I just got a pair of these off Amazon (pn 6G-4996-KR). They have the backplate and Sammy memory. Replaced a pair of GTX 980 Ti ACX 2.0+ with Hynix memory (pn 6G-4991-KR). The previous cards had an ASIC of 67.2 & 62.8 and was able to overclock fairly well. These new cards have an ASIC of 86.7% and 82.5% so I'm guessing they should overclock very well. My questions are 1: is the Samsung memory better for OCing then the Hynix? and 2: Are these ASIC levels typical for these new FTW's or did I get lucky? Just installed an hour ago. Gonna let them run at stock for a few days before I start OCing.
Thanks in advance.....

michael-evga

Scarlet-Tech

michael-evga
Anybody know the difference between the primary and the secondary "performance" BIOS that comes from the factory on the FTW card? I see the second one has more aggressive fan speed curve, anything else different?

Should just be the fan curve and ability to flash the secondary bios without worry of completely killing the card

 
Woohooo. I took a closer took at the secondary BIOS and there is another difference besides the fan speed. It also permits a higher power target to be set, the power target slider in afterburner or precx goes up to 120%. That's just what i was looking for!
 
Also, the fans never spin down to 0 in the secondary BIOS, the floor is 17%. I wasn't looking for that part, but f it bugs me enough, I can use MBT to fix it.
 

 
 Everything else in all tabs besides the fan and the change outlined in red looks the same.
 

 
Weird on my card both look exactly the same! like your stock master bios! weird
can you upload yours somewhere i would love to use it on my slave position!
 
thanks
 
never mind lol was looking at wrong place lol... same bios but mine is version 84.00.41.01.91
 

Slave is the the second bios and should have the higher power cap