Question help with lowering clock speed

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hi. my gtx 960 2gb gpu is getting too hot because of the high clock speed. when i play a game temps will reach 85c at 1290mhz. i want to lower the clock speed. will underclocking the gpu core clock cause any problem? will it cause my pc to crash? i want to lower the clock speed to reduce the gpu temps.
 
hi. my gtx 960 2gb gpu is getting too hot because of the high clock speed. when i play a game temps will reach 85c at 1290mhz. i want to lower the clock speed. will underclocking the gpu core clock cause any problem? will it cause my pc to crash? i want to lower the clock speed to reduce the gpu temps.
You only may loose some performance, that's all. You can also try with some undervolt first.
 

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hi. i lowered my gpu clock speed. and my gpu temps got hotter. i went from 85c to 90c. why is that? and the most i could lower it is 90mhz, sliding it all the way to the left on evga precision. is there a way to lower the clock speed more?
 

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hi, i was using msi afterburner and was using nividia debug mode in nvidia control panel to lower clock speed, and i dont know what happen but my computer got hotter and started overheating.