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MSI Afterburner is what you need to change your graphics card clocks, voltages and power limits.
I’d start by changing the fan curve rather than undervolting though - setting the fans to ramp up more quickly. If the card has been in your machine a while it’s also with taking it out and blowing out all the dust buildup.
Download Unigine Heaven and run it on a loop, windowed, to stress the card. You can change settings as the test runs to see the effects. Small changes and waiting until the temperature stabilises is the right way to do it. Make sure that the ‘apply at start-up’ option isn’t selected otherwise if you crash it you may have to boot in safe mode to restore the settings.
If you’re set on undervolting you’ll need to lower the core clock and power limit as well to remain stable. You don’t have settings available in Afterburner that will allow you to damage your card. The vBIOS won’t allow crazy voltages and will throttle to avoid cooking itself.
Do check if it’s just clogged with dust before starting any of this!
87C isn’t going to actually damage your GPU so another option is just stop worrying about it.
87C isn’t going to actually damage your GPU so another option is just stop worrying about it.
Ok so I followed his steps and unfortunately it just kept crashing thr program even if I adjusted it by 30 instead of a 100. So i guess my card isn't up for it... or I am just messing up somehow lolYou don't actually need any external software to adjust it with an AMD card. You can do it in AMD's own driver software. There are some decent guides out there that'll walk you through the process:
I'd highly recommend it. Polaris is overvolted to buggery by default and you'll absolutely be able to end up with a cooler and quieter card without losing any performance, or a really cool and quiet one for a tiny performance trade-off.
Is this a hard thing to do ? Or really simple ?You could replace the thermal paste as thats usually a culprit of high temps.
It depends on the cooler. You will need to be confident with a screwdriver as there will be a few screws to undo check on YouTube as there is bound to be somebody who has done it for your graphics card.Is this a hard thing to do ? Or really simple ?
Are you adjusting the clock speed along with the voltage? If your card is a bit of a dog and won't let you undervolt much at stock clocks, you might try dropping the clocks along with the voltage and approaching it from the other direction. For example, you could make your State 7 1050mV on the voltage and 1200MHz on the clock, then adjust the other states as in the video to cascade downwards incrementally. Then test if you're stable (which you really should be unless you have the worst card in existence), and after that gradually work the clocks back up in, say, 20MHz steps whilst leaving the voltage alone until it becomes unstable. Then back the clock down 20MHz and go about thoroughly testing it to make sure. I'd recommend saving overclock profiles every now and then in the AMD software by clicking the three dots in the top right though, as it will reset everything to default after a crash and you'll have to enter it all again if you can't just load up a saved profile. Plus if you want to lower voltage even more in the future, you'll have an easy starting point. My best RX 580 would do 1340MHz at just 1000mV, though I've had others that performed worse than that. There's definetly silicon lottery involved.Ok so I followed his steps and unfortunately it just kept crashing thr program even if I adjusted it by 30 instead of a 100. So i guess my card isn't up for it... or I am just messing up somehow lol
Ok thanks will give it another goAre you adjusting the clock speed along with the voltage? If your card is a bit of a dog and won't let you undervolt much at stock clocks, you might try dropping the clocks along with the voltage and approaching it from the other direction. For example, you could make your State 7 1050mV on the voltage and 1200MHz on the clock, then adjust the other states as in the video to cascade downwards incrementally. Then test if you're stable (which you really should be unless you have the worst card in existence), and after that gradually work the clocks back up in, say, 20MHz steps whilst leaving the voltage alone until it becomes unstable. Then back the clock down 20MHz and go about thoroughly testing it to make sure. I'd recommend saving overclock profiles every now and then in the AMD software by clicking the three dots in the top right though, as it will reset everything to default after a crash and you'll have to enter it all again if you can't just load up a saved profile. Plus if you want to lower voltage even more in the future, you'll have an easy starting point. My best RX 580 would do 1340MHz at just 1000mV, though I've had others that performed worse than that. There's definetly silicon lottery involved.
Ok bud thanks. Any thoughts on the compound to use ? As in brand of it ?It depends on the cooler. You will need to be confident with a screwdriver as there will be a few screws to undo check on YouTube as there is bound to be somebody who has done it for your graphics card.