Why is my Sapphire RX 7800 XT Polar dropping clocks in Orion?
This is honestly ridiculous—the 'OC' label on the Polar edition is a joke. In complex scenes, the clock speed would tank from 2400MHz down to 1800MHz instantly. The power management on the Sapphire RX 7800 XT 16G is way too aggressive, triggering a throttle the second it hits the 230W wall. I tried the 'Overclock' preset in the driver, but it just made it run hotter and stutter more—a total fail. I went into AMD Adrenalin and manually dropped the voltage from 1.1V to 1.05V, locked the max frequency at 2300MHz, and set the fan curve to hit 80% at 70℃. In GPU-Z, the frequency line went from looking like an EKG to a flat, stable line. I tried pushing it down to 1.0V, but the game froze on the loading screen, so I bumped it back up by 0.05V to find stability. Core temps stay between 68-74℃. The fans are a bit louder now, but I can live with it. Backed up the profile so I don't have to do this again.
