I've emailed them based on this board I have (rev1) but I also am unable, no matter what I do, to get the third PCIE cable to be loaded.
 
It's typically 96w use, whereas my other cables are 150w each. The card only ever avg's 455 under extreme load even with great temperatures (52 gpu, 75 junction) with furmark and a huge amount of airflow.

I asked customer service to replace it per the info in this thread and via the correct email, and they said there's no reason to, as it doesn't need that much power. 
 
I've reached out to my CC for a dispute as I'm past the return window.

Anyone know where I can find the 1000w kp vbios with rebar? Thanks!

Update on my personal situation.
I purchased this card in August 2020 and have been following this thread since. 
I could never break 460w on my Rev 1.0 3982 card. I was accepted into the RMA request and by sheer lack of will and responsibility I never had it shipped out. I requested it be re-opened and EVGA was swift in doing so. Thanks to their awesome support. 
I gave up when flashing to .27 (I was at CO.O2 from factory) as it would still not let me break 109% PT and 460W in anything I did.
I ended up using it at CO.O2 with typical usage at around 430W.
I decided to reflash it now almost 2 years later and it is hitting on average 113% PT, with a max of around 495W. I don't know what I did differently but the card has finally begun to hit 500W! 
If you do have a Rev 1.0 card your best bet is to flash to .27. It took me around 5-6 tries spread out over a year before it finally worked.
For reference I have an EKWB active backplate and block with 2 360mm x 60mm radiators in a full custom loop. PX-1000 PSU, 5950x, Dark hero, 32GB 3600 C14. 

ss5234
Update on my personal situation.
I purchased this card in August 2020 and have been following this thread since. 
I could never break 460w on my Rev 1.0 3982 card. I was accepted into the RMA request and by sheer lack of will and responsibility I never had it shipped out. I requested it be re-opened and EVGA was swift in doing so. Thanks to their awesome support. 
I gave up when flashing to .27 (I was at CO.O2 from factory) as it would still not let me break 109% PT and 460W in anything I did.
I ended up using it at CO.O2 with typical usage at around 430W.
I decided to reflash it now almost 2 years later and it is hitting on average 113% PT, with a max of around 495W. I don't know what I did differently but the card has finally begun to hit 500W! 
If you do have a Rev 1.0 card your best bet is to flash to .27. It took me around 5-6 tries spread out over a year before it finally worked.
For reference I have an EKWB active backplate and block with 2 360mm x 60mm radiators in a full custom loop. PX-1000 PSU, 5950x, Dark hero, 32GB 3600 C14. 

Rev1 should be on 02 bios. 27 was reserved for those cards that blew up playing New World and other games. I wouldn't trust that as far as I could throw it. 

SyndicatedLife

ss5234
Update on my personal situation.
I purchased this card in August 2020 and have been following this thread since. 
I could never break 460w on my Rev 1.0 3982 card. I was accepted into the RMA request and by sheer lack of will and responsibility I never had it shipped out. I requested it be re-opened and EVGA was swift in doing so. Thanks to their awesome support. 
I gave up when flashing to .27 (I was at CO.O2 from factory) as it would still not let me break 109% PT and 460W in anything I did.
I ended up using it at CO.O2 with typical usage at around 430W.
I decided to reflash it now almost 2 years later and it is hitting on average 113% PT, with a max of around 495W. I don't know what I did differently but the card has finally begun to hit 500W! 
If you do have a Rev 1.0 card your best bet is to flash to .27. It took me around 5-6 tries spread out over a year before it finally worked.
For reference I have an EKWB active backplate and block with 2 360mm x 60mm radiators in a full custom loop. PX-1000 PSU, 5950x, Dark hero, 32GB 3600 C14. 

Rev1 should be on 02 bios. 27 was reserved for those cards that blew up playing New World and other games. I wouldn't trust that as far as I could throw it. 

Read the past 20 pages, all have been stating that this is the best way to achieve 500W. Specifically on Rev1 and up cards.

ss5234

SyndicatedLife

ss5234
Update on my personal situation.
I purchased this card in August 2020 and have been following this thread since. 
I could never break 460w on my Rev 1.0 3982 card. I was accepted into the RMA request and by sheer lack of will and responsibility I never had it shipped out. I requested it be re-opened and EVGA was swift in doing so. Thanks to their awesome support. 
I gave up when flashing to .27 (I was at CO.O2 from factory) as it would still not let me break 109% PT and 460W in anything I did.
I ended up using it at CO.O2 with typical usage at around 430W.
I decided to reflash it now almost 2 years later and it is hitting on average 113% PT, with a max of around 495W. I don't know what I did differently but the card has finally begun to hit 500W! 
If you do have a Rev 1.0 card your best bet is to flash to .27. It took me around 5-6 tries spread out over a year before it finally worked.
For reference I have an EKWB active backplate and block with 2 360mm x 60mm radiators in a full custom loop. PX-1000 PSU, 5950x, Dark hero, 32GB 3600 C14. 

Rev1 should be on 02 bios. 27 was reserved for those cards that blew up playing New World and other games. I wouldn't trust that as far as I could throw it. 

Read the past 20 pages, all have been stating that this is the best way to achieve 500W. Specifically on Rev1 and up cards.

I've read every post across the 239 pages. It's the "only" way, or use the kingpin bios. The "best" way is for EVGA to get off they butts and fix it right. :(

SyndicatedLife

ss5234

SyndicatedLife

ss5234
Update on my personal situation.
I purchased this card in August 2020 and have been following this thread since. 
I could never break 460w on my Rev 1.0 3982 card. I was accepted into the RMA request and by sheer lack of will and responsibility I never had it shipped out. I requested it be re-opened and EVGA was swift in doing so. Thanks to their awesome support. 
I gave up when flashing to .27 (I was at CO.O2 from factory) as it would still not let me break 109% PT and 460W in anything I did.
I ended up using it at CO.O2 with typical usage at around 430W.
I decided to reflash it now almost 2 years later and it is hitting on average 113% PT, with a max of around 495W. I don't know what I did differently but the card has finally begun to hit 500W! 
If you do have a Rev 1.0 card your best bet is to flash to .27. It took me around 5-6 tries spread out over a year before it finally worked.
For reference I have an EKWB active backplate and block with 2 360mm x 60mm radiators in a full custom loop. PX-1000 PSU, 5950x, Dark hero, 32GB 3600 C14. 

Rev1 should be on 02 bios. 27 was reserved for those cards that blew up playing New World and other games. I wouldn't trust that as far as I could throw it. 

Read the past 20 pages, all have been stating that this is the best way to achieve 500W. Specifically on Rev1 and up cards.

I've read every post across the 239 pages. It's the "only" way, or use the kingpin bios. The "best" way is for EVGA to get off they butts and fix it right. :(

 Then you would have known that 3090OC support still accepts Rev 1 cards that are manually flashed to .27. Personally I can vouch for it as that was one of my main points when emailing support, using screenshots of slightly improved performance with a Rev .1 BIOS (460W on .27 vs 430W on .O2, not close enough for my liking). And that there have been no bricked instances of it not working despite turning nvflash protect off. 
 
Give it a try. 

I just wanted to confirm that performance hasn't really improved despite the access to 490W+. Not sure why.

ss5234
Update on my personal situation.
I purchased this card in August 2020 and have been following this thread since. 
I could never break 460w on my Rev 1.0 3982 card. I was accepted into the RMA request and by sheer lack of will and responsibility I never had it shipped out. I requested it be re-opened and EVGA was swift in doing so. Thanks to their awesome support. 
I gave up when flashing to .27 (I was at CO.O2 from factory) as it would still not let me break 109% PT and 460W in anything I did.
I ended up using it at CO.O2 with typical usage at around 430W.
I decided to reflash it now almost 2 years later and it is hitting on average 113% PT, with a max of around 495W. I don't know what I did differently but the card has finally begun to hit 500W! 
If you do have a Rev 1.0 card your best bet is to flash to .27. It took me around 5-6 tries spread out over a year before it finally worked.
For reference I have an EKWB active backplate and block with 2 360mm x 60mm radiators in a full custom loop. PX-1000 PSU, 5950x, Dark hero, 32GB 3600 C14. 

Wow! Sounds just like my 3090 ftw3 rev 1.0. New as in like a month old and I have a Ek front and back active wb on it.

460 seems to be the max on the OC switch.

From what I've gathered:
 
Flashing the KINGPIN bios will let you use 520, but the PCIE uses 90w,, Pin1/2 use 170w, with Pin3 using 115w.
Flashing the old revision 0.1 bios lets you use 500, but you have the same issue as KINGPIN with over spec use.
 
3090 FTW3 Ultra cards are at a hardware level not made correctly. 0.1 had component issues and 1.0 has the trace layouts wrong on the 8pins. They also use a 10a fuse instead of a 20a fuse on the PCI slot connector.
 
I've made my offer over a few emails to customer service to pay for an upgrade to the cards which they really want people allowed to use 500w+ and that's the KINGPINs/3090 Ti's/etc. 2 deny's and last one is a back and forth which is going nowhere.
 
I've always championed EVGA has the only manufacturer to get nvidia from, and I don't know if can trust the brand again, given the lack of response on this issue over the last year and more. This, after buying 3 hybrid 1080 Ti's, the 3080 12GB and now the 3090 FTW3 Ultra.