2017/07/11 14:35:57
Sajin
This has been reported before... https://forums.evga.com/Q...ower-cap-m2675318.aspx
2017/07/11 14:40:10
Wreck3r
I did some runs on 117 vs 127 and compared the scores. What I saw was a difference of minimum 11 points and a maximum of 31 Points on 8k optimized in favor of 127% setting. So the power setting kinda works. I'm saying kinda because you don't gain much. Still, it is there, but I think that the BIOS can be improved to limit near 127% as "advertised".
 
I will continue working with support and ask them for a copy of the slave bios as I believe it is not a problem with the card physically but with the BIOS.
 
On 1080p Extreme, it stays at 2100MHz and never hits the power limit btw.
2017/07/11 14:41:40
kwkrnu72
Yeah, I saw that video earlier.....it's terrible, and he's way off on his particular problem.  

The power limit problem doesn't seem to be connected to temps / voltage, but to actual power draw....he's getting a power limit throttle with the GPU at 116-117%, which shouldn't happen if the bios was setup correctly.  There's a problem in the bios.

EVGA needs to look at this....
2017/07/11 14:44:28
kwkrnu72
Wreck3r
I did some runs on 117 vs 127 and compared the scores. What I saw was a difference of minimum 11 points and a maximum of 31 Points on 8k optimized in favor of 127% setting. So the power setting kinda works. I'm saying kinda because you don't gain much. Still, it is there, but I think that the BIOS can be improved to limit near 127% as "advertised".
 
I will continue working with support and ask them for a copy of the slave bios as I believe it is not a problem with the card physically but with the BIOS.
 
On 1080p Extreme, it stays at 2100MHz and never hits the power limit btw.



11-31 points are within a margin of error....I could run it 3 times at the exact same clocks and get scores that are 100 points apart.  

1080 isn't going to pull on the card as hard as the 4k setting.  It doesn't surprise me that it's not hitting the PWR perfcap.
2017/07/11 14:49:43
Wreck3r
arestavo
 
 
Then again, some people can't stand things not working the way they expect them to - even if they are working better than the majority of the run. 




Certainly. I am one of those but with one correction: It's not working as "advertised", my expectation is not surpassing that. But may I ask you one thing? Why is there a FTW3 card?
 
@Sajin: I read the posts you mentioned before installing the card but the OP never comes to a conclusion. The other thread with the video slides away from the subject.
2017/07/11 15:01:38
Sajin
kwkrnu72
Yeah, I saw that video earlier.....it's terrible, and he's way off on his particular problem.  

The power limit problem doesn't seem to be connected to temps / voltage, but to actual power draw....he's getting a power limit throttle with the GPU at 116-117%, which shouldn't happen if the bios was setup correctly.  There's a problem in the bios.

EVGA needs to look at this....


The real question is it the vbios, card or driver at fault.
2017/07/11 15:18:08
Wreck3r
Sajin
kwkrnu72
Yeah, I saw that video earlier.....it's terrible, and he's way off on his particular problem.  

The power limit problem doesn't seem to be connected to temps / voltage, but to actual power draw....he's getting a power limit throttle with the GPU at 116-117%, which shouldn't happen if the bios was setup correctly.  There's a problem in the bios.

EVGA needs to look at this....


The real question is it the vbios, card or driver at fault.




Agreed. Judging on how my emails with the current EVGA tech are going, I think Volta gaming will launch and we would still be in the dark.
 
Anyway, i charted the power and voltage chart during an 117 and 127 Superposition run.
 
Voltage:

 
Average voltage: 1.041mV (127) and 1.029mV (117)
 
Power:

 
Average power: 111.426% (127) and 107.946% (117)
1.041261
2017/07/11 15:39:25
Sajin
You're the thrid person that has reported this issue. I've reported this thread to evga. 
2017/07/11 16:23:59
kwkrnu72
Sajin
You're the thrid person that has reported this issue. I've reported this thread to evga. 


Thank you.  I think this is something that they should look at.  If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck....it's probably a duck.
2017/07/11 17:26:02
Valtrius Malleus
When I flashed my BIOS to a FTW3 a few weeks back, something strange happened. Although I had a supposed 127% power limit, the power wouldn't actually go above ~108% on the FE. 108% of the 280W from the FTW3 is... 300W that the FE is constrained to. Perhaps something similar is happening, though it's the same card that it's being flashed into so it would still have the 280W base power so limiting it to 327.6W would still be 117%.
 
That's when I opted to try the XOC BIOS but I wouldn't recommend that.

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