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Yeah, exactly. I was able to get a decent ~50W drop and stayed at a higher than base clock rate (1920 MHz @ 900 mV). It's still a space heater, but it's bette
by SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
Yeah, exactly. I was able to get a decent ~50W drop and stayed at a higher than base clock rate (1920 MHz @ 900 mV). It's still a space heater, but it's better.
I also frame rate limit myself in a lot of games - I don't need my MMOs running at 160 fps, so many games I'm at 150-200 W. I still wish it was less, but that's much more reasonable than 400 W.
- arvinsim 4y agoWhich makes you wonder why GPU companies don't proactively give you control over these parameters.
- formerly_proven 4y agoEven on nVidia cards you can literally edit the V/f curve.
- wtallis 4y agoAMD's GPU drivers give you a decent range of control over board power limits, fan curves, GPU and memory clocks and voltages, and on at least some models the ability to fine-tune the shape of the voltage/frequency curve used. Really the only thing missing is an automated tool to explore the V/f parameter space to find the limits of stable operation for your particular chip.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoI'm using the software that came with my card to do that. It makes sense that the graphic card manufacturer's would ensure stability with the cost of it running hot - by undervolting I'm playing with potential crashes and that won't do for a card defaults settings.