Gigabyte Aorus RTX 3090 Ti Xtreme Waterforce Review

1. Introduction2. Aorus RTX 3090 Ti Xtreme Waterforce3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Game Benchmarks7. Clock Speed8. GPU Temperatures9. Memory Temperatures10. Acoustics11. Noise-Normalised Temperatures12. Power Draw13. Overclocking14. Closing Thoughts15. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak memory temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running Cyberpunk 2077 for 30 minutes.

Interestingly however, memory thermals aren’t as impressive. Don’t get me wrong, a 78C peak temperature for GDDR6X is good, but it’s still higher than the likes of the MSI Suprim X or Palit GameRock, and I do wonder if that is down to Gigabyte’s decision to use a single copper baseplate that contacts the GPU, VRM and the memory.

Update 28/4/22: Gigabyte got in touch about the memory thermals and have replicated the results. The company is looking into a possible solution, including potentially swapping out the thermal pads, though things are still open ended right now. If we hear any more, we will be sure to update this article.

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