Solved: nothing wrong with the card. The Asus Rog Strix 3090 (non-oc) has a stock boostclock of 1695 mhz @ 350 TDP. This is low compared to other cards (e.g MSI Trio) which have a stock boost of 1785 mhz @ 370 TDP. It explains the difference in scores and reviews.
After adding 165 mhz Core clock and 112% Powerlimit (on par with Strix OC version), much better results: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/70540804 (GPU score 20367).
Hello everyone,
I was experiencing sub-average results with my GPU. At some point, I noticed that this card should have 2 modes:
Gaming (1695 mhz)
OC Mode (1725 mhz)
This is also mentioned on the specs: https://rog.asus.com/graphics-cards/graphics-cards/rog-strix/rog-strix-rtx3090-24g-gaming-model/spec
When looking at GPU-Z, it seems my card is strictly in the Gaming mode (1695 mhz):
When comparing this to other cards, I see that they all have the default boost clock at 1695, where the gpu boost clock is set to 1725.
My question:
How can I enable this OC mode?
It seems that this is the reason why I'm having worse 3DMark gpu scores than a 3080 Ti.
P.S.,
Should the P vs Q switch be used to enable this? Since it is in Performance, but I don't see any diffences.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
Found the answer. GPU Tweak III is needed for this, which has the 'OC Mode' option.
It's simply setting power to 106% and adding 30 mhz to the clock. Still feel my 3D Mark results are sub-average:
Default Mode: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/25366699 (GPU score 18 811)
OC Mode: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/25367015 (GPU score 19 277)
Shouldn't my results be closer to 20k GPU score?
A friends' 3080 Ti (FE) scores 19 307 at stock / default settings (https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/70096477).
Granted it's not the same card, but still...
Also, I find theres a rather large gap between my clock and average clock frequency, compared to similar cards:
Clock frequency: 1.965 MHz
Average clock : 1.736 MHz
Other cards /w same specs
After adding 165 mhz Core clock and 112% Powerlimit (on par with Strix OC version), much better results: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/70540804 (GPU score 20367).
Hello everyone,
I was experiencing sub-average results with my GPU. At some point, I noticed that this card should have 2 modes:
Gaming (1695 mhz)
OC Mode (1725 mhz)
This is also mentioned on the specs: https://rog.asus.com/graphics-cards/graphics-cards/rog-strix/rog-strix-rtx3090-24g-gaming-model/spec
When looking at GPU-Z, it seems my card is strictly in the Gaming mode (1695 mhz):
When comparing this to other cards, I see that they all have the default boost clock at 1695, where the gpu boost clock is set to 1725.
My question:
How can I enable this OC mode?
It seems that this is the reason why I'm having worse 3DMark gpu scores than a 3080 Ti.
P.S.,
Should the P vs Q switch be used to enable this? Since it is in Performance, but I don't see any diffences.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
Found the answer. GPU Tweak III is needed for this, which has the 'OC Mode' option.
It's simply setting power to 106% and adding 30 mhz to the clock. Still feel my 3D Mark results are sub-average:
Default Mode: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/25366699 (GPU score 18 811)
OC Mode: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/25367015 (GPU score 19 277)
Shouldn't my results be closer to 20k GPU score?
A friends' 3080 Ti (FE) scores 19 307 at stock / default settings (https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/70096477).
Granted it's not the same card, but still...
Also, I find theres a rather large gap between my clock and average clock frequency, compared to similar cards:
Clock frequency: 1.965 MHz
Average clock : 1.736 MHz
Other cards /w same specs
Hi Starrain!
Yes, I use the ROG Crosshair VIII Formula.
My Bios is 3703.
The Graphicscard is in PCIEX16_1.
The only other PCIE device I use is a M.2 Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB.
Also, today I installed a waterblock. It lowered my GPU temperature to 25c idle, 48c when benchmarking. Vram is between 35 (idle) and 56 (bench), while memory junction is 38c (idle), peaks at 82c (bench). I re-ran the benchmark, but the results aren't much better. In fact, not only does my GPU seem to run at a lower average still, but now also my memory seems to go lower average...
https://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/25412783/spy/25366699
Yes, I use the ROG Crosshair VIII Formula.
My Bios is 3703.
The Graphicscard is in PCIEX16_1.
The only other PCIE device I use is a M.2 Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB.
Also, today I installed a waterblock. It lowered my GPU temperature to 25c idle, 48c when benchmarking. Vram is between 35 (idle) and 56 (bench), while memory junction is 38c (idle), peaks at 82c (bench). I re-ran the benchmark, but the results aren't much better. In fact, not only does my GPU seem to run at a lower average still, but now also my memory seems to go lower average...
https://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/25412783/spy/25366699
