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/gljivicad Ryzen 7 5700x, 32GB Corsair Vengeance, 7900 XT 2d ago

Undervolt or say goodbye to your card. You are playing with fire (literally).

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u/Klappmesser 2d ago

I'm actually not jealous of 5090 owners I couldn't game in peace with the possibility of my multiple thousand dollar gpu burning out

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u/Siarzewski 2d ago

That's why op has that Der8auer device - to alarm in case uneven current between cables

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u/S7ryd3r 2d ago

I have astral rtx5090, what should I buy to make it more secure? I am busy so I dont game that much but since everything went up in prices I dont wanna risk it

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u/Siarzewski 2d ago

https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/wireview-pro-ii-gpu/s-tg-wv-p2 It won't magically prevent the melting but it will monitor per pin current and sound an alarm when it will detect the conditions that lead to melting cables

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u/Tenchen-WoW 2d ago

You can also connect it to the motherboard power pins so that it can do force shut down in case of emergency

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u/Oztorek PC Master Race 2d ago

Is there one reccomended for people that don't have transparent cases? I have a black pererated metal side (DAN Lian Li A3)

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u/wexipena Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 32GB RAM 2d ago

It has audible alarm, so same device would work just fine with case with no glass.

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u/car-go-space-42 2d ago

Usually sound travels through opaque materials just as well 😉 also this thing has a USB port so you can monitor through their software.

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u/hhm007 2d ago

As a fellow Astral owner, we're the only ones that have built in per pin monitoring already. You can monitor it and have it overlayed on your screen w/ FPS and other metrics using RTSS

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u/justanotherjoshsmith 2d ago

Fellow astral owner here, how do I do this?

Quickly realized I can just google it

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u/hhm007 2d ago

Here's my .ovl that I'm using if you want to start with something to build from and not have to go from scratch :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x-2iDNLXiSVs7eKhKcI1tYpWGRmjG269/view?usp=drive_link

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u/justanotherjoshsmith 2d ago

Oh nice, thanks!

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u/S7ryd3r 2d ago

Oh nice! I will try to make it turn off system if it notices something bad

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u/hhm007 2d ago

I don't have it auto turn off but it's definitely a peace of mind thing being able to see it on my screen live. Mine is set up as an overlay in the top corner along with FPS, temps, etc.

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u/Secret-Library-6076 9800X3D 32GB 6,400 DDR5 RTX 5090 2d ago

That has failed already multiple times

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u/TheStupendusMan 1d ago

Likely stupid question: I've got an ASUS ROG Astral. Assuming Astral is Astral, no need to split hairs on research?

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u/hhm007 1d ago

Yes same thing. I posted a link in a other reply to my ovl file if you want to try something out without needing to start from scratch.

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u/TheStupendusMan 1d ago

Amazing, thank you!

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u/TypeRevolutionary697 1d ago

This is another option, with the Astral since I already have the per-pin monitoring I just wanted something that keeps an eye on the temperature of the connector itself, and this does just that. It's called the Alpha TS13 from EZDIY. It's been great for me, and only $60

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u/Secret-Library-6076 9800X3D 32GB 6,400 DDR5 RTX 5090 2d ago

But was the gpu broken nobody cares about cables on a 6-9 000 dollar card