on 1st page with the links to the bios
they have original Bios, Is that the Original Bios for the 3090 ftw3 ultra triple fan shipped with?
I tested the GPU, and mine Is running as it should can consistently pull 500w while PCIe power draw stays at 75 max.
I ended up undervolting for gaming use and have no use for the 500W bios anymore and would like to go back to the original the GPU had on it from the store.
I forgot to back up the bios before flashing...

arestavo

DSychev
I absolutely agree that the 1000w bios is reckless for every day use. That leads me to my original question. How do I get the performance that's on the box of this GPU back? Here's a screenshot of the same card running on the XOC bios available in the first post of this thread. Why is the card drawing 90% TDP with the power target slider set to 119%? Flashing the card back to it's original bios produces the same results. 
 

Your PCIE slot power draw is 79W. The spec is 75. Your card is over spec, and the performance cap (perfcap) is power.

Flash the stock VBIOS and test without overclock. If the PCIE slot power remains over 75W, RMA and get a card that IS within spec.

Hello,
 
I don't understand your problem with PCI-E. Mine reach 500W (FTW3 ultra) with UP to 89W on PCI-E on peaks.
 
So what's the problem if PCI-E > 75W ?  No problem right ? My card is reaching without anyproblem the 500W, so your problem is not realted to > 75W PCI-E drawing ???
 
Regards,

furetheremore, in order to be able to reach the 500W, is your case cooled property ?
You'll never reach 500W+ if the case is too hot ... temperature bottleneck.
 
If i'm right, 8Pin = 150W
 
3 X 8 = 450W
PCI-E standard = 75W
PCI-E max = 125W
 
default max standard = 525W
default max = 575W
 
Maybye the power is not so much load balanced via 8Pin connector, but the important is the final result.

xgiovio
last time for me on evga cards. Evga precision is bugged. This expensive 3090 is bugged. I'm tired. My next buy will be msi or asus. At least msi afterburner works great. And also when i had the 2080ti hybrid with evga, i had to use that crap of precision x because i could't set the fan from msi ab.
 
And better luck with both of them companies and their nonexistent customer service... HA!!!
 

eXp67

arestavo

DSychev
I absolutely agree that the 1000w bios is reckless for every day use. That leads me to my original question. How do I get the performance that's on the box of this GPU back? Here's a screenshot of the same card running on the XOC bios available in the first post of this thread. Why is the card drawing 90% TDP with the power target slider set to 119%? Flashing the card back to it's original bios produces the same results. 

Your PCIE slot power draw is 79W. The spec is 75. Your card is over spec, and the performance cap (perfcap) is power.

Flash the stock VBIOS and test without overclock. If the PCIE slot power remains over 75W, RMA and get a card that IS within spec.

Hello,
 
I don't understand your problem with PCI-E. Mine reach 500W (FTW3 ultra) with UP to 89W on PCI-E on peaks.
 
So what's the problem if PCI-E > 75W ?  No problem right ? My card is reaching without anyproblem the 500W, so your problem is not realted to > 75W PCI-E drawing ???
 
Regards,

Again, for the 42nd time:

The universal standard for maximum power draw from the PCie slot is 75W max. I didn't set that, some geeks with a hard on for making standards did. Standards are there so stuff going boom boom doesn't happen as often.

If your card exceeds 75W on the stock VBIOS without overclocking the GPU core or VRAM, your card is exceeding the PCIE specification that every company should be following (remember the AMD RX480 debacle a few years ago?)

Yours drawing 89W continuous with a total board power draw of 500W is great. Good for you. It's still out of spec - but at least your card is capable of getting to 500. Most cards can't when they exceed 79W or so, which seems to be the throttle point for FTW3 cards (except yours for some reason, or those who flash the warranty voiding 1000W kingpin VBIOS).

At this point I'm going to stop repeating myself and ask that people read this thread instead of asking the same questions over and over again. It's all here for those that care to read.

RMA black lipped card is a little better than the first but now draws 86w on the PCIE.  I'm done, I'm just selling the card and never buying EVGA again.  Two weeks for a RMA to have the same issues and ABOSLUTELY NO WORD FROM EVGA TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM.  

I did this update procedure, but I can't revert.
My GPU:
Part Number: 24G-P5-3987-KR
Part Desc: EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING, 24G-P5-39
 
Help me. Pls! 
 
 
 
 

vgerik1234
3090 FTW3 - OC BIOS - No display adapters were found that are compatible with this update.
 
All monitoring software is turned off. Using Nvidia 456.98 (Latest hotfix). Windows 20H2 update (the one that came out within past 24 hours).
 
 

 
Edit: Looks like BIOS is ONLY for Ultra (3987 part number) ATM.

arestavo so you also had the problem ? You did an RMA invoking the card going above 75W on PCIE slot ?
What's about the new card, is it better ?
 
Mine can't do above 410W and is at 75-78W on PCIE slot. The card is 100% of the time PWR limited (perfcap reason : pwr).
24G-P5-3987-KR
SN: 2012533xxxxxxxxxxxxx China

EVGA_JacobF you need to give us information!

MastahFR
arestavo so you also had the problem ? You did an RMA invoking the card going above 75W on PCIE slot ?
What's about the new card, is it better ?
 
Mine can't do above 410W and is at 75-78W on PCIE slot. The card is 100% of the time PWR limited (perfcap reason : pwr).
24G-P5-3987-KR
SN: 2012533xxxxxxxxxxxxx China

Yes, up to 82W continuous power draw, depending on the game, on the stock VBIOS with no manual GPU or VRAM overclock which maxed out at around 430W at most. The replacement pulls 76W stock and I've seen 460W power draw with the 500W VBIOS. The XC3 VBIOS is still better, because it lowers the PCIE slot power draw to around 66W and allows the card to draw ~500W total.

I've posted this multiple times before for people to read.