I'm kind of disgusted that partners are still power limiting GPUs.

What's more disgusting is they're doing it on a XC Ultra, what's the point of getting a pre binned GPU, having a custom pcb and power... And then nurfing it in to the ground with limits?

There is legit people with 2070 supers at £50 less getting over 2.1ghz and I struggle to maintain 2ghz.

What's the deal? Because support doesn't give a crap, which isn't looking promising for future EvGA purchases.

Get a kingpin .
You'll be fine then .

You're missing the point somewhat.

The point was its got restricted / reduced power limits which restricts the OC.

The only solution to that is the BIOS which is why he suggested it.

OC is Never Guaranteed - Just the advertised speed
 
Are you looking at the GPU-Z sensor tab while testing ? (shows what your card is "limited by")

NVidia has to approve the power limits in the bios for every partner, so NVidia may be limiting the partners.

1) Nvidia dictates what max power limit their GPU is allowed
2) Nvidia has to sign off on every BIOS a AIB creates for a Nvidia chip product in their lineup
3) Nvidia encrypts the BIOS they approved so it cannot be modified by the end consumer
4) Nvidia specified AIBs can only up max power limit past Nvidia specified on cards denoted as over clocked versions and then only to the limit Nvidia approves during BIOS validation
5) Any AIB Nvidia partner that refuses to sell Nvidia product because they do not agree with Nvidia rules or goes against Nvidia's rules will no longer be an Nvidia partner..............
 
See the pattern here? Nvidia is the only one to blame and complain about here. Has really nothing to do with EVGA, their hands are tied by contractual obligation.

IonstormEU
You're clueless, evga sells gpus at the founders edition power limits.

They have neglected to do it for this one.

If EVERY partner stands up to them they'd have no one making GPUs for them.

Nope, actually you're clueless. 
 
Read everything he just stated 10 more times.  Maybe that'll get through.
 
I hope the increase in size and bold font helps.
 

jonkrmr
 
1) Nvidia dictates what max power limit their GPU is allowed
2) Nvidia has to sign off on every BIOS a AIB creates for a Nvidia chip product in their lineup
3) Nvidia encrypts the BIOS they approved so it cannot be modified by the end consumer
4) Nvidia specified AIBs can only up max power limit past Nvidia specified on cards denoted as over clocked versions and then only to the limit Nvidia approves during BIOS validation
5) Any AIB Nvidia partner that refuses to sell Nvidia product because they do not agree with Nvidia rules or goes against Nvidia's rules will no longer be an Nvidia partner..............
 
See the pattern here? Nvidia is the only one to blame and complain about here. Has really nothing to do with EVGA, their hands are tied by contractual obligation.

IonstormEU
I've only built PC's for over 24 years, I know nothing at all about GPUs or overclocking them or PC's for that matter.

And you failed to realize that Turing is temp and power dependent.........?
And you failed to check the power limit of the card you bought before you bought it.............?

They do not state power limits on GPUs.

If you had bothered to read Gamers Nexus states this is a pre binned chip with a custom pcb and power delivery.

If you wanted a high powered card , why didn't you buy a RTX ti ?
A kingpin or FTW3 .
You are expecting the performance of a Ferrari in a mini

Chill lonstormeu or I'll issue you a warning.

I'm sorry, but can I butt in for just a second. Please feel free to ignore me and continue arguing if you want......

If every bios has to be signed off on by Nvidia, what does it mean for me to have an "unverified" bios, as per techpowerup site? Is it just them having not verified it yet?

Correct, the BIOS can be edited but you cannot flash an edited BIOS to the card. This is where the encryption on the BIOS comes in.......
 
This is why users flash BIOSes from other cards to their card on Turing based products to get a higher power limit.
 
If you don't believe me, try editing your BIOS and then try flashing your edited BIOS to your card...............

IonstormEU
Also BIOSs can be edited anyway so this whole cry about them being locked is a joke anyway.

Yes you can edit the BIOS with the tools available to the general user base but you cannot flash a modded BIOS to the card.
 
Nvidia's encryption on the BIOS which they do when they validate a BIOS for their own or AIB cards will not allow the modded BIOS to be flashed to a card.
 
But as you stated previously, I know nothing..........

spit051261
That sounds like a challenge.

Good luck!  It's been 4 years, and no one has been able to do it.
 
Err, to clarify, you can modify the BIOS, you can fix the checksum, it CAN work, but you can't use NVFlash to flash it to your video card.  You have to use a hardware programmer to reprogram the EEPROM to get around the NVFlash encryption issue.
 
Good read in this readme:
https://github.com/LaneLyng/MobilePascalTDPTweaker/releases
 
I use a minipro tl866 programmer.  I haven't flashed EEPROMs with it, but I know that it would work for that too, with the correct adapters and/or probes.  Instead, I use it for programming micocontrollers.
https://www.amazon.com/Programmer-Programmable-Circuits-Adapters-Extractor/dp/B07CDD9PGT/ref=sr_1_2
 
Video about the programmer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLG03f_ua5g
 
^^ Definitely worth the watch.  He knows his stuff and is very thorough.  Not just your standard review.
 
If you do buy the minipro programmer, make sure that you download the updated software from the website.  More than likely, the software which comes with it will be out of date.  At least mine was out of date, and so was Dave's in the video above. I got it from autoelectric's website.  Something like autoelectric.cn or something, I think.  I can't remember... Anyway, if you don't download the updated software, you will run into issues (like he did in the video).  I watched his video first and that's how I knew that I also needed the updated program.  Version 6.50 is what I have.  In Dave's video above, his came with version 5.80 of the software (so did mine), and that version 5.80 has a lot fewer chips it was compatible with and some pretty serious bugs.  Again, he covers it in his video.