tanil
I'm only getting+50 right now without even touching the memory and the boost clock is fluctuating between 2025-2037 depending on the temps.
It's already in the slave bios with 127 power target and voltage is all the way up. do i also need to update the gpu bios? what i am doing wrong? or do i have faulty gpu?
 
thermal throttling Evga  1080ti hybrid ?

Sajin
The first adjustment point is at 40c. Notice how I said adjustment point, and not throttle point. The card isn't throttling at 40c. The card is dynamically adjusting at 40c. Yes, there is a difference between dynamic adjustment & true thermal throttling.
 
Dynamic adjustments are 13 MHz clock adjustments to the core clock at certain temp intervals. e.g. 40c & 50c.
 
True thermal throttling will cause the gpu to lose a massive amount of its core clock speed (hundreds of MHz), and voltage once a certain temp is hit. For the 1080 ti true thermal throttling doesn't occur until 93c.
 
Creating a windows batch file with the following command will show you your true thermal throttle temp...
 
@ECHO
start cmd.exe /k "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi.exe" -q -d temperature
 
I own a 1080 ti and this is what is shown when I run the windows batch file...
 

 
GPU Slowdown Temp = temp at which your gpu will truly thermal throttle. 
 
Any adjustments you see between 40-90c are dynamic adjustments, and isn't true thermal throttling.