Zotac 4080 with 450W Powerlimit

[Soulreaver]

Hey guys,
I just ordered the Zotac 4080 AMP Extreme Airo with the insane powerlimit of 450Watts.

At the moment I'm realy confused because I can barely find any overclocking information for this card and those I find are simpletons that just increase the afterburner sliders a bit without managing the voltage curve.

So my question is.
Does anybody have any information about the real overclockability of this card?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You should be able to undervolt the GPU to lower the max power draw. And again that is the max, it's not going to do that all the time if the GPU load is not 90+ %

People have been known to get 600W RTX 4090 down to around 450W max draws with a slight undervolt.

[Soulreaver]

I was thinking more about lowering the voltage curve (manualy adjust it) to get to the higher clocks.

I didn't buy it to safe money on my electricity bill :D

[Soulreaver]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von smallcat:

Tests show the gain from overclocking in terms of performance is 5.4% . You re screwed up . Anyway . The good news - out of the box has good temps . Unfortunately it s overpriced even after overclocking .

I assume you had good intentions and this is not a troll post. :)

[Soulreaver]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von smallcat:

No bro . I was shocked too since the clocks were really high but the score was only a little higher . Techpowerup did the testing

Just for every upcomming poster.

This is a topic for people that know how overclocking works beyond "let's put that slider over there".

If you have no idea how temps, voltage, wattage, stability and clockspeeds are related this topic is not meant for you.

Thank you.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Overclocking GPUs has very little gain to be had nowa days. They prettty much already come configured to where they will already auto OC as about as high as they can go. The key to having it do that on it's own is keeping the thermals below 70-75*C range at all times.

[Soulreaver]

Maybe it's finaly time that this statement becomes true but people say that for so long that I can't even remember when I heard it the first time.

And I've always been able to push ~15% performance or more.

Can't count how many people told me my old 2080ti wasn't capable of a 20% performance jump to be on par with a 3080 and all those other ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

So for now I keep assuming everybody who says that has no idea what he's talking about.

One day I might be in the wrong but I assume like all the other times it's not today.

[Soulreaver]

GPU Bios-Flash, Shunt-Mod, Mo-Ra/Watercool Mod etc. there are so many things you can do besides pushing a slider.

Also we are more or less talking about staying between 40-50°C under full load.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well sure if you can keep it cooler; by all means

[Soulreaver]

That's why I asked if someone has some info on the overclockability besides "pushing some sliders"

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well if you could liquid cool it via water-block + custom loop and keep it even cooler then 70*C then it will auto boost clock higher on its own.

[Soulreaver]

Mate I realy don't mean to be rude but you are clearly not deep enough into this topic to be of any help.
I'm realy sorry man but I don't know how to say it any clearer and still be decently polite.

[Ralf]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Soulreaver:

GPU Bios-Flash, Shunt-Mod, Mo-Ra/Watercool Mod etc. there are so many things you can do besides pushing a slider.

Also we are more or less talking about staying between 40-50°C under full load.

If you have time and money to do all this, why not get a 4090 instead?

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Soulreaver:

Mate I realy don't mean to be rude but you are clearly not deep enough into this topic to be of any help.
I'm realy sorry man but I don't know how to say it any clearer and still be decently polite.

Youre asking in the wrong place mate. People can't help you with your hardcore overclocking needs here.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea sounds like money is not an issue.
Why not just get a 4090 that already has a quality water block installed.

[Soulreaver]

Because here in germany a decent 4090 starts at 1900€.
I bought this top of the line 4080 for 900€.

That's atleast for me a very convincing difference especially if I can get it atleast somewhat close to 4090 performance regarding pure rastorization (I'm aware there is more to a 4090 though).

[Soulreaver]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ralf:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Soulreaver:

Mate I realy don't mean to be rude but you are clearly not deep enough into this topic to be of any help.
I'm realy sorry man but I don't know how to say it any clearer and still be decently polite.

Youre asking in the wrong place mate. People can't help you with your hardcore overclocking needs here.

I wouldn't call it hardcore overclocking what I'm asking.

I'm looking for information on par with tested it while running those fans at 100% and does some semi decent voltage/core-clock management.

I realy don't think it's a big deal. Not everybody can do it but I think it's far from exclusive or "hardcore" knowledge.

In fact most aspects of overclocking can easily be learnt in a day.