How to fix Zotac RTX 5070 Ti power limit drops in Overwatch 2?
In the middle of a chaotic team fight, my FPS would suddenly tank from 300 down to 180, which is just unacceptable for a competitive shooter. Even though the Zotac SOLID CORE cooling is a beast, the default power wall is set around 285W, forcing the core to downclock during peak loads. I tried lowering the resolution to reduce the load, but that just made the image look soft and didn't actually solve the underlying issue. I used a tuning tool to bump the power limit from 100% to 110% and aggressively ramped the fan curve to 80% once it hit 70℃. In the monitor, the core clock stopped jumping between 2400-2700MHz and locked in at 2650-2710MHz, with frame times dropping from 3-8ms to a steady 3-4ms. I actually saw VRAM temps spike to 92℃ after lifting the limit, but optimizing my case intake brought it back down to 82-85℃. The GPU core now stays at 65-71℃ with fans at 1700RPM. 3DMark stress tests confirm the clocks are no longer fluctuating, though the fans are definitely louder now.
