Yes I tried it in msi enabling unlock core voltage and unlock voltage monitoring. the power limit stays the same @ 100% on the slider. Is it the Core Voltage I would up alittle to like 110% if I were to find it more voltage?
My slider only goes to 100. Shouldn't this be available to use in AWCC with the other overclocking features? My GPU is running @ 1865MHz while gaming and I would like to get it to atleast 1900-1920MHz.
Is my Power Limit Locked at 100.
Thx !
Yes, that is a distinct possibility for RTX 2080 Supers (installed in Aurora R9s)...if you note the two Afterburner photos in the following link, you will notice that the gentleman with a RTX 2080 Ti cards has a power limit of 112 percent (installed in his home built), while I (with dual 2080 Supers) have a limit of 100 percent in my Aurora R9.
Just for information, I let the Afterburner program automatically perform my overclock through its overclock scan feature and she tops my 2080 Super GPU clock at 1905 MHz at around 1.05 volts, GPU memory at 1938 MHz depending on the conditions. Temps at full gaming load top out at around 167 F / 75 C with the fans ablowing full. I have a sneaking suspicion that Dell/Alienware motherboard may have something to do with the 100 percent limit.
Dell/Alienware might have that locked due to problems with thermals, since, lets face it, the pretty case is cramped with little space for free air movement and things have a tendency to run a little hot. Allowing GPU power limits to extend over 100% is probably not a good idea under these conditions.
Great information D R Thanks. I may try the MSI OC thanks for letting me know.
I want to go VR and although my R9 is VR ready it seems that people are overclocking the gpu for better performance than average. I run my GPU fans at 60 % in msi/af already to keep the card @ 75c so what another 30%.
How to you bypass these Dell/Alienware limits? I have the R11 with 3080 and hits hitting the PWR limit immediately while thermals are at 45 - 48 CPU and 60 -65 GPU. It’s disgusting! When I researched and found that the Dell’s 3080 was MSI I figured it would have the same abilities as MSI allows. Especially in an AW set-up. I think having limits by default are good, adjust at your know risk. I think having permanent limits is . I would’ve never bought this thing had I known. I get about 15% less performance than the average FE rtx3080, and more on custom cards. This is solely because the card PWR LMT’s immediately. I’ve undervolted it to 862mv @ 1860MHz, which helps, but its still not near what the card should do. I’m ready to move forward with any option necessary to remove these limits. Nvidia has a hard limit built in anyway, I forget exactly what it is....maybe 1.2mv or something. At this point, actually since I’ve been looking into all options to either allow me to increase the PWR LMT or find ways to decrease the amount drawn (other than my already mentioned UV). Any recommendations, information, or instructions are much appreciated.
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December 22nd, 2020 08:00
Try adjusting it in MSI Afterburner, it may not be supported, but if it is, you should be able to do it in MSI Afterburner.
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December 22nd, 2020 09:00
Yes I tried it in msi enabling unlock core voltage and unlock voltage monitoring. the power limit stays the same @ 100% on the slider. Is it the Core Voltage I would up alittle to like 110% if I were to find it more voltage?
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December 22nd, 2020 11:00
Yes, that is a distinct possibility for RTX 2080 Supers (installed in Aurora R9s)...if you note the two Afterburner photos in the following link, you will notice that the gentleman with a RTX 2080 Ti cards has a power limit of 112 percent (installed in his home built), while I (with dual 2080 Supers) have a limit of 100 percent in my Aurora R9.
Just for information, I let the Afterburner program automatically perform my overclock through its overclock scan feature and she tops my 2080 Super GPU clock at 1905 MHz at around 1.05 volts, GPU memory at 1938 MHz depending on the conditions. Temps at full gaming load top out at around 167 F / 75 C with the fans ablowing full. I have a sneaking suspicion that Dell/Alienware motherboard may have something to do with the 100 percent limit.
Hope this helps!
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R8-RTX-3080-Founders-Edition-Installed/td-p/7740432/page/3
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December 22nd, 2020 12:00
Dell/Alienware might have that locked due to problems with thermals, since, lets face it, the pretty case is cramped with little space for free air movement and things have a tendency to run a little hot. Allowing GPU power limits to extend over 100% is probably not a good idea under these conditions.
mako64
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December 23rd, 2020 06:00
Great information D R Thanks. I may try the MSI OC thanks for letting me know.
I want to go VR and although my R9 is VR ready it seems that people are overclocking the gpu for better performance than average. I run my GPU fans at 60 % in msi/af already to keep the card @ 75c so what another 30%.
Thank you !
Sealover8016
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January 29th, 2021 05:00
How to you bypass these Dell/Alienware limits? I have the R11 with 3080 and hits hitting the PWR limit immediately while thermals are at 45 - 48 CPU and 60 -65 GPU. It’s disgusting! When I researched and found that the Dell’s 3080 was MSI I figured it would have the same abilities as MSI allows. Especially in an AW set-up. I think having limits by default are good, adjust at your know risk. I think having permanent limits is . I would’ve never bought this thing had I known. I get about 15% less performance than the average FE rtx3080, and more on custom cards. This is solely because the card PWR LMT’s immediately. I’ve undervolted it to 862mv @ 1860MHz, which helps, but its still not near what the card should do. I’m ready to move forward with any option necessary to remove these limits. Nvidia has a hard limit built in anyway, I forget exactly what it is....maybe 1.2mv or something. At this point, actually since I’ve been looking into all options to either allow me to increase the PWR LMT or find ways to decrease the amount drawn (other than my already mentioned UV). Any recommendations, information, or instructions are much appreciated.