thebluecoat
I was hoping for help from anybody, with two BIOS questions regarding my EVGA 3080 TI FTW3 Ultra.

1st) I’m currently on Graphics VBIOS: 94.02.71.00.B0 (was installed when I got the card and launched PX1 the first time) currently it says there is a VBIOS update. Card is switched to OC Mode. My question is, can anybody expand on the fixes, improvements, or what the new bios update is supposed to address?

2nd) I’ve read that in OC Mode this card should be able to reach 450w. Understandably some games don’t tax the card that hard and I read that if you want to confirm the card to hit that, to try something like Furmark which I did. Is it within spec to only hit 441.4w , and only see my Pwr Consumption to be 110.3% even though I slid my Power Target all the way to 113%?

I can’t upload a screenshot with the upload files to server button option, it just keeps spinning and spinning after I select a photo unfortunately.

Thanks @EVGATech_LeeM for all your hard work answering everyone’s questions and helping us out!

And Thanks in advance to anyone who can advise.!

Wookiestick
Getting a 3080 ti xc3 (12G-P5-3953-KR) later this week.  I have concerns from forum threads about power delivery issues capping at 300w for this card, when it should be around 350w.  Is there a beta bios for this card addressing this?

coresare
Msmouse - I'm having the same issue. Evga Lee posted their team was able to reproduce the error we are having and should have a fix soon. He said hopefully it would be out this past Monday. I too am anxiously waiting for bios to work.

virboi
I have the 3080 ti xc3 ultra and would like to raise the power limit a bit cus I have it in a custom loop with an alphacool block. Is there a 380watt bios available? Does flashing the xc3 hybrid bios do anything for the power limit? Or maybe flashing something completely different?
I dont care if I void my warranty.

AgenBlaze
Does the 3080Ti FTW3 have similar issue as well? I have the hybrid kit installed and barely goes above 420-430w. perfcap is always PWR(timespy extreme)
 
card/pcb has rev 0.1 on it, if that matters

AgenBlaze

ObscureEmpyre

AgenBlaze
Does the 3080Ti FTW3 have similar issue as well? I have the hybrid kit installed and barely goes above 420-430w. perfcap is always PWR(timespy extreme)

card/pcb has rev 0.1 on it, if that matters

That’s about the average that most of us with a FTW3 experience. I’ve seen 450 a couple of times, just not when gaming.

does this indicate an issue with it then?

AgenBlaze

ObscureEmpyre

AgenBlaze

ObscureEmpyre

AgenBlaze
Does the 3080Ti FTW3 have similar issue as well? I have the hybrid kit installed and barely goes above 420-430w. perfcap is always PWR(timespy extreme)

card/pcb has rev 0.1 on it, if that matters

That’s about the average that most of us with a FTW3 experience. I’ve seen 450 a couple of times, just not when gaming.

does this indicate an issue with it then?

Maybe but not necessarily. I’m highly suspect of the implementation of GPU boost. It’s far too finicky especially for those of us using a custom loop. I mean, why is the GPU down-clocking in the low 40s? That’s been my experience. The card just freaks out if the temp starts to rise even a little bit. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t perform well, but it could perform better based on my experience and observations. Bottom line, Nvidia needs to rework GPU boost even if this isn’t an actual power issue. Especially if there’s nowhere near the possibility of overheating, voltage and power need to remain more constant. Could always lock the voltage, but that usually implies undervolting and not achieving as high a core clock as many of us would like to see.

just tried a couple of games, even at 4k I cannot break beyond 410/420watts
 
this is honestly infuriating, if I had known it was this bad I would've bought some other brand and just forget about the AIO kit.

EVGATech_LeeM

msmouse

coresare
Msmouse - I'm having the same issue. Evga Lee posted their team was able to reproduce the error we are having and should have a fix soon. He said hopefully it would be out this past Monday. I too am anxiously waiting for bios to work.

Thank you buddy!

Since the team just finished the 3080 Ti BIOS updates, I'll check in with them about this issue later today.

Ineedgfx
Here's a couple of things to consider based upon my 25 years of overclocking(w/watercooling) starting with a PIII Coppermine 1Ghz single core & GF2 Ultra until today's 3080Ti FTW & 9th gen Intel.
 
Firstly everyone here seems to be focused on seeing 450w power draw but don't forget there's variation in silicon quality/yield/bin/etc and there's xxx factors in how a GPU actually performs so I would think one person's GPU will provide the same actual performance at say 410w that another persons GPU will provide at say 430w due to silicon quality differences.
 
In the old days a 'tight' CPU would either provide 95% max clocks at super low core voltage but NOT achieve max over-clocks no matter what the core voltage was and a 'loose' CPU would hit those super high clocks but also would need a ton of voltage relatively speaking at lower voltages and that was merely a byproduct of the silicon 'quality'.
 
 
Secondly the most GPU demanding game I play is The Division 2 at 3840x1600 max settings and I personally on the stock BIOS see the best results at less than max pwr limit. I use afterburner and have PWR limit set to 104% and see consistently higher GPU clocks relative to 110% PWR limits manually set in afterburner. Also anecdotally in afterburner after a 1+ hour gaming session the max PWR % reported in afterburner is 121% actual vs 104% requested and that was 448w or something like that. Happened about a week ago & didn't think to screen shot it at the time. My point is there's way more going on in software or BIOS than just a simple slider & the card will do its own thing and optimize so I am wondering if maxing the PWR slider is actually hampering in game performance for y'all...