What is an Nvidia Founders Edition GPU?

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[phillipgerringer]

I'm in the market for a 2080 ti and have wondered whether to get the 3 fan (AIB) or FE so this is just the discussion I wanted to hear. Thanks for discussing it.

[Aranimda]

I've been using founders edition cards since the GTX 780 Ti. They're not OC monsters but I like the designs and they seem to keep much more of their value in the long run as hardware collectors tend to prefer the original designs.
I'm using the cards in Dell Precision workstations and the founders edition cards fit the professional look of these systems a lot better than 3rd party boards. Also, larger 3rd party card usually don't even physically fit in these workstation cases.

When you want a fancy card with RGB light effects and extreme overlocking, get your custom AIB monster.
If you want a reliable, professionally designed card that runs rock solid and just works, get the FE card.

[NitrousXProductions]

I love the FE cards they are a work of art. I have the GTX 1080 Ti. It may not overclock much but at stock settings it's whisper quiet. Love this card still running to this day

[cubdukat]

Another reason to get a 30-Series Founders Edition: They're just damn beautiful cards. Whoever designed them deserves an award.

If Nvidia would make more of them available, I would absolutely get one. But I really think one of the reasons they're not letting them go is because they're not making any money off of them with the pricing locked down. They'd rather steer you towards the scalped AIBs so they can split the profit with the manufacturers. How is it that everybody else has AIB RTX cards but nothing at all from Best Buy and Nvidia proper?

I think this next time around they need to put the Founders Edition with a lot more vendors than just Best Buy since they ended up taking advantage of their exclusivity to shake down buyers with that TotalTech crap. They need to pay a price for that.

[WTP_DAVE]

AIB's make their own PCB's nvidia sell them dies and kits but the board is usually unique in power distribution and in 30 series vent holes

[OmarTheAtheistAziz]

i never owned a Founders/Reference GPU & i'd buy that over the custom ones
right not FE 30' series or the *MSI sprim* looks soooo beautiful

[dpvisualfx]

Do you recommend the founder edition to render, do they get very hot?

[skylarc]

but i cant find any of these "founder style" for sale anywere, nvidias website dont have them. im in EU

[brianmeeker]

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[joshuaryan]

I love my 3090 FE, I have had AIB cards, they run cooler. Pretty much you will sacrifice quality and uniqueness for some more noise. Sounds like a jet at 90% fan curve. Headphones on can barely hear the card. I would choose a Founder’s Edition again!

[greatabysswalker]

I like my Evga Ftw3 Rtx 2080. Might go for a Founders edition 4080 or 4080TI since I always found the look of cards to be better than the AIB models.

[guerrero]

Got the 3090 ti FE simply because of the design and size (friggin love BIG GPUs), also it’s selling for a cheaper price that’s comparable to an OG 3090. Compared to those who paid over $2K for 3090s a few months ago, it’s not the worst thing.

[BnR_Tech]

They gone online only couple stranglers in stores.

[GreenTeaGamin]

i am definitely going for founders edition next time i upgrade

[sidvicious]

Great explanation here. Tiago do you remember what the warranty is for Founders edition cards and is that warranty taken care of through Best Buy. Did you or can you buy an extended warranty through Best Buy. Keep up the outstanding coverage.

[Camelotsmoon]

It's honestly amazing how much work those 1080 Ti owners got out of that card... if I went back in time, I would've bought that damn card lol.

[MarkTopma]

I tried buying a Founders edition since release. Im still running a 970 Gtx and desperatly want a 3080Ti. Saved a few years for it aswell.
I gave up trying a few months ago, every single time they are out of stock when i check on the site of Nvidia.

[just_in_key]

I love the 30 and 40 FE design so much, but they’re too expensive in my country 😢

[Wahid-mlmo]

I bought a Gigabyte rtx 3060 ti eagle 8gb, card is good but the built quality is very bad, it runs hotter to 87c and full of plastic I'm thinking to changing it, the 2nd option is rtx 3060ti Founder edition. Pls help

[madmax]

I wish I could find a 3080 FE, My local Best Buy isn't one of the stores that get them, only select Best Buy stores gets them. My local Best Buy only carries AMD cards, and all of those are open air.

my case is designed for a pusher style card, and being that the FE is sort of a hybrid it's the one I want to get as a open air style cooler just doesn't do well in my case. That's really the only thing I need to finish my build, it currently has a 1660 Super in it and it was only meant to be temporary.