How to stop Gainward RTX 5070 Ti clock drops in Dune Awakening?
The moment a giant sandworm burst through the surface, I noticed my frame times suddenly spiked from 12ms to a jarring 45ms. I checked the logs and found the Gainward RTX 5070 Ti Snow Step OC 2.0 was hitting transient power peaks of 310W, which triggered the motherboard's overcurrent protection, crashing the core clock from 2600MHz down to 1400MHz instantly. I initially tried enabling low-power mode in the drivers, which dropped temps by 5°C but cost me 20 FPS on average—a trade-off that left me totally frustrated. I eventually switched to a voltage curve tool and manually undervolted the points above 2500MHz by 20mV while locking the power limit at 300W. Monitoring via RTSS showed frame times finally settling into a stable 13-15ms range. It wasn't a smooth ride; I actually pushed the voltage too low at first, leading to a few complete black screens until I backed it off by 10mV. Final thermals settled with VRAM at 78-84°C and core temps at 68-74°C. Using a performance analyzer, I confirmed the clock fluctuations are gone and frame times are rock steady at 13-16ms.
