ASUS + MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Tested: GDDR6X at 24Gbps+ in ETH Mining

Introduction

Note: I’m not advocating on shopping for NVIDIA’s new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card for crypto mining, however I am unable to cease it. It’ll occur, we all know it will occur — particularly because the GA102 GPU is NOT gimped by LHR — and I’ve the GPUs right here so I believed I might mess around with them in some ETH mining.

NVIDIA’s new flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti rocks some refreshed GDDR6X from Micron, with the frequency being pushed as much as 21Gbps, up from the 19.5Gbps GDDR6X on the RTX 3090. We have the identical 24GB of GDDR6X — however Micron is utilizing its newest 2Gb modules — permitting NVIDIA to maintain all the GDDR6X modules on the entrance of the cardboard.

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The GeForce RTX 3090 had its GDDR6X reminiscence modules on each side, seeing the backplate of the RTX 3090 operating ridiculously scorching. That’s not the case for any of the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics playing cards, because the GDDR6X reminiscence is on the again.

Why is that this so vital? Well, crypto mining actually pushes the VRAM on GPUs… and with the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti having fun with quick GDDR6X at 21Gbps that runs cooler, and has some overclocking (OC) headroom, then we’ve a monster crypto mining GPU.

It does not prepare dinner eggs if you’re mining, and you are not having to take a seat there worrying about your super-expensive GPU being ruined in the longer term with its GDDR6X being pushed to its limits 24/7.

I used to be capable of squeeze over 1000MHz+ out of each the air-cooled MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X and water-cooled ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti OC Edition, and their respective GDDR6X reminiscence. But I’ll go into extra element on that afterward in the article, with some benchmark charts — and extra information, together with GPU + GDDR6X temps — in addition to energy consumption, and extra.

But man… the MSI card kills the ASUS card relating to GDDR6X reminiscence overclocking. THere’s simply no juice in the tank to place the pedal to the steel, not to mention let it unleash on the freeway. MSI’s customized RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X alternatively… man, it’s constructed to deal with an enormous GDDR6X reminiscence OC.

I used to be pushing previous 24Gbps…

Still, I would not be shopping for any GeForce RTX 3090 Ti for crypto mining.

New 16-pin PCIe 5.0 Power Connector

NVIDIA’s new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti does one factor very totally different to the earlier flagship GeForce RTX 3090, which noticed the customized MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X utilizing 3 x 8-pin PCIe energy connectors… however the brand new RTX 3090 Ti makes use of a single 16-pin PCIe energy connector.

But… how will you plug your PSU into the brand new 16-pin PCIe energy connector, which you do not have? Well, that is why you will use the 1 x 16-pin PCIe energy connector to three x 8-pin PCIe energy connectors. Your PSU may be capable of deal with it, however I might counsel trying at upgrading your PSU for the brand new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti… particularly with the RTX 40 collection GPUs proper across the nook, and man they will want all the facility they’ll get.

That’s why MSI despatched over their new MSI MPG A1000G energy provide, pumping 1000W of energy with 80 PLUS Gold-certified effectivity. It additionally appears nice, with MSI utilizing patterns that may be infused superbly — with tons of energy at your disposal — with the MSI MPG VELOX 100P AIRFLOW PC case and MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI motherboard.

MSI’s new MPG A1000G PSU has a single-railed design, which can ship clear currents underneath heavy hundreds… making it good for MSI’s new flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X graphics card. MSI’s new MPG A1000G PSU can be “future-proof” because it meets the brand new requirements for the upcoming PCIe 5.0 specification… for even higher-wattage GPUs.

I used MSI’s new MPG A1000G PSU for all of my GeForce RTX 3090 Ti evaluations, beginning right here with MSI’s new flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X. I may also be utilizing the MPG A1000G PSU for NVIDIA’s new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition, and the brand new flagship ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti that must be with me any minute now.

RTX 3090 Ti 24GB Tech Specs

NVIDIA is utilizing the total GA102 on its new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, with 10,752 CUDA cores in comparison with the ten,496 CUDA cores on the identical (GA102 GPU) because the GeForce RTX 3090. There are different tweaks, with the identical 82 RT cores however 336 Textures Units (328 TUs on the RTX 3090).

There’s the identical 24GB of GDDR6X on the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti because the earlier GeForce RTX 3090, on the identical 384-bit reminiscence interface — however with an enormous change: it is clocked at 21Gbps — offering it with as much as 1TB/sec of reminiscence bandwidth, up from the 936GB/sec on the RTX 3090.

However, I’ve overclocked each customized GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card that I’ve acquired — earlier than, and main up into this overview — and pushed the 24GB GDDR6X up over 21Gbps and loved 1TB/sec of reminiscence bandwidth for the final 12 months or extra.

Another big improve over the RTX 3090 is that the brand new RTX 3090 Ti has its spiffy new 16-pin PCIe 5.0-ready energy connector with as much as 450W obtainable on the RTX 3090 Ti… up from the 350W on the RTX 3090. NVIDIA is making loads of references to its close to 10-year-old TITAN RTX, and certain it kinda is… nevertheless it’s changing the RTX 3090, not the Ampere-based TITAN RTX that by no means materialized.

And if that is the Ampere TITAN RTX… then perhaps it ought to’ve been known as that, so I cannot be referring to the TITAN RTX (despite the fact that I may, I’ve the outcomes just lately examined on my Ryzen 9 5900X) however nobody in their proper thoughts nonetheless has that as a gamer… they’d have a brand new RTX 30 collection GPU so that they have RT + DLSS… proper?!

Right, NVIDIA?!

Overclocked GDDR6X is the Key

I’ve acquired some testing notes that I had typed in right here and was going to take away them, however I believed I’d maintain them right here as a digital scrapbook of the hours I put into the OC adventures with the GDDR6X reminiscence on these customized GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics playing cards.

MSI RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X:

• +1346MHz = 11615 = 1138.9GB/sec (1.1TB/sec)
• +1620MHz = 11871 = 1163.6GB/sec
• +1864MHz = 12115 = 1187.3GB/sec
• 124.5MH/s
• as much as insane 134MH/s (flexes between 125/126)
• 129.6MH/s secure AF
• rock stable, whereas ASUS crashing a number of occasions @ 1337MHz or so on GDDR6X
• -try cut back beneath 1300
• -OK lol attempt cut back beneath 1200, wtf ASUS

ASUS ROG Strix LC RTX 3090 Ti:

• +1175MHz = OK
• +1200MHz = testing (appears OK)
• +1250MHz = testing (124MH/s) — NOT OK — POS (visible glitches throughout the display screen)
• +1337 = appears OK = 11587 = 1136.6GB/sec (some slight glitches)
• (not OK — crashed in the top, entire system reset)
• +1390 = visible glitch immediately

Test System Specs

Anthony’s GPU Test System Specifications

The largest improve to the GPU testbed is the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor, providing 12 cores and 24 threads of Zen 3-powered CPU grunt at as much as 4.8GHz.

That’s loads of CPU energy and provides an incredible improve over the Ryzen 7 3800X that I used to be utilizing beforehand.

I can be upgrading this technique in a number of months, and perhaps operating it side-by-side with the brand new Alder Lake-powered Intel Core i9-12900K processor. I’m utilizing one within the Allied M.O.A.B.-I gaming PC that I reviewed a number of months in the past, and man the 12900K is just like the Godzilla of CPUs.

Sabrent is the newest companion of mine to assist construct out my techniques, sending me oodles of the quickest NVMe M.2 SSDs on the planet. I’m utilizing Sabrent’s flagship Rocket 4 Plus 4TB M.2 SSDs which provides 7GB/sec+ reads and writes with an enormous 4TB of capability.

ASUS has been a decent companion of mine for a number of years now, offering their big 43-inch 4K 120Hz gaming screens for my benchmarking and gaming wants. I’m utilizing two of them at the second, the ROG Strix XG438Q and the ROG Swift PG43UQ gaming screens.

ETH Mining Benchmark Results

MSI’s air-cooled GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X reigns supreme in ETH benchmarking, with a mean of 130-132MH/s with its huge GDDR6X reminiscence overclock to 24Gbps. I used to be topping out at round 134.5MH/s which was freaking superior to see, nevertheless it sat between 132.5MH/s and 133.2MH/s all day lengthy at a tad over 24Gbps on the GDDR6X reminiscence.

Compared to the gentle GDDR6X overclock on the ASUS ROG Strix LC RTX 3090 Ti OC Edition, which was spitting out round 125-126MH/s max — but chiller GPU temps, simply — with its cumbersome AIO cooler. If you had been outfitting a GPU crypto mining farm, it will be a tough alternative between the playing cards.

On one hand you’ve got acquired higher hash charges on the MSI RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X, however the AIO cooler is nice on the ASUS ROG Strix LC RTX 3090 Ti. You know what? 20 x every can be good, or 20 x any RTX 3090 Ti for ETH mining since you’re doing 120MH/s simple.

At inventory settings, the ASUS outperformed the MSI card with round 110MH/s proper out of the field… the MSI card was tapping out at 107MH/s earlier than it might probably get unleashed with some GDDR6X reminiscence overclocking.

Power & Temps

There’s no escaping the massive energy draw on the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, which simply hits 450-500W by itself should you let it. But should you reign in the facility restrict to someplace between 65-75% the place the cardboard is secure, I used to be getting the GPU energy consumption down on the MSI RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X to round 340-345W and the ASUS ROG Strix LC RTX 3090 Ti OC Edition all the way down to round 360-365W.

Final Thoughts

I’ve acquired two customized GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics playing cards right here in the GPU lab, the air-cooled MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X and the water-cooled ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti OC Edition. You’d suppose that out of the each of them, the water-cooled ASUS ROG Strix LC (the LC stands for Liquid Cooled) can be higher.

Nope, the MSI kicks its ass — purely from the GDDR6X reminiscence being way more overclockable.

MSI’s customized GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X was pushing +1800MHz ensuing in over 24Gbps bandwidth on the brand new GDDR6X — up from its already ultra-fast 21Gbps. Pushing 128-129MH/s with the air-cooled MSI RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X for round 340W of energy is spectacular AF, that GDDR6X @ 24Gbps+ offers me tingles.

I can see waves of crypto mining farms powered by both the water-cooled ASUS ROG Strix LC RTX 3090 Ti OC Edition or air-cooled MSI RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X, with 10 of them pushing 1.2GH/s for round 3400W of energy. That’s respectable.

After spending the previous couple of days overclocking and tweaking the 2 customized GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics playing cards with some ETH mining, I’m strolling away impressed. NVIDIA’s use of Micron’s new GDDR6X reminiscence clocked at 21Gbps makes the RTX 3090 Ti quicker for ETH mining than another card available on the market, however overclocked on the MSI RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X as much as 24Gbps… wowzers.

GDDR7 is coming in the brand new wave of next-gen GPUs, providing 32Gbps+ of bandwidth proper out of the gate. We can be trying at 180MH/s and a few from a single GPU, however you will not be mining ETH on any GDDR7-based GPUs of the longer term as ETH goes into proof-of-stake in Q2 2022 (finish of June 2022).

For now, all I wished to do was push that insane new GDDR6X to new heights — and hitting 24Gbps is a stupendous new top — in ETH mining. It’s not game-stable at 24Gbps, however for ETH mining it might probably take that 24Gbps GDDR6X overclocking pounding all day. There had been some hiccups, the place decreasing it to 23.8Gbps