thebluecoat
@ObscureEmpyre


Sorry if I was confusing , I am able to get my slider to I think 113%. I purchased my card ~7/17, set it up in a new PC build on ~7/27 , upon first booting up and the DL of PX1 it said there was an firmware update. Card went red blinking lights for a couple seconds and I’ve been on VBIOS: 94.02.71.00.B0 ever since. Noticed there was another update , just surprised there’s no place I can find what the new VBIOS update brings in terms of features or fixes to educate me, before I choose to update.

Another question I have from observation:

I was sort of surprised to see the power draw from “8 pin# 3” to be so much lower than 1-2. I wonder if this is some type of bios programming because a lot of users might do 2 cables configuration and it wants to split the #3 cable 50/50 with Pcie power ?
Example config; single 8 pin to dual (6+2) + (6+2) and 8 pin to (6+2). Two total cables.

I myself have three dedicated links, thinking it would be better for some reason - So I’m using 3x 8 pin to (6+2). Just curious of why the card might not allow for even distribution amongst 3 dedicated power cables vs 2 or if I did 3 cables for nothing 😂

My GPU “max” in Furmark says:

Pcie slot Power: 54.9w
8pin #1 power: 147.3w
8pin #2 power: 166.6w
8pin #3 power: 72.7w
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441.5 w

This is "normal" for a 3080 Ti FTW3, have not heard why #3 pulls much less power or if it's a bios control thing or hardware design.  Many cards cap under 450w, max 441.5w is kinda low since that's a peak reading, but not unusual.

coresare
Msmouse - I'm having the same issue. Evga Lee posted their team was able to reproduce the error we are having and should have a fix soon. He said hopefully it would be out this past Monday. I too am anxiously waiting for bios to work.

Thank you buddy!

msmouse

coresare
Msmouse - I'm having the same issue. Evga Lee posted their team was able to reproduce the error we are having and should have a fix soon. He said hopefully it would be out this past Monday. I too am anxiously waiting for bios to work.

Thank you buddy!

Since the team just finished the 3080 Ti BIOS updates, I'll check in with them about this issue later today.

 
I purchased the 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming card 24G-P5-3987-KR back in November 2020 but had to RMA it due to black screens. The replacement card was sent from EVGA early December 2020. GPU-Z Device ID ends with 3842 3987, so that makes it the non-OC version.
 
I have since put an EKWB block on it, and I have REBAR enabled, but I'm a little confused on my results with XOC bios.
 
From the post at the beginning of this thread, I believe the following is correct for my original ICX3 3987 card:
original bios set file: 3987_ovu.zip
original bios set with ReBAR: 3987_ReBAR_ovu.zip
original XOC bios set with ReBAR: 3987_XOC_ReBAR.zip 
 
I've flashed to the 3987_XOC_ReBAR bios set, which is supposed to be 500W limit, but running Furmark it sat around 400W on OC bios. Running AIDA64 Stability Test it hit ~420W every now and then, but nowhere close to 500W, and yes PrecisionX1 has it cranked up to max, which shows 119% max power target, and I have voltage set to +100. Clock is +210 clock and +1000 mem, which is about the highest I can get it to run TimeSpy and Port Royal successfully.
BIOS v 94.02.42.80.27 (in OC position)
BIOS v 94.02.42.80.AD (in normal position)
 
Any reason why this XOC bios does not seem to give it the 500W juice?
 
GPU-Z PerfCap reason (when it comes up) says mostly Pwr, with occasionally VRel and VOp flashing up for a second then disappearing. Pwr means "limited by total power limit"... but it's nowhere near 500W. Max board power draw reached was 429.4W on full load according to GPU-Z, and that was only for a brief moment. 
 
GPU temp on full load for 5 minutes running at +210 / +1000 leveled off at ~53C with 54C being max.
 
Should I try the Hydrocopper OC bios?
 
Thanks in advance.
 

I have the 3080 ti xc3 ultra and would like to raise the power limit a bit cus I have it in a custom loop with an alphacool block. Is there a 380watt bios available? Does flashing the xc3 hybrid bios do anything for the power limit? Or maybe flashing something completely different?
I dont care if I void my warranty.

virboi
I have the 3080 ti xc3 ultra and would like to raise the power limit a bit cus I have it in a custom loop with an alphacool block. Is there a 380watt bios available? Does flashing the xc3 hybrid bios do anything for the power limit? Or maybe flashing something completely different?
I dont care if I void my warranty.

There was a BIOS update for your model to address a power issue. If you haven’t already, update your BIOS via X1.

Does the 3080Ti FTW3 have similar issue as well? I have the hybrid kit installed and barely goes above 420-430w. perfcap is always PWR(timespy extreme)
 
card/pcb has rev 0.1 on it, if that matters

AgenBlaze
Does the 3080Ti FTW3 have similar issue as well? I have the hybrid kit installed and barely goes above 420-430w. perfcap is always PWR(timespy extreme)
 
card/pcb has rev 0.1 on it, if that matters

That’s about the average that most of us with a FTW3 experience. I’ve seen 450 a couple of times, just not when gaming.

ObscureEmpyre

AgenBlaze
Does the 3080Ti FTW3 have similar issue as well? I have the hybrid kit installed and barely goes above 420-430w. perfcap is always PWR(timespy extreme)
 
card/pcb has rev 0.1 on it, if that matters

That’s about the average that most of us with a FTW3 experience. I’ve seen 450 a couple of times, just not when gaming.

does this indicate an issue with it then?

AgenBlaze

ObscureEmpyre

AgenBlaze
Does the 3080Ti FTW3 have similar issue as well? I have the hybrid kit installed and barely goes above 420-430w. perfcap is always PWR(timespy extreme)

card/pcb has rev 0.1 on it, if that matters

That’s about the average that most of us with a FTW3 experience. I’ve seen 450 a couple of times, just not when gaming.

does this indicate an issue with it then?

Maybe but not necessarily. I’m highly suspect of the implementation of GPU boost. It’s far too finicky especially for those of us using a custom loop. I mean, why is the GPU down-clocking in the low 40s? That’s been my experience. The card just freaks out if the temp starts to rise even a little bit. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t perform well, but it could perform better based on my experience and observations. Bottom line, Nvidia needs to rework GPU boost even if this isn’t an actual power issue. Especially if there’s nowhere near the possibility of overheating, voltage and power need to remain more constant. Could always lock the voltage, but that usually implies undervolting and not achieving as high a core clock as many of us would like to see.