I was about to flash it and I noticed the same thing.

great
 

So, for stable operation (I mean, games, not benchmarking) at 2070MHz, which BIOS do you recommend? Stock OC BIOS? XOC BIOS?
 
My card is 3080FTW3 with Stock Bios in non-oc switch, XOC Bios in OC switch.
 
I'm still trying to get a Hybrid Cooling kit (I'm not going to pay full card again), but I think in EU they are not available.
 
 

Ethyriel_
Does this change anything other than the power limit? After updating, I've been running into unpredictable behavior while boosting. Previously, the card would go to 2070MHz on core and stay there. Now, with an identical offset, it jumps to 2100 (sometimes causing a crash), then decays across the course of a benchmark to as low as 2025 despite being well below 70C on the die. 

Note: This occurs even if I reduce the power limit back down to 108%- boosts too high, decays quickly. 

Also, so I can do some testing, does anyone have a link to the OC BIOS with the standard (108) power limit? 

Edit: Ran a Time Spy bench with identical Precision settings (incl. power limits) to before I switched the vBIOS- Graphics score is about 300 points lower, suspected as a result of the aformentionined boosting behavior. 

Are you maxing out voltage? Because the difference from 1v to 1.06-1.08v is 6% to 8%, that can be causing you to draw more power. If your card was to request 400W, with higher voltage it might request 432W. So in areas of high power where the card would request 450W and you hit the limit, it will downclock instead. 
 
Try running your GPU without extra voltage if so. Voltage is only meant to try and get your card stable. If you don't need it, don't use it. 

AudiPete

Mayk-Freak
Intel 8700K 5200MHz EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming 450 Watt Bios
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27 degrees lol.. what card do you have? no water blocks anywhere.. 

He probably has an air conditioner blowing inside of his case. 

I'm still trying to figure out if I have a bad card.  Using the new BIOS has a negative impact on the card.  The card stays well below the 80C limit just fine.  The performance when using 450W is just pure garbage.  I know its hitting the 450W as I can see it in GPU-Z.  If I reduce the power limit back to 105% or even 100% I get better performance but the limit is PWR.  Either way, I get nowhere near the performance anyone else is getting on 100% or 117% power settings.  Is the card internals just bad? Should I RMA this one?

ngaugler
I'm still trying to figure out if I have a bad card.  Using the new BIOS has a negative impact on the card.  The card stays well below the 80C limit just fine.  The performance when using 450W is just pure garbage.  I know its hitting the 450W as I can see it in GPU-Z.  If I reduce the power limit back to 105% or even 100% I get better performance but the limit is PWR.  Either way, I get nowhere near the performance anyone else is getting on 100% or 117% power settings.  Is the card internals just bad? Should I RMA this one?

No you can be losing performance due to hear, there are bonus boost clocks that are lost as temperature rises.

Check out TPU review of the 3080 FE, they graph and show you this.

mentalinc
It seems these BIOS are now based on an older version than is available.
Are there plans to release them again with the other updates?
 
From the update process, not sure if to try to flash an older version?
Firmware Image Version: 94.02.26.48.88
Current Firmware Version: 94.02.26.80.70

Dang I didn't notice when I flashed. I hope I didn't go backwards. 

440W solid gaming at 2200 to 2100Mhz with my FTW3 Ultra running on a Seasonic SX800-LTI 800W inside a LianLi TU-150 :)
Temps under 70c all day.
This bios\card is a BEAST!

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