I do not have New World - was playing MechWarrior 5 in VR when it died. Mine was an early model which I got in Nov 2020. As far as the 3090 a lot depends I guess on what you would be coming from. I came from a 2080 Ti FTW3 and it was an improvement but not a huge improvement. I was pleased but it sure was a lot of money for a GPU at the same time. Edited October 11, 2021 by dburne Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocamac Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 So I've got a 1080 Ti that clocks to around 2000 / 6000 and runs cool and mostly quiet at those clocks. I know what you mean about it being a lotta money, MSRP where I live is around 22-25% more than the USA, but after waiting a whole year, at least I can now get one! You think the 3090 would give me 50-60% better FPS than I currently get and, more importantly, would it make VR more doable? i7-8086K @ 5.3GHz all core | Noctua NH-D15 | Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 | nVidia RTX 3090 FE @ 2070 Core / 20500 Mem | 2x2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | 2x16GB G Skill DDR4-3200 @ 3333 CL14 | Corsair AX1600i | 48" LG C1 OLED | Oculus Quest 2 | TrackIR 5 | TM.16000M FCS with rudder | Razer keyboard + mouse | Logitech Brio Stream 4K | Logitech Z906 5.1 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 48 minutes ago, Tocamac said: So I've got a 1080 Ti that clocks to around 2000 / 6000 and runs cool and mostly quiet at those clocks. I know what you mean about it being a lotta money, MSRP where I live is around 22-25% more than the USA, but after waiting a whole year, at least I can now get one! You think the 3090 would give me 50-60% better FPS than I currently get and, more importantly, would it make VR more doable? Hard to say - but it is a two generation difference and the 3090 has a ton of Vram which DCS likes. If it were me in your shoes and now had an opportunity to buy it at regular retail I would certainly do it. 1 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocamac Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 What sorta FPS do you average with your 9900K @ 5.2 and your 3090 in DCS? What settings? i7-8086K @ 5.3GHz all core | Noctua NH-D15 | Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 | nVidia RTX 3090 FE @ 2070 Core / 20500 Mem | 2x2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | 2x16GB G Skill DDR4-3200 @ 3333 CL14 | Corsair AX1600i | 48" LG C1 OLED | Oculus Quest 2 | TrackIR 5 | TM.16000M FCS with rudder | Razer keyboard + mouse | Logitech Brio Stream 4K | Logitech Z906 5.1 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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