How to stop Zotac RTX 5060 Ti from throttling in huge battles?
The frame rate would suddenly plummet from 90 FPS down to 42 FPS, and that kind of stuttering is a total nightmare when you're trying to lead a legion charge. Looking at the logs, the card hit its 160W limit and the core clock tanked from 2500MHz to 1800MHz instantly. My first instinct was to drop shadows to medium, which gained me maybe 10 FPS but made the battlefield look flat and lifeless—totally not worth the trade-off. Instead, I used the management software to push the power limit from 100% to 115% and set a custom fan curve to hit 85% speed once it reaches 65℃. In my monitoring tool, the core clock stopped swinging and locked in at 2450-2550MHz, while frame times dropped from 23ms to 11ms. I did have a brief driver reset right after unlocking the power, but a small -0.01V voltage offset fix sorted it out. Core temps now hover around 68-73℃, VRAM at 78-84℃, and system memory stays at 58-63℃ after a two-hour stress test.
