Undervolting my rtx 3060
Posted by Kachcha_papad@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments
So from past few days i was curious about undervolting my gpu because the ambient temperature is reaching about 40 degree celsius. My 3d marked showed that my gpu was pulling 1860mhz@1.056v with temperature going upto 69 degree celsius. I tried many combinations but the one worked for me was 1980mhz@0.975v but once i ran resident evil requiem with path tracing on 1080p dlaa(yes path tracing on rtx 3060 lmao) it worked for about 5 mins then crashed. After doing all the hassle for 2 days i finally found my stable build at 1680mhz core clock @ 0.900v with memory clock set to +550mhz. Now the temps are 56 degrees under full load. 1080p dlss balanced path tracing on all graphics sets to high my 3060 is giving 35-40 fps in racoon city. I locked it to 30fps for more smooth experience. Any opinion or suggestion is welcomed. Help me to push my gpu to even better core clock/voltage
Immediate-Cloud-1771@reddit
I would try to achieve 1860mhz on minimum possible voltage and almost identical fps. Going for more hz will not give any meaningful fps boost in real world scenarios like gaming, going lower than the cards stock clock will cause fps loss. Dont undervolt too much tho, if you see 1 crash it means its unstable and even if it doesnt crash again, it can still ruin your 1% lows and smoothness. 900mv crashing? Go 925 or 950. Just look at wattage while gaming, if its not increasing a lot from 900 to 950, it means 950 is the way to go. If you lose more than 5% fps, even when you got the same clock, it means voltage is too low. You can ditch the memory oc btw, its useless and theres no temp sensor on memory, so we have no idea how hot it is when overclocked. Not worth.
Immediate-Cloud-1771@reddit
And also, when youre on curve optimizer, go more to the left on the graph (by holding right mouse button) and use CTRL instead of shift while you increasing the clocks. This will make your idle voltages stay low.