[SketchySeaBeast]

Yeah, exactly. I was able to get a decent ~50W drop and stayed at a higher than base clock rate (1920 MHz @ 900 mV). It's still a space heater, but it's better.

I also frame rate limit myself in a lot of games - I don't need my MMOs running at 160 fps, so many games I'm at 150-200 W. I still wish it was less, but that's much more reasonable than 400 W.

[arvinsim]

Which makes you wonder why GPU companies don't proactively give you control over these parameters.

[wtallis]

AMD's GPU drivers give you a decent range of control over board power limits, fan curves, GPU and memory clocks and voltages, and on at least some models the ability to fine-tune the shape of the voltage/frequency curve used. Really the only thing missing is an automated tool to explore the V/f parameter space to find the limits of stable operation for your particular chip.

[SketchySeaBeast]

I'm using the software that came with my card to do that. It makes sense that the graphic card manufacturer's would ensure stability with the cost of it running hot - by undervolting I'm playing with potential crashes and that won't do for a card defaults settings.

[formerly_proven]

Even on nVidia cards you can literally edit the V/f curve.