GPU boost is lowering volts on non-boost frequencies and its causing crashes in some of my lower powered games games (Warframe, Path of Exile)
The GPU can run 1228/1.2v all day (BF4 plays fine, for example), but those games are not pushing it enough and it downclocks to 954/0.8v. That voltage is too low and causes crashing. The only way I can fix this is by removing vsync, then the game plays at 300+ FPS and tears like a mofo, but doesn't crash because the GPU is properly fed. The "prefer max performance setting is ON of course, as it should solve this problem ... if it actually worked.
 
EVGA K boost is useless I dont want max clocks (and noise and heat) when surfing the web.

glad to see im not the only one !
I also made a thread on TPU, number is 196924
 
It would seem base clock voltage is inversely linked with core offset, which is illogical. I was able to demonstrate this in Warframe, where changing core offset from 0 to +100 actually lowered the base clock (954mhz) voltage from 1.025 to 0.950. This only happens in older games where boost is not used. In newer games, like BF4 and crysis and such, boost voltage is used (in my case 1.2v) and the card is fully stable.
 
what we need is a way to set base clock voltage so it doesn't crash when boost doesn't kick in in older games
 
One temporary fix I found is to disable vsync, frame rates go up to 300+, you get coil whine, heat, and higher power consumption, but also full boost clocks and voltage.
 
Obviously this has to be fixed

For those who are experiencing this, please send me a mail at jacobf@evga.com

Still running K-boost without any word of a fix.

Jacob, I've been trying to email you but I keep getting an error "SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: host mail.evga.com [65.113.29.35]: 554 rejecting banned content".  I've tried to email you from two separate email addresses and got the same error.

try and set max performance in nv profiles for the particular game

Can confirm that the Skyn3t BIOS fixes this problem.
 
No more K-boost for me

Sorry to hear that, Kyle. Hope you can get that problem fixed soon.
 
Path of Exile still doesn't like the voltage dropping, but it's not artifacting anymore, just a random black screen that disconnects me from the server.
 
Found a fix that works perfect though! Now since there's no more boost, I can set the Path of Exile profile to "Prefer Maximum Performance" and it keeps it at 1032 Mhz / 1.149v.
 
Max load is still 1100 Mhz like it was before with Boost 2.0. Only difference is that I have to run a 78 Mhz overclock to get it

Has any progress been made or are we still stuck with a 3rd party BIOS?

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Has any progress been made or are we still stuck with a 3rd party BIOS?

We're still stuck with the 3rd part BIOS. No problems at all though, which is great.

Yea, just a little aggravating that EVGA won't fix the issue.  They sell us these cards with so much emphasis on overclocking, but then won't fix a flaw with the BIOS that causes the voltage to drop to unstable levels when you overclock.