Fixing VRAM overheating on Gigabyte RTX 5060 AERO in Gray Zone?
Whenever I'm sniping from a distance, the game just freezes and I get a 'driver reset' notification. In a tactical shooter, that's a death sentence. The Gigabyte RTX 5060 AERO is tuned for silence, which means the GDDR6 VRAM hits 95℃+ under load, triggering the card's emergency protection. I tried lowering the resolution, which dropped the temp by 5℃, but the game looked like mud, and I wasn't okay with that. I used MSI Afterburner to manually override the curve, forcing the fans to 80% as soon as the VRAM hits 70℃. GPU-Z showed the VRAM peak drop from 98℃ to 78-84℃, and the crashes stopped completely. The fans were cycling on and off constantly at first, which was annoying, so I set a 30℃ hysteresis interval to smooth it out. Core temps now sit at 62-68℃. After a long stress test, the VRAM is stable at 58-63℃. No more resets, just smooth gameplay.
