Endworld
 
 
Yep, that was it. lol Not a big deal, I was just wondering which setting was causing it. I've read that in general you want "Prefer Maximum Performance" on, as it will never throttle anything during gaming and such. Is that a thing? Also that "Texture Filtering-Quality" should be on High Performance, as the difference is minimal. I wasn't sure if that still applied to higher end cards. My source is Jayztwocents, if that factors in either way. lol

The High Performance on Texture Quality thing can help in benchmarks, doesn't really negatively effect games at all, no visual difference as he said in the video.  Prefer Maximum Performance I typically leave off so the GPU can idle low & the fans can turn off.  Saves fan life on the GPU, fans are typically the first thing that go out on a GPU if it's made well enough, I've never had one go out on me & I've had a "0% fan at low temps" setting on my GPUs since I had an R9 280X vaporx setup... unless they were blower-style cards, those you can't really do the 0% thing on. lol  
I would say if you're planning on gaming, put Prefer Maximum Performance on, if you're not, leave it off, saves power, saves heat & fan life.

Dabadger84
I did find it kind of hilarious myself that we paid this much for a GPU & got jack-crap in the box basically besides the GPU itself.
 
Remember when GPUs used to come with accessories... like, a lot of them?  Adapters, cables, power splitters (I COMPLETELY get why they would NOT include those with 30-series cards, just saying), stickers, installation guides, etc...
 
Now?  Here's a support bracket, the video card, and a singular adapter.  Good luck & thanks for the money. lol
 
Glad eVGA at least has support forums with both employees & helpful members that regularly help out on them, or some people might be completely lost getting such a product for the first time with no nothin' in the box.

I got call of duty cold war with the card. Much better then adapters and a poster.

q5sys

kevinc313

mrv153
This Bios is really weird. Can someone share the original bios?
 
I got with old bios with the exact same settings in x1 and fans 19250 timespy score.
Now I get only 18.000, sometimes 17600??
 
Settings are +700mem +140 core +0mv Voltage 105% PT
When I set 118% PT score get much worser.
In all tests I have 50°C avg temp of gpu.

Reedey
Yea I'm in a similar boat, this bios simply doesn't work with my system. Scores, overclocks and stability are all higher using the original bios.

Please review my post about the voltage slider on the previous page.
 
https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/3119839
 
Without allowing the card to increase core voltage, you are not likely to be stable at higher clocks.

So the new XOC BIOS doesn't allow you to get higher voltage?
During rendering I think that's what is my limiting factor, because Im well under TDP for the stock BIOS.

I'm at +225 on Core and +1700 on Memory giving me 2235Mhz @ 254.2W
If I go any higher the render will crash. I'm well under total power envelope and temps are golden... but I'm hitting VREL/VOP at that point.
 
https://i.imgur.com/j5Jzze2.png

If the XOC wont give me anymore in the voltage area, i don't see any point for me to bother with it.

Interesting.  For a light load high clock situation like this, you should try locking at 1.1v using Afterburner.

I've seen a bunch of people talking about increasing the voltage in x1 to get better overclocks.  I'm tempted to do this myself, but isn't that potentially dangerous?  I've dialed in what's probably a relatively mild overclock (90 gpu, 180 mem) without touching the voltage, but I am curious what I could get if I do increase the voltage as long as it won't hurt my card.

Dabadger84
I did find it kind of hilarious myself that we paid this much for a GPU & got jack-crap in the box basically besides the GPU itself.
 
Remember when GPUs used to come with accessories... like, a lot of them?  Adapters, cables, power splitters (I COMPLETELY get why they would NOT include those with 30-series cards, just saying), stickers, installation guides, etc...
 
Now?  Here's a support bracket, the video card, and a singular adapter.  Good luck & thanks for the money. lol
 
Glad eVGA at least has support forums with both employees & helpful members that regularly help out on them, or some people might be completely lost getting such a product for the first time with no nothin' in the box.

Not anymore. I have asked (to the customer support) a chick in the box question but they turn back to me about 2 weeks later with a dumb answer (you may count it like turn on/off the power). I don’t know there will be a better support more than this forum and its users.

The funny thing is if you check other brands’ web sites, there are drivers, bioses etc. anything you going to need for your GPU. But on Evga’s web site there is only drivers! No bioses if you need to turn def. settings or even X1. You have to make a software search to find this app (of course if you heard that before). Evga was the best, but seems like not anymore.

fofal
I got call of duty cold war with the card. Much better then adapters and a poster.

Yeah, I got Watch Dogs Legion, but a free game of some sort has been pretty standard for newer cards for a while now.  I remember getting Mafia 2 with a card I got back when Mafia 2 was new, that was one of the better/more enjoyable "free games" I've ever gotten with a GPU.
 
 Interestingly, with my current fan arrangment & my ambient being a tiny bit cooler than normal (70F), I just got 11999 at stock GPU with just the PL raised to 118%: https://www.3dmark.com/pr/459598 Pretty spiffy I'm almost hitting 12K with no OCing on the GPU.

Jesus, I must have gotten a dud FTW Ultra. I see all these core ocs of 130+, mine can barely do 100 mhz stable, and that's only on 3dmark. If I play a game I get crashes (even with voltage slider to the max). Apart from 3d mark, are you guys testing with several games other than 3Dmark? 
 
Mine will pass 3Dmark fine with 100mhz oc on core, but games, nah, full on crashes.

My current UV OC will not pass timespy. 2085 on the core at 1mv and 500 on the memory works in MW, WZ, Control, Doom and WDL. 2070 average maxing at 68 degrees on the normal bios with a default fan curve. It’s worth doing a UV OC to get the max efficiency and performance out of these cards.

Timespy will accept 165 core and 900 memory though, but games will not, at least on air.

q5sys

kevinc313

mrv153
This Bios is really weird. Can someone share the original bios?
 
I got with old bios with the exact same settings in x1 and fans 19250 timespy score.
Now I get only 18.000, sometimes 17600??
 
Settings are +700mem +140 core +0mv Voltage 105% PT
When I set 118% PT score get much worser.
In all tests I have 50°C avg temp of gpu.

Reedey
Yea I'm in a similar boat, this bios simply doesn't work with my system. Scores, overclocks and stability are all higher using the original bios.

Please review my post about the voltage slider on the previous page.
 

 
Without allowing the card to increase core voltage, you are not likely to be stable at higher clocks.

So the new XOC BIOS doesn't allow you to get higher voltage?
During rendering I think that's what is my limiting factor, because Im well under TDP for the stock BIOS.

I'm at +225 on Core and +1700 on Memory giving me 2235Mhz @ 254.2W
If I go any higher the render will crash. I'm well under total power envelope and temps are golden... but I'm hitting VREL/VOP at that point.
 


If the XOC wont give me anymore in the voltage area, i don't see any point for me to bother with it.

This is insane! Can you post your timespy or port royal score? Is this under Water?

3dMark have added a new test for measuring Ray Tracing.
 
Got 52.73 overclocked: 
 
3dmark.com/dxr/3817