Hi All
I just bought a used, cheap, but very good condition Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super Windforce OC 8GB GPU Rev 1.1, in the hope that it would provide a better gaming experience than the Sapphire Pulse RX 5500 XT 4GB GPU that was previously in my PC. It is definitely a significantly better experience which was what I was hoping for, but there are a few things that have me stumped and was hoping that any of you guys can help answer some queries I have.
I have noticed that load temperatures run quite high, around the 80'C mark. I have read various discussions about this so was fully aware this card does run quite hot under load, so I came up with the idea of undervolting it, just enough to drop temps to the mid 70s would suffice. I have attempted undervolting with MSI Afterburner but for some reason no matter what undervolt I set the card to, the temps still hit around 80'C. After a bit of research I saw a thread where the OP was having similar issues, and advice to him was to update the GPU bios as undervolting and overclocking was locked on initial bios version, but unlocked on latter releases. I have just check the bios version on this card and it states it is on version FX0, however the Gigabyte website states that the latest version is F3. The odd thing is that the Aorus Engine software utility says there are no updates? Does anyone know if I should update the bios or not?
Also, when trying to undervolt the GPU I used Heaven 4.0 as my benchmark test, now GPU-Z states my GPU clock speed is 1470 MHz with boost to 1680 MHz, however Heaven benchmark says graphics are at 2145 MHz, and maximum recorded GPU clock on HWiNFO reads 1950 MHz. To me none of these readings match up at all, I could very well be missing or not understanding something very simple here, if so then please excuse my naivety, but could someone please explain why this is happening?
Any thoughts and comments on these queries would be greatly appreciated.
I just bought a used, cheap, but very good condition Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super Windforce OC 8GB GPU Rev 1.1, in the hope that it would provide a better gaming experience than the Sapphire Pulse RX 5500 XT 4GB GPU that was previously in my PC. It is definitely a significantly better experience which was what I was hoping for, but there are a few things that have me stumped and was hoping that any of you guys can help answer some queries I have.
I have noticed that load temperatures run quite high, around the 80'C mark. I have read various discussions about this so was fully aware this card does run quite hot under load, so I came up with the idea of undervolting it, just enough to drop temps to the mid 70s would suffice. I have attempted undervolting with MSI Afterburner but for some reason no matter what undervolt I set the card to, the temps still hit around 80'C. After a bit of research I saw a thread where the OP was having similar issues, and advice to him was to update the GPU bios as undervolting and overclocking was locked on initial bios version, but unlocked on latter releases. I have just check the bios version on this card and it states it is on version FX0, however the Gigabyte website states that the latest version is F3. The odd thing is that the Aorus Engine software utility says there are no updates? Does anyone know if I should update the bios or not?
Also, when trying to undervolt the GPU I used Heaven 4.0 as my benchmark test, now GPU-Z states my GPU clock speed is 1470 MHz with boost to 1680 MHz, however Heaven benchmark says graphics are at 2145 MHz, and maximum recorded GPU clock on HWiNFO reads 1950 MHz. To me none of these readings match up at all, I could very well be missing or not understanding something very simple here, if so then please excuse my naivety, but could someone please explain why this is happening?
Any thoughts and comments on these queries would be greatly appreciated.