EVGA RTX 2060 Ultra Power Limited

Ciltor · November 28, 2020

I just finished my first new build in a loooooooong time (um, my last build had a Pentium processor and RAM was specified in MB ... ).

Ryzen 5 3600

MSI B450 Tomahawk Max (Bios Version 3.7 or .37 or ... but current)

16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz RAM

EVGA 450 W PSU

EVGA RTX 2060 SC Ultra Gaming GPU

Windows 10 64 bit (10.0.19041)

It doesn't seem like I can get the GPU to really perform. FurMark and Unigine benchmarks (Heaven and Superposition) drop frame-rate at higher settings, but never seem to really challenge the GPU. Everything I throw at it only brings the GPU temp to about 62C. In all cases performance tops out at 100% power. MSI Afterburner and EVGA Precision X1 won't allow me to adjust the power above 100%. GPU-Z shows PerfCap reason as PWR, and also shows power limit adjustment range of -26% to +0% implying that there is no way to go above 100%.

It really doesn't seem like I am getting the performance from this card that I should be getting, but can't figure out what to do. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance and please let me know what additional information I can provide to help.

Edited November 28, 2020 by Ciltor
Added 'SC' to graphics card model.

SkilledRebuilds · November 28, 2020

Turing cards are mostly power limited

You can squeeze more mhz per voltage point using the OC SCANNER in MSI to do it all for you as optimal as it manages to.

Always better than stock clocks using same power limits.

Altho bumping against the limit can cause stutters too.

Can try undervolting as well, wherever it settles over time is where you have it maxed (voltage and the frequency) so it never pushes stuttering chasing more from an empty tank.

There are long guide videos online about how to under volt, over volt, power limit bios changes and shunt mods.

All have needs and risks associated so learn before you apply.

Beyond a Shunt mod using Glue, or a VBios with Higher Pwr limits,.. not much you can do.

Pushing a used RTX2060

Jurrunio · November 28, 2020

Then dont use benchmarks, run a game instead. Furmark, as a power virus, can lead to such behaviour. I dont think Unigine stuff will do this, but then it's only a benchmark and you buy GPUs for games or work, not benchmark all day.

20 minutes ago, Ciltor said:

and also shows power limit adjustment range of -26% to +0% implying that there is no way to go above 100%.

Sounds exactly like what the KO Ultra cards do, their power limit cannot be raised and the deivce ID is different to say, the XC Ultra's which means you cannot flash that BIOS into this card for higher power limit (not that you should, the card cant handle that).

Ciltor · November 28, 2020

Thanks for the responses! I think my conclusion is the board is running normally, and there's little, if anything I could/should do to improve it. That's just fine, and allows me to move on to bigger and better things! I did run OC scanner in afterburner, and boosted memory speed, but the performance improvement, while measurable, was not really noticeable visually.

15 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

you buy GPUs for games or work, not benchmark all day

Sure, I understand and agree. I wasn't benchmarking, per se. This really came about because I was setting up case fans, and wanted to simulate temperature load. I was surprised to see the graphics card running as cool as it was (now I know that's the normal temp for this card), which prompted my research and question. Was just surprising to see the card limited by power with temp that low and fans never going above 50%. Again, now I understand that is pretty normal for this card.

Thanks again!