GIGABYTE Updates its RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC BIOS with Increased Power Limit

btarunr · Oct 24, 2018

GIGABYTE today released an updated graphics card BIOS for its GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC / WindForce OC (GV-N208TWF3OC-11GC) graphics card, with significantly increased power limits. The card originally ships with a power-limit adjustment headroom of up to of 290 Watts. The new BIOS increases that all the way up to 366 W. The default power limit for both BIOSes is 260 W, so you'll have to use GIGABYTE's Aorus Engine utility to increase the power limit manually to 366 W instead of 290 W.

The increased power limit helps the card sustain its GPU Boost frequencies better, since there is more electrical headroom. The new BIOS, however, don't tinker with temperature limits. 84°C is still the temperature at which the GPU will begin to lower clock speeds to bring down temperatures, and 88°C is the temperature limit. GPU Boost uses a combination of factors such as utilization, power limit, and temperature to increase GPU clock speeds, to increase performance. You can find both the new BIOS, and the original BIOS for this card below. You use the BIOS at your own risk.

DOWNLOAD: GIGABYTE High Power Limit RTX 2080 Ti BIOS | GIGABYTE RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC Original BIOS

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Upgrayedd · Oct 24, 2018

Would like to see that test.

Assimilator · Oct 24, 2018

Why they didn't release it with these values at launch is anyone's guess...

Deleted member 50521 · Oct 24, 2018

Probably gonna let well cooled GPU maintain that ~2100MHz core for sustained load. As of now mine can only do ~2050 sustained load. But the fan is unbearablely loud at that temp ( I have custom fan curve that pushes those fans to ~3500rpm at 100%)

Fluffmeister · Oct 24, 2018

xkm1948 said:
Probably gonna let well cooled GPU maintain that ~2100MHz core for sustained load. As of now mine can only do ~2050 sustained load. But the fan is unbearablely loud at that temp ( I have custom fan curve that pushes those fans to ~3500rpm at 100%)

A 2080 Ti humming along a 2Ghz+ My heart bleeds for you.

dj-electric · Oct 24, 2018

Been F3 BIOS for about a week now.
Was surprised to see this now in title, but better late than never eh.

Check this one out:
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/204064/gigabyte-rtx2080ti-11264-180921

Steevo · Oct 24, 2018

Assimilator said:
Why they didn't release it with these values at launch is anyone's guess...

Power consumption numbers.

Fluffmeister · Oct 24, 2018

All the cards will likely top out around the same speed anyway, so it will just suck more juice for no reason at all.

It should no doubt benefit the tiny niche that want to go that extra metaphorical mile though.

Deleted member 50521 · Oct 24, 2018

Fluffmeister said:
All the cards will likely top out around the same speed anyway, so it will just suck more juice for no reason at all.

It should no doubt benefit the tiny niche that want to go that extra metaphorical mile though.

During CUDA loads the core hovers around ~1500. I am new to CUDA based acceleration so might take a while to learn. What I did find out is by increasing overall power limit, the sustained clock during CUDA load improved to ~1700. Still very far from the 3D application clocks of 2000+ though.

Prima.Vera · Oct 25, 2018

LOL. This card costs between 1600 and 2000$

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07GJKR7RW/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Do people really lost their minds with those prices??

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GIGABYTE Updates its RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC BIOS with Increased Power Limit

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