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RTX Titan aka T-REX Officially Announced
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Pic of doing some testing using my developed shunt mod. RTX Titan (on air for a few more minutes) vs blocked 2080 Ti. RTX Titan is faster in my testing still on air versus the water 2080 Ti.
It worked out better than I could have hope for. RTX Titan is pulling almost identical wattage as my 380w BIOS 2080 Ti. So I gained a nice bit of power headroom. Best part about my shunt mod is it's cheap, reversible with nail polish remover, no chance of running/dripping, no soldering, and no gallium so it won't dissolve the solder on the OEM 5MO shunts. I'll post more pics once I get the EK block on the RTX Titan after dinner.
It worked out better than I could have hope for. RTX Titan is pulling almost identical wattage as my 380w BIOS 2080 Ti. So I gained a nice bit of power headroom. Best part about my shunt mod is it's cheap, reversible with nail polish remover, no chance of running/dripping, no soldering, and no gallium so it won't dissolve the solder on the OEM 5MO shunts. I'll post more pics once I get the EK block on the RTX Titan after dinner.
So this is the stuff (pen):
https://system.na3.netsuite.com/cor...&c=ACCT113328&h=1843a7fed4014191ddd7&_xt=.pdf
I scraped the top surface of the ends of the 5MO shunts (to remove and flux/contamination). Then I cleaned the shunts with alcohol to make sure the surface was nice and clean so the compound could stick well. I covered the entire surface of the 5MO shunts with about .5mm of the circuit writer. Pen is very easy to use, just push the head in and squeeze pen body. I put on just enough before it started to get too liquid/thick to want to spill off the shunt.
This stuff is rated at < 0.020 ohm/sq/mil, so if you lay it on thick it works well. My RTX Titan is now pulling 370-380 watts.
https://system.na3.netsuite.com/cor...&c=ACCT113328&h=1843a7fed4014191ddd7&_xt=.pdf
I scraped the top surface of the ends of the 5MO shunts (to remove and flux/contamination). Then I cleaned the shunts with alcohol to make sure the surface was nice and clean so the compound could stick well. I covered the entire surface of the 5MO shunts with about .5mm of the circuit writer. Pen is very easy to use, just push the head in and squeeze pen body. I put on just enough before it started to get too liquid/thick to want to spill off the shunt.
This stuff is rated at < 0.020 ohm/sq/mil, so if you lay it on thick it works well. My RTX Titan is now pulling 370-380 watts.
Is that before or after the shunt mod? What were you getting (in terms of clock) before the mod?
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Damn it... When did this come out? I guess I'm now going to have to camp the product page to grab one again like I had to with the Titan X...
You are a god among men. Need to update your signature.
Done! This card is fun to play around with.
I agree, it's a fun card to play with! I've been messing around with mine and without even trying placed in the top 20 of Superposition 8k Optimized with just the auto-overclock and no memory overclock whatsoever. No shunt mods either.
In terms of the shunt mod, does that reduce the life of the card? How much more current does this mod deliver to the card versus stock?
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What kind of liquid setup are using to cool your gear. I'd also like to know what your temps look like.
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If it’s anything like the 2080ti, which I imagine it is, you have to be careful with it in that if you lower the resistance too much it the card won’t get out of safe mode. I got about 30% more tpd doing one shunt, the one on the back of the card because there was no risk of me messing up the solder job, by slowly increasing the size of 30 gauge (?) wire to about 3” where it would clock up right.
That’s a new safety implementation with Turing. Pascal you could just solder over the shunts. Make sure you don’t mess with the PCIe shunt.
Looks like Vega did this mod as well. He can confirm heheh.
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Damn, I guess that means no more 600-watt liquid N2 suicide builds?If it’s anything like the 2080ti, which I imagine it is, you have to be careful with it in that if you lower the resistance too much it the card won’t get out of safe mode. I got about 30% more tpd doing one shunt, the one on the back of the card because there was no risk of me messing up the solder job, by slowly increasing the size of 30 gauge (?) wire to about 3” where it would clock up right.
That’s a new safety implementation with Turing. Pascal you could just solder over the shunts. Make sure you don’t mess with the PCIe shunt.
Looks like Vega did this mod as well. He can confirm heheh.
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There are ways around it if you are really hard core. You can wire in 12VDC after the resistor too.
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uh oh...
now I'm thinking I can use a conductive pen to OC more out of my maxwell titans... This is bad.
now I'm thinking I can use a conductive pen to OC more out of my maxwell titans... This is bad.
Yes, it should reduce the life of the card, but by how much? Who knows. Most likely the card wasnt designed to operate at that level hence the limiters, bypassing them to stabilize higher clocks would most likely degrade components/silicon over time. The results would vary, maybe requiring you to down clock to maintain stability, artifacting, or worse case just stop working.
Well those are my theories anyways/experience with long term overclocking.
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I would imagine watercooling mitigates the risk from just power limit modding. We’re also not really able to mess with voltage much which generally has a much greater affect for shortening life span.
Ya it will reduce the life of the card a little, but these cards are designed to be used for 5+ years straight. My card will be swapped out as soon as the 7nm Titan hits. My RTX Titan is pulling ~405 watts or so maxed out with the shunt mod. I am not worried at all, keeping them cool under water and all. Buldzoid said these RTX cards have impressive power delivery sections.
My radiator setup is 6x 140mm black Ice nemesis "420GTX". I can see why they win so many competitions, they are great radiators. Have 6x 140mm Noctua fans on them at 1200 RPM and they are pretty dang quiet. Idle is 25C and max load temp is 37-39C depending on how cool I have the room. EK Vector 2080Ti block.
Is your CPU on the same loop as the Titan for the cooling?