ajreynol
 
And now that I've read about the Ampere +TSMC news...I'm getting the feeling I won't be able to use Step Up for a 20GB 3080. Rumors had put such a launch in December, but if they're shifting the entire process to TSMC (they are), I can't imagine those cards will be available until maybe in February/March. Well beyond a Step Up window for my current card.
 
So now the question is simply: 2 HDMI ports (Strix) vs possible Step Up to a 480W Samsung-based 3090 (EVGA). 
 
And either way...will I be looking to sell my current card to get a superior TSMC variant? Cooler, quieter cards with possibly lower power draw.

Don't be so sure that the 20GB and the 7nm are going to be the same upgrade. We could easily see the 20GB 8nm in Dec and a 3080/3090 Super next year with 7nm and memory that actually clocks to 21.5Gbps. The other possibility is that the 7nm card is a new Titan or A series workstation and not related to the current cards. 

Maybe a stupid question but this bios works on a non-ultra card as well ? (FTW3)

Verdalix
Here's a comparison on my setup, stock vs beta BIOS. I kept the offsets the same for each BIOS and maxed out the power/voltage limit for each. Clock was stable at 2114 MHz average compared to 2088 MHz previously. Results look promising and temperatures are looking good (all fans maxed out for these runs). Will see if I can try to overclock it a bit more and keep it stable.
 
Core clock offset: +190
Mem clock offset: +1150
 

Is your memory really working that high? Once I go past +600Mhz my FPS drops.   It of course works fine because it is ECC ram now, but I lose frames.  Curious if you tried lower memory speeds if your score would be higher.

TheGuz4L
Is your memory really working that high? Once I go past +600Mhz my FPS drops.   It of course works fine because it is ECC ram now, but I lose frames.  Curious if you tried lower memory speeds if your score would be higher.

It can't be, I'm beating his score with +130 on the core and +900 on the memory (above 900 it flakes out and protection starts kicking in).
 
For reference I got a 12486 with +130/900.
 
70 more MHz on the core should be at least 100 points higher than that I'd imagine.

TheGuz4L

Verdalix
Here's a comparison on my setup, stock vs beta BIOS. I kept the offsets the same for each BIOS and maxed out the power/voltage limit for each. Clock was stable at 2114 MHz average compared to 2088 MHz previously. Results look promising and temperatures are looking good (all fans maxed out for these runs). Will see if I can try to overclock it a bit more and keep it stable.
 
Core clock offset: +190
Mem clock offset: +1150
 

Is your memory really working that high? Once I go past +600Mhz my FPS drops.   It of course works fine because it is ECC ram now, but I lose frames.  Curious if you tried lower memory speeds if your score would be higher.

I tested with different memory clocks back when I had the stock BIOS. I'll need to dig up the results that I have written down somewhere but I saw continual average FPS increases up until +1150 offset. Beyond that I saw diminishing returns and FPS started dropped due to error correction.

I'm curious: Why is it that some people's GPUz is showing GPU power numbers in Watts... and mine looks like this:
 

 
And right as I'm posting this a GPUz update came up, mayhaps that'll fix it...
 
Edit: Adding someone's post earlier that has what I'm talkin' about: 
 

bloodshot45

 

NexusSix

TheGuz4L
Is your memory really working that high? Once I go past +600Mhz my FPS drops.   It of course works fine because it is ECC ram now, but I lose frames.  Curious if you tried lower memory speeds if your score would be higher.

It can't be, I'm beating his score with +130 on the core and +900 on the memory (above 900 it flakes out and protection starts kicking in).
 
For reference I got a 12486 with +130/900.
 
70 more MHz on the core should be at least 100 points higher than that I'd imagine.

I can re-test to confirm, but back when I was testing the different offsets I had my scores drop if I start reducing the offset from +1150. I'll see if I can sweep through different offsets and record all the results once I get home.

Dabadger84
I'm curious: Why is it that some people's GPUz is showing GPU power numbers in Watts... and mine looks like this:
 
And right as I'm posting this a GPUz update came up, mayhaps that'll fix it...
 
Edit: Adding someone's post earlier that has what I'm talkin' about: 
 

bloodshot45
 
 

Select "Nvidia BIOS" instead of "General" at the top.

arestavo

Dabadger84
I'm curious: Why is it that some people's GPUz is showing GPU power numbers in Watts... and mine looks like this:
 
And right as I'm posting this a GPUz update came up, mayhaps that'll fix it...
 
Edit: Adding someone's post earlier that has what I'm talkin' about: 
 

bloodshot45
 
 

Select "Nvidia BIOS" instead of "General" at the top.

:-D I'm special I never even noticed there was a dropdown there.

ty_ger07

Reedey
No matter what I do with this bios, my card still seems to peg itself at 400W. Max power, max voltage, overclocked or not. 400W is all she will do.

Did you power cycle your computer?

Yep, the sliders update to allow 118% max power but the card runs at exactly the same power levels as before. just bouncing around 390-400W dring a run.
 
I am back to the original bios and am getting better scores at lower overclocks now so it's not all bad. My overclocking efforts have been stunted, but the real world daily performance of the card is actually better. So it's not all bad :)