Fixing clock speed drops on Gainward RTX 5070 Ti Storm OC?
Walking through quiet indoor hallways should be easy, but I kept feeling this slight, annoying hitch in the movement. I checked the logs and found the Gainward RTX 5070 Ti Storm OC was being way too aggressive with power saving—the clock would tank from 2100MHz to 400MHz instantly, making the FPS swing between 45 and 80. I tried turning off V-Sync, but that just gave me screen tearing, which was a poor trade-off. I went into the NVIDIA Control Panel, switched Power Management to Prefer Maximum Performance, and used a tool to lock the minimum core clock at 1200MHz. The RivaTuner frame time graph flattened from a 10-30ms mess to a clean 12-15ms. My idle power draw went up by 15W, but adjusting the fan stop threshold made it a non-issue. GPU temp is now 58-64℃ with fans at 1200 RPM. Frame times are finally locked at 12-15ms.
