arestavo
Power draw won't be max all the time depending on the resolution and what game or benchmark. 4K games and benchmarks will likely draw more power than gaming at 1440P and 1080P - try Time Spy Extreme (it's a 4K benchmark) or Furmark without AA at a very high resolution.
 
EVGA Jacob already stated, in the OP, that those VBIOSs are NOT for the new revision of 3090s. You'll either need to use NVFlash to flash the VBIOS that you saved, or contact EVGA support for the correct executable for your new revision card.
 
Can't tell you why your scores may be lower - new drivers and new 3DMark versions all have an effect - other folks have said that they have lower scores with the new 3DMark update. Do a clean boot and only load up the NVCP and Steam/Futuremark services and that should help if you're number chasing. Also, be sure to exit out of PX1 before running a benchmark - it's a known points leech.

Omnipius

orez-bus

Omnipius
My 2114 replacement card tops out at 465-470W on the R-bar XOC VBIOS from PX1 (94.02.42.C0.02). 66W on the slot, 150 W on 8-pin #1 & #2, 95W on 8-pin #3. That's better than my original that topped out at 430W and pulled 80+ W on the slot, but still a little disappointing that something in EVGA's PCB design causes the performance to vary this much from one card to the next. The silicon lottery is one thing, having a PCB lottery on top of that is annoying. 
 
I'm curious if anyone with a 2114 that is imbalanced on 8-pin #3 has found a successful workaround. I've seen a few claims that an alternate VBIOS might fix it. Could there be any other approaches?

If your card's a rev 1.0, try bios 94.02.42.80.27.  Mine does what you describe (465w at most) on c0.02 bios, is a 2114 card, but it is NOT a replacement.  It's my original. This bios allows me around ~500-515w max and still seems to keep pcie in the mid 60s. You could also try the kp 520w bios if you're willing to live with somewhat broken fans or are water cooled.
 
*edit: you'll still see the power imbalance on the three power connectors, but the current drawn from each will be higher.
 
I'd be interested to know how your card performs in scores/clocks with either/both bios watercooled or stock.. EVGA offered me an rma for my current card, but I'm still not sure whether mine is actually a fixed unit or not.
 
 

Thanks for the tip. I do indeed have a rev 1.0 PCB, so I gave this a shot. It works as you describe. ~515W max, 8-pin #3 still lags behind, but everything will go higher. Slot tops out at ~70W, which is still in spec and my mobo is watercooled anyway. So far, my AX1000 PSU doesn't seem to mind 8-pin #1 & #2 drawing 160+W and the card itself has an EK waterblock on it, keeping the VRM frosty (except that random one that's right next to one of the 4x GPU screw holes...what's with that?)
 
That was good enough to get me on the single-GPU top 100 leaderboard for Time Spy Extreme with a score of 11669 overall and graphics score of 11901.
 
Something is weird with Port Royal right now. My best score on the re-bar VBIOS installed by PX1 was 15240 just 2 weeks ago. This week, I try replicating with the same settings, kept the card cooler, got higher clocks, but was 3 fps slower, leaving me stuck at 14668. Now with the higher power target, I can get back up to 14890, but that's still a far cry from where I was. I've seen some other folks saying they're seeing something similar. It might have something to do with an update to PR, drivers, or Windows. Considering that Windows nearly bricked my machine with a bad AMD SCSI driver update last week (caused the mobo to freak out, clear CMOS, and boot into a BIOS recovery mode I'd never seen before), I suspect the blame lies there.  
 
Edit: I spoke too soon. It was indeed the 3DMark patch released on 05/11/2021. 3DMark has reproduced the issue and is trying to get a fix out by Monday. (Still side-eyeing Microsoft over that debacle last week...)

Luigi408
Does anyone know if the RMA replacement for the fixed power issue has been extended to Hybrid cards yet? My 3090 Hybrid pump has started to make a clicking noise. I need to RMA my card, so I am hoping I can do it through the special RMA. Thanks.

spider1701
well I send first email from CZ domain on 7.5.2021 (no response), than I send it from GMAIL and 12.5.2021 (got response within 2 hours).
Now I am stuck because EVGA EU stil have not approved my RMA (right now I am sending email on daily bases) :-/
In RMA first contact email it is writen allow 1-2 business days for evaluation... well I am past that point now.
 
it is really anoing to nearly BEG to get fixed card :-(

spider1701

Luigi408
Does anyone know if the RMA replacement for the fixed power issue has been extended to Hybrid cards yet? My 3090 Hybrid pump has started to make a clicking noise. I need to RMA my card, so I am hoping I can do it through the special RMA. Thanks.

it is if you have power balancing issues for rest regular RMA apply

jlp209
Received my 3090 FTW3 Ultra a couple weeks ago as a step-up, 2114 black lips. I *think* I am OK based on my limited testing, I am just running the stock bios, 94.02.42.C0.05 and have not tried the OC bios yet. Here's a shot of GPU-Z when running TS Extreme. PCI-e slot max hovered around 60w, pin#1 about 140w, pin#2 around 145w, and pin#3 around 100w. 
 
I don't really like looking for problems, but considering the price of this card, is it safe to assume my power spreading will be OK on the OC bios based on performance of stock bios?