Stabilizing clock speeds for Gainward RTX 5070 Ti in F1 25?
When taking a corner at 300 km/h, I'd get these tiny micro-freezes that made me obsessed with trying to overpower them via overclocking. The Gainward RTX 5070 Ti Storm OC has a high factory clock, but under extreme loads, I noticed 0.05V momentary voltage drops, causing the core clock to jump wildly between 2.5GHz and 2.1GHz. I first tried 'Maximum Performance' in the driver, but the core temp spiked to 85℃ and triggered thermal throttling—totally missed the mark. I then used MSI Afterburner to manually add a +25mV voltage offset and set a custom fan curve to hit 80% speed at 70℃. In RTSS, the frame time variance shrank from 12-30ms to a tight 8-12ms, and the fluidity was night and day. I did have some random reboots after the first voltage bump, but dropping the core clock by 15MHz made it rock solid. Core temps now sit between 68℃ - 74℃. Comparing the curves, the stability is finally where it needs to be.
