1080Ti still overclocked after uninstalling Precision XOC

[GoldenRetroGames]

I've typically used Afterburner to overclock my cards, but wanted to try Precision XOC to see if it would be able to overclock my card without causing stuttering on the HTC Vive. I removed Afterburner, installed Precision XOC and everything was working beautifully.

I just uninstalled Precision XOC, as I wanted to do some tests without any overclocking software installed. I uninstalled, rebooted and ran 3DMark. To my shock, my 3DMark score hadn't changed and the core speed for my 1080Ti was showing as my overclocked speed (2050Mhz).

Now I'm trying to figure out why this is happening. Has anyone run in to this before? I installed Precision XOC via Steam, should that matter at all. Are there any other settings I should be removing manually?

[Spectral]

Did you enable the option to apply the OC on boot? I think that applies without the program itself being active at all. If so reinstall, enable the option and restart. The disable it and uninstall. See if that helps.

[Just Toasted]

Having a similar issue with a 1060.

It was maxing out the GPU at 1607Mhz then I clicked the K-Boost button to see what it does. Card boosted to ~2020Mhz. After a few minutes, I click the K-Boost button again and the load dropped.

Now when I put the card under load it goes to ~2020Mhz instead of the original 1607Mhz.

[Spectral]

K-boost doesn't overclock the card. All it does is put it into its full power state the same as a demanding game would. Its just a quick way to test without loading a game.

[Just Toasted]

Yes, thanks for the explanation of what it does.

However, it does this by setting the GPU to a higher speed along with the voltage, memory clock and other parameters. When disabling K-Boost, it doesn't undo the GPU speed.

I was eventually able to get the card back to the factory speed and I discovered that manually boosting the GPU speed, applying it, then stressing the GPU showed the higher speed. Subsequently clicking the "Default" button removed the GPU speed boost I'd manually set but the card continued to go to the higher speed when stressed.

In other words, this version of Precision isn't releasing the GPU clock speed change when the default button is clicked nor when the K-Boost is unselected.

That's a bug.