jankerson
Took the wattage measurements with the new 450W bios using my Corsair HXI 850
 
From the PSU to the PC, NOT from the wall.
NOT OCED, just power slider on 118% in PX1.
 
Doesn't include power spikes.
 
Gaming load = 630W
MAX full system load = 715W 

What's the rest of your system specs?

Curious as I have a OC 8700k to 5.1ghz, 32gb RAM, 3080 ftw 3 Ultra, 850w PSU evga nova G+ and they recommend a MINIMUM 850w.

Soooo  those of us who bought the 3090's get pushed to the back burner?    Wow.  I've been back on Asus after a poor experience and this was my first EVGA buy in many years.

Very disappointed here knowing I spent 1800 dollars and nvidia doesn't seem to care I can't even run my G9 Odyssey at 240hz when 2000 series could,    EVGA doesn't seem to care that the strix is likely going to beat it,  and we get thanked for our money by 3080 users getting their updated bios first. 

#evgaloyalty?  lol

ehabash1
we are getting a new 3090 ftw3 beta bios next week!!!
 
edit: let me rephrase "We have an XOC in testing right now, no promises just yet but will update next week."
 
man oh man if we get a 480 bios i will be stoked. 520 would be supreme though but im unsure they want to go that high as it may compete with the kingpin

I can't really see much justification for the KPE this go-around...the 3x8pin cards already seem to have a stout enough VRM to handle >500W with ease.  (Or just get any of the Asus cards....even the 2x8 pin ones have KPE level VRM)

compuclinic
Soooo  those of us who bought the 3090's get pushed to the back burner?    Wow.  I've been back on Asus after a poor experience and this was my first EVGA buy in many years.

Very disappointed here knowing I spent 1800 dollars and nvidia doesn't seem to care I can't even run my G9 Odyssey at 240hz when 2000 series could,    EVGA doesn't seem to care that the strix is likely going to beat it,  and we get thanked for our money by 3080 users getting their updated bios first. 

#evgaloyalty?  lol

They didn't put you on the back burner. The 3080 came out first thus first support and more time for testing so it was released.

TheGuz4L
So I applied this on my OC bios switch and works great.  My question is since this is 'beta' and will never be released as a normal firmware update - where do these bios upgrades get pushed to on the EVGA site once they are out of beta? Just this one forum post? 

I cant speak for EVGA, but since Jacob listed this as an "XOC" beta VBIOS, I'd wager money that it will remain a forum post only thing and not a default install on cards.

The beta/XOC moniker absolves them of having to RMA the card if your particular card doesn't work well with it, but works fine with the stock VBIOSes.

compuclinic

jamexr

compuclinic
Soooo  those of us who bought the 3090's get pushed to the back burner?    Wow.  I've been back on Asus after a poor experience and this was my first EVGA buy in many years.

Very disappointed here knowing I spent 1800 dollars and nvidia doesn't seem to care I can't even run my G9 Odyssey at 240hz when 2000 series could,    EVGA doesn't seem to care that the strix is likely going to beat it,  and we get thanked for our money by 3080 users getting their updated bios first. 

#evgaloyalty?  lol

Did you even read the thread? Just a few seconds of reading would have answered your question, you spent more time complaining that if you have had read the thread, your answer is literally a few posts above...

No I have a life and don't sit reading responses from strangers on forums :P   

I looked on the driver page, checked the forums and searched.   There is no download link for the 3090.   There is NO reason why there shouldn't be.    

We literally spent an extra stupid expensive premium that's really not THAT much better than the 3080 for gaming and those extra FPS. (advertised as gaming GPU mind you)  

This is bull and while I love the card,  I was truly hoping they'd surprise us with something like some unlocked power that makes the 3090 dwarf the 3080 and inevitable 3080 20gb /ti.  

I'm coming from a "last chance nVidia"  standpoint anyways.   If AMD ever doesn't suck,  I'd switch in a second if they pull a TITAN X,  1080ti, TITAN, XP   scheme again.    Worth noting I've been a nvidia fan boy since the MX440 64mb AGP card.    Only had one Radeon and it didn't last long (hd4870)

They said the bios for the 3090 is in testing. So patience and it will come.

"Use at your own risk" Means they ain't gonna ship this as something that will auto install.  Until they make a final version, there's zero chance they'd make this something that auto installs.  Even then it will likely be optional because they don't want un-educated users frying their cards in cases with zero airflow and a 850W ancient PSU.

compuclinic
No I have a life and don't sit reading responses from strangers on forums :P   

 
Yet, you respond to them. Makes sense....
 

compuclinic
I looked on the driver page, checked the forums and searched.   There is no download link for the 3090.   There is NO reason why there shouldn't be.    

 
Why would there be? The XOC BIOS thread was literally created due to EVGA stating the 3080 FTW3 Ultra would have 420W PL but shipped with 400W. This did not happen with the 3090.
 

compuclinic
We literally spent an extra stupid expensive premium that's really not THAT much better than the 3080 for gaming and those extra FPS. (advertised as gaming GPU mind you) 
This is bull and while I love the card,  I was truly hoping they'd surprise us with something like some unlocked power that makes the 3090 dwarf the 3080 and inevitable 3080 20gb /ti.  

 
Advertised as an "8K gaming GPU" which any sane person knew was a complete BS marketing tactic.
If you read any reputable review such as GamersNexus of the 3090, you would of known that the 3090 was bad value over the 3080 if you wanted it purely for gaming. It was advertised as an "8K" gaming card because NVIDIA knew it wasn't going to "dwarf" the 3080 in lower resolutions.

It would be far more beneficial if you created a new thread and provided constructive feedback rather than complain about it on the 3080 threads.

I would like to report some odd behavior that has occurred with this BIOs. For some reason, when I boot my PC up, Fan#3 will spin at 100% until my PC starts and Precision X1 tells it to calm down. Anyone else experiencing this? 

compuclinic
Soooo  those of us who bought the 3090's get pushed to the back burner?    Wow.  I've been back on Asus after a poor experience and this was my first EVGA buy in many years.

Very disappointed here knowing I spent 1800 dollars and nvidia doesn't seem to care I can't even run my G9 Odyssey at 240hz when 2000 series could,    EVGA doesn't seem to care that the strix is likely going to beat it,  and we get thanked for our money by 3080 users getting their updated bios first. 

#evgaloyalty?  lol

Dude chill out. You sound like a entitled baby crying for milk. 
 

jamexr

SlimJ87D
I would like to report some odd behavior that has occurred with this BIOs. For some reason, when I boot my PC up, Fan#3 will spin at 100% until my PC starts and Precision X1 tells it to calm down. Anyone else experiencing this? 

Oc bios or normal bios? On both, mi e doesn’t do that...

This bios here, the XOC one.

Edit: okay it's not doing it anymore. It must have remembered a setting from when I benchmarked it with 100% fan speed

Still playing around with it, but my PerfCap reason is still PWR in benchmarks sometimes!
 
Also seems 2145 is my max boost i can reach

So I have the 3090 ftw3 gaming not the 3080 BUT we both have the same 450w limit.
 
I was playing around last night and noticed something, my card can handle ridiculous memory overclocks and ridiculous core overclocks but not both at the same time because they are competing for power. 
Actually let me rephrase, they run fine but i get score regression
 
So take a look at this port royal run i had last night https://www.3dmark.com/pr/407968
 
Clock frequency 2,190 MHz (1,395 MHz)
Average clock frequency 2,106 MHz
Memory clock frequency 1,332 MHz (1,219 MHz)
Average memory clock frequency 1,332 MHz
 
So you could say I have a golden chip. I ran this bench with +200 core but the max I could run on memory is +900. Even though I can easily run 1050 on memory If i so much as run 925 i get score regressions. UNLESS I lower core clock then i can run memory a lot higher... my issue isnt temps or stability, they seeming need more power and hit and then bounce of power limiter 
 
I really hope they go with 480-520w for the 3090 because we can really use it

Can I flash the “Normal” 450w bios into the OC switch on my card? Reason being I don’t like the OC default bios fan curve. This way normal will be the stock bios and OC can be the 450w bios with normal can curve.

I assume the 450w normal bios has the same fan curve as the stock bios correct?

I‘m pretty happy with this Port Royal score of 12509 ... +150 core, +1000 memory, with both power and voltage sliders at max.
 
 
http://www.3dmark.com/pr/409128
 
 
 
 
 

compuclinicSoooo  those of us who bought the 3090's get pushed to the back burner?    Wow.  I've been back on Asus after a poor experience and this was my first EVGA buy in many years. Very disappointed here knowing I spent 1800 dollars and nvidia doesn't seem to care I can't even run my G9 Odyssey at 240hz when 2000 series could,    EVGA doesn't seem to care that the strix is likely going to beat it,  and we get thanked for our money by 3080 users getting their updated bios first. 

#evgaloyalty?  lol
 
 

No I have a life and don't sit reading responses from strangers on forums :P   

Whiny crybaby who throws a tantrum that he can't have a new BiOS right now this minute. And then you can't even bother to read the thread you have a sad emotional outburst in, to find out a BIOS is being worked on and coming.