I'm using the new Precision X OC 6.0.4 and i'm getting the voltage limit 1 during load with default settings with my new 1080 Classified. It runs 1974Mhz boosted using 1.050v which seems quite high compared to my other Classified which does 2025Mhz at only 1.031v at defaults.
 
Anyways its always showing voltage limit 1. Why??? If I overclock even just a hair it shows Power,voltage and heat limit all at 1. This is now my 3rd 1080 classified as there in stock at my local MC. The 2nd one also did the same. That one ran default at 2000Mhz at 1.063v and voltage 1. Any overclock it did the same with 1s all around. I thought forsure it was defective so I exchanged it only to find the 3rd one is doing the same thing!
 
My 1st 1080 Classified I tested runs perfectly and never ever shows a 1 for limits! Can overclock very high at super low voltage. Even overclock the memory super high unlike any of the other 10 1080s i've tried. Never ever drops its clock cause theres no limit hit.
 
I just don't get it.. the tempts are low in the upper 40's low 50s yet the temp limit is at 1 and the card downclocks because of it.. even with just the voltage limit hit it will downclock soon at defaults.
 
My first classified is a low serial number 08xx and the 2nd one was 22 above that and now the 3rd one is way newer.. has something changed?
 
I'm really at the breaking point with trying to settle with 2 1080 cards so I can start my new build.. cant get to that point till I know what i'm using so I can order the blocks for them or just go air cooling.. just real fustraighting. I think I found the perfect card yet the next 2 is not even in the same league.
 
Is something wrong with with this classified card?? Bios programed wrong with the clocks and voltage or its just not a good performer?

 There is nothing wrong with any of the classified cards you are using.  To be perfectly honest (and I also have a classified), there is no real point to the classified this generation as most of the cards are boosting around the same despite any "gpu binning".  The FTW is getting the same clocks as the classified.  The only real difference right now with the classy is the additional power phases and I would say it's cooling as opposed to the smaller FTW card.  Now as far as waterblocks go, EVGA says they are making a block for the classified, but that is it as of right now.  Alphacool might have something in about 12 weeks.

Have you tried POC ver 6.0.6

Yes I've been using that for all of them till late last night just to see if the newest version was causing the issues.

You generally hit the limit on one or the other and not all three.  Something is still off.  Now you have to figure out if it is your system or the card or your monitoring software.
 
I may have missed it, but have you tried Afterburner?
 
Also, is it doing that when running only one card in your primary slot as opposed to running it in SLI?

Yes the first night with the first 2 classifieds after testing ea card. With them together it would do the same thing the 2nd card was doing in sli. That's now with the 2nd card in the 2nd slot. So different slots didn't change the worse card nor make it behave any different..

So yeah since it has the voltage and whatever else limits going it will make both cards down clock.

Let me tell you the first card wants to do 2190mhz while almost hitting 12k ram. No limits hit ever.

Yeah if all 3 cards had the same voltage limit nailed at defaults or all 3 limits hit thrn yeah I'd say something in the system or the software but it's just 2.. but there acting the same. The crappy thing is the 2nd one I exchanged wanted to go to 2164 as well. This one is like instant freeze at 2139mhz even with max voltage of 1.094v.

With all that said I'm actually not too concerned about high overclocks as I really don't see benches showing much difference at all in 3dmark. I just would like 2100 atleast and a water block option ans not have my clocks stable and not dropping cause of limits at 1 which drops them.

I'm prob gona have to call evga cs on the topic.

I'm just wondering if it's just that I'm hitting the chip limit or somethings off on the card.. like the internal monitoring? Or bios flashed incorrectly with limits in place.. as in just flash it with a new bios made for the classified to clear it up.

If that's the case, would be nice to flash it with the bios in the first card as no limits is ever hit. I'll know when I've hit a limit when it locks up under load.

So yeah.. something internal or maybe something is not screwed down all the way with the cooler and something is overheating.

I will also say that sometimes for no reason all 3 limits will be at 1 and 10-12 seconds later they will just go back to 0 even though nothing has changed. The power,voltage and heat are the same.. the clocks the same.

It's nuts.