clgrimm
Looks like original early 1080 FTW owners have been given the short end of the stick again...This really leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

evgauser28764

mstcobra
Yeah, that's what I tried. I even tried extracting the exe to see if there was a hidden .rom in there but no luck. I also tried HxD but no HW IDs in there that I could see to edit and the .rom isn't on the techpowerup vbios database yet.
 
If you have a secret, please share with the rest of the class!

on overclock.net forum, cross flashing pascal bios has been discussing for so long.
you have to use some special modded version of nvflash to flash pascal bios. of course the evga official tool wont allow you to cross flash bios... 
 
but i dont recommend doing this as probably on icx cards the vram is "d9vrl" 11gbps 1.35v chip rather than old acx cards with "d9txs" 10gpbs 1.35v chip.
by the voltage suggested, you shall understand why only icx cards has this bios update.
 
otherwise, the second handed prices of the acx cards are killed further

evgauser28764

imweasel
Yeah - I feel that too.  But at least I got an original FTW that easily meets its specs and exceeds it without breaking a sweat.  As usual I have to buy something right when I want it instead of waiting to see what else is coming down the pike.  But then, if I lived by that mantra I'd never get any new cool things!!! Unfortunately it does mean that I'll need to try to sell my original FTW that already has a significantly reduced worth to get one of "them-thar" new-fangled FTW3 video cards!!!!

yours cant meet the oc potential of the new 1080 with 11gpbs 1.35v chip.
yours overclocked level=new 1080 stock level, new one can further oc to 12gpbs or even higher.

bal3wolf
I uploaded the bios that worked on my 1080 FTW hydro copper to techpowerup.
 

cloiselle1
Timings are different, couldn't find the voltage table.
 
I'm so torn on this, either it's a nice bonus for customers or it's the easy way out on evga's part.  

kevgwang
 
 
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itay.engel
As 1080 FTW edition owner, I demand a bios that fits for this card. I have the pads applied on my memory, I think deserve bios for this card.

EVGATech_RayH

DJOxygene9
Says dual bios, but couldn't see bios switch - where is it?

mstcobra
Ok so I flashed my 1080 FTW with the 1080 FTW2 bios. In order to keep the comparison apples to apples, I matched clock for clock for both GPU core and Memory. Here are my results:
 

 
It would seem that it's within margin of error but here's where the plot thickens, the new bios would pass all stability tests but when I tried to match it clock for clock with a +500 offset on the memory with the old bios I would fail almost every stress test with the exception of Superposition. I heard mention of a change in timings and that might be true but there is also a chance that the memory voltage is slightly higher.
 
An important note: Obviously, this didn't brick my card but I flashed this onto a 1080 FTW that is in a custom loop. There is no telling how this bios will impact an ACX cooler since it was designed for an iCX cooler with independent fan control. In other words, just because this worked for me, it may not work for you because the main distinction between an ACX and an iCX card is moot for me in this use case because I am not using the cooler or the fans.

DJSeb
So if my MEM Clock Offset is + 400MHz should I reset it back to 0 and then apply the bios update?
Also, can I apply the same offset after the update?
 
Thanks,