#Undervolt
looks like i need to come clean. i too have had an affair with jensen huang. and yes, it was the jacket that made me do it. i thought the love we shared was real. i should have known something was up when he never replaced my janky 1070 that i had to undervolt 6 months ago
November 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
i wouldn't say it was bad for me but having to undervolt a gpu that draws like half my PSU was insane 😭😭😭

and thank youuu
November 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Algunos al menos son medianamente útiles y dicen que si lo quieres para hacer undervolt está LCAT o CoreCtrl, pero no tiene todas las opciones que que el software propio de amd tiene y seguro que es un incordio de usar, como el 99% de Linux.
November 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
nothing a little undervolt can't solve it turns out. crisis averted
November 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
testing this fuckass undervolt
November 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
undervolted a rtx pro 6000 pair today

fun fact: you can undervolt them for inference acoustically. like a tuning fork to a piano.
November 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
If you plan to buy Intel's Nova Lake desktop. Leaker Jaykihn reports this hard cap cannot be raised. The Tjmax thermal limit drops to 100°C. This design may force enthusiasts to undervolt to maintain. However, this 5.1 GHz limit could be a downer.
Source: Tom's Hardware — tomshardware.com
November 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
All things considered it's overkill for the games I play, and I probably wouldn’t have even gotten an x3d if not for xiv & zenless but it will probably be nice to run them unrestricted, even if I plan to undervolt it.

But I did wanna future proof as much as possible. Hopefully it'll last.
November 4, 2026 at 9:24 AM
It's hard to tell if it's because SteamOS just drives the CPU harder than normal, but my only struggle with my DIY Steam Machine has been trying to reign in CPU temps. After undervolt I'm still tickling 90C which is on paper okay, but makes me a little worried long term.
November 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
pre-core undervolt (as opposed to doing a much less aggressive undervolt with every core receiving the same value)
October 30, 2026 at 11:36 PM
ahh, nice nice. if ya want a lil more CPU performance (assuming yer temps are good), ya can also max out the PBO2 boost limit and throw an undervolt on as well

pup ran a +200MHz boost & per-core undervolt on her 5700X when she had it, was faster than stock 5800X

just takes a lil time to dial in--
October 30, 2026 at 11:36 PM
It dependsTM

overclocking, in a past era, could genuinely give you a big BOOST in clockspeed, helping run better.

Most of the time with modern cpus, you want to undervolt, so you can keep (or even gain) performance, while reducing heat and power usage.
October 23, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Can't undervolt on laptop
submitted by thesupertechie to linux 3 points | 1 comments cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/49549442 > I have an HP ENVY Laptop 16-h1055cl. I was trying to use `intel-undervolt` to undervolt my laptop, but whenever I start the service, it fails with: > > > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook systemd[1]: Starting Intel Undervolt Service... > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook intel-undervolt[1773]: CPU (0): Values do not equal > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook intel-undervolt[1773]: GPU (1): -0.00 mV > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook intel-undervolt[1773]: CPU Cache (2): Values do not equal > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook intel-undervolt[1773]: System Agent (3): -0.00 mV > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook intel-undervolt[1773]: Analog I/O (4): -0.00 mV > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook systemd[1]: intel-undervolt.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1> > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook systemd[1]: intel-undervolt.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. > Oct 22 15:10:50 aurorabook systemd[1]: Failed to start Intel Undervolt Service. > > > The values that “do not equal” is -100 mV. I’ve even reset my UEFI settings to no avail. Am I doing something wrong? > > The whole reason I started this research on undervolting is because battery life has become far worse recently. With the NVIDIA GPU switched off using `envycontrol`, I get 8-10 W browsing and near 22 when watching a YouTube video using mpv.
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October 23, 2026 at 12:59 AM
not necessarily, there are benefits to overclocking but oftentimes they're marginal, in order to have your hardware wear down less you can actually undervolt it while overclocking it to have less heat output.

But I only recommend doing that on, like, mobile devices like the Steam Deck.
October 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Undervolting your AMD GPU can mean it is will run cooler and get small performance gain, especially for power- and thermal-challenged devices.
Why You Should Undervolt Your AMD GPU (And How To Do It) - BGR
www.bgr.com
October 23, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Takeaways: 1) Oblivion Remastered ULTRA+RT: ~71fps — HBM bandwidth eats UE5 slop 2) Cyberpunk ultra: ~70fps native; RT needs sub-720p internal 3) 950mV undervolt: ~200W, cooler, better boosts. Verdict: RTX 5060-class raster for £200. Would you run a Titan V in 2026?
October 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
if yer not willing to do all that, probably nothing else ya can really do to the card ya haven't already done (undervolt to pull less power, which reduces heat, which should allow ya to run fans slower)

what GPU temps are ya seeing in games at what power draw/fan speed?
October 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Undervolting your AMD GPU can mean it is will run cooler and get small performance gain, especially for power- and thermal-challenged devices.
Why You Should Undervolt Your AMD GPU (And How To Do It) - BGR
www.bgr.com
October 21, 2026 at 1:07 AM
After three more crashes I disabled my undervolt on my graphics card and now i just beat the mission
October 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
da um undervolt nisso meu deus
October 19, 2026 at 3:31 AM
dm'd me his undervolt settings this might be legit holy shit
October 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
windows is a lot more stable on this thing AND I was able to undervolt my CPU by like 1% which was something I couldn't get working in linux.

The laptop runs way less hot AND is also less sluggish as soon as I undervolt it. IDKY but it was like this before I tried linux on this thing lol
Meanwhile I've given up on any distro on my older gaming laptop (I use that when downstairs in the living room with wifey, works fine with most games and even plays star citizen somewhat decently) and will be going back to windows on that machine.

I'm tired of messing with that machine lol
October 19, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Even under this extreme undervolt and effeciency optimisation with the AMD 9800X3D with the Noctua NH-L9a-AM5, after a few minutes, the CPU thermal throttles down to 4.3Ghz ish which, isnt bad but I’m not getting the best I could.
October 19, 2026 at 10:55 PM
swtor was pushing this laptop into the 90+c range until I fucking undervolt it and now it's not going above 83c an I'm still getting 100fps lmao
October 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM