changboy
So i have a warranty of 3 years on my card and i will use it

yangning8109
 
In fact it was nothing to do with supplemental PCIE power. Motherborad only provides 12V and 3.3V wire connection between 24PIN ATX and PCIE slot. The plastic of PCIE slot could melt and get damaged due to overcurrent and overheat. The weakest point is always the plastic part of PCIE slot.

Tobi123
80-85 Watt was not the problem of the rx480s some of them sucked over 100 Watt out of the slot and that was causing the problem...and you have to look at averaging at your pcie Slot and thats always at 74-75 Watts, sometimes with hard overclocking it averages at 76-77 Watt on the 3090 FTW3. Now i have also a Strix and with Powerlimit on 480 max pcie was at 53 Watt. The two cards are very similar in behaving. Only in benches the strix goes a bit higher. 14.150 Evga and 14.350 Strix with 450Watt on both cards. But the evga is a lot quieter because of the coil whining strix. Now i look which one to keep.
Edit 2 port royal with Strix 480 Watt it was 14.540. Everything on air

changboy

500wbiso

changboy
 What i not like with xc3 bios its a 2x8pin and power draw on 8 pin are not balance over the 3x 8 pin for this reason i use the 1000w bios coz its a 3 x 8pin bios and 3 x 8pin are near the same power draw.
XC3 force the card much more on 1 on the 8 pin and it can do bad with time. Its sterss the board on a bad way.
To my eyes the XC3 bios is more dangerous then the 1000w bios if you use it carefully and put the power slider at 52% then you wont exeed 525w and power draw on the card is nice.
 
After 3 month with my ftw3 this its my conclusion with the tool we have actually.
 
If i have a real 500w bios and i can game at 2100mhz it can be another story.
 
 

changboy how did you find 8 pin balancing problem?

Coz in gpuz power draw on pcie was 68w - 8 pin#1=76w -8pin#2=176w so the total is 320w then to get 500w mean you have at least 8pin#3=180w if you hit 520w board power draw you can near draw 200w on 8 pin#3.
 
The 1000w bios average of 8 pins are 150w not 180w. But not just that, first time i was using a 2x8pins bios its look fine and boost at 2100mhz but after 3 days i feel something force and my card not boost at 2100mhz but 2085mhz. So i didnt continue that way.
And i cant see the exact power draw on my card and didnt like this.
If you push harder on just some part of the pcb its doing bad. Coz those part are stress more then normal and will fail earlier.
Push all compoment at the top its not better to push 1 side to the top always coz this part will fail earlier.
 
Its mean with the 1000w bios 3X 140w + 85wpcie = 525w
XC3 Bios = 76w+176+182w+68wpcie = 502w
Wich one seam more normal and adequate to you ?

pellaaa

changboy

500wbiso

changboy
 What i not like with xc3 bios its a 2x8pin and power draw on 8 pin are not balance over the 3x 8 pin for this reason i use the 1000w bios coz its a 3 x 8pin bios and 3 x 8pin are near the same power draw.
XC3 force the card much more on 1 on the 8 pin and it can do bad with time. Its sterss the board on a bad way.
To my eyes the XC3 bios is more dangerous then the 1000w bios if you use it carefully and put the power slider at 52% then you wont exeed 525w and power draw on the card is nice.
 
After 3 month with my ftw3 this its my conclusion with the tool we have actually.
 
If i have a real 500w bios and i can game at 2100mhz it can be another story.
 
 

changboy how did you find 8 pin balancing problem?

Coz in gpuz power draw on pcie was 68w - 8 pin#1=76w -8pin#2=176w so the total is 320w then to get 500w mean you have at least 8pin#3=180w if you hit 520w board power draw you can near draw 200w on 8 pin#3.
 
The 1000w bios average of 8 pins are 150w not 180w. But not just that, first time i was using a 2x8pins bios its look fine and boost at 2100mhz but after 3 days i feel something force and my card not boost at 2100mhz but 2085mhz. So i didnt continue that way.
And i cant see the exact power draw on my card and didnt like this.
If you push harder on just some part of the pcb its doing bad. Coz those part are stress more then normal and will fail earlier.
Push all compoment at the top its not better to push 1 side to the top always coz this part will fail earlier.
 
Its mean with the 1000w bios 3X 140w + 85wpcie = 525w
XC3 Bios = 76w+176+182w+68wpcie = 502w
Wich one seam more normal and adequate to you ?

i am using xc3 bios on my ftw3 hybrid and is working perfectly... solid boost frequencies, no more throttling and power draw up to 520w.... about xc3 power balance i am not sure that pin 1 and 2 readout is correct because for example voltage on pin 2 is 9v instead of 12v so is completely bugged, why the reported wattage value should be correct so? and again main difference with 1000w is always the same it doesn't void the warranty because IT HAS PROTECTIONS so your 1000w bios could also perform a bit better but if things accidentally goes wrong for any reason it won't shutdown the card until it will literally melt... so i don't think is worth to use

HeinzNeu
Yo guys,
I've got my 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming last week, still waiting for a water cool block before I set the monster into the system.
Is there any news about the pcie bug (drawing more than 75 W out of the pcie slot9)?
I heard a new beta BIOS has been released to solve the issue. Does it work as it supposed to be?

changboy
 
dont push ur card like this :

changboy
Dude i have this mobo :
 

 
No video card will kill it.

changboy

cerealkeller
For some of you running the 1000w BIOS, I'd be careful about drawing too much power, even if you're liquid cooling.  Short term I'm sure it will hold up just fine, but I've had liquid cooled cards die from pushing them too hard for too long.  I may have this card for 2 to 3 years, so I want it to last, and I'm not super comfortable drawing much more than 525w consistently for the entire life span of the card.  On the other hand, I may only have it a year, if Nvidia comes out with something better at the end of this year I'd probably buy it, assuming it's significantly better and not just a little better.  That being the case, I'd probably risk it and go buck wild.  But I don't know, so I'll err on the side of caution.

dont push ur card like this :