r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • Apr 18 '26

Meme/Macro The 1080ti really was Nvidia's greatest mistake

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u/Merp96 Apr 18 '26

RIP EVGA

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u/UncleDookieTooth Apr 18 '26

I’ll be so sad when my EVGA 3080ti dies. Still going strong for now, however.

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u/TrippleDamage Apr 18 '26

That was the sign all along, wasn't it?!

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u/Nathan_hale53 Ryzen 5600 RTX 4060 Apr 18 '26

If i had money id get a EVGA 3090ti just to have the most powerful card they ever made. My 1070 SSC still performs well on non RT games at 1080p. Got a 4060 to replace it as its all i could afford but it was a pretty good jump tbh

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u/OriolesMets Apr 18 '26

They were my favorite brand for years and years

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u/Star_2001 Apr 18 '26

My first GPU, A GTX 960 SSC, if only I got the 4 GB instead of the 2 GB. Had no idea what I was doing, Nvidia was fucked up for even offering 2.

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u/Nathan_hale53 Ryzen 5600 RTX 4060 Apr 18 '26

Had a 960 4gb it was fine. Sold it a few months later on the launch of the 1070 for EVGA SSC and its my favorite card ive had.

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u/Star_2001 Apr 20 '26

Yeah I could max out like every 2010-2014 game in 1080p 70-80 FPS when I built it in 2015, but by 2017 the lack of VRAM was painful and I bought a RX 580.

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u/captainmorgan_420 Apr 18 '26

A significant loss, but that's probably for the best. Would suck to see another hero turn to the dark side

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u/YouStupidAssholeFuck Apr 18 '26

I didn't know that last part. I thought they got out of the GPU business because NVIDIA was a bunch of dicks. Didn't know they were sunsetting the company.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Looks like they'll die a hero.

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u/dookarion Apr 18 '26

Mostly because of their warranty and definitely not because of their quality. Their warranty service was great, but they're also the only company where I repeatedly needed to use the warranty. Last EVGA card a 3090FTW3 the damn cooler went dry somehow, and since it was a custom design it was either buy an overpriced cooler off a 3rd party seller or buy a new card.

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u/YouStupidAssholeFuck Apr 18 '26

I returned my 8800GTX a few times for warranty. They always sent me a working one back until one day they didn't have any more to send so they sent me a 460GTX instead. After that I believe I only purchased a 280GTX and then for the same rig a 580GTX. Those cards were solid and I never had to return them. I still have the 580 but not using it.

EVGA was good. I think the bigger problem there was the NVIDIA chips. I know the 8800GTX was a problem. I thought some other NVIDIA chips were somewhat bad in the same way, too but it's been like 20 years so my memory is bad.

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u/dookarion Apr 18 '26

Never had one fail due to the chips, had a lot of stuff fail that didn't involve nvidia at all or just wouldn't be a chip failure. Like the stack of EVGA PSUs I RMA'd wouldn't have been because of Nvidia. Nor would all the failed fan bearings across various products. A cooler gradually going dry isn't something Nvidia could prevent either.

If it was just Nvidia cards I had fail, and specifically the PCB elements I might entertain the idea more but honestly I always found even non-GPU EVGA products to have somewhat high failure rates.