How to undervolt an RTX GPU // Tutorial

[@Hubwood]

WARNING: it seems that this does not work on RTX 4090 Cards. It would be better to just drop the power target on these cards instead. Check the video from Roman Hartung "der8auer" on that topic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGHcd52flKx-l80

[@ParnasoCultural]

This was a great explanation. I recently bought an ASUS TUF 17 with an i5-11260h and a RTX 3050ti, my sweet spot was 800mV / 1800Mhz, no more than 80°c. (Update: ASUS TUF 15 with an i7-12650h and a RTX 3060 - 800mV / 1750Mhz)

[@Hubwood]

Glad it helped! Thx for the feedback!

[@ephesius7576]

Im pairing i5 11400h and RTX3050ti (60+15w). I was having 86°c on both and a little bit of throttiling. Then found undervolting and im running -80mv on cpu (3400mhz boost locked instead of 4500) and 783~mV/1750mhz on gpu. Cpu is stable arround 60°c and Gpu is stable arround 72°c. Extremely happy with the result. My main purpose was to reduce heat and fan noise not to increase performance but this helped me do both at the same time hehe. Its like a cheat code for laptops, wish I found this earlier

[@natnaelabayneh7664]

@@ephesius7576 Did u use the same method he used and found the perfect spot for ur pc?

[@ephesius7576]

@@natnaelabayneh7664 well I did not want to push too hard. I decided to give my cpu - 80 randomly and ran stress test then played games for couple hours. Then went for my gpu and firstly I checked the Temps and mhz values while playing games. It was bouncing arround 1650 to 1900mhzish at arround 84 87 degrees and I said I would rather have 1750 stable instead with lower temps so adjusted lowest voltage for the gpu. I need to increase my voltage to get more mhz out of it but I don't really need it. I don't really need 6 cores At 4.4mhz but if I want to bump my core clock high boost still works perfectly at - 80. But that increases degrees a little bit but still stays below 70. It's really cold and safe

[@kaelz09]

@@ephesius7576 Bro I literally have the same model as yours, can you teach me how to exactly to setup like urs?

[@iFeniks84]

This is the BEST tutorial about the undervolting of all around the WORLD!!! Thanks man, you are hero. My next graphic card will be definetely rtx 3050. Probably from Asus or MSI.

[@Hubwood]

Glad it helped 😉

[@falkensteinfallen1288]

Thank you for this undervolting video 😁 personally I was just overclocking my GPU but now I will undervolt too to save power and have less heat in the pc and my room 😅🤣

[@elshinobitv]

Amazing tutorial. I dropped my 3050 to .900 V and it reduced wattage consumption by 20. Thank you so much!

[@Hubwood]

Glad to hear that :)

[@fayyad00]

what abt the tenps

[@Vitaly.A]

Thanks for the video! You saved me! My 3050 has been working properly 3 weeks but today In games my PC just shuts down. but with undervolt (1915/0.900) it's finally stable. I think I might have a problem with PSU or motherboard (they're both 10 years old). For now I can play games with less heat and power consumption.

[@Hubwood]

Oh good to hear!

[@josipmatic4732]

Nice video, I have the same card. Undervoltage use 15% less energy and overclock memory 100MHz you get 1-2% less FPS. Not bad.

[@thiagovigna735]

The best video that I have found. Thanks from Brazil.

[@inamurrehman2152]

This is the best video regarding undervolting GPU on whole KZbin. I've watched so many videos from top channels still it didn't help!

[@Hubwood]

Oh wow! Thanks for your kind feedback mate 🙃

[@inamurrehman2152]

@@Hubwood Yeah.. My RTX 3050 in Legion 5 reached 64 max on RDR2, after undervolting by - 200mV.. Same performance with 56 Max..

[@LokeKQ]

Works for laptop 3050ti as well. Great video.

[@Hubwood]

It often works for newer laptops aswell. But not always. If it does: congrats :D

[@akey_9655]

How much volts did you manage to go to? Because mine are too low so idk if i did it correctly or not

[@LokeKQ]

@@akey_9655 stock 75 and undervolt make it hover around 60 to 65

[@akey_9655]

@@LokeKQ ok so i must have done it wrong cuz my voltage is now 775, and it was way more than just 60+

[@LokeKQ]

@@akey_9655 I find undervolting to be unstable for long sessions gaming. Game might crash whereas stock settings is fine. For productivity software undervolting should be fine.

[@Sun-on6yh]

Ordered a New PC with RTX 3050 not long ago.. Will try this once it delivered to me. Very GOOD and Easy to Follow Video !! Thanks For Your Time and Valuable Information !! The only thing i can repay you is to Subscribe and Like the Video !!

[@Hubwood]

Thx for your feedback! :)

[@0____________0_____________0]

I will do this when i install the rtx 3050 in my prebuilt!

[@feiren6418]

good stuff . saved 40-70 watts. dropped 5 frames

[@fahdmirza8665]

Hi. Thanks for the video. Just one thing, with all these undervolt settings applied, have u done anything with the GPU fan curve as well or it was at default settings (determined automatically by afterburner)?

[@Hubwood]

I didn't change the curve. You could of course do that. But it will automatically stay quieter :)

[@zashee]

Oh wow! I will try this on my RTX 3050

[@milinparmar590]

You can try 2025 MHz with 950 mV also I have +1000MHz on memory, mine is stable

[@pomi_alien]

I have this graphics card in the Msi Gaming X version. It is stable at 1890Mhz at 0.9V. When I want to raise the clock, games crash.

[@SletteMetteCPR1620]

So does MSI afterburner have to run in the background when ever you turn on the PC? and will driver updates or changing the setting in windows or nvidia change your undervolting? so you should check reguarly to see if the settings apply?

[@Hubwood]

Updates won't destroy the settings. And yes you need to have it running at the start, AND choose the option which applies the settings at the start!

[@leon-pt7fq]

Please do flow z13 benchmark

[@angumech13]

If it runs at 1935MHz stock, why would Zotac list only 1827MHz for that GPU in their spec page?

[@Hubwood]

Cause that's the guaranteed boost clock. It's a bit different from chip to chip. Most of them will be faster than the 1827mhz

[@fahdmirza8665]

I have enabled fps limiter from nvidia control panel due to my monitor supporting only 60fps. Should i disable fps limiter when doing undervolting thing?

[@Hubwood]

No, in fact using undervolting and an fps limiter in combination will further reduce power consumption and heat :)

[@aseroxd]

Can't I just use the GPU as it is? I really don't want to mess around with these settings and risk voiding my warranty.

[@Hubwood]

This NOT risking your warranty at all! Don't be afraid of undervolting :) In fact it will extend the life of your GPU as it gets less hot.

[@Bankotsu09]

I tried to keep it safe, and just leave it at 800/1920mhz and 1v. I hope this is ok.

[@Hubwood]

Undervolting is always safe. The worst thing that can happen is a driver crash and the GPU will reset. No harm in that. In fact undervolting is good for your hardware as it won't heat up as much and it probably will last longer.

[@shubhamkumar8596]

why did u lower to specific -589 with alt button ?

[@Hubwood]

that was just coincidence. I just wanted to bring down the whole curve, so i could set the new maximum easier.

[@theytdb]

Hii.. I bought an rtx 3050 strix oc, if I undervolt at 900 MHZ and 1935 MHZ voltage. if I play games every day will it not damage the GPU?

[@Hubwood]

Nope.

[@rtxmagic]

Are the settings similar for the laptop GPU (75 watts)

[@Hubwood]

Hm no they're different. I undervolted in in my gigabyte g5 review. So you could check that one out.

[@aakaashking6775]

Can I use this same setting for MSI RTX 3050 Aero ITX OC edition Card? Since it's a single fan GPU..I can reduce the temperature 🌡️!!! What's your room temperature?

[@Hubwood]

Room temperature is 21C. Yes you can try the same settings. If it's unstable try to use 25mv (0.025v) more to achieve your boost clock.

[@aakaashking6775]

@@Hubwood thnx for your Help Bro!!!

[@kaluginden]

Hey bud it is works, thank you! ( i have got 20% power reduction) But i have one issue, in stock GPU temp in downtime is 48 and after undervolt is 53. Do you have any idea?

[@Hubwood]

🥴 Did the power dran in idle also change? (im assuming you mean "idle" when saying "stock") Maybe you also changed the fancurve / targeted temperature?

[@kaluginden]

​@@Hubwood Hey! During the downtime power in idle is 20 and after undervolt is 13. Fancurve was not touchet. And i did check it twice still downtime temperatrure is higher for 5 degrees after undervolt. (under downtime i mean opened youtube with video on)

[@Hubwood]

@@kaluginden yeah seems like the Fan curve / power target is resulting in that. Maybe the fans run slower since the GPU needs less power. Don't worry about that :)

[@kaluginden]

​@@Hubwood thanks i do not worry at all) but fans do not work in downtime

[@Hubwood]

@@kaluginden are you German?

[@natnaelabayneh7664]

Will this apply to rtx 3050 4gb (in laptop)?

[@Hubwood]

Mostly. But the values will be a bit different.

[@igoresque]

the downside of going under 750mV is that your memory is at 5000

[@Hubwood]

Hm no it should not. Did you experience that?

[@igoresque]

@@Hubwood you can see it happening right in your video

[@Hubwood]

@@igoresque where?

[@Hubwood]

@@igoresque ah I see what you mean. As you can see in the Witcher it actually drops only 200mhz. And you can manually rise the memory clock after the undervolting to compensate that.

[@igoresque]

​@@Hubwood it goes to 6800 because of CUDA P2 state getting triggered at that low voltage, which sets memory clock to 200 below P0 state. You can also see that at some point (19:54) your memory clock still goes down to 5000 in Witcher because the power state is not consistent there. And since in Witcher you have GPU at 731 mV, why not just up to 750 mV? My 3050 gets 1657 MHz core at 750 mV with no issues.

[@SletteMetteCPR1620]

implying anyone have a gpu :)

[@Hubwood]

😁🙈

[@listerine-pr5lt]

German accent and American cap.

[@Hubwood]

😂