Question Up and down in Mhz cause games to crash, Undervolt the right solution?

[giluma404]

Hi all,

some months ago I bought a new PC but unfortunately since the beginning I had some problem in playing various games because at a certain point during games like Battlefield 2042, Sniper 5, Halo Infinite and now Call of Duty MWII,after 15 min or 1 hour the game would freeze and kick me out eventually with an error message . I was looking around for solutions and until now what worked best was undervolting with Afterburner at 1.075 mV and 2100 MhZ even if the Perfomance probably decreases a bit and still sometime a have some crash or like for Halo Infinite I still can not play. Do you have any suggestions or Ideas on what I could do?
I am not very expert of Informatics so please understand me if I am not precise, sorry
Here are my specs:

Operating System: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 22621) (22621.ni_release.220506-1250)
Language: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: Z590 AORUS PRO AX
BIOS: F7 (type: UEFI)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900 @ 2.50GHz (16 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 32768MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 32638MB RAM
Page File: 11697MB used, 22987MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

 

[rgd1101]

brand and model of the psu?

 

[giluma404]

Maybe this is more precise for the Specs:

• CPU: Intel Core i9-11900 - max 5.20GHz - 8C/16T - inkl. UHD750 Grafik
• Processor cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4
• Random access memory: 32GB (4x 8GB) - 3200MHz - G.Skill Flare X - high performance
• Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX - 13xUSB(1xUSB-C) - 2.5G LAN - WLAN 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
• GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme (rev. 2.0) - 10GB - 3xHDMI/3xDP
• Soundcard: 7.1 HD Onboard Soundkarte
• Hard drive (m.2 – SSD) : 1TB - m.2 NVMe Gen4 - Samsung 980 Pro
• Additional hard drive (SSD / HDD): 4TB - HDD - WD Red
• Drive: Extern: LG GP57EB40 DVD±RW
• Power supply Unit: 750W - 80+ Gold - Seasonic Focus GX-750

 

[norcalsc]

so the fact that you are able to game for a small amount of time leads me to believe you are having temp issues somewhere. Are you monitoring your CPU and GPU temps while gaming with MSI AB or other monitoring software? also, is your MB bios up to date? if I remember correctly an older bios can be an issue with some of the newer GPU's

 

[giluma404]

so yes since I undervolted the Temperature is always around 65°C for the GPU while playing, on the other hand when I play without undervolting it is maybe a bit higher, but not too much i guess around 70°C for the GPU, but I I didn't monitor the Temperature for the CPU. No, I didn't update the Bios until now, you think it is really worth it? is it risky to update the Bios?

 

[giluma404]

could be the problem the PSU?