seems like a lottery. 3090 ftw3 ultra hybrid.
 
i used the bios on the first page the 3rd one and it just works. EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 HYBRID = 3090 ftw3 ultra hybrid ? 

 
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When others have messed around with other BIOSes, PX1 did try to update Firmware, so if you're going to mess with a BIOS not meant for your card, definitely don't launch PX1 as it will try to flash your card with a firmware that's not meant for it, and possibly brick your card... and if eVGA gets it as an RMA & notices it's firmware is wrong, they will reject your RMA.

Good advice, thanks.
 
One question - what's the difference between BIOS and firmware when it comes to graphics cards?

Firmware controls fans LEDs etc, BIOS controls clocks/voltages, or something to that effect.  And I should've said "they might reject your RMA", that's not a for certain thing.
 
And someone can say the TOS or whatever says they wouldn't reject a warranty claim from running that BIOS, until someone RMAs a card with the 1000W BIOS on a non-Kingpin card & eVGA actually allows the RMA, I won't believe it.  I will always be on the side of caution when it comes to that stuff, at the end of the day, it's your card, if you're comfortable doing it, give it a try.  I wouldn't.

Fair enough, but doesn't that mean that people with FTW3 cards that flashed the XC3 bios onto their cards will be out of warranty as well? They are running a bios that was not designed for their card.
 

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When others have messed around with other BIOSes, PX1 did try to update Firmware, so if you're going to mess with a BIOS not meant for your card, definitely don't launch PX1 as it will try to flash your card with a firmware that's not meant for it, and possibly brick your card... and if eVGA gets it as an RMA & notices it's firmware is wrong, they will reject your RMA.

Good advice, thanks.
 
One question - what's the difference between BIOS and firmware when it comes to graphics cards?

Firmware controls fans LEDs etc, BIOS controls clocks/voltages, or something to that effect.  And I should've said "they might reject your RMA", that's not a for certain thing.
 
And someone can say the TOS or whatever says they wouldn't reject a warranty claim from running that BIOS, until someone RMAs a card with the 1000W BIOS on a non-Kingpin card & eVGA actually allows the RMA, I won't believe it.  I will always be on the side of caution when it comes to that stuff, at the end of the day, it's your card, if you're comfortable doing it, give it a try.  I wouldn't.

Fair enough, but doesn't that mean that people with FTW3 cards that flashed the XC3 bios onto their cards will be out of warranty as well? They are running a bios that was not designed for their card.
 

The Kingpin 1000W VBIOS voids the Kingpin warranty per EVGA (that's why you have to request it with your Kingpin S/N from Kingpin himself - it has always been that way), why would you think it wouldn't void the FTW3s if EVGA found out you flashed it (by your own admission here on the forums or if you sent your card back with that VBIOS flashed)? As for the XC3 VBIOS - it should not since it's not an unlocked VBIOS like the Kingpin 1000W and because of EVGA's own policy for dual VBIOS cards (also, don't use PX1 with it because it will try to flash the XC3 MCU firmware, which may brick the MCU - use AB instead, and if you want to see the other sensors, use GPU-Z): https://www.evga.com/warranty/graphics-cards/ "Unauthorized changes to the BIOS or Firmware on Products that do not have a Multiple BIOS option may cause this warranty to be null and void."

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When others have messed around with other BIOSes, PX1 did try to update Firmware, so if you're going to mess with a BIOS not meant for your card, definitely don't launch PX1 as it will try to flash your card with a firmware that's not meant for it, and possibly brick your card... and if eVGA gets it as an RMA & notices it's firmware is wrong, they will reject your RMA.

Good advice, thanks.
 
One question - what's the difference between BIOS and firmware when it comes to graphics cards?

Firmware controls fans LEDs etc, BIOS controls clocks/voltages, or something to that effect.  And I should've said "they might reject your RMA", that's not a for certain thing.
 
And someone can say the TOS or whatever says they wouldn't reject a warranty claim from running that BIOS, until someone RMAs a card with the 1000W BIOS on a non-Kingpin card & eVGA actually allows the RMA, I won't believe it.  I will always be on the side of caution when it comes to that stuff, at the end of the day, it's your card, if you're comfortable doing it, give it a try.  I wouldn't.

Fair enough, but doesn't that mean that people with FTW3 cards that flashed the XC3 bios onto their cards will be out of warranty as well? They are running a bios that was not designed for their card.
 

The Kingpin 1000W VBIOS voids the Kingpin warranty per EVGA (that's why you have to request it with your Kingpin S/N from Kingpin himself - it has always been that way), why would you think it wouldn't void the FTW3s if EVGA found out you flashed it (by your own admission here on the forums or if you sent your card back with that VBIOS flashed)? As for the XC3 VBIOS - it should not since it's not an unlocked VBIOS like the Kingpin 1000W and because of EVGA's own policy for dual VBIOS cards (also, don't use PX1 with it because it will try to flash the XC3 MCU firmware, which may brick the MCU - use AB instead, and if you want to see the other sensors, use GPU-Z): https://www.evga.com/warranty/graphics-cards/ "Unauthorized changes to the BIOS or Firmware on Products that do not have a Multiple BIOS option may cause this warranty to be null and void."

Gotcha. Well I guess I guess I'm going to just enjoy my beast card at 500w then. What a shame! =)

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Maybe I’m not understanding the first post on the page correctly, but is there no link to the original OC BIOS for the 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid? All I see is the Normal BIOS and the XOC BIOS.

Toward the bottom of his post there's two bioses for your card normal and oc just refer to the switch position on the card. XOC bios is further up.

Those two pair of BIOS are not for the 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid and thus, when you try to install them the installer says there is no hardware present that matches the BIOS requirement.

Another one here looking for the default BIOS pair for the 3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid.

Any help would be much appreciated...

Contact EVGA directly for the VBIOSs: https://www.evga.com/about/contactus/

I did already and am waiting for a reply, but I was hoping someone on here would have a copy of the BIOS.

I honestly find it unfair that Hybrid owners need to request the default BIOS to support while the rest can have it via direct download link in one easy click. Don't we deserve the same treatment at the very least?
 
First post is publishing download links for the XOC BIOS of three different 3090 models and only default download links for two of the models... I don't see why...

Because they haven't taken the time to put it up yet...
 
It's really not that hard to make a copy of your BIOS with GPUz before flashing, and if you ever want to flash it back to stock, use NVFlash.
The difference between using NVFlash & using the tool eVGA provides to flash the BIOS is literally 1 extra step (I.E. typing "nvflash64 -6 *InsertBIOSNameHere*" without the quotes your your bios.rom name is in the **s) - it's easy enough that even I, who hates messing with things like that, have done it... I went back to the stock 3090 BIOS for a while and now I once again have the "Normal" XOC BIOS on my OC BIOS switch position, because it allows 0 RPM mode on the onboard GPU fan, which I prefer because why have that fan spinning when the card is idle (at 22C no less, Mem & VRM temps are in the high 20s/low 30s at idle, with the fan OFF, so it doesn't need to be on when idle, I don't know why eVGA didn't allow 0 RPM mode on the OC BIOS of this card)

So what's the consensus on using the XC3 bios on the FTW3 card power limit wise? Would it be like 366w + 150w from the third unreported 8 pin= new 516w power limit?

Dabadger84
Because they haven't taken the time to put it up yet...
 
It's really not that hard to make a copy of your BIOS with GPUz before flashing, and if you ever want to flash it back to stock, use NVFlash.
The difference between using NVFlash & using the tool eVGA provides to flash the BIOS is literally 1 extra step (I.E. typing "nvflash64 -6 *InsertBIOSNameHere*" without the quotes your your bios.rom name is in the **s) - it's easy enough that even I, who hates messing with things like that, have done it... I went back to the stock 3090 BIOS for a while and now I once again have the "Normal" XOC BIOS on my OC BIOS switch position, because it allows 0 RPM mode on the onboard GPU fan, which I prefer because why have that fan spinning when the card is idle (at 22C no less, Mem & VRM temps are in the high 20s/low 30s at idle, with the fan OFF, so it doesn't need to be on when idle, I don't know why eVGA didn't allow 0 RPM mode on the OC BIOS of this card)

The thing is that I did not bother to backup my own default BIOS because I thought the default BIOS was posted in the first post, only to find out after flashing that the ones for my card were missing (I know, already a lesson learned, always backup your BIOS prior flashing). 
 
Anyway, I will do exactly as you say and flash the normal XOC BIOS on my OC BIOS position, since that is the one I flashed with the OC XOC BIOS and I also do not like the fact that the minimum fan value is hard-coded to 40%, so don't feel like using it in a daily basis.
 
Thanks either way for your response.

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