strange that they would suggest that. I have 2 FE's direct from Nvidia from launch and when I contacted them for the space invaders they did advanced RMA's immediately. both replacement cards have been perfect ever since.
So when are you getting a replacement? That's certainly not what you paid for.He's dead, Jim.Not even 5 months old:
eVGA RTX 2080 Ti "Black Edition"
Run for most of its short life at 80% power limit
Always running nice and cool with 7 case fans including 2 bottom intakes blowing cold air directly on it.
Subsequent reboots yielded black screen/crash in Windows as soon as it hits 3D clocks.
Press 'F' to pay respects.
*****
4/29/2019 update: Per eVGA support advice, I tried the following:
Because of the black screening issue, it took several tries to implement the suggested "fix" (really, a less-than-ideal bandaid). I'm happy to report that the card actually functions, with some serious drawbacks.
1) The card runs at the base clock as its minimum clock
2) The card draws ~70W GPU *core only* at "idle" as a result (over 100W for sure with GDDR6/VRM losses included).
3) If I were to ever try to resell the card, the fact that you have to use this bandaid (and initially struggle with black screens/freezing to implement it) would probably seriously tank its resale value.
So, the card works and I'm stress-testing it now. But I'm likely not returning it to duty in my main rig due to idle power draw.
The question remains as to the cause of this issue, and why it only affects certain cards. Is it a design defect, an overly aggressive power management profile, a hardware issue, or some combination of the above?
Another question: Will whatever caused this issue lead to a reduced lifespan for the card? I still have over 2.5 years of warranty left, and the card WILL get beat on, so stay tuned on that front.
I've read it's bad memory that's pushed too high. I can't understand why nvidia won't use Samsung memory on something this high end? Especially at the prices they are charging. This is just one of many reasons to avoid this turd-ing line of cards altogether. My gtx 1080 should suffice just fine until the new amd cards come out.
My launch cards were both Micron and both replacements were Samsung FWIW. Although Gamers Nexus analysis said the memory was within spec as far as temps go etc. Maybe just a bad batch.
Haven't there been reports of space invaders with Samsung memory? I could have sworn this was the case.
yes I believe so. Further evidence that its not the memory vendorHaven't there been reports of space invaders with Samsung memory? I could have sworn this was the case.
Nvidia themselves apparentlySo if EVGA can't be trusted to RMA a card when it needs to be, who can?
I've had a handful of 2080Ti cards from Asus, EVGA and MSI all produce space invaders after just two days of Heaven or Valley looping. Ridiculous!
I get the impression that they might issue an RMA if you indicate the "fix," which is closer to a kludge, is unacceptable.
Ugly. Out of curiosity, did that happen during the loops process itself, or after you stopped the loop?
Good question! ALL of them did NOT fail DURING the testing. I thought it was fine and then the next day as soon as any 3D app was launched the system would freeze often raining the frame with alleged space invaders! Power off, repeating and with each iteration the time would get shorter. Eventually the system would fail POST and produce beeps like no card was detected. Power off for 30 min, come back, POST and boot into Windows OK. Run even a windowed 3D APP, instant blue screen. Did not bother changing any settings because I believe a significant change like this is hardware failure, period.
Good question! ALL of them did NOT fail DURING the testing. I thought it was fine and then the next day as soon as any 3D app was launched the system would freeze often raining the frame with alleged space invaders! Power off, repeating and with each iteration the time would get shorter. Eventually the system would fail POST and produce beeps like no card was detected. Power off for 30 min, come back, POST and boot into Windows OK. Run even a windowed 3D APP, instant blue screen. Did not bother changing any settings because I believe a significant change like this is hardware failure, period.
Sounds a whole lot like some kind of rapid degradation of a component.
Hmmmmm . . .
Maybe, but there's something more going on here than meets the eye. If something is degenerating, it may be related to power delivery/voltage regulation. The cards seem to fail not while running full tilt, but rather in lower power operation modes. OP's card comes back to life once he meddles with the Windows performance profile to prevent lower power operation of the card.
Basically unstable at 2d clocks/power, stable at 3d clocks/power.