The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Perfect_Cost_8847 on 2025-03-03 16:22:06.

Given the news around melting connectors I wanted to see if I could achieve lower power consumption without a significant performance hit. I followed the top comment in this submission. I was able to achieve 3Ghz clock at 925mV with +500 mem. This significantly increased performance, but did not reduce power consumption. I was still hitting 360W. I then used the power limit feature in Afterburner, and set it to 80%. This brought peak power usage down to around 300W. It dropped the clocks and voltage, but I’m still achieving significantly better performance. Around 10% in Cyberpunk’s built-in benchmark, and around 11% in Furmark. So far, everything seems to be pretty stable.

I am no expert on this, but I feel like I just conjured up some magic. How am I achieving 10% better performance with 20% less power? I suppose I won that “silicon lottery.” If this remains stable, I am very happy with this result. Reasonable power consumption and heat with excellent performance. I am reading similar reports from other 5080 owners about solid overclocking and undervolting potential.