So I updated to this new BIOS, when I go into CMD, run as administrator, type nvidia-smi -q -d POWER
It is showing me 450W max still? I have tried typing nvidia-smi -pl 500
This gives me an error, saying it cannot not exceed 450W...?? I'm confused. I have the 3080 FTW3 Ultra... 
Yes I installed the correct BIOS, and yes I did both OC and Normal BIOS.
What gives?
 
EDIT- Oh and also, it doesn't go above around 430W-ish?

rrvaliente43
I have a 3080 FTW3 Ultra/3900x/750w Seasonic Platinum
 
Is it safe to update to 450w Bios and max out power limit and core voltage with a 750w power supply? Or should I upgrade my PSU?? 
 
Thanks

 
I wouldn't if it was me.

killyoudead
Oh it is a 450W BIOS? I thought it was 500W?

that's for the 3090

Well Tom's Hardware has it all wrong then I guess?? They have a post stating the BIOS is raising it from 450 to 500 for both the 3080 and 3090....

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-bios-raises-power-limit-for-evgas-rtx-3080-and-3090-cards#:~:text=EVGA%20has%20released%20a%20new,limit%20was%20set%20to%20450W.

 
 

rrvaliente43
I have a 3080 FTW3 Ultra/3900x/750w Seasonic Platinum
 
Is it safe to update to 450w Bios and max out power limit and core voltage with a 750w power supply? Or should I upgrade my PSU?? 
 
Thanks

This is a quote from a post I made on the PSU sub forum. YMMV.
 
"Last night I checked out my power draw. It ranged from 698-713W.
 
My 10850k has a relatively mild OC on it and the 3080 FTW3 Ultra is running straight out of the box. No memory or GPU overclocks on it at all. At idle, as I type this, my system is drawing 279W, CPU temp is 32C, GPU temp is 57C with a peak of 73C running Port Royal.
 
In no way, shape or form would I try to run this on anything less than an 850W PSU on 3 separate PCIE cables. Doing anything else is just begging for trouble if you have any sort of OC on your CPU, think you might want to OC your GPU or have a lot of fans/drives in your system."

Cringo23
Hey @all,
 
is there a download link for the Default BIOS of the FTW3 Ultra like in the other (3090) thread? 
 
Would be nice
 
Thanks

Hi, I also want to go back to normal BIOS, no gain with BETA.
An oficial statement would be nice.

Hello,
i made the update on my EVGA10GB D6X RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA  with OC Mode on ( BIOS Version v3897 ) and now the graphiccard say nothing.... oO what can i do ?
 
I made it with these Instructions

Download the correct .zip file below for your graphics card below.

Extract the files to a location on disk.

Make sure no programs are running in the background, and double click Update.exe

Press "Y" to begin the update.

After update, restart PC.

NOTE: There are 2 BIOS's, one is for the BIOS when switched to the normal stock position, the other if switched to the OC position 
Pls Help me!

hi all...1 question, how i do if i want to go back to the original Bios? ive installed this oc bios..so far so good...but i dont see anywhere how i do to reverse to the original bios? thanks ;)

"Dear Customer, 

Thank you for reaching out EVGA support team.
Please use the Precision X1 to manual adjust the power to the maximun on TARGET, followed by screenshot the Percision, and send to us.
Regarding to your description, the 500W BIOS on the forum is the maximun Watts. However, according to EVGA forum, "EVGA does not guarantee any performance increase or overclock while using this BIOS update." The performance is already reached to our promised performance, it is related to the quality of the card itself if it could reach to the maximun 500W.

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards, 
EVGA"

EVGA pretty much just told me the quality of their cards are ****. Max 430w on the 500w Bios on Port Royal. 
So much for this amazing EVGA customer service i heard about can't wait to have this crap out of my PC. 

Bradypan

Zgapzy
"Dear Customer, 

Thank you for reaching out EVGA support team.
Please use the Precision X1 to manual adjust the power to the maximun on TARGET, followed by screenshot the Percision, and send to us.
Regarding to your description, the 500W BIOS on the forum is the maximun Watts. However, according to EVGA forum, "EVGA does not guarantee any performance increase or overclock while using this BIOS update." The performance is already reached to our promised performance, it is related to the quality of the card itself if it could reach to the maximun 500W.

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards, 
EVGA"

EVGA pretty much just told me the quality of their cards are ****. Max 430w on the 500w Bios on Port Royal. 
So much for this amazing EVGA customer service i heard about can't wait to have this crap out of my PC. 

Imagine complaining that a 3080 doesn't pull 500W using a BIOS with a max power of 450W 

was meant for the 3090 section, couldnt delete. 

Yeah the ftw3090 has been disappointing given it’s price point. Doesn’t compare to the Strix. I feel like I’ve been ripped off

It’s just funny too me that other AIB’s can take better advantage of this cards BIO’s

Lot of misinformed people here.
 
If u want your 3090 to draw close to TDP ( 500W) make voltage 1.100mV and +1000 memory.
 
Also you may lost silicon lottery aswell. No need to cry.
 
My 400W bios 3080 FTW peaking 407W and scored 12.6K on port royal for example 

vivagil

rrvaliente43
I have a 3080 FTW3 Ultra/3900x/750w Seasonic Platinum
 
Is it safe to update to 450w Bios and max out power limit and core voltage with a 750w power supply? Or should I upgrade my PSU?? 
 
Thanks

Haven't had any problems yet. I have an i7 10700k and ftw3 ultra 3080. Can do about 160 mhz oc for 3dmark, but for real world gaming 145 or 130 are about as table as I can get it on the 450w bios with voltage and power limit maxed.

Same here. I can push it to 185 mhz on my FTW Ultra 3080, but the stable sweetspot seems to be a ~135-145 mhz uplift.  My FE is a much better binned GPU and easily walks all over my EVGA card. :/

streamroller
Lot of misinformed people here.
 
If u want your 3090 to draw close to TDP ( 500W) make voltage 1.100mV and +1000 memory.
 
Also you may lost silicon lottery aswell. No need to cry.
 
My 400W bios 3080 FTW peaking 407W and scored 12.6K on port royal for example 

There is a very large problem with early 3090's that evga do not want to address. I could take a screenshot of my Port Royal running +1000 mem +200 core with a max of 440w but im done with this faulty batch of cards. If you don't know what you are talking about and have no real world experience on the matter then please don't spread misinformation as this doesn't help the people who are currently stuck with these faulty cards. My old 3090 shunted eagle now pull's 500w and that was one of the cheapest 3090's on the market, i wish i kept that instead of giving it to my brother.