undervolting RX 5700 XT Nitro+

[jbrebel]

Dear all,

 

I am thinking about buying the Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+. In my opinion the best 5700 xt card.

 

I own already the Asrock 5700XT Challenger but I will swap it for the Nitro.

 

Does the Nitro needs undervolting for better temps and noise reduction? If yes, should I use Wattman?

 

What kind of settings do you guys use  to undervolt your RX 5700XT?

 

Jbrebel.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, jbrebel said:

Does the Nitro needs undervolting for better temps and noise reduction?

no, the temps and noise are great on stock

 

also, why consider a higher power limit card just to drop the voltage? If you want to reduce power draw overall, get the 5700 XT Pulse, which has a lower power setting than the Nitro +, it'll save you money and deliver a similar experience.

[jbrebel]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

no, the temps and noise are great on stock

 

also, why consider a higher power limit card just to drop the voltage? If you want to reduce power draw overall, get the 5700 XT Pulse, which has a lower power setting than the Nitro +, it'll save you money and deliver a similar experience.

I am fairly new to this and i thought; when you lower the power limit, you lower the temps.

 

Lets say i want to play 1440p 144hz, what kind of temperature I am looking at with the Nitro+?

[Fasauceome]

Just now, jbrebel said:

I am fairly new to this and i thought; when you lower the power limit, you lower the temps.

that's correct, so if you're aiming for lower temps, you shouldn't buy a GPU whose main benefit is a higher power limit

 

Just now, jbrebel said:

Lets say i want to play 1440p 144hz, what kind of temperature I am looking at with the Nitro+?

there's no way to know for sure, I gotta have the temperature of the room, what game you're playing, case airflow, etc. overall though, the nitro + cooler is just really good so if your case isn't choked for airflow you're gonna get great temps.

[jbrebel]

6 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

that's correct, so if you're aiming for lower temps, you shouldn't buy a GPU whose main benefit is a higher power limit

 

 

I get what you're saying about the power limit now. Probably i will stick with the Nitro because I dont have to tweak it.

 

Thanks for your information.

[jbrebel]

One last question. As you stated: get the pulse and drop power limit for similar experience but saving money.

How does that work?

[Fasauceome]

10 minutes ago, jbrebel said:

One last question. As you stated: get the pulse and drop power limit for similar experience but saving money.

How does that work?

The Nitro + isn't a whole ton better than the Pulse, especially because of some strict firmware limits on the 5700 line from AMD. If you were chasing low power consumption and more managed thermals, a Pulse would do the same thing as a downclocked Nitro +

[Streetguru]

56 minutes ago, jbrebel said:

Dear all,

 

I can't imagine you'd need to adjust it at all unless you really want low power/noise levels.

A pulse would not have the same minimum noise level as the bigger nitro naturally.

but it's plenty fine on it's own.

[Deli]

The card in stock form runs very cool and quiet already.

[pstarlord]

I'm running a Nitro+ 5700xt right now, and I've just got it at stock settings.  I used wattman to apply a fan curve that I like more, but that's it.  AMD products tend to age nicely and as the software gets more and more refined, the updates will probably make tweaking the card useful, but as it is, just run it at stock.  I use the 220 watt BIOS setting for what it's worth.