radrokz
What kind of load did you use to reach that wattage? 
 
I own a rev 0.1 serial 2012 black lips since February and it's been working flawlessly (touching wood)
 
I've been told by many that if you deliver additional power to PCIe slots it's fine, my motherboard has a molex supply line for PCIe.

arestavo
 
 
One merely has to read the past few pages and you'll get your answer.
 
Since you haven't - here's a synopsis:
 
PCIE slot power draw max specification is 75W. GPU-Z (and I'm guessing other software programs as well) only reads 12V power draw, not 12V + 3V power draw. So a properly functioning, in spec card will show a max of 67W draw on the PCIE slot (this has been shown many times over with properly functioning cards), with an assumed ~8W added in for 3V for 75W max.
 
Some folks have come in and said that EVGA stated that 84W is fine (which would really be 92W total power draw on the PCIE slot). This may be the case for high end motherboards that are built with better traces, but 75W is the max and the PCIE standard. More than that and it is out of PCIE spec, and EVGA or anyone else saying otherwise is lying. Whether or not you find this acceptable is 100% up to you (maybe your card overclocks very well?), but it is grounds for RMA to get a card that can function within PCIE standards.
 
I really need to copy this to a text file, because typing it over and over again for people that don't bother to read the last few pages is getting tedious.

arestavo

Mienko
 
You know what they say about making assumptions. . .  Anyhow, I have been reading this thread (and reddit) and opinions are pretty all over the place as to the "safety" aspect of the power draw.  Nobody is arguing that it's technically out of spec.  I said it, and then you basically said the same thing (albeit, with a bit more snark than needed).  The long/short is that I've already had to replace the card twice via cross-ship and was just looking for some additional guidance on the best path forward.

If you keep having to replace cards, looking elsewhere in your system might be in order - the power supply, and conversely the power supply cables if they're aftermarket (someone even reported a problem that cropped up with a cablemods CPU cable with a new 3090), are a prime culprit of high end 30 series cards having problems. Having three separate PCIE power plugs, and no daisy chained ones, can also help significantly.
 
Vertically mounted cards with PCIE risers have also been an issue, with some reporting that the PCIE 4.0 risers cause an issue and the PCIE 3.0 risers are better / installing the card normally helped.
 
However, without knowing all of your computer specs, all I/we can do to help is regurgitate what we've seen in the hopes that one of them applies.

• First one happened a few days after installing the EK block.  Additionally, this was on the 3.0 Phanteks riser.  Not saying either of those are related, just full disclosure.  Pretty sure the failure happened with a bad PX1 bios flash.  The card was working fine, but then upon shutting down after a gaming session the fans ramped to 100% like it was going into flashing mode and then never came back.  No LEDs or anything.  Removing the riser and cable swapping made no difference.
• Second one started giving a red LED over the middle power connector.  No riser, no bios flash.  Swapped cables and whatnot, but that middle red LED just kept staring at me.

arestavo
 
If you keep having to replace cards, looking elsewhere in your system might be in order - the power supply, and conversely the power supply cables if they're aftermarket (someone even reported a problem that cropped up with a cablemods CPU cable with a new 3090), are a prime culprit of high end 30 series cards having problems. Having three separate PCIE power plugs, and no daisy chained ones, can also help significantly.
 
Vertically mounted cards with PCIE risers have also been an issue, with some reporting that the PCIE 4.0 risers cause an issue and the PCIE 3.0 risers are better / installing the card normally helped.
 
However, without knowing all of your computer specs, all I/we can do to help is regurgitate what we've seen in the hopes that one of them applies.

Sam1987
This load balancing issue just doesn't get resolved it's 10 months ... Personally first and last time i'm buying from them the whole influencer promo suggesting 900 watt bios validated the whole situation further in my opinion. Don't care if lower power bios is the solution to stay in safe margin. Could have bought the cheapest 3090 card instead. If you get the card back and have the same issue and want the max power from bios. And have a decent motherboard you may look into shunting the pcie and double shunting 8 pins (maybe with powerboost) etc.   

usafrcd
Have you tried setting the fans to 100% during the benchmark? That may mitigate any potential thermal throttling.

I also received an RMA replacement recently but it was still a Rev 0.1 card (first one popped during New World). However, this one is hitting 500w, on air, in Port Royal no problem (GPU-Z to monitor).

CaliLife17

usafrcd
Have you tried setting the fans to 100% during the benchmark? That may mitigate any potential thermal throttling.

I also received an RMA replacement recently but it was still a Rev 0.1 card (first one popped during New World). However, this one is hitting 500w, on air, in Port Royal no problem (GPU-Z to monitor).

I left fans on Auto I think.... Been a long time since I have been on air LOL. Let me try max fans and run Port Royal and see what happens... I'll be back..

CaliLife17
Hey all,
 
Just got my .1 swapped via Adv RMA to a 1.0 (had issues with New World and power delivery). 
 
Before I put this card under water, I put it in the system and tested it real quick with a couple custom Firestrike Extreme runs. Am I to assume that I shouldn't expect 500w on air? Right now with Bios switch on board set to "OC" and X1 set to +210mhz on core, Voltage = 100, Power = 119, Temp 91, GPU-z shows max of 477w pulled. 
 
Since its on Air, card temp peaked at 86 degrees. So I am thinking I am getting Thermal Throttled and won't see that 500w until I put my block on it?

Or should I be see 500w on air? PCIe voltage though now shows right and shows 67w. 

JThomas1215

ekwk1983
I need some help. I just received my RMA for PCB 0.1 to PCB 1.0. It came with bios that allowed only 107% power limit so I tried flashing one of the bios from here (EVGA GeForce 30 Series HYBRID/XOC/Default BIOS Thread - EVGA Forums) and apparently it's the wrong one because my Device ID on GPUZ changed from 3842-3988 to 3842-3983 and now I can't seem to change it back to 3988. On top of that I'm having very horrible performance and have had to revert to factory settings to prefer artifact/PC rebooting itself on Timespy.
 
Anyone know which is the right bios I should be using?

Do you have a hybrid or a FTW3?

eXp67
Hey kevinc313,
 
Before buying one, I read this thread and thinking maybe to have a working card.
Unfortunatly a rev0.1, cards draw more than 80W+ on PCI-E (high end motherboard), so it's ok.
Average powerdraw is 440-450 with rarely peaks to 500W :-( :-(
 
Speaking with lot of ppl using Asus, MSI or others brands doesn't have any not problem and are able to handle 2.1-2.2 with 520W bios or 540W on WB.
I could RMA it, but seeing other having again bad binning cards, i don't want to loose my money/time.
 
I ordered a waterblock Alphacool (as it seems EK destroy FTW3 cards) and we will what bios i put on it ? Asus 520W or the 1000W bios KP.
 
I hope you'll get a working card, but don't count on it, the only option left seems to put another bios or the 1000W and it will break your waranty if something is wrong.
 
It was my first buy EVGA, thinking it was the best, but apparently it's rather the worst on the 3090 FTW3 series.
 
The customer service seems to be very good, but what to do, we wanted cards that simply work at this price ... 
Best regards,
Vincent