lower core clocks than usual

[Mando772004]

i see people on youtube reaching 2000+ mhz on their msi gaming x trio 3080 even though they didnt OC like here 

 

im getting the same temps on my card if not lower so why isnt it boosting as high? maybe its my vbios? my cpu is a 5800x at stock settings. my core clock bouncesh from 1890mhz to 1965mhz but most of the time its in the low 1900s

[MadPistol]

Reaching is one thing, but sustaining is another. For a sustained clock speed on a 3080, that's about right.

[Mando772004]

Just now, MadPistol said:

Reaching is one thing, but sustaining is another. For a sustained clock speed on a 3080, that's about right.

you mean my sustained clock or the one in the screenshot. just to be clear the one in the screenshot isnt mine

[tikker]

Can be GPU Boost dialing back because of temperatures, power, voltage. You name it. You can get GPU-Z and check the sensors tab for something called "PerfCap Reason" and it will tell you if it's limited and because of what.

15 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

even though they didnt OC like here 

How do you know they didn't OC or tweak their voltage curve?

[MadPistol]

28 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

you mean my sustained clock or the one in the screenshot. just to be clear the one in the screenshot isnt mine

Sustained clocks.

I just played Doom Eternal Maxed out at 4K + Ray Tracing and no DLSS. My RTX 3080 FE is hitting 80C and the actual core clocks are dropping below 1800 Mhz at times. This is normal behavior for a GPU that is being stressed to the max. This new generation of GPUs are pushed to the absolute max as far as transistor tech goes. In order to get higher clocks, you have to increase cooling capacity through something like water cooling. 





 

[SkilledRebuilds]

It's also game dependent, some games (at the Same resolution and Ultra settings) are utilizing heavier than others and some are not, clocks will rise and lower the closer you are to the power limit of your GPU (after temps have equalized)

 

Even with 99-100% usage on both 1440p and 4K, with a power limit of say 320watts, the GPU will have a lower clock at 4K opposed to 1440p with higher utilization of all the thousands of Shader cores/blocks at 4K demands vs 1440p demands being less intensive across the whole board, if you unlocked power to say 600w+ Unlimited (Shunt Mod) then 4K will sustain higher clocks (even with OC) under loads due to having more power available not limited to 320watts.

Cooling only does so much, every 4-5*c from 35-40*c will drop 15-30Mhz variably. if you dropped 30-40*c, your clocks will rise accordingly, but you can still be at the limits of PWR at 4K if you had a 320watt or not one of the higher wattage models.

 

But if you enable the 130% PWR you have listed there, and had it under water (Kraken G12+240mm AIO for 40*c), with an OC, you could get some real nice results..
I also notice with DLSS activated (Using Raytracing in titles than support them) my GPU actually clocks higher by a little bit than running native (lower res or not) without DLSS being used, seen in 3dMark Port Royal and Cyberpunk2077, both instances at full GPU load, but DLSS and whatever work it does subnative, uses a little less power than native full GPU usage from what I've noticed.