GPU rarely hits voltage limits

[necrophagist]

I use HWMonitor and HWiNFO and no matter how hard I push my card, it never hits the "reliable voltage" or "operational voltage" limits. It's almost always at "0". I've seen my GPU reach it only a few times since I got it, and I've had it for almost 3 years (RTX 2080). I don't have any usage or performance issues or drops and I'm not thermal throttling, I just want to ask whether this is normal? I hope nothing's wrong with my GPU. Thank you!

P.S
I have a Windforce Gigabyte RTX 2080, everything at stock, I have not overclocked anything.

My max voltage readings have always been 1.050v, and I have no idea if that's normal.

[SorryBella]

10 minutes ago, necrophagist said:

and I have no idea if that's normal.

It very much is. GPU voltage reads differently to CPU voltage core, you have to evaluate the GPU as a whole in wattage.

[necrophagist]

1 minute ago, SorryClaire said:

It very much is. GPU voltage reads differently to CPU voltage core, you have to evaluate the GPU as a whole in wattage.

I have no problems with the wattage, it always hits or hovers around the 100% limit if the load is high enough, I'm just worried about not hitting these voltage limits because everywhere I look online people seem to be hitting them but I'm not. So there's nothing wrong with my card?

[SorryBella]

1 minute ago, necrophagist said:

I'm just worried about not hitting these voltage limits

No you dont need to worry ESPECIALLY considering that your GPU doesnt have any performance nor stability issue. Let the GPU decides how much does it need power wise.

[necrophagist]

1 hour ago, SorryClaire said:

No you dont need to worry ESPECIALLY considering that your GPU doesnt have any performance nor stability issue. Let the GPU decides how much does it need power wise.

I see, thank you. However, how can I know if this max voltage that I'm getting (1.050mv) is normal? I'm sorry, I obviously don't know much about this stuff. Also, 1.050mv is the max voltage I get, but often it stays below that as well, like 1.044mv or 1.038, or even 0.950mv etc.

[wildgg]

normal.

aslong the GPU clocks are stable and your temps are fine let the voltage do it's thing, these cards are limited on how high things can go so you're safe.

[necrophagist]

2 hours ago, Wildgg said:

normal.

aslong the GPU clocks are stable and your temps are fine let the voltage do it's thing, these cards are limited on how high things can go so you're safe.

Well the clocks are as stable as can be with this nvidia gpu boost thingy making them fluctuate a bit depending on how hot the gpu is but yeah, I think I don't have an issue with that. My temps reach 78 degrees at worst and even though that's toasty it's well below the 83 degree default temp limit the 2080 has so I'm not throttling. I'm worried that I might be missing out on a lot of performance if I'm not hitting the voltage limit or that something else might be wrong. I don't know why but I always thought every GPU had to reach its voltage limit under heavy load.