no worries at all i did all of the above but with a asus strixx bios instead, it has a 123% power target but that card used 3x8pin pcie cables which is why i was getting odd scores and fps, for safety i rolled back and happily my card is all good
Nvidia 30X0 series waterblocks
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no worries at all i did all of the above but with a asus strixx bios instead, it has a 123% power target but that card used 3x8pin pcie cables which is why i was getting odd scores and fps, for safety i rolled back and happily my card is all good
ah you have the gigabyte card?, i have the zotac and my power limit is locked to 100%, at least you have an extra 10% which will help, and yeah 2040mhz is very good, does the card hold that clock when gaming or benchmarking?
i can add +100 to my core and my peak clock is 2145mhz but because of the aircooler it drops back to around 1875mhz when under load
Nope I've got no extra 10% on my 3080, the card holds 2040Mhz in gaming and benchmarks with +100 on the core, It will go higher when benchmarking at +125 but isn't 24/7 stable gaming at that as the clock will spike above 2100Mhz and instantly CTD. I do wish there was some piece of software that could artificially cap the boost clock as it's only those few spikes that are the problem.
do you have the no oc model then, as the one i linked a page ago is the eagle oc which allows a +10% power target
Thanks mate, i still haven't had a go at this but its ever so tempting lol.one sec
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first of you'll need the gigabyte vga bios which can be found here (max power target 110%)
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/224963/gigabyte-rtx3090-24575-200904
next you'll also need nvflash 5.66.0 which can be had here
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-nvflash/
lastly here is the link for the steps to flash your card
https://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/how_to_flash_rtx_bios/
follow all the steps as instructed in the walkthrough, if at any point up until the flash process you don't feel comfortable just exit and nothing will happen or flash over.
if any of the above links arn't allowed please let me know so i can remove them
You reckon i should do this? From EVGA forum:
whoa that'll certinally help with the cooling of the core and ram, any word on how it was done?
Yeah literally drill 4 holes into the back plate, add thermal paste and screw in lol. Aligning it properly with the fittings is the tricking bit.
Im contemplating using thermal pads instead of paste though, what do you think? Seems a cheap and easy mod to lower temps further.
paste will net the best results if your going ot mount a block directly to the backplate, from that pic and what you've said the pressure would squash pads into oblivion, i'd go paste, tbh i may end up doing something similar too XD
Good shout mate, probably paste then. The backplate will be ruined anyway as i've drilling 4 damn holes into it lol.
Looking at getting the Bykski ram cooler with the OLED display so i can check temps as well but i just thought about it again and is it even relevant as it will be taking water temps and not the backplate temp.
Alternative is to wait for the Aquacomputer NEXT Kyrographics block with active backplate cooling and OLED display.
do you have the no oc model then, as the one i linked a page ago is the eagle oc which allows a +10% power target
Nope, it's Gigabyte Gaming OC
i was just going to ask was it a ram watercooler that was used as i've looked at threadripper blocks but no look like whats in the pic you posted
strange the eagle oc carry's a +10% power target, that explains it, give the eagle oc bios flash ago, and you'll get that magical extra 10%
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So it seems the cheaper OC (non eagle model) allows for higher power target?
Yeah its a ram cooler, but im certain a thread ripper block would fit and mount similarly with just screws, or maybe even add springs for more mounting pressure.
It must have a higher power target than the eagle already baked in then
Precision X1 has such a mode does it not? Albeit it will run that clock ALL the time i.e. in desktop/2D applications 24/7
Is this similar to what K boost is on afterburner? Cos its locked on afterburner unless i can unlock it via settings.