Because that is the point of a dual BIOS card, its a tweakers card, as with every card before it with dual BIOS. If it is known that there is no chance utilizing the dual BIOS (mod-ability BIOS/Editor) , and the oversize cooling, and the additional TDP - then that's bad/false marketing - as if it turns out to be the case under NDA etc. the Nvidia partners knew all the while the card would never be capable to be modded, yet still sold it regardless as a package which targets a specific buyer, then this is the problem. That's why I am hoping sooner than later I can, at my risk, void my warranty, and end up with a GTX1080-faster GTX1070.
I don't play games this is my render card that I am upgrading to, I have a dual GPU system already the other card is my graphics driver card nvidia quadro. 

gahelm
Unless you have money to burn, I fail to understand why anyone would risk a high dollar video card in this way.  I guess it takes all kinds to make the world go round...

Let's not forget either that Nvidia did a good job jumping from 1126 (GTX980 Stock), and jumping straight to 1,600mhz, but we don't care; it's beside the point.

2.5Ghz @1.1v and whats wrong with it? Stable - water or stock classified cooling? Really, what is a 1070FTW capable of, surely on FTW standard cooling can hit 2.5+

2.5ghz. i think we know what his issue is.
 
only some benchmarks will tell if that's for realz.
 

Pretty sure that 2505 isn't stable. As kinping did 2594 on LN2. Running at 2505 for 30 seconds proves nothing.

Turnigy

Sajin
Pretty sure that 2505 isn't stable. As kinping did 2594 on LN2. Running at 2505 for 30 seconds proves nothing.

It's closer to be stable than saying it can't be done or why would you do this to your card from the outset.
Benchmarks!

What can't be done? He didn't say that. He said he's pretty sure it isn't stable. I'm pretty sure he's right knowing what the cards can do.  There's no way, even on water, that is stable for benching.

bkcridin
It seems like this any kind of bug in Afterburner or so on..
 
I've shortly tested with Heavens and the result:
 
 Standard Bios ~ 2120 Clock

 
ASUS OC BIOS ~ 2500 Clock:

 
I also thought it couldn't be right because it all was on air.
 
My question here is:
What could be the cause for the Clock failure?
 
 
Shame on me for disappointing you 

There's a new version of Afterburner out, BETA 14

bkcridin

HeavyHemi

bkcridin
It seems like this any kind of bug in Afterburner or so on..
 
I've shortly tested with Heavens and the result:
 
 Standard Bios ~ 2120 Clock
 
 
ASUS OC BIOS ~ 2500 Clock:
 
 
I also thought it couldn't be right because it all was on air.
 
My question here is:
What could be the cause for the Clock failure?
 
 
Shame on me for disappointing you 

There's a new version of Afterburner out, BETA 14

Afterburner 4.3.0 Beta 14:

 
Result:
 
 
Seems not wirking correctly for me...

I didn't have this issue :/

CoercionShaman
So putting a bios on a card with 14+3 phases that was designed for a card with 8+2 phases doesn't cause some inconsistency?

It absolutely could.

It doesn't do any harm from what I've seen on my own SC card. Except losing 1 DP output as the Strix has 2x HDMI and higher temps if you're on air.
I don't see any point in crossflashing unless you want to squeeze out maybe 10-20MHz more. On air it will still temp. throttle no matter what.
To me it seems like GPU-Z is saying gibberish sometimes, perfcapping at 49*C without even hitting 60% TDP :D

EVGA needs to release a bios like this exclusively for their cards. ESPECIALLY for the FTW and Classy.
More POWAHHHHHHH!

The tool does not work on 1080 FTW sadly..

/\   /\    /\    it wasn't actually "running" at those clocks.  The numbers being reported are not correct. T4 BIOS is NOT compatible with Classified.  It IS however compatible with FTW.
 
To correct this >>>> A new Classified 1080 voltage tool was released a few days ago.
 
Nothing dramatic, your still hard-limited to 1.25v (so quite safe).
 
However before this release, we were BIOS limited to 1.093v.  Most classified owners should at least now get 2200 on water.  Some may need "chilled" water depending on Silicon Lottery.
 
This is currently the ONLY software option for Classified 1080 voltage (Classified is NOT compatible with the ASUS T4 BIOS).  So this release has corrected a terrible disadvantage that the Classified had this round when compared against the FTW.
 
 FTW owners could flash the ASUS T4 BIOS.  Seems the voltage controllers on STRIX/FTW are similar enough for the ASUS BIOS to "talk to" FTW cards.  Be careful though. :-)
 

• In the beginning the 1080 Classified had NO waterblock support.  WE NOW HAVE A FULL BLOCK COMING FROM ALPHACOOL :-)
• We had NO voltage control (we actually had LESS than the FTW due to FTW owners being able to cross-flash the ASUS T4 when it wasn't compatible for us) CLASSIFIED NOW HAS A VOLTAGE TOOL TO MAKE UP FOR THIS :-)

Things are definitely looking BETTER now for 1080 Classified owners.  

The alcohol and salt gave the card extra power Vellinious