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    Anyone Could Explain GPU Voltage Limit?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by RainbowRunner, Dec 18, 2019.

  1. RainbowRunner

    RainbowRunner Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a RTX 2080 laptop and on some games I saw the GPU hitting voltage limit long before power limit (only around 110w on 150w gpu, and core only load around 60%). Is this normal?
    What I don't understand is, the gpu need a certain voltage to hold a specific clock at a given load, right? But when my GPU hit voltage limit, neither the clock nor the load is that high. So why the graphic card still require so much voltage?
    I do notice it happen mostly in MMO with tons of characters on screen, or when I quickly move the camera. So I guess it is somewhat related to draw moving objects?
     
    RainbowRunner, Dec 18, 2019
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    yrekabakery Notebook Virtuoso

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    VREL is normal, it just means the card has hit its highest boost clock for that particular voltage.
     
    yrekabakery, Dec 18, 2019
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