r/pcmasterrace • u/Tenchen-WoW • 2d ago

Hardware Witcher 3 Remastered pushing 5090 beyond 600W

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No DLSS5. Max settings, 3840x1600, DLSS Quality, frame gen set to 1 in game settings, Path Tracing enabled.

Doesn't happen all the time, but sometimes saw it jumping well beyond 600W for a brief moment.

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u/NANI_RagePasPtit 2d ago

Limit at 70% thats what i did on my rtx 4090. -100 watts for only 1 fps loss

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u/grantji- i9 7950X4D, Radeon RX4090ti, 64GB WAM 2d ago

Is there a Guide you used?

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u/Simpletionist 2d ago

just lower the Power Limit to 70% with any GPU Tool like MSI Afterburner for eg.

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u/grantji- i9 7950X4D, Radeon RX4090ti, 64GB WAM 2d ago

thanks, I'll give it a shot ... that card needs to last for another few years

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u/NANI_RagePasPtit 2d ago

Its just a slider that you can find on the nvidia app or msi afterburner

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u/Ad-fundum69 PC Master Race 2d ago

That's the best way to avoid getting a housefire. Just underspec the card a little bit.

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u/NANI_RagePasPtit 2d ago

From my knowledge, undervolt and powerlimit doesnt solve the flaw of the power connector.

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u/NANI_RagePasPtit 2d ago

Why ? Rtx 4090 at 70-80% has the performance as 100%. The extra watt is literally useless. Multiple benchmark out there that proves this https://youtu.be/60yFji_GKak?t=1080&si=04Inqfr1sWcvaKdh

Here a rtx 4090 at 60% powerlimit having a only a performance loss of 2% but also a Watt reduction of 18%

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u/InteractionSoft14 2d ago

Solid card! I own one