markus_ke
Thx for your Video @Notchy44
 
I don't like him also.
i have Taiwan and a dark power pro 12 1500w Titanium.
So PSU is for sure not the problem. No Daisy Chain!
 
Sorry I bought this card for a legal 500w bios.
Of course i tested it in furmark. every time AVG 450w and peaks 460w.
 
So what we should all do? RMA the card :D
So the only thing is to hope it comes a new one in future.
 
Markus

Try furmark xtreme burn-in for 4~5min, you can get AVG 460w and peak 490+w

markus_ke
Thx for your Video @Notchy44
 
I don't like him also.
i have Taiwan and a dark power pro 12 1500w Titanium.
So PSU is for sure not the problem. No Daisy Chain!
 
Sorry I bought this card for a legal 500w bios.
Of course i tested it in furmark. every time AVG 450w and peaks 460w.
 
So what we should all do? RMA the card :D
So the only thing is to hope it comes a new one in future.
 
Markus
 

I have installed 4 FTW3 Ultras so far for myself and my friends. Every single one worked perfectly with the 500w and all are from China. Now my friend just received his Hybrid EVGA 3090 and its from Taiwan, His peaks at 430w with this bios and is pulling 85 watts from the PCI Express port. He is RMA that card tomorrow. 

So I have a 2014 Taiwan FTW3 ultra with the black trim. Don't have a motherboard to test, so it's still in the wrapper, but is this the consensus now? The Taiwan cards are faulty? Should I just start an RMA now before ever testing it? How come evga is silent on this? @EVGA_JacobF

No, it is not per se faulty.
You have to test the card.
My first card was from China and had the power Limit Problems, and the second from taiwan behaved the same way :D

dejanco
No, it is not per se faulty.
You have to test the card.
My first card was from China and had the power Limit Problems, and the second from taiwan behaved the same way :D

Oh ok, so some china boards have the issue too. I guess that makes me feel a little better. Wish EVGA would at least chime in to let us know if they are working on a fix. Unfortunately I don't have any motherboard to test on, so I'm just in a waiting game until the motherboardboard I want comes back in stock.

I was  applying for an RMA and the e-mail stated only a 350 Watt draw on the FTW3 cards What BS. I'm going to RMA the card is suppose to draw 450 Watts without the OC bios update. I paid close to $1800 for the card and then I added with the hybrid cooler for another $109 and this is the e-mail I received from EVGA. 
 
Thank you for reaching out to us about your graphics card. Unfortunately, we wouldn't offer an RMA for a card that is functioning normally, as a replacement isn't guaranteed to increase your power limit to 500w for overclocking. We only guarantee a maximum power draw of 350w from the graphics card, not 500W from the beta BIOS. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Regards,
EVGA

Just measure the PCIE slot power draw without an overclock, via GPU-Z, on the stock VBIOSs. If you're over 75W, RMA it for being out of spec.

on cyberpunk 2077 4k ultra settings with ray tracing also ultra, dlss on quality and 90mhz overclock with the STOCK OC bios i get about 465w max power draw and 110 TDP, which is higher than the 107 power limit and higher than the 450watt, so i am pleased with that. 2055max gpu clock. I think i got a good board. 

arestavo
Just measure the PCIE slot power draw without an overclock, via GPU-Z, on the stock VBIOSs. If you're over 75W, RMA it for being out of spec.

Yes, Thank you for the inform but I not paying top dollar for EVGA BS My card draws 83 watts on PCIE slot but isn't FTW 3 3090 ultra suppose to also suppose to have a 450 watt max power drawn without OC bios not 350 watts as stated in the e-mail from EVGA.

zig11727

arestavo
Just measure the PCIE slot power draw without an overclock, via GPU-Z, on the stock VBIOSs. If you're over 75W, RMA it for being out of spec.

Yes, Thank you for the inform but I not paying top dollar for EVGA BS My card draws 83 watts on PCIE slot but isn't FTW 3 3090 ultra suppose to also suppose to have a 450 watt max power drawn without OC bios not 350 watts as stated in the e-mail from EVGA.

As far as what EVGA advertised the capabilities as, I think the 3090 ultra is only guaranteed to be 1800mhz+ core clock. I don't know if there is a advertised power minimum, but Jacob said on twitter the "limit" was 440 watts. I believe the card is designed for 400 watts and the overclock potential was originally limited to 7% increase (28 watts?). But we can chase this performance gurantee down a pretty deep rabbit hole if we really wanted to, because i doubt anyone is getting anywhere near 1800mhz when torture testing it with apps like msi kombustor or the like (mine goes down to like the 1600s or 1700s i think). But I am always near 1900 mhz in actual games even without an OC.
 
To be clear, I am frustrated at the lack of competitive ability this card has with others of its price range. I'm not sure what my next gen GPU manufacturer will be at this point. EVGA is still a good option and even ASUS boards aren't without their issues. I heard a lot of fuss around the STRIX and its noisy fan issues being swept under the rug by ASUS customer support. So who knows.