crisgt19 nice built but why you dont put ur white 8 pins in the middle between ur 2 blue ? To me it will look better :)  

Where did you buy the power cable - cablemod?

Yes can confirm the offsets will definitely be different on xc3 bios vs  xoc bios. On xoc, i could go +135 core stable in all games, on xc3 bios, could only go about +100. But like the gentlemen said, its not the sliders that matter, its the actual ingame clock your looking at. With xoc bios, i couldnt get it to stop bouncing power limit and my clocks would keep jumping from 1920 to 2040 depending on the game. With xc3 bios, i dialed in my clock with setting a fixed undervolt, and now my clock stays at 2025mhz in all games under high temp and doesnt bounce anymore. If you want the most benefit out of the xc3 bios, you have to undervolt the card about and keep just under that power limit! If u try undervolting with the xoc bios, the clock you are going to settle for to avoid powerlimiting will be terrible compared to xc3 bios! I can also confirm which has been previously stated, if you roll off the memory over clock abit, it also helps prevent hitting the power limit. So if the difference for an example between +700 mem and +800 mem is only a few points in 3d mark, might as well go with the lower one to help avoid the power limit! I can also confirm furmurk is doo doo. use 3d mark or real in game charts. cheers!

andressergio

crisgt19
 
I installed the Hybrid Kit and I'm hitting 30 on idle. I reused the cross-brace with the stock gpu screws. I also used Artic MX4 instead of the pre-applied thermal paste on the block. I swapped out the fans for Noctua chromax and offloaded them onto the MOBO instead. Cleaning off the old thermals was a pain, but got it done with 90% Iso Alc with a microfiber towel and brush. Compress air to dry it all up. 

 
Yes I even see guys with the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid factory and they have very high temps. So you think that using the stock cross plate tightens it better? About the thermal compound yes I can imagine it will be a pain, and I agree to replace the stock thermal compound that comes witht the AIO. 
 
Thank You, Happy New Year!!!

I have a 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid and I was hitting 60-65c during heavy gaming. So I opened the card up and replaced the stock paste with Thermal Grizzly Kyronaut and now I’m getting 45-52c most of the time. Cyberpunk is the only game so far where I start hitting the high 50’s. I also ended up using the EVGA radiator fans that came with it as they perform extremely well. Originally had replaced them with Corsair ML120’s but they weren’t cutting it for me.

DarkEch0es

andressergio

crisgt19
 
I installed the Hybrid Kit and I'm hitting 30 on idle. I reused the cross-brace with the stock gpu screws. I also used Artic MX4 instead of the pre-applied thermal paste on the block. I swapped out the fans for Noctua chromax and offloaded them onto the MOBO instead. Cleaning off the old thermals was a pain, but got it done with 90% Iso Alc with a microfiber towel and brush. Compress air to dry it all up. 

 
Yes I even see guys with the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid factory and they have very high temps. So you think that using the stock cross plate tightens it better? About the thermal compound yes I can imagine it will be a pain, and I agree to replace the stock thermal compound that comes witht the AIO. 
 
Thank You, Happy New Year!!!

I have a 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid and I was hitting 60-65c during heavy gaming. So I opened the card up and replaced the stock paste with Thermal Grizzly Kyronaut and now I’m getting 45-52c most of the time. Cyberpunk is the only game so far where I start hitting the high 50’s. I also ended up using the EVGA radiator fans that came with it as they perform extremely well. Originally had replaced them with Corsair ML120’s but they weren’t cutting it for me.

Glad to hear that works fine for you, ask you can see mostly all are reporting 70C on some parts, a thing that my Stock Air Card reaches with fans at 77% gaming only if i Increase Scale of the game (some games allow this others not) in my case I reported this some posts back with Homefront The Revolution, using 1.25x with ALL Ultra and 3440x1440. Did you put the TGK on both the base of the cooler and the die or only on the die? 

Cheers, Sergio!

andressergio

DarkEch0es

andressergio

crisgt19
 
I installed the Hybrid Kit and I'm hitting 30 on idle. I reused the cross-brace with the stock gpu screws. I also used Artic MX4 instead of the pre-applied thermal paste on the block. I swapped out the fans for Noctua chromax and offloaded them onto the MOBO instead. Cleaning off the old thermals was a pain, but got it done with 90% Iso Alc with a microfiber towel and brush. Compress air to dry it all up. 

 
Yes I even see guys with the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid factory and they have very high temps. So you think that using the stock cross plate tightens it better? About the thermal compound yes I can imagine it will be a pain, and I agree to replace the stock thermal compound that comes witht the AIO. 
 
Thank You, Happy New Year!!!

I have a 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid and I was hitting 60-65c during heavy gaming. So I opened the card up and replaced the stock paste with Thermal Grizzly Kyronaut and now I’m getting 45-52c most of the time. Cyberpunk is the only game so far where I start hitting the high 50’s. I also ended up using the EVGA radiator fans that came with it as they perform extremely well. Originally had replaced them with Corsair ML120’s but they weren’t cutting it for me.

Glad to hear that works fine for you, ask you can see mostly all are reporting 70C on some parts, a thing that my Stock Air Card reaches with fans at 77% gaming only if i Increase Scale of the game (some games allow this others not) in my case I reported this some posts back with Homefront The Revolution, using 1.25x with ALL Ultra and 3440x1440. Did you put the TGK on both the base of the cooler and the die or only on the die? 

Cheers, Sergio!

There definitely does seem to be some inconsistency with the temperatures that people are reporting. The stock thermal paste on my card was pretty dire and uneven, so I think that was the major issue.

I only put paste on the GPU die in an “x” pattern. I’m reasonably sure it should be good enough. I would check and repast but I don’t want to risk the thermal pads disintegrating on me if I take the card apart again.

From what I’ve been told you want to completely cover the gpu die since there is no ihs.

Udo_G
With the standard core voltage setting of 0, my FTW3 always runs into the voltage limit (VREL - Afterburner). if I change the value to +100%, the card runs into the power limit, as expected.

Can I always run the GPU with the coreVoltage setting of +100?

Yes.

As someone who has kinda-sorta-maybe been following this thread, how does this look using the beta BIOS for my 3090 FTW Ultra Gaming?  This was taken after running the Timespy Stress Test (20 continual loops) and setting Afterburner to 100% Voltage and 119% Power.  No overclocks.  I can't post pictures, so I'll have to type them in from GPU-Z Senor's tab with every sensor set to Max:
 
Board Power Draw:  468.8W
PCIe Slot Power:  81.2W
PCIe Slot Voltage:  12.0V
8-Pin #1 Power:  118.0W
8-Pin #1 Voltage:  12.1V
8-Pin #2 Power:  134.3W
8-Pin #2 Voltage:  12.1V
8-Pin #3 Power:  135.3W
8-Pin #3 Voltage:  12.1V
Power Consumption (%):  109.7 TDP 
 
I'm using a Corsair AX1600i  PSU with 3 separate PCIE cables (Corsair's - not any aftermarket).
 
 

sorry where are the kpe stock bioses? ln2/oc/normal?

Thank you. That video did help me to understand.

Anolin
As someone who has kinda-sorta-maybe been following this thread, how does this look using the beta BIOS for my 3090 FTW Ultra Gaming?  This was taken after running the Timespy Stress Test (20 continual loops) and setting Afterburner to 100% Voltage and 119% Power.  No overclocks.  I can't post pictures, so I'll have to type them in from GPU-Z Senor's tab with every sensor set to Max:
 
Board Power Draw:  468.8W
PCIe Slot Power:  81.2W
PCIe Slot Voltage:  12.0V
8-Pin #1 Power:  118.0W
8-Pin #1 Voltage:  12.1V
8-Pin #2 Power:  134.3W
8-Pin #2 Voltage:  12.1V
8-Pin #3 Power:  135.3W
8-Pin #3 Voltage:  12.1V
Power Consumption (%):  109.7 TDP 
 
I'm using a Corsair AX1600i  PSU with 3 separate PCIE cables (Corsair's - not any aftermarket).

And the measurement with iCue?
I dont believe the measurement with GPU-Z

Dwayne_Johnson

Anolin
As someone who has kinda-sorta-maybe been following this thread, how does this look using the beta BIOS for my 3090 FTW Ultra Gaming?  This was taken after running the Timespy Stress Test (20 continual loops) and setting Afterburner to 100% Voltage and 119% Power.  No overclocks.  I can't post pictures, so I'll have to type them in from GPU-Z Senor's tab with every sensor set to Max:
 
Board Power Draw:  468.8W
PCIe Slot Power:  81.2W
PCIe Slot Voltage:  12.0V
8-Pin #1 Power:  118.0W
8-Pin #1 Voltage:  12.1V
8-Pin #2 Power:  134.3W
8-Pin #2 Voltage:  12.1V
8-Pin #3 Power:  135.3W
8-Pin #3 Voltage:  12.1V
Power Consumption (%):  109.7 TDP 
 
I'm using a Corsair AX1600i  PSU with 3 separate PCIE cables (Corsair's - not any aftermarket).

And the measurement with iCue?
I dont believe the measurement with GPU-Z

I don't use iCue, so yeah, this was with GPU-Z.

slovak_killer
go go go : http://overclockingpin.com/3998/NDA_%20xoc_tools_3998.zip (link was posted on another forum, copying it here)

My power-consumption (the whole PC with 3950X) is 760W in TimeSpy
How many watts do the FTW3 Ultra consume with the KPE-BIOS (approximately in percent)?
Can ist be the same consumption, as a KPE-Card or less?

Notchy44

markus_ke

Style68
Hi Guys,
This post peaked my interest so I decided to post a (hopefully not dumb) question.
Is the 500w XOC Beta BIOS not working for everyone? I have an RTX 3090 FTW3 and an RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra and I applied the beta firmware to both cards. In AB I can get an average 2100MHz (+145) on some games with the highest spike of around 450W for the FTW3 and for the FTW3 Ultra I average 2055MHz (+115) and spikes around 440W. I have voltage and power limits maxed on both and any offset higher than above will crash some games. Since AB shows that I never reach close to 500w usage should I be concerned that I am not getting the full potential of these cards? Sorry if this was a stupid question. By the way it is upsetting that my FTW3 performs better that my Ultra, but I understand the silicon will never be the same.

Absolut same on my side and for almost everyone. It could! be the pcie Max 75w. Hart to explain but look at this.

https://youtu.be/i8BAb3KzX5w

I don‘t like him so much but yeah he has the same problem. Sound like an issue with pcb itself.

For me is this no solution because of warranty!
Also flashing the xc3 oder kingpin bios is out of warranty. So I will stay at 450 :/ and hope for am Bios Update. For me it would be Okay to have an oc Bios with more then 75watt on pci3 because I have a very good board.

 
Don't believe this dude for one second. Hes a clown in the tech world and people laugh at him. He is a intel fanboy with little education. This bios works perfectly fine on boards made in China, with a solid power supply and testing it in a benchmark load like furmark or port royal. here is mine working fine.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M8A9YPXHLM
 
https://www.3dmark.com/pr/735743 On air soon to be cooled with the Hybrid water cooled EVGA. Should be able to hit 15500 ez with that thing

Your numbers are SUPERB!!!
How do I get this performance on a Taiwan-made card?
With BIOS 2 (OC) I barely hit 410 Watts on my FTW3 Ultra :S
How do I fix this?