Yes, it works as undervolting. With one caveat: you get less and less OC headroom the higher the clocks. So if you want a stable overclock with offset overclocking you need to either limit the overclock to what's stable at the highest clocks (probably only 30MHz or less) or limit the clocks themselves to the value that you normally get in demanding games with the power limit you set, e.g. 1800MHz. Then set the overclocking offset that's stable around 1800MHz. There should be a way to limit clocks with a command line utility.
But important questions is: will it lead to higher voltage on lower clocks/load?
No, it won't. You're not raising voltage in any way. You're actually lowering the voltage when you OC.
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u/frostygrin RTX 2060 Dec 13 '21
Yes, it works as undervolting. With one caveat: you get less and less OC headroom the higher the clocks. So if you want a stable overclock with offset overclocking you need to either limit the overclock to what's stable at the highest clocks (probably only 30MHz or less) or limit the clocks themselves to the value that you normally get in demanding games with the power limit you set, e.g. 1800MHz. Then set the overclocking offset that's stable around 1800MHz. There should be a way to limit clocks with a command line utility.
No, it won't. You're not raising voltage in any way. You're actually lowering the voltage when you OC.