Hello everyone!
 
I have a 1080 Ti FTW3 (bought it second hand), the thing is that the card boost to 1569 Mhz and won't pass that frequency even in 99% gpu usage (temps are stable aroun 47°C at full load). Also the card crashes whe trying to overclock (afterburner, presicion XOC, precision X1), that is trying to modify the coreclock or memory clock (even by just adding 1MHz).
 
My system specs i5 9600k, aorus pro MoBo, 16GB of corsair dominator RAM, 1TB kingston SSD, 1000w EVGA supernova.
 
I've done an entire OS install (windows 10 pro with 445 nvidia drivers).
 
As I know the card should boost beyond the base frequency and up to ~1900Mhz by itself and currently the max boost is 1569MHz (base frequency), that is the card is poorly boosting.
  
Thanks!

Sajin
Try the two suggestions I've posted here... 

Hello Sajin.
 
 
The first suggestion locks the frequency at 1569 MHz  (base frequency), the card does not have problema reaching this frequency with the energy control mode set as "adaptable" in Nvidia control panel so I have not gained any increment in the boost frequency.
 
The second suggestion is out of my reach as I have stated at the begining of the post: "Also the card crashes whe trying to overclock (afterburner, presicion XOC, precision X1), that is trying to modify the coreclock or memory clock (even by just adding 1MHz)". Whenever I touch the voltaje, memory clock or core clock in whatever software the card stops responding and the screen goes black and a restart must be done.
 
So, none of those suggestions Works for me but thanks for taking your time answering me.
 
 

Sajin
The second method doesn't overclock the card though. It just allows the card to run at max stock boost speed. If you haven't already tried it I would highly suggest you try it.

I've tried, with that the card Works at 1569MHz permanently, thats the core base frequency. I'm trying to unlock the card so it can reach all the boosting that it is capable of, as far as I know the Dynamic boost of a 1080 Ti can easily pass the stock boost frequency (1683MHz) and my card range of frequencies goes from 139MHz at idle and 1569 at 100% load.
 
I'm not trying to overclock it, just want the card to deliver all its stock power first!

Sajin
Does the card also act the same when running on the secondary vbios?

Yes, the card behaves the same way in OC and Normal bios. I've flashed the OC bios to 86.02.39.41.92 and 86.02.39.41.92 from EVGA bios collection in techpowerup.com

 
In the details sections of each BIOS it says:
 
Board power limit
  Target: 280.0 W
  Limit: 358.0 W
  Adj. Range: -55%, +28%
 
and
 
Board power limit
  Target: 280.0 W
  Limit: 358.0 W
  Adj. Range: -55%, +18%
 
Both of the flash correctly (with nvflash), then a reboot is done (with fresh drivers installation) and the card is boosting at 1569MHz maximun even at 99% gpu load (that is, none of them improves the boosting).
 
Also I've tried getting info from the nvidia-smi application and this is what I get:
 
 

Timestamp                           : Tue May 05 03:06:27 2020
Driver Version                      : 445.87
CUDA Version                        : 11.0
Attached GPUs                       : 1
GPU 00000000:01:00.0
    Power Readings
        Power Management            : Supported
        Power Draw                  : N/A
        Power Limit                 : 280.00 W
        Default Power Limit         : N/A
        Enforced Power Limit        : N/A
        Min Power Limit             : N/A
        Max Power Limit             : N/A
    Power Samples
        Duration                    : N/A
        Number of Samples           : N/A
        Max                         : N/A
        Min                         : N/A
        Avg                         : N/A
 
 
Power limit is 280 w (too low), Max power limit is set to N/A and power management is Supported.
 
I've tried manually to set the Max Power Limit with the following command:
 
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI>nvidia-smi --power-limit=300
 
 
and this is the response:

Changing power management limit is not supported for GPU: 00000000:01:00.0.
Treating as warning and moving on.
All done.
 
 
Maybe it can explain why I'm getting the system crashes when trying to apply an OC with any other  software (precisión X1, precisión XOC, afterburner).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You say that you purchased the card second hand.  I would suggest taking the card apart and looking at the PCB to verify there is nothing out of place that could be causing a hardware fault.  You would need new thermal paste, but the thermal pads should still be good if you take your time. 
 
If you are not comfortable taking the card apart, you may want to proceed with the RMA, if there is any warranty left on the card.  If there isn't any warranty left, you may want to see if you can get your money back if possible.

I had the same issue last year with my 1080 ti FTW3 Hybrid.  It use to run at 2101 MHz completely stable in every benchmark and stress test.  Unfortunately, after a few days of troubleshooting, I ended up having to RMA the card.  It wouldn't go past 1569 MHz with either BIOS in any computer I tried it in and none of the changes to windows power management, Nvidia control panel, or in MSI Afterburner/Precision X1 fixed the issue.