arestavo

Kylearan
Still wondering why the cards are showing PWR at 75W PCIE when PCIE is supposed to throttle at 82.5W in the vbios.

Dunno, but with the 2-pin XC3 VBIOS, my normally heavily power limited card is drawing over 500W. This bad boy running CP2077 at 4K ultra RT preset with DLSS set to balanced at mid 50 to 60 FPS (thank you Gsync!) at 2100MHz. With any other VBIOS, I'm lucky to get around 1950Mhz (except in the menu), and I have to change the DLSS preset to auto to get about the same FPS (and get the weird swirlies with multiple straight lines in close proximity on the floor/road).
 
It's likely a hardware choice that EVGA made since all other VBIOSs don't change the PCIE power draw from being so high, other than the XC3 VBIOS. So, something tells me that EVGA wrote this one off since they've not bothered letting us know what they found - and they DO already know. Again, probably because it was their own design/hardware choice that did this.

Glad to hear you are able to get your card working.
My card is very power limited. Pcie always hits 82w~.
Can I have the link for the exact bios so I can give it a shot.
 
Im surprised that evga hasn't said anything yet. Didnt expect that we would have to be dealing with this situation still or even in the first place..
 

arestavo

Kylearan
Still wondering why the cards are showing PWR at 75W PCIE when PCIE is supposed to throttle at 82.5W in the vbios.

Dunno, but with the 2-pin XC3 VBIOS, my normally heavily power limited card is drawing over 500W. This bad boy running CP2077 at 4K ultra RT preset with DLSS set to balanced at mid 50 to 60 FPS (thank you Gsync!) at 2100MHz. With any other VBIOS, I'm lucky to get around 1950Mhz (except in the menu), and I have to change the DLSS preset to auto to get about the same FPS (and get the weird swirlies with multiple straight lines in close proximity on the floor/road).
 
It's likely a hardware choice that EVGA made since all other VBIOSs don't change the PCIE power draw from being so high, other than the XC3 VBIOS. So, something tells me that EVGA wrote this one off since they've not bothered letting us know what they found - and they DO already know. Again, probably because it was their own design/hardware choice that did this.

My PR scores were much higher on XC3 BIOS as well but I went back to stock for now.
 
How do you know how much power the card is drawing on XC3 with the power monitors broken? 
 
I really wonder if it is safe to run this XC3 BIOS on the FTW3 Hybrid long term. I'm high on the list for a KP for the second list, I'm wondering if I should just trade up to that or if it would be worth it with the XC3 BIOS. Not a big benchmarker, just want max FPS in games.

After the BIOS update for my EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming I get only a power draw of 420-428 Watt (test was done with SOTTR benchmark) - far away from 500 Watt. With my previous tested Asus Strix I got around 480 Watt with the same benchmark.
 
I would like to test the previous BIOS of my FTW3 but I don't saved them before the update :-(.
Does someone have the BIOS version 94.02.26.48.15 and 94.02.26.48.16 for the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming?
 
Thanks!
 
 

Udo_G
After the BIOS update for my EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming I get only a power draw of 420-428 Watt (test was done with SOTTR benchmark) - far away from 500 Watt. With my previous tested Asus Strix I got around 480 Watt with the same benchmark.
 
I would like to test the previous BIOS of my FTW3 but I don't saved them before the update :-(.
Does someone have the BIOS version 94.02.26.48.15 and 94.02.26.48.16 for the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming?
 
Thanks!
 

Can you be specific on what update you are talking about? XOC? You can find the bios versions on techpowerup. Read the descriptions, they are all there.

I'm using X1 1.1.4 with the new firmware along with the XOC OC Bios on my FTW3 Ultra and in Time Spy Extreme the most I saw was 478 for just a second. Most of the time its hovering right at 450. GPU-z says pwr limited most of the time regardless of anything over 400 watts.

rygaul44
I'm using X1 1.1.4 with the new firmware along with the XOC OC Bios on my FTW3 Ultra and in Time Spy Extreme the most I saw was 478 for just a second. Most of the time its hovering right at 450. GPU-z says pwr limited most of the time regardless of anything over 400 watts.

With 119% power limit on XOC, I was seeing around 440 playing DOOM Eternal and roughly the same in Port Royal/RTX testing. Maybe 450 for a flash. PWR limited, 82W PCI-E.

USMC1419

rygaul44
I'm using X1 1.1.4 with the new firmware along with the XOC OC Bios on my FTW3 Ultra and in Time Spy Extreme the most I saw was 478 for just a second. Most of the time its hovering right at 450. GPU-z says pwr limited most of the time regardless of anything over 400 watts.

With 119% power limit on XOC, I was seeing around 440 playing DOOM Eternal and roughly the same in Port Royal/RTX testing. Maybe 450 for a flash. PWR limited, 82W PCI-E.

Yeah I'm getting about the same playing Assassin's creed Valhalla. The weirdest thing to me though, is that I'm seeing a major difference in clock speeds depending on my reboot. like 150mhz difference with the same overclock applied....

rygaul44
 
Yeah I'm getting about the same playing Assassin's creed Valhalla. The weirdest thing to me though, is that I'm seeing a major difference in clock speeds depending on my reboot. like 150mhz difference with the same overclock applied....

I'm seeing some of the same things. I have NO idea why my card downclocks so aggressively when the core temps are in the mid to upper 40s. The highest my card gets is like 56C, and it still throttles especially on benchmarks. It did not do this nearly as aggressively with XC3 bios.
 
Why make a hybrid card and not let it stretch its legs? It should be able to hold 2100 mhz or at least consistently 2050+ on these benches, considering the low temps. I'm sorta pissed.

USMC1419

Udo_G
After the BIOS update for my EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming I get only a power draw of 420-428 Watt (test was done with SOTTR benchmark) - far away from 500 Watt. With my previous tested Asus Strix I got around 480 Watt with the same benchmark.
 
I would like to test the previous BIOS of my FTW3 but I don't saved them before the update :-(.
Does someone have the BIOS version 94.02.26.48.15 and 94.02.26.48.16 for the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming?
 
Thanks!
 

Can you be specific on what update you are talking about? XOC? You can find the bios versions on techpowerup. Read the descriptions, they are all there.

Yes, I updated to YOC BIOS and I would like to test the previous installed BIOS version 94.02.26.48.15 and 94.02.26.48.16. Unfortunately both versions are not available for download at techpowerup :-(

Udo_G
 
Yes, I updated to YOC BIOS and I would like to test the previous installed BIOS version 94.02.26.48.15 and 94.02.26.48.16. Unfortunately both versions are not available for download at techpowerup :-(

Check the "non-verified" postings. Might be on there. I backed up my Stock OC BIOS for Hybrid FTW3 i can send if you need it.