Why is my Zotac RTX 5060 Ti throttling in Project Orion?
The power draw on this card was bouncing around like crazy—one second it's 160W, the next it's hitting 210W—which just forced the clock speeds to tank. In neon-heavy areas, the core clock would dive from 2.5GHz to 1.7GHz, causing massive 40ms frame time spikes. I tried the 'classic' fix of taking the side panel off my case, but while temps dropped by 3°C, the clocks were still diving, which felt like a total waste of time. I eventually used a tuning utility to bump the power limit by 10% and set the fan curve to hit 85% speed once it reaches 65°C. In RTSS, the clock finally stayed pinned around 2.4GHz without those catastrophic drops. I did notice some annoying coil whine when I pushed the power limit, but swapping to higher-quality PCIe cables seemed to quiet it down. Core temps now hover between 72°C - 78°C with fans at 2100 RPM. I exported the logs and confirmed VRAM temps are staying in the 58°C - 63°C range.