660Ti Power Edition OC TDP throttling - did MSI finally make any BIOS fix?

Hi
The reason why I'm going back to this topic is the fact, that before my card throttled over 101% TDP even if I set power target to 114% but it happened only in benchmarks.
Sadly, recently I started to play Sleeping Dogs and even without overclocking, after setting power target to 100%-114% (no matter what value it is) my card throttles when it reaches 101% TDP. Now this worries me - this wasn't a problem when it happened in benchmarks, but it is a problem when my FPS are falling down because card throttles from stock 1228 MHz max kepler boost to much lower values. Sleeping Dogs maxed out is my first game which reached over 100% TDP.
AFAIK this is a common issue and it was also mentioned with GTX 670 cards, where You can flash Galaxy Bios and fix the issue (still wondering why MSI didn't fix it and Galaxy did but that's a whole different story ).
Is there any bios for 660Ti which will fix this? Or should I just RMA it? Please help

Quote from: VizualG on 26-October-11, 03:00:39
all tests came out perfect 
Now lets hope my problem is solved for good.
Thank u so much for all the help, and the very fast response.
Please pm me or post a link, so i can thank you for youre hard work by donating.
Quote from: VizualG on 26-October-11, 03:00:39
all tests came out perfect 
Now lets hope my problem is solved for good.
Very well
Quote from: VizualG on 26-October-11, 03:00:39
Thank u so much for all the help, and the very fast response.
Please pm me or post a link, so i can thank you for youre hard work by donating.
Done

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