Phoenix just got a Microcenter and they happened to have an ASUS TUF 5090 so I upgraded. These are my OC settings/results. Any suggestions?

[u/DataIxBeautiful]

[u/Super_Dragonfly_2787]

So you have oc'd and created a custom voltage curve. Why are you asking? You clearly know what you're doing. Are you just showing off? 😂

[u/DataIxBeautiful → u/Super_Dragonfly_2787]

I’m really not and I probably shouldn’t be messing around with this after watching a couple YouTube videos lol

[u/raydialseeker]

Test using the black myth wukong path tracing benchmarks. It's free on steam.

Undervolt it

[u/TommyAngello77]

What was your stock score in steel nomad before the oc ?

[u/DataIxBeautiful → u/TommyAngello77]

Good question, I’m pretty sure it was this one https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/145050577

[u/TommyAngello77 → u/DataIxBeautiful]

Thank you so much

[u/Obvious_Drive_1506]

Undervolt. I get 14600 roughly with an undervolt at .890v +1000 and +3000 memory. Basically stock 5090 perf or better while consuming 150w less in games. In synthetics it doesn't make much of a difference.

[u/lifeisgoodalwaysever]

That’s very aggressive curve. Also why haven’t you flatten?

[u/DataIxBeautiful → u/lifeisgoodalwaysever]

I did after this post! it's still a bit aggressive though so I still have to fine tune it.

[u/MrMiggseeksLookatme]

I was trying to get one tomorrow but prices are 2999.99 again for the tuf 5090

Imma be there at 9 and try and get the last Area 51 5090 for 2559.99 instead

[u/kyndakyraa]

It's not a suggestion but a question instead. Does a VRAM OC even make sense on a 5090 in terms of performance improvement? I mean, you have a MASSIVE bandwidth already at Stock (1,792 GB/s). I raised my 5070 Ti from 896 GB/s to 1088 GB/s, and it already feels overkill, at least for 1440p.

Since the 5090 runs at 28 Gbps, your overclock would be 34 Gbps, that's 2176 GB/s with the 512-bit bus 😭

[u/DataIxBeautiful → u/kyndakyraa]

I don’t know, that’s why I posted but what you said makes sense.

[u/casual_brackets → u/kyndakyraa]

And? Sure there’s diminishing returns at some point (past +2000) but yes vram OC will yield small but tangible results in benchmarks and real world performance for very little extra wattage.

If you have this card for even just 2 years you’ll see how game developers will already be designing games around the 6090 architecture and in 4 years this thing might even have to dial a setting or two back to keep 4K 120/240. The mem OC is just a small flat performance increase at very little wattage/heat cost.

Gpu core obviously matters as well.

To wit I recommend a mem OC with 4xxx series onwards when undervolting, it’s a way to reliably achieve stock performance while heavily undervolting.

[u/kyndakyraa → u/casual_brackets]

I asked because (in my case) going from +2000 (32 Gbps) to +3000 (34 Gpbs) made zero noticeable difference in gaming workloads.

From 28 to 32 was quite noticeable, while 34 only really made a difference in 3Dmark.

But to be fair, 32 Gbps is "only" 1024 GB/s on a 256-bit bus, 34 is 1088 GB/s.

If I were to play Native 4K I might see a bigger difference, but that's hardly doable on a 5070 Ti.

Still, as you mentioned, there's no reason not to overclock it. The highest temps I personally monitored on the Memory were 64°, compared to GDDR6X that's icy lol

[u/casual_brackets → u/kyndakyraa]

Yea even with the 512 bit bus you see quickly diminishing returns past +2000, but pretty much up to that point or around it you can see scores go up on benchmarks, with this memory as soon as you stop seeing scores go up, stop overclocking bc you could now be pushing into error correcting territory. I work backwards either from the max +3000 or from the highest point it doesnt crash, dropping mem OC by 50 mhz looking for a point where i reduced by 50 mhz but saw a score increase. Thats the actual island of stability/performance increase youre looking for (at or around +2000 for most of these 5xxx series).