Undervolting GPU (RTX 2060)

Zelenia · March 24, 2020

Hey,

so I've been wanting to undervolt my GPU for a while to get better thermals. I don't want to do it for overclocking. I want thermals to drop because of terrible noisy GPU.

The thing is that I'm not familiar with overclocking and I don't want to break anything or cause my GPU to stop work all together (my CPU doesn't have integrated graphics).

My GPU is RTX 2060 and it has following base clocks according to Asus:

OC mode: 1710 MHz (Boost) / 1395 MHz (Base)

Gaming mode (Default): 1680 MHz (Boost) / 1365 MHz (Base)

I don't have any idea which mode is on currently, according to BIOS "OC" is turned off but I got no idea if that means CPU or GPU.

I'd be happy if it was just like 1600Mhz territory when gaming Overwatch (medium 1080p 144-200FPS) or Witcher 3/Black Desert (high 1080p 60 FPS).

This is what my MSI Afterburner looks like now.

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I know you can access voltage control from ctrl + f but I'm too batshit scared to adjust voltage on my own.

So... yeah, how to get started with this?

Thanks in advance!

Asesino Tom · July 22, 2020

Need still help?

Zelenia · August 12, 2020

On 7/22/2020 at 4:07 AM, Asesino Tom said:

Need still help?

Hello, I actually didn't expect anyone to respond at all so yeah thank you for that.

This is what I did end up with. So, I'm letting GPU to use 862Mv max until 1860Mhz.

It's not perfect though... Sometimes I have to restart games because GPU randomly starts to use more power (and ignore Afterburner) and jumps to 1900Mhz territory. It's not a big deal though but lot more hassle that I ever had with my gaming laptops.

The lesson learned here is that never buy GPU that has "OC" in the end of the name.

I can now play games I do 1080p/60-144 FPS depending on settings and it's relatively quiet even after gaming for 2-3 hours. There is some "thermal room" for higher clock speeds but I just can't be bothered.