Good Morning Everyone (in Los Angeles)
 
I got an pleasant email from EVGA today that I'am next in the queue and I can get a 3090 FTW3 Ultra.  I have read some issues with power imbalance with the 3090 ftw3...   Do you guys know if this has already been resolved with new cards?  I am guessing I am getting the very latest version of the card with the black lips.
 
 
Please advice, if I should order 3090 ftw3 or I should skip if issues are present. 
 
thank you!

juang1985
Good Morning Everyone (in Los Angeles)
 
I got an pleasant email from EVGA today that I'am next in the queue and I can get a 3090 FTW3 Ultra.  I have read some issues with power imbalance with the 3090 ftw3...   Do you guys know if this has already been resolved with new cards?  I am guessing I am getting the very latest version of the card with the black lips.
 
 
Please advice, if I should order 3090 ftw3 or I should skip if issues are present. 
 
thank you!

The truth is luck bro
 
3 cards passed, last one is a nice card on water, but upon installing the waterblock one ICX Sensor got stucked at 374C a thing that's very common and I wasn't aware like mostly all our findings on these thread. The new PCB rev 1.0 cards do downlock with heavy load but not as much as PCB rev 0.1, if you put them on water and flash the correct VBIOS you will have a nice card, this is mine:
 
This applies to all 2114 Serial Made In Taiwan not to the ones Made in China, some of those are better, some not.
 
https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/67925083?
 
All the Best, Sergio!

EVGA_JacobF]
 
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 - Updated 4/5/21 with Resizable BAR Versions. Important: If your card ALREADY came with the XOC BIOS in the secondary position, do not apply these updates:

• EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA – BIOS 1 (Normal) | BIOS 2 (OC)
• EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 - BIOS 1 (Normal) | BIOS 2 (OC)
• EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 HYBRID - BIOS 1 (Normal) | BIOS 2 (OC)

NOTE: There are 2 BIOS's, one is for the BIOS when switched to the normal stock position, the other if switched to the OC position
 
If you wish to go back to the Default BIOS you can find them below:
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA Default BIOS - BIOS 1 (Normal) | BIOS 2 (OC)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Default BIOS - BIOS 1 (Normal) | BIOS 2 (OC)

Question.. Do I need to move the switch to update that switch position specific bios?
Example: I can only update OC bios in switch position 2... Or can I update both in position 1?

Good day.
 
I have 3090 FTW3 ultra rev 0.1 card + waterblock + additional power to pcie slot on motherboard. Won't RMA my 3090 (another country, ages to ship etc...).
With bios from 1st post in ths thread i get max. power draw around 450watts. Rebar is enabled.
 
I tried 1000w kp bios (with rebar support), powerlimit 52-54%, max. power draw is around 520-530. In Port Royal and fire strike ultra gpu clock speeds are stable. But rebar isn't enabling, eth mining doesn't work. I tried modifed 520w kp bios (with rebar support), max. power draw is around 460-470, rebar isn't enabling, hash rate is slightly lower than on stock bios.
 
Is it possible with rev 0.1 card to get max power draw around 490-500 watt with working rebar and working eth mining?
 

23werfd
Good day.
 
I have 3090 FTW3 ultra rev 0.1 card + waterblock + additional power to pcie slot on motherboard. Won't RMA my 3090 (another country, ages to ship etc...).
With bios from 1st post in ths thread i get max. power draw around 450watts. Rebar is enabled.
 
I tried 1000w kp bios (with rebar support), powerlimit 52-54%, max. power draw is around 520-530. In Port Royal and fire strike ultra gpu clock speeds are stable. But rebar isn't enabling, eth mining doesn't work. I tried modifed 520w kp bios (with rebar support), max. power draw is around 460-470, rebar isn't enabling, hash rate is slightly lower than on stock bios.
 
Is it possible with rev 0.1 card to get max power draw around 490-500 watt with working rebar and working eth mining?
 

No idea about mining, but the XC3 VBIOS (with or without rebar) will let a power limited 0.1 revision 3090 draw ~500 watts as shown by a wattmeter.

arestavo
 
XC3 VBIOS

Where i can find this bios?

23werfd
Where i can find this bios?

The same place that we've all gotten them for years - https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/?architecture=NVIDIA&manufacturer=EVGA&model=RTX+3090&version=&interface=&memType=&memSize=&since= 

arestavo
 
The same place that we've all gotten them for years -  

Thank you.
 
Power draw readings by gpu-z won't show actual power draw?
 
 

23werfd

arestavo
 
The same place that we've all gotten them for years -  

Thank you.
 
Power draw readings by gpu-z won't show actual power draw?

They'll be wildly off since only two PCIE plugs will report anything, and those readings likely aren't very accurate.

juang1985
Good Morning Everyone (in Los Angeles)
 
I got an pleasant email from EVGA today that I'am next in the queue and I can get a 3090 FTW3 Ultra.  I have read some issues with power imbalance with the 3090 ftw3...   Do you guys know if this has already been resolved with new cards?  I am guessing I am getting the very latest version of the card with the black lips.
 
 
Please advice, if I should order 3090 ftw3 or I should skip if issues are present. 
 
thank you!

Excuse me, what revision did you end up getting? Thanks