I just tried undervolting for the first time with my 1080 Ti Strix and was able to get it from ~230W stock down to ~170W while losing only ~3 avg FPS in Cyberpunk and ~65c degrees! Set my sweet spot to 1800MHz at 875mV, it freaked out at 850mV.
Best undervolting guide by far, clearly explains how to change the settings for any graphics card instead of a specific card. My 1070 ran at 140-150 watts. got it down to 110-120 watts. same fps. Temps are lower. can lower my fan speeds and have lower temps than before. Thank you.
Just finished my first gaming desktop build. Mini ITX, AMD Ryzen 5 5600x, and RX 6800 (non-XT) and I am getting frames way above my refresh monitor in Warzone, Cold War, and many of my other taxing games. I will definitely be giving this a shot to help with thermals
Had an alienware prebuilt with a 2060. Did your undervolt method used to average 76 to 80 Celsius on warzone playing with nvidia filters. After undervoltinf averaging a clean 64 to 65 Celsius same graphics and filters and everything. Great guide. Didn't see much improvement with my 3080 but 5 degrees Celsius lower and hardly any decrease in performance. I'll take it lol
So yeah, undervolting is where it's at. Just gave it a shot on my 3090, I'm hitting 1905Mhz on the core & stock memory clocks at 875mV! Giving me better performance on Time Spy & Port Royal than stock & the few traditional OCs I tried on it! Now gonna see how far I can push the memory at these settings.
Love you mah dude, got my 3060 down from 170w max to 121w max, temps down by 8-10c (64c) average and a 3 fps loss on Max and 2 on avg at 1875MHz and 875mV on my first try, not gonna push more yet, will try soon, THANKS again man for such a simple tutorial.
Thank you so much. I had a issue with my Graphics card killing my computer since it took more watts than it should. I undervoltet it and now it sits at 105 Watts instead of 140-150 Watts! Now I can play VR again without any issue!
Got down to 1890 MHZ at 850mV on my MSI 3080ti SUPRIM X, and it power draw goes down from ~370W to ~290W while losing only 1-3 avg FPS in APEX and never goes over 72c, thank you for the video its really helps a lot. Now my room temp is now finally comfort.
I’ve been undervolting now since my GTX900 series GPU and every generation since. Here in Australia 🇦🇺 where electricity is expensive and I spend a number of hours a day gaming … I’ve found a small electricity bill saving, but in terms of temps (as we get hot summers here) a noticeable difference in long term run times has seen 10-15c (10-15 degrees Celsius) reduction and a much quieter system which is what I prefer. 🥰🥰👍
The problem with your method is that you lower the entire curve, which you most wouldn't want/need. The initial part of the curve is fine to keep stock. You simply want to set your desired max voltage with your desired frequency. Then, ensure that every point after that (to the right) is lower (by any amount) than the aforementioned desired max voltage. By having the points to the right of your voltage lower by any amount, they will automatically be set to level with your desired voltage, meaning that the curve peaks at your desired voltage.
I did it. Got down to 935mV on a 3090 FE 1950 MHz. I didn’t mess with it for more than 20 minutes was satisfied with lower temperatures. The undervolt also shortens the steps the clocks shift up to so you end up with your higher speed more often with less heat. This was excellent. Afterburner also lets you save presets so you can lower the voltage even further on those less demanding games with just a few clicks to revert to better stability in demanding titles.
GREAT VIDEO! Took my dual 1080ti Hybrids down another 5c each while shaving off 100W from the power supply @ 900mV and 1750Mhz and 475W down to 375W ... I didn't even get it to crash yet. Lost only 10% in Blender rendering (2:53:00 to 3:11:00). Reduced memory 200mhz in the process but didn't see much heat reduction, wattage did drop. I think I will leave memory alone and just focus on voltage. Its seems like limiting the clock speed of the GPU doesn't work after a while on thermals, think there is a threshold there. I just wish I can get those temps lower!
An easier - though less precise - way to undervolt is to reduce the power limit in Afterburner and then use the OC Scanner tool to sniff out the best OVERclock for that power setting. Keep nudging the power limit down and benchmarking each time until you come back to stock performance, then... that's it - stock performance for reduced power, and AB has done all the stability testing for you😁.
I'm very new to this undervolting so wanted to know what was the math/logic there with the boost clock of 1.73 GHz, the base clock being 1.5 GHz, and then pulling your GPU's rate down about 290-300 Mhz? To go a little bit under the base clock?
man I was struggling for so long with my loud gpu while playing games, this got me from 82~ average temp to 72-76c making my fans chill for once and not going full on jet engine. without losing any performance.
This is a little confusing to follow the steps, because the numbers you are referencing, aren't easy for me to correlate with what is advertised for RTX 3070, such as when you say 1900 Mhz for stock operating frequency. Where is it published that stock operating frequency is 1900 Mhz ? All I see are numbers like 1500 MHz Boost Clock 1725 MHz Memory Clock 1750 MHz
Run a stock benchmark of the card and see how much the card can boost, get that boost clock as a reference and undervolt, like if ur card boosted upto to like 1900Mhz @1150mv, set it to 1900Mhz @950mv or lower see how much you can reduce the power
Getting better, good video, keep them coming. There's still a ways to go to reach Captain Ung's skills or Science Officer Chacos, but you're definitely working your way in the engine room, like Will Wheaton following Lavar Burton around in engineering, so keep it up 👍
My question is is it safe to undervolt my cyberpowerpc gaming laptop gpu its RTX 3060 130w but I Have to put it at 120w in the control panel and when I do undervolt my gpu I get at 1646mhz on the gpu with a 105w temps sit at 67c undervolt put at 120w at over 1800mhz it’s goes over 76c to 78c with full fan speed
Bro can u help me pls i got an rtx 3060 and i wanted to fix the gpu high temps so i did what u said but instead of 1850 i did 1900 cuz that was mine mhz but now my pc performance got ruined so much i get like 60 fps less but my pc got allot more sillent and temps a bit less pls help me with this problem i underclocked with msi afterburner
I have a gigabyte rtx 2070 super... the GPU Clock boost is 1785 so that what i drop the curve to. Now to what speed MHz do i set the 950 mV mark? I dont get what i should put it to? You said "the stock operating frequency how do i find out what that is?
3:13 I have a question about the boost clock. Is the value on top or the one beneath the one I need to orientate on? Because for me there are 2 different values with an GTX 1660
Hoping someone answer ! Why did you bring up the slider to 1900mhz ? you said that the operating frequency is 1900? while as per google , rtx 3070 operating frequency is 1500mhz ? can someone explain why 1900 mhz ?
I've been doing this to my 3060 Ti ever since I got it on launch. When I play old games that are easy to run I do an undervolt and underclock combination. So I set it 731mV at 1620 MHz clock. The temps are so low and it sips less than 100W of power. It's so good it can even play modern titles at 1440p no problem. Now when I want to play at 4K for more modern games I set it at 950mV at 2010MHz. Yes it's a combination of an undervolt and an overclock! Since the power limit of my card is 240W, high power usage games will have lower clocks but with the 950mV I can reach higher clocks at the same or lower power usage.
You should not be doing the -200 to -300 on your curve as it will actually INCREASE the voltage required for lower clock speeds. This is messing up strictly by being lazy. Just use the voltage points for set clock speeds and don't touch the previous lower end of the graph (better yet INCREASE it on the Y axis to ask for higher clock speeds for lower voltage usage).
Linux doesn't allow voltage corrections. Can I tune my GPU under Windows and then move it on my Linux system? Will it keep the undervolt? Also, I'm using a card which behaves oddly in Linux. I suspect there is some voltage correction on it. Can I investigate this with Windows?
Undervolt+small OC is the best combo, on my RX 6800XT I managed to get core clocks to hit stable 2400mhz and memory to hit 2100mhz with fast timings enabled, 1025mv from stock being 1150. Overall gained a few fps and watts dropped by 40-50 in very gpu heavy games, and about 70-80 in moderately gpu heavy games, I have a MSI trio model so the cooler is already quite beefy, temps are 50-60C on current/edge gpu temp and 65-75C on gpu hotspot, fans are quiet 1600-1800 rpm aswell. Since the hotspot is so low in temps the gpu just will just 24/7 boost to 2400mhz core and 2100mhz mem, could prolly make it higher with more tweaking but I am perfectly happy with my results
I have an RX 6600 shaphire 8Gb. Well i play fortnite in the default graphics(high) and i get 90-100 fps. The gpu can get up to 76°C and i have read that that card tend to overheat. Should i go with undervolt or a custom fan curve for the gpu fans or both?
I think I need to do this to solve a buzzing noise on a brand new system. Any tips on undervolting Radeons? Would the process be the same as for the Nvidia... It's trial and error? Thanks
I'd like to buy Legion 5 pro, 6800H and 3060 or 3070. But the 240 and 300 W power adapters are too heavy. Can 3060 run max 25W and is this 25W same fast like 680M at 25W, if not then i will go with integrated GPU only laptop.
I found your video because I was curious if it`s safe to do, I play wide range of games that run fine, but Assetto Corsa with mods make my GPU go to 75c degrees while it`s on 100% power limit, when I put my power limit to 55%, I get only 10-13 FPS loss while my temperatures go down from 75c degrees, to 63-65c degrees! Thank you very much for a very useful video.
My Radeon 5700XT pulse is running 1900mhz@1000mV the day I got it instead of 2100@1175 or someting like that, also, I use Radeon chill at 40/120 with a hard lock fps of 60, that means that when the game have no input it runs at 40 and with input is running at 60, awesome efficiency here. Also. I dont use ultra setting besides textures.
Only issue is that, the msi afterburner causes stuttering in games , youtube or any other media that used the gpu, while i had the app just open in background. I had to keep it open just so that i could use the undervolt+ oc.
Undervolted my EVGA 3070 FTW3 quite a bit. Went from about 240 watts all the way down to just over 180 watts. Big thermal decrease too from 62 to JUST 56 decrease in heavy load. I was also able to clock it all the way to 2010 MHz. So I drop power draw, and temp without losing a single frame per second.
I undervolt my cpu and gpu. Got a 1070ti at 975mV @ 2000MHz humming nicely. In addition to this video series you should put a video about framelimiting. Using rtss I lock 90fps for my games and it can really help with stutters and temps.
ok i would love some info on how you went about undervolting your cpu, generally im just curious but it may also be something beneficial for my pc. but i am even more interested in going about using rtss for framelimiting. i have been using afterburner for years and have played around with rtss in the past a little bit but for years now i dont even have it installed anymore. i do experience some stuttering still these although not very often and when i do its not drastic. any info youre willing to spend the time providing would be greatly appreciated and payed forward in the future, as i do most of my friends software modifying for them. thank you in advance
Yeah I've started limiting most of my games to 120fps. Works well with gsync/freesync, and helps steady frametimes. I'd rather have more stable frame times than 20 more fps.
Aye man its the way forward. Same performance for 2/3 the watts on MSI 5700 XT Gaming X. 1980 clock 1060 mV -10pwr Save the OC for bench days, electric in UK aint no joke right now.
I use MSI Afterburner's auto scan settings to set the voltage curve, then I pick a spot on the curve and start levelling it off till I get the power consumption I want, typically around the core boost clock. My Geforce 3050 uses only 83 watts of power under load (vs. about 135 stock), but it has about 96 percent the performance of stock voltage. Since I have an ancient case with just one Noctua NFS12A exhaust fan, that leads to much lower case temperatures under load, as well as much lower noise. The noisiest thing in my case is my GPU, but it's fan is stuck at 1/3 speed idle, so not much can be done about that.
If you have a Nvidia card and aren't sure what game to pick for undervolt testing, use a RT game with DLSS my experience says that a underclock value will be stable in a raster only game but wont be on one that uses RT
Thanks for making this guide! Why haven't I tried this before with MSI Afterburner? I'm already thermal-throttling my dual RTX 3090 Ti workstation at 65'C and power limiting each card at 300W for the sake of longevity, efficiency, and safer system temperatures; but I wonder if undervolting on top of that will help regain some lost performance and then some... Addendum: I decided to relax the thermal limit to 85'C, which appears reasonable for an Ampere GPU under heavy load. I was able to run both RTX 3090 Ti cards around 1920 MHz (the default boost frequency) @ 875 mV with a fixed 67% fan speed at a steady-state temperature of about 75'C on a Time Spy Extreme 3DMark stress test. I want to see if I can lower the voltage and temperatures further, otherwise, these are already very impressive results.
I would like to correct one thing : Those cards must work with lower voltage. It's right in the V/F curve of the card how far it's rated for any given voltage, and ALL these point had to be checked for stability in factory (at least that's how I think it's done ?). As for why no manufacturer does this : It's not because "card will get unstable", it's because "performance drops too much [vs. competition]", or "MHz aren't high enough, so let's not do that [when using NV guidelines]. GPUs can be made to work at lower stock voltages, they simply can't be clocked as high on them. Personally, I would love GPUs to be run at stock with 0.7V for big die, and 0.8V for smaller ones (both on lower clockspeeds than today), BUT with additional "OC" option that raises voltage by additional +0.1V or +0.2V value IF user want's to go over that (and is informed about risks [higher power usage, hotter GPU, etc.] with proper on screen warning).
@@TimberWulfIsHere Use older GPUs if you want higher voltages. Voltage doesn't mean anything and it WILL only get lower. Think about it : Pentium III 180nm had 1.75V stock, while Pentium 4 had 1.45v or 1.3V (130nm/90nm). You can't cheat your way out this on current tech.
Umm, can you please explain the point of the first step, i.e. pulling down the core clock? By doing so the voltage/clock ratio shifts in the opposite direction IMO. In my case, on a RTX2080S, base core frequency without touching it: 1650MHz@843mV. After under-clocking by 300MHz: 1650MHz@1037mV. Isn't that the exact opposite of what we want? What I do, I just reset everything to stock, run some benchmark and check at what voltage the GPU runs under load. In my case 1043mV (1920MHz). Then I open the curve editor and push the 1043mV slider up until the benchmark starts crashing, around 2010-2020 MHz. Last but not least, I try if allowing a bit more juice can stabilize the performance. So I ended up with 2025MHz@1050mV. I am not touching anything else, only that one 1050mV slider in the curve editor. Works since 2014 :-)
Yes the dragging down the core clock method first is a complete dogshit method that all these TH-camrs use. Annoying how hard it is to find the correct way to undervolt.
@@sterlingarcher7101 Well I have to admit that using this method helped to make my clocks more stable. I was puzzled by this behavior for quite some time as it makes no sense really... until recently 😀 The key here is to make the curve to the right side of your target frequency completely flat. Otherwise the GPU core tends to jump to the next highest frequency when under load. In a real life scenario you may end up with this: Your target clock is 1980MHz @ 900mV > But the curve continues to ascend slightly so you also have 2070MHz @ 1250mV. Under peak loads the GPU will try to jump to that higher clock but hits the power limit. So you end up with high peak clocks but a low average. The step of underclocking first with the main core clock slider helps to mitigate this as you pull the whole curve below the target frequency and when you then raise a single curve slider somewhere in the middle, the right hand side of the curve is straight flat. This works but is a dirty solution. The really correct way (when you know the target voltage/frequency)is: 1) Open the curve editor and check the default frequency at the target voltage. 2) Adjust the main core clock slider so that you get the desired frequency at the given voltage. 3) Now go back to he curve and pull every single slider to the right of the target down so that the resulting curve is entirely flat (between 900mV & 1250mV in my case). This way you don't get that steep part in the curve, so you're not overvolting the left hand side ;-). I know that this procedure requires quite some patience but it's definitely the correct way 🙂
I don't understand where the stock operating frequency information comes from, I am trying the same for my 3080 ti, Default clock is at 1365 MHz and Boost at 1695. When I open MSI AF the line flattens out at around 1950 to 1975 MHz. I reduced the core clock by about 260 MHz so the curve flattens at 1700~. Now how far upwards should I move the Voltage Curve between 850 and 950 mV?
This video helped so much! I was hovering around 80-85 degrees celsius and now i have undervolted i am sitting around 60-75 degrees max! Thanks so much man i was afraid my GPU might die lol!
When I undervolted my EVGA 3080ti FTW3 I was able to play dying light 2 just fine with .875v with a clock of 1920mhz.......I tested minecraft without shaders and I'd get booted to the desktop after 5 mins. Bumped up the voltage to .900v and was smooth sailing ever since. Test all your games even the ones you think the gpu will not break a sweat in.
My EVGA 3080FTW3 used to draw 370-400watts under max load (1.1v 1970mhz) but got it to run at 1800mhz at 812mv and it dropped the power draw to 190-210watts and i only lost 2fps in forza horizon 5 4K ultra settings it also runs at 62 degrees now instead of 73-75 like it did before. Im actually astonished at how much of a power drop it had taken going from 1.1v default to 812mv makes you wonder what the point of almost doubling the power consumption in this case for an fps boost from 69 to 71 in the benchmark i used
Dont work for me. I undervolted and reduce all clocks in my rtx 2060 gainward pegasus oc and still even on 90% fan and 600Mhz GPU clock in furmark running for 90 secounds in HD i have 80'C and hot spot of 95'C. With new termopads, thermall paste and cleaned from dust...
yeah i have a 3070ti in the fractal torrent case, hella airflow. i always make custom sensor dashboards using aida64 for all my computes so i can monitor performanc and temps. immidiately noticed the card, stock, hit 70 to 80 degrees in almost all games with a hotspot of 10 higher than that usually. i undervolted to 875mv at 1800mhz, now i can run the full cyberpunk benchmark that maxes out GPU utilization and i only barely hit 60 degrees AND better result. this is a no brainer for anyone with a 30 series.
You wanted to know if viewers have tried undervolting. I haven't done this yet. I WILL do it promptly as soon as I get my RTX 4080 in an attempt to get the system stable without upgrading from my current EVGA 850w Gold+ PSU. My RX 5800X3D is not power-hungry, so I think that I'll have a chance of succeeding in this attempt. I watched a few videos on this subject, and this one is the best by a country mile. Thanks.
Should you undervolt even if your temps are not a problem? Wondering if I should undervolt my Sapphire Toxic 6900XT which is liquid cooled. It uses a whopping 430W of power so maybe extra efficiency is worth the nominal performance drop even if temps aren't a problem?
Yes, because a cooler GPU will have fewer issues with performance drops when it does turn hot and increase the lifespan of your GPU. Usually GPU manufacturers push the hardware to what it can just about tolerate and no more. An undervolted GTX 1070 would be around the equivalent to a regular non-undervolted GTX 1660, with better thermals. It’s also worthwhile if you want to add extra stuff to your PC that uses a lot of power
Im shocked. I undervolted my 6900xt sapphire nitro se for better temps. I was pushing 86 degrees on 4k full load on games (even 1080p on very demanding games). But then I undervolted to 2400 mhz and 1140 voltage and POOF. Thermals around 69-74 degrees on FULL load. Holy hell. My fps is basically the same. It runs in many cases up to 15 degrees cooler. The wattage went down from 280-320 watts to 190-210 watts. Im so glad I did this the first day of this GPU. It will lengthen its lifespan and make it much more of a long term investment. It did take some driver crashes and system reboots but I'm so glad I stick with it. These settings work on 4K cyberpunk and Kingdom come deliverance. It is stable on these games which probably means it is stable on all games.
Isn't this tutorial misleading? If I drop the Voltage/Frequency curve, doesn't it mean that I give the GPU less MHz at the same voltage? Which also means I give it more voltage at the same frequency? For example: Stock: 1500 MHz @ 0.800V Curve Drop: 1200 Mhz @ 0.800V and now 1500 MHz @ 0.950V. Do you know what I mean? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Like raising the curve? So that for example 1800 MHz is @ 0.800V? Pure logic or am I wrong?
Seemed to help a bit with my 3070TI FE, but my temps are still crazy high. Playing at 1080p on Dying Light with medium settings I am averaging around 102c (down from 109c) but I can't even play anything new because my system crashes from heat issues. I have 2 fans pulling in and 2 pushing air out. Maybe I got a bad card?
Stupid question... But, do you have your GPU fans set to hardware or software enabled? Sounds like you need to check. Make sure you're using the fan curve setup in MSI Afterburner. Your card should not be hitting those temps if the fans are running, and properly setup with the software.
@@Vern_Levine Just did a Horizon Zero Dawn canned bench run @4K . Stock @ 388 watts was 89 fps avg. Undervolted was still pulling 330 watts with an 96 fps avg. One run each. So i guess it also depends on the game.
I had a iChill X4 3080 that I dropped from 81c to 66c using an undervolt curve. I also raised the boost clock from 1890 to 1950 MHz. It was insane as I ended up with more performance for much less heat and noise.
@@jm8080ful Sometimes those "not so popular brands" work quite well too. I got a PNY Revel 3080 with "FE specs", 1440-1710MHz and 320w. It actually runs 1995- 2050MHz and will hit 350w on factory settings. A little bump and 2200MHz is stable all day. Stays in the mid to upper 60's under load in my little Neo Air case. (8 Sickleflows on "silent") Got it Feb. 2021 $750.
I just tried undervolting for the first time with my 1080 Ti Strix and was able to get it from ~230W stock down to ~170W while losing only ~3 avg FPS in Cyberpunk and ~65c degrees! Set my sweet spot to 1800MHz at 875mV, it freaked out at 850mV.
Previous stock temperature?
@@drjp4212 Around 78c, going from my memory.
@@DesuVR Did your 1% low FPS drop with undervolt?
@@drjp4212 I don't actually know, which likely means no or not by a noticeable amount. I'm just happy my PC isn't doubling as a space heater anymore.
Nice
Man you are the only one who was able to successfully explain to me how undervolting and this voltage/frequency curve works, thank you so much
This is the best undervolting video in my opinion. Good job! Explains everything I needed to know
Best undervolting guide by far, clearly explains how to change the settings for any graphics card instead of a specific card.
My 1070 ran at 140-150 watts. got it down to 110-120 watts. same fps. Temps are lower. can lower my fan speeds and have lower temps than before. Thank you.
Just finished my first gaming desktop build. Mini ITX, AMD Ryzen 5 5600x, and RX 6800 (non-XT) and I am getting frames way above my refresh monitor in Warzone, Cold War, and many of my other taxing games. I will definitely be giving this a shot to help with thermals
Thanks Keith, I've gone back to this several times now. You rock~
I love this youtube channel. Its great for PC guys. I am surprised it hasn't crossed 10M followers by now.
Had an alienware prebuilt with a 2060. Did your undervolt method used to average 76 to 80 Celsius on warzone playing with nvidia filters. After undervoltinf averaging a clean 64 to 65 Celsius same graphics and filters and everything. Great guide. Didn't see much improvement with my 3080 but 5 degrees Celsius lower and hardly any decrease in performance. I'll take it lol
So yeah, undervolting is where it's at. Just gave it a shot on my 3090, I'm hitting 1905Mhz on the core & stock memory clocks at 875mV! Giving me better performance on Time Spy & Port Royal than stock & the few traditional OCs I tried on it! Now gonna see how far I can push the memory at these settings.
Love you mah dude, got my 3060 down from 170w max to 121w max, temps down by 8-10c (64c) average and a 3 fps loss on Max and 2 on avg at 1875MHz and 875mV on my first try, not gonna push more yet, will try soon, THANKS again man for such a simple tutorial.
Thank you so much.
I had a issue with my Graphics card killing my computer since it took more watts than it should. I undervoltet it and now it sits at 105 Watts instead of 140-150 Watts!
Now I can play VR again without any issue!
Got down to 1890 MHZ at 850mV on my MSI 3080ti SUPRIM X, and it power draw goes down from ~370W to ~290W while losing only 1-3 avg FPS in APEX and never goes over 72c, thank you for the video its really helps a lot. Now my room temp is now finally comfort.
I’ve been undervolting now since my GTX900 series GPU and every generation since. Here in Australia 🇦🇺 where electricity is expensive and I spend a number of hours a day gaming … I’ve found a small electricity bill saving, but in terms of temps (as we get hot summers here) a noticeable difference in long term run times has seen 10-15c (10-15 degrees Celsius) reduction and a much quieter system which is what I prefer. 🥰🥰👍
The problem with your method is that you lower the entire curve, which you most wouldn't want/need. The initial part of the curve is fine to keep stock. You simply want to set your desired max voltage with your desired frequency. Then, ensure that every point after that (to the right) is lower (by any amount) than the aforementioned desired max voltage. By having the points to the right of your voltage lower by any amount, they will automatically be set to level with your desired voltage, meaning that the curve peaks at your desired voltage.
I did it. Got down to 935mV on a 3090 FE 1950 MHz. I didn’t mess with it for more than 20 minutes was satisfied with lower temperatures. The undervolt also shortens the steps the clocks shift up to so you end up with your higher speed more often with less heat. This was excellent. Afterburner also lets you save presets so you can lower the voltage even further on those less demanding games with just a few clicks to revert to better stability in demanding titles.
Why in games voltage spike from 850mv to 1081mv😢
But in benchmark is stable
Rtx 3060 palit
Transient voltage spikes are a normal phenomenon of this generation
@@quintrapnell3605 thanks man❤️
GREAT VIDEO! Took my dual 1080ti Hybrids down another 5c each while shaving off 100W from the power supply @ 900mV and 1750Mhz and 475W down to 375W ... I didn't even get it to crash yet. Lost only 10% in Blender rendering (2:53:00 to 3:11:00). Reduced memory 200mhz in the process but didn't see much heat reduction, wattage did drop. I think I will leave memory alone and just focus on voltage. Its seems like limiting the clock speed of the GPU doesn't work after a while on thermals, think there is a threshold there. I just wish I can get those temps lower!
An easier - though less precise - way to undervolt is to reduce the power limit in Afterburner and then use the OC Scanner tool to sniff out the best OVERclock for that power setting.
Keep nudging the power limit down and benchmarking each time until you come back to stock performance, then... that's it - stock performance for reduced power, and AB has done all the stability testing for you😁.
OC Scanner doesn't wanna work on my setup... I can manually set a curve, but the scanner won't initialize.
What is stock performance for reduced power? I dont get it.
@@thenaberius6081 The same performance as out-of-the-box, but with reduced power draw.
@@pneuma8819 same thing happened to me, any idea what the fix is?
Mind telling who is AB? 😐
I'm very new to this undervolting so wanted to know what was the math/logic there with the boost clock of 1.73 GHz, the base clock being 1.5 GHz, and then pulling your GPU's rate down about 290-300 Mhz? To go a little bit under the base clock?
man I was struggling for so long with my loud gpu while playing games, this got me from 82~ average temp to 72-76c making my fans chill for once and not going full on jet engine. without losing any performance.
You had my fullest attention & hitting Subscribe, Like & now commenting by the time you said, " For years us PC nerds "
after apply on msi afterburner. will the undervolt settings reset after restart the pc ?
This is a little confusing to follow the steps, because the numbers you are referencing, aren't easy for me to correlate with what is advertised for RTX 3070, such as when you say 1900 Mhz for stock operating frequency. Where is it published that stock operating frequency is 1900 Mhz ? All I see are numbers like
1500 MHz
Boost Clock
1725 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
Run a stock benchmark of the card and see how much the card can boost, get that boost clock as a reference and undervolt, like if ur card boosted upto to like 1900Mhz @1150mv, set it to 1900Mhz @950mv or lower see how much you can reduce the power
Getting better, good video, keep them coming. There's still a ways to go to reach Captain Ung's skills or Science Officer Chacos, but you're definitely working your way in the engine room, like Will Wheaton following Lavar Burton around in engineering, so keep it up 👍
My question is is it safe to undervolt my cyberpowerpc gaming laptop gpu its RTX 3060 130w but I Have to put it at 120w in the control panel and when I do undervolt my gpu I get at 1646mhz on the gpu with a 105w temps sit at 67c undervolt put at 120w at over 1800mhz it’s goes over 76c to 78c with full fan speed
do i need to run afterburner all the time so these settings work or when i push save it will work even without afterburner running?
Bro can u help me pls i got an rtx 3060 and i wanted to fix the gpu high temps so i did what u said but instead of 1850 i did 1900 cuz that was mine mhz but now my pc performance got ruined so much i get like 60 fps less but my pc got allot more sillent and temps a bit less pls help me with this problem i underclocked with msi afterburner
I have a gigabyte rtx 2070 super... the GPU Clock boost is 1785 so that what i drop the curve to. Now to what speed MHz do i set the 950 mV mark? I dont get what i should put it to? You said "the stock operating frequency how do i find out what that is?
Is it possible that despite being stable for days, for some reason in game to freeze everything and reboot?
3:13 I have a question about the boost clock. Is the value on top or the one beneath the one I need to orientate on? Because for me there are 2 different values with an GTX 1660
Just a quick question: My GPU is kinda bad, it blacks out a lot. Is it ok for me to undervolt it?
How did you get to the 1900 clock? I got the 1720 clock but not the other one.
Hoping someone answer ! Why did you bring up the slider to 1900mhz ? you said that the operating frequency is 1900? while as per google , rtx 3070 operating frequency is 1500mhz ? can someone explain why 1900 mhz ?
My fair about OCing is when the computer crashes. Doesn’t it cause issues within windows when the PC crashes?
Do you have a video on how to do a "traditional" overclock with a power limit at +100? Thank you for this video.
What I did was initially do an overclock on the core and then just flatten the cuve to the mv that I want it to stay.
I've been doing this to my 3060 Ti ever since I got it on launch. When I play old games that are easy to run I do an undervolt and underclock combination. So I set it 731mV at 1620 MHz clock. The temps are so low and it sips less than 100W of power. It's so good it can even play modern titles at 1440p no problem. Now when I want to play at 4K for more modern games I set it at 950mV at 2010MHz. Yes it's a combination of an undervolt and an overclock! Since the power limit of my card is 240W, high power usage games will have lower clocks but with the 950mV I can reach higher clocks at the same or lower power usage.
You should not be doing the -200 to -300 on your curve as it will actually INCREASE the voltage required for lower clock speeds. This is messing up strictly by being lazy. Just use the voltage points for set clock speeds and don't touch the previous lower end of the graph (better yet INCREASE it on the Y axis to ask for higher clock speeds for lower voltage usage).
I agree. your method you will see effective clock is much closer than the method used in video when looking at hwinfo.
Linux doesn't allow voltage corrections. Can I tune my GPU under Windows and then move it on my Linux system? Will it keep the undervolt?
Also, I'm using a card which behaves oddly in Linux. I suspect there is some voltage correction on it. Can I investigate this with Windows?
Why i cant get lower temp? My asus rx 470 just stay at 72°C . It was -65mv before going crash . Cant get any lower
Undervolt+small OC is the best combo, on my RX 6800XT I managed to get core clocks to hit stable 2400mhz and memory to hit 2100mhz with fast timings enabled, 1025mv from stock being 1150. Overall gained a few fps and watts dropped by 40-50 in very gpu heavy games, and about 70-80 in moderately gpu heavy games, I have a MSI trio model so the cooler is already quite beefy, temps are 50-60C on current/edge gpu temp and 65-75C on gpu hotspot, fans are quiet 1600-1800 rpm aswell. Since the hotspot is so low in temps the gpu just will just 24/7 boost to 2400mhz core and 2100mhz mem, could prolly make it higher with more tweaking but I am perfectly happy with my results
I have an RX 6600 shaphire 8Gb. Well i play fortnite in the default graphics(high) and i get 90-100 fps. The gpu can get up to 76°C and i have read that that card tend to overheat. Should i go with undervolt or a custom fan curve for the gpu fans or both?
I think I need to do this to solve a buzzing noise on a brand new system. Any tips on undervolting Radeons? Would the process be the same as for the Nvidia... It's trial and error? Thanks
How do you know the stock operating frequency?
I'd like to buy Legion 5 pro, 6800H and 3060 or 3070. But the 240 and 300 W power adapters are too heavy. Can 3060 run max 25W and is this 25W same fast like 680M at 25W, if not then i will go with integrated GPU only laptop.
3:53 Where did 1900MHz come from? You showed the boost clock at 2:45 to be 1730MHz, but that's not the same thing?
8 months later and no reply from the channel, disappointing as I am not sure what numbers to use now.
my gpu gets more heat when doing this so idk... i dont understand why that would be undervolting if its pushing everything to top
I undervolted my gpu and removed the fan so it runs silent and doesn't take up a million pcie slots. Runs between 40-50c. (I got decent case airflow)
I found your video because I was curious if it`s safe to do, I play wide range of games that run fine, but Assetto Corsa with mods make my GPU go to 75c degrees while it`s on 100% power limit, when I put my power limit to 55%, I get only 10-13 FPS loss while my temperatures go down from 75c degrees, to 63-65c degrees! Thank you very much for a very useful video.
My Radeon 5700XT pulse is running 1900mhz@1000mV the day I got it instead of 2100@1175 or someting like that, also, I use Radeon chill at 40/120 with a hard lock fps of 60, that means that when the game have no input it runs at 40 and with input is running at 60, awesome efficiency here.
Also. I dont use ultra setting besides textures.
Amazing video, thank you so much!
Will undervolting or lowering power limit help to reduce transient spikes?
3:51 How to know the stock operating frequency? Where did he get the 1900 MHz number?
Great video! I should try undervolting some time.
I have 3070 5600x can i use your exact settings
What’s the name of the moles adapter?
Only issue is that, the msi afterburner causes stuttering in games , youtube or any other media that used the gpu, while i had the app just open in background.
I had to keep it open just so that i could use the undervolt+ oc.
Undervolted my EVGA 3070 FTW3 quite a bit. Went from about 240 watts all the way down to just over 180 watts. Big thermal decrease too from 62 to JUST 56 decrease in heavy load. I was also able to clock it all the way to 2010 MHz. So I drop power draw, and temp without losing a single frame per second.
I undervolt my cpu and gpu. Got a 1070ti at 975mV @ 2000MHz humming nicely. In addition to this video series you should put a video about framelimiting. Using rtss I lock 90fps for my games and it can really help with stutters and temps.
ok i would love some info on how you went about undervolting your cpu, generally im just curious but it may also be something beneficial for my pc. but i am even more interested in going about using rtss for framelimiting. i have been using afterburner for years and have played around with rtss in the past a little bit but for years now i dont even have it installed anymore. i do experience some stuttering still these although not very often and when i do its not drastic. any info youre willing to spend the time providing would be greatly appreciated and payed forward in the future, as i do most of my friends software modifying for them. thank you in advance
Yeah I've started limiting most of my games to 120fps. Works well with gsync/freesync, and helps steady frametimes. I'd rather have more stable frame times than 20 more fps.
Aye man its the way forward.
Same performance for 2/3 the watts on MSI 5700 XT Gaming X. 1980 clock 1060 mV -10pwr
Save the OC for bench days, electric in UK aint no joke right now.
I used this video to undervolt for the very first time! Adam approved 👌
I use MSI Afterburner's auto scan settings to set the voltage curve, then I pick a spot on the curve and start levelling it off till I get the power consumption I want, typically around the core boost clock. My Geforce 3050 uses only 83 watts of power under load (vs. about 135 stock), but it has about 96 percent the performance of stock voltage. Since I have an ancient case with just one Noctua NFS12A exhaust fan, that leads to much lower case temperatures under load, as well as much lower noise. The noisiest thing in my case is my GPU, but it's fan is stuck at 1/3 speed idle, so not much can be done about that.
I'm not seeing the dots in the curve editor
what is your opinion on throttle stop exe ?
I lean towards leaving default settings but after watching 10+ undervolting videos I am now considering this
Definitely try it - undervolting is great because you simply cannot harm anything.
A crash is an inconvenience, like stalling a car.
Why in games voltage spike from 850mv to 1081mv😢
But in benchmark is stable
Rtx 3060 palit
If you have a Nvidia card and aren't sure what game to pick for undervolt testing, use a RT game with DLSS my experience says that a underclock value will be stable in a raster only game but wont be on one that uses RT
Thanks for making this guide! Why haven't I tried this before with MSI Afterburner?
I'm already thermal-throttling my dual RTX 3090 Ti workstation at 65'C and power limiting each card at 300W for the sake of longevity, efficiency, and safer system temperatures; but I wonder if undervolting on top of that will help regain some lost performance and then some...
Addendum: I decided to relax the thermal limit to 85'C, which appears reasonable for an Ampere GPU under heavy load. I was able to run both RTX 3090 Ti cards around 1920 MHz (the default boost frequency) @ 875 mV with a fixed 67% fan speed at a steady-state temperature of about 75'C on a Time Spy Extreme 3DMark stress test. I want to see if I can lower the voltage and temperatures further, otherwise, these are already very impressive results.
My god, what are you doing that you need a dual RTX 3090 Ti workstation for?
Hi, Where did he get the 1920mhz number from didn't the boost clock for his card say 1730mhz? Pls help
he ran a stock benchmark to find out what frequency his particular cards boosts up to
his card can do 1900 mhz, not all 3070s can
I would like to correct one thing : Those cards must work with lower voltage. It's right in the V/F curve of the card how far it's rated for any given voltage, and ALL these point had to be checked for stability in factory (at least that's how I think it's done ?).
As for why no manufacturer does this : It's not because "card will get unstable", it's because "performance drops too much [vs. competition]", or "MHz aren't high enough, so let's not do that [when using NV guidelines].
GPUs can be made to work at lower stock voltages, they simply can't be clocked as high on them.
Personally, I would love GPUs to be run at stock with 0.7V for big die, and 0.8V for smaller ones (both on lower clockspeeds than today), BUT with additional "OC" option that raises voltage by additional +0.1V or +0.2V value IF user want's to go over that (and is informed about risks [higher power usage, hotter GPU, etc.] with proper on screen warning).
Dude I want to run at a good 1.2v if I'm overclocking. Newer cards rarely make 1.1v
@@TimberWulfIsHere Use older GPUs if you want higher voltages. Voltage doesn't mean anything and it WILL only get lower. Think about it : Pentium III 180nm had 1.75V stock, while Pentium 4 had 1.45v or 1.3V (130nm/90nm).
You can't cheat your way out this on current tech.
@@CompatibilityMadness that's terrible advice. With more power comes great res- voltage.
@@TimberWulfIsHere ?
It wasn't advice though ?
(sarcasm)
Umm, can you please explain the point of the first step, i.e. pulling down the core clock? By doing so the voltage/clock ratio shifts in the opposite direction IMO. In my case, on a RTX2080S,
base core frequency without touching it: 1650MHz@843mV. After under-clocking by 300MHz: 1650MHz@1037mV.
Isn't that the exact opposite of what we want?
What I do, I just reset everything to stock, run some benchmark and check at what voltage the GPU runs under load. In my case 1043mV (1920MHz).
Then I open the curve editor and push the 1043mV slider up until the benchmark starts crashing, around 2010-2020 MHz.
Last but not least, I try if allowing a bit more juice can stabilize the performance. So I ended up with 2025MHz@1050mV.
I am not touching anything else, only that one 1050mV slider in the curve editor. Works since 2014 :-)
Yes the dragging down the core clock method first is a complete dogshit method that all these TH-camrs use. Annoying how hard it is to find the correct way to undervolt.
@@sterlingarcher7101 Well I have to admit that using this method helped to make my clocks more stable. I was puzzled by this behavior for quite some time as it makes no sense really... until recently 😀
The key here is to make the curve to the right side of your target frequency completely flat. Otherwise the GPU core tends to jump to the next highest frequency when under load. In a real life scenario you may end up with this: Your target clock is 1980MHz @ 900mV > But the curve continues to ascend slightly so you also have 2070MHz @ 1250mV. Under peak loads the GPU will try to jump to that higher clock but hits the power limit. So you end up with high peak clocks but a low average.
The step of underclocking first with the main core clock slider helps to mitigate this as you pull the whole curve below the target frequency and when you then raise a single curve slider somewhere in the middle, the right hand side of the curve is straight flat. This works but is a dirty solution.
The really correct way (when you know the target voltage/frequency)is: 1) Open the curve editor and check the default frequency at the target voltage. 2) Adjust the main core clock slider so that you get the desired frequency at the given voltage. 3) Now go back to he curve and pull every single slider to the right of the target down so that the resulting curve is entirely flat (between 900mV & 1250mV in my case). This way you don't get that steep part in the curve, so you're not overvolting the left hand side ;-).
I know that this procedure requires quite some patience but it's definitely the correct way 🙂
How do I increase voltage?
My asus 6650xt dual uses 1200 and i can undervolt to minimum 1175. If i go any lower it just crashes.
I don't understand where the stock operating frequency information comes from, I am trying the same for my 3080 ti, Default clock is at 1365 MHz and Boost at 1695. When I open MSI AF the line flattens out at around 1950 to 1975 MHz. I reduced the core clock by about 260 MHz so the curve flattens at 1700~. Now how far upwards should I move the Voltage Curve between 850 and 950 mV?
he ran a stock benchmark to find out what frequency his particular cards boosts up to
his card can do 1900 mhz, not all 3070s can
This video helped so much! I was hovering around 80-85 degrees celsius and now i have undervolted i am sitting around 60-75 degrees max! Thanks so much man i was afraid my GPU might die lol!
Wow ... what were the specs that got you there?
When I undervolted my EVGA 3080ti FTW3 I was able to play dying light 2 just fine with .875v with a clock of 1920mhz.......I tested minecraft without shaders and I'd get booted to the desktop after 5 mins. Bumped up the voltage to .900v and was smooth sailing ever since. Test all your games even the ones you think the gpu will not break a sweat in.
Just use a stress test, e.g. Furmark
Minecraft on 3080ti, what a waste of money
@@dovydas4036 ???
@@dovydas4036 Minecraft RTX?
@@magmatri-studios 2iq
I tried 1725mhz at 925mv with my 1080ti fe but it wont even go over 800mv anybody can help?
why is every undervolting tutorial different i am so confused right now
Any reason to not do this on a Laptop?
My EVGA 3080FTW3 used to draw 370-400watts under max load (1.1v 1970mhz) but got it to run at 1800mhz at 812mv and it dropped the power draw to 190-210watts and i only lost 2fps in forza horizon 5 4K ultra settings it also runs at 62 degrees now instead of 73-75 like it did before. Im actually astonished at how much of a power drop it had taken going from 1.1v default to 812mv makes you wonder what the point of almost doubling the power consumption in this case for an fps boost from 69 to 71 in the benchmark i used
Dont work for me. I undervolted and reduce all clocks in my rtx 2060 gainward pegasus oc and still even on 90% fan and 600Mhz GPU clock in furmark running for 90 secounds in HD i have 80'C and hot spot of 95'C. With new termopads, thermall paste and cleaned from dust...
yeah i have a 3070ti in the fractal torrent case, hella airflow. i always make custom sensor dashboards using aida64 for all my computes so i can monitor performanc and temps. immidiately noticed the card, stock, hit 70 to 80 degrees in almost all games with a hotspot of 10 higher than that usually. i undervolted to 875mv at 1800mhz, now i can run the full cyberpunk benchmark that maxes out GPU utilization and i only barely hit 60 degrees AND better result. this is a no brainer for anyone with a 30 series.
ur gpu reference boost clock was 1730mhz so how did it becomes 1900 mhz when you up the voltage🤔?
thats what i saw this is why i dont even undervolt now lol
You wanted to know if viewers have tried undervolting.
I haven't done this yet. I WILL do it promptly as soon as I get my RTX 4080 in an attempt to get the system stable without upgrading from my current EVGA 850w Gold+ PSU. My RX 5800X3D is not power-hungry, so I think that I'll have a chance of succeeding in this attempt. I watched a few videos on this subject, and this one is the best by a country mile. Thanks.
how high i should go for memory clock? set 700 now at 950 should i go till it crash game??
@@pcworld and so overall to increase power to like my 3060TI is not possible, just lower temps with this undervolt? thanks
at 3:16 in the video how did he get the 1900 number?? I thought his stock was 1.73
Yes but I think its because it was overclocked from the factory
Should you undervolt even if your temps are not a problem?
Wondering if I should undervolt my Sapphire Toxic 6900XT which is liquid cooled.
It uses a whopping 430W of power so maybe extra efficiency is worth the nominal performance drop even if temps aren't a problem?
Yes, because a cooler GPU will have fewer issues with performance drops when it does turn hot and increase the lifespan of your GPU.
Usually GPU manufacturers push the hardware to what it can just about tolerate and no more. An undervolted GTX 1070 would be around the equivalent to a regular non-undervolted GTX 1660, with better thermals.
It’s also worthwhile if you want to add extra stuff to your PC that uses a lot of power
3:40 I dont get it where did you get 1900Mhz... Your stock is about 1750 not 19 hundred. What the hell.
he ran a stock benchmark to find out what frequency his particular cards boosts up to
his card can do 1900 mhz, not all 3070s can
definitely have to do this as my room is poorly ventilated and my pc turns it into a furnace if I have my door closed
I plan to do this as soon as I have my Win 11 annd games set up.
Im shocked. I undervolted my 6900xt sapphire nitro se for better temps. I was pushing 86 degrees on 4k full load on games (even 1080p on very demanding games). But then I undervolted to 2400 mhz and 1140 voltage and POOF. Thermals around 69-74 degrees on FULL load. Holy hell. My fps is basically the same. It runs in many cases up to 15 degrees cooler. The wattage went down from 280-320 watts to 190-210 watts. Im so glad I did this the first day of this GPU. It will lengthen its lifespan and make it much more of a long term investment. It did take some driver crashes and system reboots but I'm so glad I stick with it. These settings work on 4K cyberpunk and Kingdom come deliverance. It is stable on these games which probably means it is stable on all games.
Isn't this tutorial misleading? If I drop the Voltage/Frequency curve, doesn't it mean that I give the GPU less MHz at the same voltage? Which also means I give it more voltage at the same frequency? For example:
Stock:
1500 MHz @ 0.800V
Curve Drop:
1200 Mhz @ 0.800V and now 1500 MHz @ 0.950V.
Do you know what I mean? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Like raising the curve? So that for example 1800 MHz is @ 0.800V?
Pure logic or am I wrong?
Does it make sense to undervolt laptop GPU? do I get any benifits?
Oh yes!
-Adam
Seemed to help a bit with my 3070TI FE, but my temps are still crazy high. Playing at 1080p on Dying Light with medium settings I am averaging around 102c (down from 109c) but I can't even play anything new because my system crashes from heat issues. I have 2 fans pulling in and 2 pushing air out. Maybe I got a bad card?
Stupid question... But, do you have your GPU fans set to hardware or software enabled? Sounds like you need to check. Make sure you're using the fan curve setup in MSI Afterburner. Your card should not be hitting those temps if the fans are running, and properly setup with the software.
Is that at 100% fan speed? Those temps are absolutely insane.
Welcome back guys
I just did this on my Strix 3090 was pulling 388 watts @ stock while gaming... now 250 to 280 watts.
I have an oc 3090. I’m curious what kind of fps are you getting with the undervolt?
@@Vern_Levine Just did a Horizon Zero Dawn canned bench run @4K . Stock @ 388 watts was 89 fps avg. Undervolted was still pulling 330 watts with an 96 fps avg. One run each. So i guess it also depends on the game.
@@deadbc77 impressive. I might have to play around with this.
Thanks, this helped me to play starfield without constant crashing.
Thank you !
Ypu failed to explain why we go down by 200-300 mhz from stock.
I had a iChill X4 3080 that I dropped from 81c to 66c using an undervolt curve. I also raised the boost clock from 1890 to 1950 MHz. It was insane as I ended up with more performance for much less heat and noise.
That's pretty cool. 81c to 66c that's a massive difference. 👍
Let me guess..... You didn't benchmark properly. Enjoy your surprise bsod while playing games!
@@jm8080ful Or they got a golden bin. :)
@@jm8080ful Sometimes those "not so popular brands" work quite well too. I got a PNY Revel 3080 with "FE specs", 1440-1710MHz and 320w.
It actually runs 1995- 2050MHz and will hit 350w on factory settings. A little bump and 2200MHz is stable all day. Stays in the mid to upper 60's under load in my little Neo Air case. (8 Sickleflows on "silent") Got it Feb. 2021 $750.
where did you find the stock operating frequency? I have a EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XC3 ULTRA
Check the Box?
@@jessikat6692 lol thanks but I figured it out on my own