The ULTIMATE Guide to Undervolting YOUR Nvidia GPU, let me know your results below and which method you decided to go with!

@kyb3400

8 ай бұрын

when amd undervolting?

@ManuelSPro

8 ай бұрын

When AMD last processors for laptop too, this is great thank youu

@Takedown87

8 ай бұрын

I go with first method. Getting 140-150w in cyberpunk with 4070. Im on 0.925v at 2750 mhz

@notstarboard

5 ай бұрын

I got my GTX 1060 6GB down to 875 mV at 1885 mHz. It was 1031 mV at 1885 mHz with the stock curve. Temps are down ~10 C and power under peak load is down ~30 W. I've had this card for like seven years and I can't believe I didn't do this earlier.

@intuit13

5 ай бұрын

how the hell do you get the voltage monitoring and voltage slider to work w/ a 4070 super?? I've had 3 Zotac Amp Extremes over the last 8 years with this same PC and i've always been able to monitor voltage and use the voltage slider (although it was just a % slider and I couldn't put in exact numbers), but I just bought an ACTUAL msi card (4070 super gaming x slim) and I have a greyed-out voltage slider and no monitoring, despite trying all checkboxes (over and over again...), drop-down menu options, and re-installing the application (and trying different skins..). Nothing works. Is there a way to do this with a 4070 super without doing anything crazy like changing BIOS's or dismantling the card itself?

Asus Rog Strix 1080: 900mV - 1911Mhz & memory 5300mhz. Gpu temp: 71°->59° Cinebench R24: 3909->4189 Forza Horizon 5: 96-104 -> 105-118 And finally no coil whine sound! Thank you very much!

@VaracolacidVesci

Ай бұрын

Cinebench is cpu pal no gpu

@sp-ce

Ай бұрын

​@@VaracolacidVesciCinebench R24 is gpu, pal.

@VaracolacidVesci

Ай бұрын

@@sp-ce it only adds GPU but here is not

I have been doing undervolting since the GTX 10 series. I prefer undevolting compared to overclocking / overvolting, because the gains we get from OC is so small compared to what we give up. I love having my PC running efficiently. I do the same with my Ryzen CPU :P

@user-fg6mq3dg3d

Ай бұрын

Undervolting is Overclocking why you categorize them as different things.

@dr.feelgood5798

Ай бұрын

@@user-fg6mq3dg3d That's not what i wrote.

@JagsP95

Ай бұрын

You can undervolt and oc at the same time if you have the time lol

@dom47

2 күн бұрын

​​​@@JagsP95 oc means the number of instructions processed per second is increased ,which means it needs more power to operate efficiently,if u undervolt i think it would reduce the efficiency as we are making the cpu work more with less fuel

A major improvement in presentation by slowing the speed in which you speak. I would always have to go to settings and slow things down. As usual, a thumbs up.

Great video and easy to follow as usual, got my Aorus 2080 super stable with 0.975v and 2040mhz clock speed. Lowered the power from 250w to 200w with the same score on heaven benchmark and temps went down by 10°c.

@ogpredatorGer

14 күн бұрын

Strix rtx 2080 super 0,92v and 2102mhz

This was so clear, concise, accurate and easy to follow! Bravo to you. Thank you so much!

Listen to this guy, he knows what he's saying. I knew this trick already from another youtuber and he also mentioned to increase the curve in 15MHz increments for better stability on nvidia. Long story short my 12GB 3060 got + 225Mhz and - 218 mV i capped it at a little bit higher frequency than it could go before editing it and it get better temps at higher game settings than before. I also have a habit of capping my fps to 60 (which is my old samsungs rate) and gpu doesn't get as loud as it used to. Do it guys it's basically getting better gpu for free and saving power. And you can't break your gpu by lowering voltage the worst thing that can happen if you overdo it is your game's crash.

@Hexajenus

7 ай бұрын

I have the same rtx 3060 card. What's your frequency and voltage limite? Mine is 900v and 1900mhz. Would be helpful if you’ve replied.

@benq994

7 ай бұрын

@@Hexajenus at 900mv i have 1905Mhz but the curve doesn't end there. In the highest point it gets 2010Mhz at 956mv and it goes flat at 2010. But sometimes it changes on it's own when i restart pc:/ Im not sure what is the max frequency it can get but for me these settings are stable and satisfying enough.

@Best_Chuansatien

7 ай бұрын

@@HexajenusI think it depends on a chip not every 3060 12g will be the same. it's just like silicon lottery

@Typhon888

6 ай бұрын

@@Best_Chuansatienthat is true but it should be close as long as it’s the same model more or less but then yes you could get a “bad” chip that can’t OC at all. I remember back in 2009 I got a new ATI HD 5970 a $400 GPU. The memory was unstable at stock speeds but I lowed it by 25mhz and it worked for the life of the card. I eventually made a custom bios so the card would be permanently stable.

@user-jy2ww6yv7d

6 ай бұрын

Видео память даёт больший профит от разгоне, чем увеличение тактовой частоты видео чипа. Пробуйте добавить 1000+ мегагерц на память. А затем сравните результат с разгоном ядра. Можно совместить оба разгона. П.С..даунвольт это очень полезная вещь. Пользуюсь с выхода afterburner.

Love the tempo of your vids. No dragging around. Thanks!!!

I liked your point while when you increasing your stock boost frequency at that you want to limited certain voltage you also increased backward frequency too, but most of other were just increasing at only max clock speed point and were passing lower frequencies and i was wondering if this would have been cause a sharp increment at that point. But you did it perfectly and understood that i was thinking correct !

I applaud this video. Best user guide of this tool i have seen. 4090/2750mhz/0.925. Close to 100W less at the same fps as stock.

got a better 3dmark score with undervolting also 6 celsius less temp. thank you for the tutorial

6:13 You can also automate the undervolting by pressing the ‘OC Scanner’ in the top right of the MSI screen! It automatically finds the optimal voltage-curve for you. (Sometimes you have to restart your computer before the OC Scanner works btw).

@limpa756

7 ай бұрын

Manual is always better.

@psylina

7 ай бұрын

OC scanner always goes to unstable results for some reason

This was a great video to watch. I ran the Heaven benchmark and was able to drop my voltage of my 3070 Ti from 1.025v down to 0.900v and no issues whatsoever! 👍

Thank you, very precise, easy to follow, no nonsence. And most importantly woks like a treat.

I've previously undervolted my CPUs but never my GPU. This guide was extremely helpful! Not applying any undervolting to my RTX 4080 Super, my card was running Port Royal consistently over 300W and dropping well below 2790MHz consistently. After applying the undervolt you explained, I was running the same test at 5 degrees cooler, at a max of 285W and never dipping once below 2790MHz. The score also climbed with about 50 to 18 305. Keep up the great work in educating newbies like me!

I've been waiting for this! Appreciate it.

Incredibly helpful! Thanks! *subscribed*

lowered the temps on my 3080 from 88°c to 79°c staying at the same mhz but undervolting 0.60v thank you

Amazing guide, thank you for this

Panjo - Please do a video on vram overclocking. Specifically I think people need to know that higher ram speeds does not equal higher performance on new cards due to error correction. The games or benchmarks will not necessarily crash at unstable speeds, but performance will be less. It would be great to see the quickest way to test this.

@James2210

7 ай бұрын

There's usually a sweet spot about halfway between base clock and where it outright crashes. e.g. if it crashes at +550 mhz, set your vram oc to 275

Great. Good explanation and visualization. You covered all the details I wanted to know about this topic. Than you

Great guide, thank you!

Really good guide, might try it when i have time - seems good thing to do on all builds.

On Radeon cards, undervolting usually doesn't automatically result in lower power consumption, but higher clockspeeds. I recall seeing up to 10% higher clockspeeds on my old R9 Nano with undervolting, power consumption stayed the same. I believe it depends whether your GPU is hitting the clock limit or the power limit at stock settings.

@Anlaki0013

5 ай бұрын

Just a reminder you don't want to use MSI Afterburner on AMD GPU (in case other readers do this)

@Kashiki20

5 ай бұрын

​@@Anlaki0013i have used msi afterburner for a while because i have a rx 580 which the amd andrenaline software was crashing/blue screen everytime when i do some changes ontuning settings.

@Kashiki20

5 ай бұрын

​@@Anlaki0013i had no issue using msi

for a long time a good quick and nice viewed video! gg mate

Thank you for such a detailed guide

Great video man, thx a lot 🎉

I love tinkering with settings to get good performance and like to see low heat temps, I haven't actually come across this before but it is a gamechanger, my 2060 Super I undervolted to 975mV and limited my fps to 57 and seen a drastic change in heat to the tune of around 15c from high 70s/ 80s down to as low as mid 50s! What a difference! Great informative video!

got a stable 875mv on my 1660 super! TDP went down from 125W to 93W and max temp under load went from ~78 to ~65, so now the fans are no longer audible under full load! will definitely be doing this on all of my GPUs in the future as power usage is a massive deal for me, especially since where i live having to run on backup power supplies/systems is commonplace, and reduction in power consumption goes a LONG way

hell yeah man u lowered my laptops temperature by 7 celsius and now i can play without worrying about damaging the laptop thanks

You can use the Nvidia Performance overlay on a Laptop to monitor the GPU voltage

Excellent. I have basically kept the same FPS but brought down my temps several degrees and maybe about 10% less power on my 400W EVGA 3080. So I am getting pretty close (percentage wise) to your results.

@jairhernandez4623

8 ай бұрын

Can I ask what's your model? I have XC3 ultra, pretty much one of the hotter model and I'm gonna apply this today, 78° is the max I get and aiming to get 75° or less, maybe put down mhz a bit bcs is really powerfull, how much mV decreased yours?

@martmeister

8 ай бұрын

@@jairhernandez4623 FTW Ultra. Regardless it’s worth doing if you have the time and don’t mind watching benchmarks for a bit. Went from 0.993 to 0.860. Crashes at 0.850 for me. Yours will probably be different. Degrees went from 78 to 73. That’s under full load using CP2077 benchmark and Forza Horizon 5 benchmarks.

@jairhernandez4623

8 ай бұрын

@@martmeister amazing, appreciate it bro, the fps weren't affected so much right?

@martmeister

8 ай бұрын

@@jairhernandez4623 fps actually went up by 1 or 2 fps. Also power went from 400 to 370.

Thank you for the vid this is a very easy understanding tutorial video.

I needed this. My room runs a bit hot and so my GPU was getting up close to 70c which is still safe temp for it but I also don't like it being that hot. With the undervolting, I was getting same FPS but using 50 less watts and got the temps down to around 61-62. Even upped the core clock a little bit and instead of 1830 it was running around 1890 and still stable. I went with method 2 as I don't know much at all about the curves and stuff and didn't want to mess anything up. Thanks!

If it can handle a long time to keep the transistors. I think the coil whine will come in time. I would keep it at the frequency the manufacturer says like 2610 MHz boost and I would only put the 2790 on games where the graphics can't really handle

@soundmatters83

8 ай бұрын

yes my rtx 4070 boost 2790 mhz but manufacturer web site says boost 2535, iundervolt the 2535 mhz 925 mv (normal 950 mv) its good to me a little performance loss but cool and quite all temps.

I'm glad I found this video. Simple and easy to follow instructions. However, I could not find a GPU Core Clock setting in MSI. I did some research and found that it was just Core Clock.

great explained, thx

Dope video I'ma have to try this. Just built my first RIG, I'ma newb to all this but always been tech inclined n mostly played games on console. Love the customization with PC. You should mention to people to also use n adjust your GPU fan curve. Helps allot keeping your temps under control for more efficiency.

Thx for the guide, it's good to spread the knowledge. my 4090 runs .950mV @ 2760Mhz with +1000Mhz MEM. it crashes sometimes in AI tasks, so i have different preset for computing.

3080 FTW (10GB) Pretty much always hit 83°. And clocks were unstable due to throttling. It's base spec - 1.000Mv average, ,1720-1920. Typically mid 1800 range for clocks. I've got it to .863Mv. 1890Mhz locked. And it's now averaging low to mid 70s at the worst. With no clock fluctuation.

thank you for the super content 🙏🤝

For anyone trying this and having issues flattening the curve, after you shift click and drag the bar up - if shift double enter doesn't work, shift click the far right box and type in the same mhz as you want it to flatten at. Also, running Cyber punk settings benchmark I found quite handy whilst doing this process

The Best GPU undervolting Tutorial So far. Neatly Explained Thanks a lot 🙌🙌🙌🙌

Thanks for this helpful guide! ❤

I just want to say thank you for a excellent guide 🙏 legend

@Panjno

8 ай бұрын

And thank you for an excellent comment :)

nice video, like always

thanks bro , finally i know why i cannot adjust core voltage ,power limit and temperature limit when all youtubers can , i am using laptop :D

this worked new sub incoming

Thank you, Panjno

Many videos of amateur gamers miss the part explained in this video. You shift hold and move the whole curve up then cap. Great video.

@kerryfreudenthaler3842

4 ай бұрын

no we didnt miss that maybe u did and relized it

@brooksbrooks8060

4 ай бұрын

@@kerryfreudenthaler3842 Other videos by amateurs either don't raise first, or even lower first then cap. Do you make incorrect videos? Or are you just defending wrong info for no reason

Thanks for the RTX 3050 Mobile one dude. I tried and it works. on the laptop its always best to just cap the fps anyway just to not overwork the CPU. because it also helped with both the CPU and GPU temp. My laptop is Acer nitro 5 an515-57

@Dabid13

8 ай бұрын

how much were you able to undervolt it, I was only able to decrease 0,194 V until the game crashed. Maybe cause I have a 3050 ti but anyway. How much volts were you able to decrease?

@abitu446

7 ай бұрын

so for 3050 rtx what is ue settings in mhz and the volt??

@notstarboard

5 ай бұрын

Same for desktop. Not capping FPS is pretty much just increasing temps and using extra power for no reason unless you're playing with lots of cash on the line.

@notstarboard

5 ай бұрын

@@abitu446 It will be different for everyone. Just test it out yourself.

thank you so much, I managed to drop my GPU temp from 79 to 72!

Just did this today with my RTX 3060TI following your guide and it reduced temps by 5-10c and voltage was able to reduce from 1.081v to 9.60v with decrease of 20-40watts too. Increased FPS as well by 20fps in some games, depending on settings in games like Cyberpunk and RDR2! Thank you so much!!

One thing I learnt the hardway with undervolting is that what is stable in some games/applications, doesn't apply to other games as they all use your graphics card differently, so its best to test your undervolt with a few graphically intense and demanding games, not just one. Also, this guy suggests to bump up your voltage when you're unstable, but it's better to lower the clock/mhz 100-200 you won't tell the difference, the point of undervolting is for cooler temps with minor to no performance loss, so bumping up the voltage is the last thing to do as more voltage = more heat.

Managed a decrease of almost 20% power usage while having the same fps, great guide

I did Method 1 on my Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super 1xFan and it worked perfectly! On Unigine Heaven Benchmark I went: -0,162 V -24,3 W -9° -528 Fan rpm + 0,3 FPS Thank You!

@ayeshakhan713

3 ай бұрын

What was your core clock? How much u reduced

Thank you the for the amazing content my gpu idle came down from 55c idle to 42idle 🥳in high 65c (msi rtx 3060ti gaming x trio)

This is fantastic! My 13900ks is on water i think my next build will have the 15900k and 5090 both on water and undervolted.

Panjno I would give you a kiss, I have been undervolt and using msi afterburner wrong for years

went from 1.037 to .912 stable. Sadly didn't get any temperature decreases. my card has always been loud and hot. Just did a thermal paste change and got around a 10c drop on the temps, but the fans on my card are just loud at anything over 55ish %.

With my 3070 I used the afterburner curves with fantastic results, so this method is definitely true. Now that I have a 4070Ti I use a slight overclocking without the need for undervolt , as the temperature very rarely rises above 60ºC. Good video.

for Me As a non English native-speaker, your guide is super easy to follow, easier than my native language guide.

gracias por el video me ha sido de mucha utilidad siempre sufria con las temperaturas en mi laptop que casi rozaban los 90 C ahora no supero los 78 C muchas gracias

When shifting the whole curve up at once, in theory you would also have to test for stability at lower frequencies in order to be sure your undervolt is stable. I assume this is why many undervolting guides don't suggest this. My question is whether you are typically more likely to experience instability while under heavy load if you shift the whole curve up as described in this video.

Thanks!

Thanks for the Great tutorial, i managed to get stable undervolt for my rx 6900 xt, thanks to your video.

Thanks for the video. Got my 2060 Super down to 1.006v from 1.069v.

I have been undervolting my gpus for so long, but i have to admit i have been doing it wrong LOL. My mistake is the curve. Got a 3080 undervolt it at 1965 @ .900v and its steady clock. Before when i set a target it doesnt stick to the target, it varies. But on your method my clock is steady. I also used to oc my memory clock to 500 to 1000mhz. I find that causes instability. Thanks for this guide really appreciate it. Oh btw method2 is not for me. :)

This was really helpful man, all my games kept crashing on my MSI SUPRIM RTX 3080 12 GB variant but now temps are down and running smoothly. Windows 11 really made things worse.

This is unbelievable. I braught it down from 0.795 to 0.700 with no stability issues! The program doesn't let me undervolt it more than that.

Lowerd my gpu temp with 10 C and bosted fps around 20-30+ got a laptop with a rtx 3050 4 gig vram just took the settings u provided for the 3050 mobile thx alot man👍 gpu temp before 57 C now 47 C 😁👍

Absolutely brilliant video! Thanks bro. Questions: 1. Does this work on AMD cards? 2. Does this work for igpus? Thanks again! 😀

Really thx for the tip My 3070ti Before undervolt is like 78-79 degree after undervolt it stable at the 69-70 degree + I did boost 1-2fps. Really Thx For The tip

Hi Panjo, what's your opinion about software like razer cortex?

You seem to actually be doing this correctly a lot of tutorials lower the entire curve which I read actually is a overvolt since you make the system use more voltage overall or something

Thank you, managed a 1.05 to 0.918 undervolt on my 2070S. Temps only changed from 79C to 75C, but I think my GPU was throttling itself as my voltage was constantly fluctuating to lower levels when I tried to figure out my initial voltage. 5000 series can't come sooner enough because I think my GPU is finally starting to see its age. Make sure you test out your settings on multiple games. I found I could go all the way to 0.9 on Heaven benchmark but some games did not load to the main menu.

Thanks, this is the best video I've found about undervolting. Interesting is, that afterburner is always slightly above the Voltage I have setup. Why? When I set 925mv, it works at 930-935mv.

Palit 3060 TI 8 gb - I set - 0.9v 1860Mhz (y) Best guide! Thanks.

pny 1080 i started at 1445mhz and .800v lowered sitting around 84c got set it to .750v at 1445mhz and im getting boosts up to 1860mhz while sitting at 74c did this mainly to stop it from heating up my room and ended up with a whole hell of a lot more performance and a cooler room

I used method #2 on my Inno3d Twin X2 RTX 4070 Super because Afterburner was not monitoring core voltages on my GPU despite unlocking voltage monitoring in the settings (Curve Editor was available though so I could still use method #1 in the future). I set the power limit to 84% and core clock to +180 Mhz. The GPU now draws 185W max instead of 220W (max temperature dropped from 71C to 66C) and performance is nearly identical in the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark (only dropped from 112 fps average to 111 fps, @3440x1440, RT enabled).

@eldermorph2023

4 ай бұрын

i also have a 4070 super and cannot see the gpu voltage option even after checking both unlock voltage settings. bizarre.

Not sure whoch guide to follow for undervolting. This? Or the orthers where they 1. Lower their core by -200 2. Grab the single desire volt point and drag it up to the desired Mhz 3. Click apply (No Shift holding and bringing entire curve up) Just wondering which is better way to undervolt 😢

Question i have been wondering about for a while is. 1. Does running programs like "i-cue" which controls fans and stuff interfere whilst running "MSI after burner"? 2. Will running both be more taxing on my system and will it create conflict with each other for control? 3. Should i just turn off or uninstall i-cue?

Do we need to touch memory clock speed? Maybe increase it slightly or just leave it default. Heard if you increase, you can gain some performance.

Lowered Voltage by 18 percent and got a 6-8 fps increase every test I do it stays better if i volt back it goes back to no fps boost

Gtx 1080 Stock 1860mhz @ 1.060 Stable 1848mhz @ .875 Managed to get 1633mhz down to .775, didn't want to mess too much with that Base voltage is .625 I use GTAV single player to check stability because it's fairly sensitive. It'll crash in about 5 minutes if it's not stable. Also test with cyberpunk 2077

I love undervolting, it's like sorcery. Stuff runs faster, smoother, cooler and quieter, and probably lasts longer too. Better way to navigate the curve optimizer: 1) Select your node (tab = right, shift+tab = left) 2) Select everything, then shift + up arrow to go up more accurately. 3) Select node and everything to the right, then flatten with shift+double enter.

@w061a09

Ай бұрын

lol thank you really, trying to drag the mhz on my 3070 too but i could never, until seeing ur comment

RTX 3060 ti, i5 10400F 1890Mhz 1,081V -) 1890Mhz 0,956V GPU temp 69°C -) 60°C Power consumption 200W -) 160W MSI Kombustor benchmark 1080 SCORE: 3674 points -) 3879 points Kingdom come: 85-100 fps -) 95-110 fps Thank you very much.

Building a new pc today. Now this is convenient.

Asus TUF Gaming OC GTX 1660 ti - 1960mhz / 875mv (i still can push it further to 840mv, but i went so far from 1,050mv to 875mv, and it saves plenty of power already, i just want guaranteed stability lol) Tested on - Cyberpunk 2077 (100+ mods, mixed med/high settings) went down from 73c 120w to 68c 100w, at same fps (70fps) - Skyrim SE (500+ mods, Cabbage ENB, 2k texture mods) went down from 75c 120w to 70c 100w, at same fps (45fps)

@Panjo - What do you use for Fan Control? Any recommendations for fan curve settings? I have the ROG STRIX GAMING OC 4090 and with your guide, am currently at 2775MHz @ 935mV. Cheers!

@wutburger4208

2 ай бұрын

You could use the fan control integrated in the Afterburner Application, which makes it even mire useful.

thank you! from 80+ to 60+

Thanks man, now i know how to rlly undevorlt:)

finally was able to lower my 3090ti from running at 90C+ 24/7, could care less about its speed, though voltage doesn't seem to go lower than 880mv

Very helpful, thank you so much! Few questions - I want to set a profile that’s the same undervolt for 3 modes (gaming, internet and idle), but I can’t seem to set the turbo ratio limit below 1800MHz. How can I do that, if it’s possible? And how can I make TS tell the difference between “charging and gaming, 3GHz max please” vs “charging but doing productivity work, 1GHz max please”.

subbed, im in a semi, and need to get some heat out

Nearly all other youtubers are doing the undervolting in different ways. One is, they grab the whole chart, move it up by the point, then they drag the rest very low, then pressing enter. The second method is moving the whole chart very much down, then grabbing 1 point and pulling it up all the way to the goal, then pressing enter. Panjno's method seems the best for this. Is there perf difference between these methods or all the same just in different ways?

Very good guide, i can confirm that this is correct way to undervolt gpu. There are a lot bad guides on KZread even from big channels.

@DiceAir

8 ай бұрын

I agree. the thing is if you look at Hwinfo and you look at effective(real gpu clock) speed vs gpu clock speed(targeted clock speed) it should be closer vs other methods where they lower clock speed and then raise it. I do one step further by using oc scan to get the best overclocking settings then either limit clock speed to something a bit lower or reduce voltage. I also like to use nvidia smi to lock my clock speed and thus reducking temps even further.

@notstarboard

5 ай бұрын

When shifting the whole curve up at once, in theory you would also have to test for stability at lower frequencies in order to be sure your undervolt is stable. You might also need to settle for a lower undervolt at peak frequencies if instability hits at lower frequencies. There are plenty of guides that are outright wrong out there, and while this one certainly isn't wrong, it also feels like a more aggressive undervolting method.

i had that water mark for like 10 years now haha, thanks bro.

What should I set my volt to? it goes from 1815 to 1845 and for a split second, 1915. Should I set it to what's constant or to the maximum voltage reached even if it was just for a split second?

RTX 4070 stock 2835 MHz 1100 mV, for now my undervolting result is 2820 MHz at 1010 mV. In cyberpunk temps didn't really change because the GPU runs at 100% eitherway and I'm at 55*C but the power draw lowered from about 176W to about 146W