Fixing power limit throttling for Gainward RTX 5070 Ti in Metro Awakening
It's honestly ridiculous—I bought a 5070 Ti, and yet in the subway tunnels, the game turned into a slideshow. It was enough to make me want to throw my keyboard. The default power limit on this Gainward Snow OC 2.0 is way too conservative; when the load hit 280W, the core clock crashed from 2500 MHz down to 1800 MHz, cutting my frames in half. I tried lowering the resolution to ease the load, but the image became a blurry mess, which is just mental torture in a VR game. I used an overclocking tool to force the power limit from 100% up to 115% and set a more aggressive fan curve so it hits 80% speed at 70°C. In the monitor, the clock fluctuations narrowed from 1800-2500 MHz to a steady 2450-2550 MHz, and the stuttering stopped. I did notice VRAM temps hit 92°C after raising the power, but adjusting my case airflow brought it back under 85°C. GPU core temps now hold at 72-78°C with power peaks at 310W. I backed up the voltage curve in the config manager, and temps remain stable at 72-78°C.
