Piers123
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Wednesday, August 03, 2016 6:17 PM
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As far as I'm aware, one of the BIOS options should allow up to 130% for the power limit. I've located the switch (first EVGA card) and moved it towards the power cables. The maximum is still only 120% in P XOC and Afterburner. Is this normal?
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Wednesday, August 03, 2016 6:37 PM
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I have the same problem and am reporting it under this thread EVGA GTX 1080 FTW BIOS Its the reason I bought it over the SC so it's kinda irritating.
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Wednesday, August 03, 2016 6:55 PM
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1) Do you have Precision X OC 6.0.4 ? 2) Did you try shutting down, turning of your power supply for 1 minute and turn it on again? Might sound strange, but for me this worked whereas just turning the PC off and on again didn't.
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Wednesday, August 03, 2016 7:29 PM
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1) Yes 2) That... seemed to have fixed it.. 130% working again, tyvm
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Wednesday, August 03, 2016 7:39 PM
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If using Windows 10, it still retains some settings if you perform a restart. So when you make the change, it doesn't register as it's picking up from a previous state and not from state 0.
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Wednesday, August 03, 2016 8:21 PM
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Compufreak345 1) Do you have Precision X OC 6.0.4 ? 2) Did you try shutting down, turning of your power supply for 1 minute and turn it on again? Might sound strange, but for me this worked whereas just turning the PC off and on again didn't.
1) Yes 2) Trying now, will report back
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Wednesday, August 03, 2016 8:36 PM
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Yep, normal. A restart is required to get the 130% power limit after changing to the secondary vbios. If you didn't restart your machine you will be stuck at 120% still after changing to the secondary vbios.
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Wednesday, August 03, 2016 9:14 PM
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I shut down my workstation and turned the PSU off for 90 seconds - nothing. I then shut down my workstation, turned the PSU off, and turned the supply off at the wall - 130% now showing. Thanks for the help! It appears more stable, but GPU-Z shows the voltage is the limiting factor. GPU Boost 3.0 gets the core up to 1998 without any changes... 130% gives me an additional ~100 MHz or so and an extra 90 points on the 3DMark DX12 test. Since I'm new to EVGA, I was not aware of the higher 'Classified' model. Had I known, I would have opted for that model instead. However, compared to the reference card, sorry I mean Founders Edition, this FTW is great. Here are two observations: - No micro-stutter in every game (even Civ V).
- Average temperature in Fallout 4 (Ultra/Max mixture at 2160) is now 70 degrees. This reached 88 on the reference model and then down-clocked (fans 100%).
post edited by Piers123 - Wednesday, August 03, 2016 9:19 PM
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Thursday, August 04, 2016 11:03 PM
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i switched to slave bios, and then i turned pc off, unplugged power for like 20 minutes then turned back on and i am still at 120% power limit max
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Thursday, August 04, 2016 11:16 PM
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Gabkicks i switched to slave bios, and then i turned pc off, unplugged power for like 20 minutes then turned back on and i am still at 120% power limit max
Sounds like your card has the same vbios on both the master and secondary.
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Thursday, August 04, 2016 11:16 PM
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for me, I powered down, switched the bios, started the system back up, then rebooted again, that fixed it, seems it needs an extra reboot for some reason.
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Thursday, August 04, 2016 11:58 PM
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z999z3mystorys for me, I powered down, switched the bios, started the system back up, then rebooted again, that fixed it, seems it needs an extra reboot for some reason.
lol this worked. i just restarted pc and now it shows up. I really wanted to wait for the 1080ti but that probably wont come out for this gen. This card's great anyways.
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Re: GTX 1080 FTW - No 130% power option for either BIOS
Friday, August 05, 2016 1:00 AM
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The MB is still powered when PC is off. Caps need time to drain before powering on. Easiest is to unplug or turn off physical switch for a minute to be safe.
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