So im currently using the XOC 520ish watt bios from evga on my 3090Ti card.. no big deal and was a super easy flash as evga did all the work for me and just made it a .exe file to click and all is done.... Here is my question:

I cant seem to play metro exodus @ anything over 2160Mhz, if I boost to 2175 @ 1.1v the game will eventually CTD. Will trying this 890w BIOS I keep hearing about possibly help me achieve a higher OC or no, cause its not gonna increase voltage at all, or does it??? Card is FCWB'd and temps dont exceed 35c while gaming so cooling is certainly not an issue here!
1) Where can I find this 890w bios at, or is there like a super special evga bios for this 3090Ti FTW3
2) How do I flash it to my card? im pretty dumb and can mess this up LOL!!

Thank you for any assistance

Heck I wonder if that bios will work on the asus 3090 TI like the 3090 version did.

It could definitely help. You’ll need to use nvflash to flash it to your card.

zippytek
It isn’t really a matter of “overclocking for one case” tho - running a max stable overclock for benching as a daily configuration will degrade your hardware. It may not void the warranty but if the card dies as a result you’ll likely be unable to flash the stock vbios back so proceed with caution. If you send a card for rma and it doesn’t have the stock bios in all positions it will likely be rejected. Not worth if you care at all about your investment.

I’m not here to judge but at least be aware that this isn’t a great idea. Smells a lot like New World in here again

Actually as long as one is stock it won't be rejected.

No, all of the cards except the KP/Galax HOF are limited to 1100mv. Is the card actually holding 1100mv all the time?

It should be except I've seen instances where the VF curve flattens out around 1080-1090mv and doesn't boost all of the way to 1100mv. You can edit the curve and raise the 1100mv point 1 bin (15mhz) to fix this.

HeavyUser
I used this bios for about a month and half, give or take. Played games almost everyday. I can no longer boost up to 2160 anymore without crashes, I believe the increase in power degraded my gpu core overtime. I'm now back at the stock bios running at 2100mhz stable. 

sorry dude, but yeah this is the risk when you push for max overclocks for daily instead of balancing for stability. hopefully someone here will learn this lesson from your experience. appreciate you sharing this, i know it's tempting for folks who see the overclocking discussions and want to run right at the edge. that is a recipe for disappointment.

newls1
So im currently using the XOC 520ish watt bios from evga on my 3090Ti card.. no big deal and was a super easy flash as evga did all the work for me and just made it a .exe file to click and all is done.... Here is my question:

I cant seem to play metro exodus @ anything over 2160Mhz, if I boost to 2175 @ 1.1v the game will eventually CTD. Will trying this 890w BIOS I keep hearing about possibly help me achieve a higher OC or no, cause its not gonna increase voltage at all, or does it??? Card is FCWB'd and temps dont exceed 35c while gaming so cooling is certainly not an issue here!
1) Where can I find this 890w bios at, or is there like a super special evga bios for this 3090Ti FTW3
2) How do I flash it to my card? im pretty dumb and can mess this up LOL!!

Thank you for any assistance

If, you're power limited, it might help to keep you at a higher average clock. If you're unstable due to clocks, nope.

Absolutely! We had some discussion on driver effi in the kingpin thread shortly after several of us received our cards and the newest drivers are much worse in all the benchmarks I tested. If I remember correctly I know at least 1 other person here was showing port royal scores with older drivers as well.

If I was setting up a card for long gaming sessions, I would be cautious about how hard I pushed it until I had an idea of how demanding the game is. Haven’t played ME but have seen others say that game really taxes the gpu. You run a game like that at the edge and you’re likely to degrade your core. Have fun tho, it’s your journey at the end of the day.

Worst case you can always get a 40 series in a few months lol (or can you?)

I found the best performance with 512.77. Granted, this is for 3DMark performance, and depending on which games you frequent, you may need tuning or feature enhancements provided in newer drivers. So what may work best for me in a mostly stable release of a benchmarking application may not be the best choice for gaming.