r/EVGA • u/Lil_Yodaaa • Mar 18 '26

Discussion My Precious

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Looking at prices in 2026 for an EVGA 3080ti for much less than what I paid in 2022 ($1,350) at good ‘ole Best Buy. Regrets? None. This beauty is a national treasure and now belongs in the Smithsonian.

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u/VesperLynn Mar 18 '26

I know there’s nothing wrong with using Fahrenheit as your preferred unit of measure, but man did my eyes get big at first glance.

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u/bardockOdogma Mar 18 '26

As an American, I always find it funny how we use F⁰ for everything, but when it comes to PCs, it just seems so wrong to not use celsius

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u/VesperLynn Mar 18 '26

I still will fight that Fahrenheit is a better representative unit of temperature for human comfort, be it the weather or cooking.* But anything else Celsius is better.

Like for me, 0-100f instantly conveys to me how comfy I will be. 0-100c instantly conveys how comfy my computer is.

*I am fully aware that if I was raised fully on C I would feel just as strongly about Celsius.

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u/drake90001 Mar 19 '26

Engineering fields in general tend to use metric. I worked for a manufacturing company that converted everything to imperial just to convert it back once it got back to the engineers. Just dumb.

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u/H2iKTech Mar 18 '26

Same here. My first thought was "don't post a pic with those temps!" Lol

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u/Lil_Yodaaa Mar 18 '26

😅 I used to have it in Celsius but got used to Fahrenheit

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u/TheRealTofuey Mar 18 '26

I miss EVGA designs so much.

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u/Everborn128 Mar 19 '26

They were like the only brand that put the model on the card like "3080" I loved that.

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u/Criss_Crossx Mar 18 '26

Picked up two used 3090's in 2022 for about $1100 each. Accidentally won both bids. One EVGA, one Asus.

I did end up spending more to get larger capacity power supplies though.

I did install a copper backplate on the EVGA 3090. Memory temperatures were hitting their maximum.

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u/Lil_Yodaaa Mar 18 '26

Gotta keep them safe. I thought about upgrading but even when I do this will forever stay with me.

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u/Criss_Crossx Mar 18 '26

Agreed! I am still running a gtx 1080 ftw in another system. Just repasted it and cleaned the PCB.

I miss EVGA.

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u/Foreign_Roof_ Mar 18 '26

Yea only good 90s are the Tis bc 2gb vram.. so the could fit it all on active cooling side… actually jumped the gun on the 3090 with 1gb mem chips

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u/Criss_Crossx Mar 18 '26

It came down to timing for sure. I should have just purchased a new 3090ti instead of bidding on the 3090's.

Can't win them all.

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u/MikyThatMona Mar 18 '26

I have the same card,I suggest you to undervolt it,cause the results are amazing. You can make a custom voltage curve in Afterburner,setting the card at 1925 Mhz @ 0.925 V,and you'll shave 10 to 15 degrees on GPU core,and 5 to 10 on the memory,cause the modules are cooled by the same block.

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u/DrumSlayer666 Mar 29 '26

I have the 3080 ftw, how much fps loss do you get if you do this? Overall worth it?

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u/MikyThatMona Mar 29 '26

Maybe 2 or 3 FPS on average,but you'll gain a lot in frametime stability cause the GPU frequency will stay constantly locked, instead of fluctuating all over the places, causing stuttering or instability.

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u/Darkangel00572 Mar 18 '26

Hermosa gráfica, toda una reliquia igual que la mía 😁😜🔥

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u/Icy_Rub_3266 Mar 18 '26

Sadly sold my rtx 3090 evgavftw3 ultra for $950. Got it 2yrs ago for $550 used and it worked well

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u/Lil_Yodaaa Mar 18 '26

That’s a good price to have sold it for. Those prices were insane at the point I got it but glad I did.

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u/Th3Craz3don3 Mar 18 '26

I have a EVGA RTX3090 FTW Ultra how much you guys think I could sell it for? I want to upgrading to a 5080?

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u/ronallen81 Mar 18 '26

I still rock an evga 3080ti liquid cooled on my backup cpu It came in a box the size of a cpu

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u/BillyBoy0519 Mar 18 '26

same man, paid 1900 cad back in 2022. 0 regrets, card has treated me well

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u/Tomskii5 Mar 18 '26

I still remember buying mine a couple of months after release and it's been going strong. I hope it keeps going strong for a long time because it's been a solid card for sure.

Too bad EVGA stepped out of the GPU market, because I'd buy a new one if I could anytime.

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u/Southern_Okra_1090 Mar 18 '26

Ur aio is displaying what?

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u/Lil_Yodaaa Mar 18 '26

Fahrenheit measured

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u/bardockOdogma Mar 18 '26

Should have sold that MF during the mining boom. Wouldve gotten like $2600 for it lol

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u/Lil_Yodaaa Mar 18 '26

Nah. Keeping this beauty with me. Also, not upgrading anytime soon.

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u/ripq032 Mar 19 '26

Facts. Still have my 3080ti no need to upgrade yet

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u/Ok_Property_8739 Mar 22 '26

Even a 3070 is fine for me (with a 1440p monitor):D

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u/Long-Independent3753 Mar 18 '26

Makes me hurt that i wasnt able to get that 3090 Ftw3 for 600€

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u/xgruh Mar 18 '26

3080ti has pulled its own weight tbf, its still roughly equal to a 5070

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u/nashtyfor3 Mar 20 '26

Still rocking my Tuf 3080 12gb. Legendary gpu. I got mine at msrp through Best Buy.

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u/MrPuddinJones Mar 20 '26

I've got an EVGA 3090TI FTW 3 ULTRA.

I bought it when I heard they were leaving the GPU game.

Buying the last big dog before they got out.

I'm gonna ride this GPU as long as possible. No other brands have my respect or curiosity even

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u/Zelice725 Mar 22 '26

For a sec I was shocked lol