I am not a fan of Zotac honestly. I had Zotac 1080 Ti AMP Extreme and after about 2.5 years it started acting up and eventually gave up. I bought 2070 super then (because i knew about ampere) zotac again because that's what was available only in market although not AMP Extreme this time.From what I have been told by distributors the Zotac Trinity 3080 is going to be available by the end of September or start of October (depending on custom clearance) no word on pricing yet unfortunately.
I also contacted MSI Pakistan they also have a shipment in bound at the end of the month but does not have any Series 3000 cards listed in the manifest sadly, They did tell me that could change since they haven't received their allotment of cards yet. So expect the MSI cards later on in October or maybe even November.
ASUS Pakistan have no confirmation on cards, they have the usual shipment of boards, monitors and the like.
With supply rumored to be very restricted its going to be hard to get one on the initial shipment, but im hoping to get my pre-order in for the 3090 if possible.
That's unfortunate, I however have had no issues with Zotac they make good quality cards and 2 year local warranty is always a plus and since in Pakistan you buy what you can find its not like we are spoiled for choice.I am not a fan of Zotac honestly. I had Zotac 1080 Ti AMP Extreme and after about 2.5 years it started acting up and eventually gave up. I bought 2070 super then (because i knew about ampere) zotac again because that's what was available only in market although not AMP Extreme this time.
From my experience zotac seems to push their cards too hard, my 1080 Ti never crossed into 80c territory and was always used with great air-flow casing and AC room.
I will be avoiding Zotac like a plague this time and will rather wait for MSI/Asus. Oh well, it will turn up for the better because by then we will have RDNA 2 announcing (scheduled for 28 october) so will have better understanding of where things are going and if nvidia intend to launch 20gb version. Although i definitely have no hope for AMD in gpu section anymore.
What is your experience with zotac cards?
EDIT: Who is the distributor for MSI? I know its shingtech for Asus and pakdukaan for zotac.
Good info there, thanks. Didn't know shingtech is no longer Asus distributor. No wonder, its too hard to grab hold of Asus cards these days in Pakistan. I don't think easetec is importing nearly enough we have back in the days.That's unfortunate, I however have had no issues with Zotac they make good quality cards and 2 year local warranty is always a plus and since in Pakistan you buy what you can find its not like we are spoiled for choice.
That being said I opted for the Aorus 2080ti which was the worst card I have even owned horrible temps 86C on full tilt got rid of it a couple of months ago, wont be buying a gigabyte anytime soon.
My preference is MSI this gen the 3090 ventus 3x looks great love the stealthy look or the 3090 Gaming trio if its not massively over priced, but as of right now the only confirmed card is the Zotac Trinity 3080.
MSI are Astrontech, Asus are handled by Easetec and zotac pakdukaan.
Shingtech lost the Asus distribution AFAIK but they are the official resellers for Intel in Pakistan
Thats mostly Zotac Trinity and Gigabyte who uses all 6 POSCAP cheaper capacitors. The ones which use atleast 2 MLCC capacitors (which is NVIDIA founders edition and base spec) don't have that issue. Asus TUF uses all 6 MLCC.Great info anyone have any more updates on this?
As a side note ... there are a lot of confirmed reports that people now need to underclock and undervolt their 3080s to about 95% so that the card doesn't crash the game and jump to the desktop, by people I mean those who were able to buy the rtx3080s on launch ... apparently a flaw in the hardware.... Non-FE cards are all experiencing the same issue and board partners have officially recognized this as well and have come out with their owns statements regarding this issue. Apart from MSI refused to acknowledge the issue and said that it was probably a driver issue.
Hmm perhaps in this case , you may be right ... but i'm sure they won't just let a product die or be faulty because they probably spent millions on getting it to the consumer ... That would really hurt them. Best guess, they're going to mod the bios by updating drivers , which is fine for me , considering that it's a small loss in fps but the card becomes more stable. Either way , now that i know about the POSCAPS i might avoid zotac altogether unless i have no other choice.Thats mostly Zotac Trinity and Gigabyte who uses all 6 POSCAP cheaper capacitors. The ones which use atleast 2 MLCC capacitors (which is NVIDIA founders edition and base spec) don't have that issue. Asus TUF uses all 6 MLCC.
Read my comments above, i wrote exactly my problems with Zotac and Gigabyte before and this goes to prove they are used to employ crappy and cheaper equipment in their cards.
Never again a ZOTAC in my life.
Thing with Zotac as that its inferior in every way. Look at any tech youtubers videos. Paul from paulshardware compared Zotac Trinity, Gigabyte, Asus TUF & Nvidia reference 3080s and zotac was the worst in every scenario.Hmm perhaps in this case , you may be right ... but i'm sure they won't just let a product die or be faulty because they probably spent millions on getting it to the consumer ... That would really hurt them. Best guess, they're going to mod the bios by updating drivers , which is fine for me , considering that it's a small loss in fps but the card becomes more stable. Either way , now that i know about the POSCAPS i might avoid zotac altogether unless i have no other choice.
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