Why is my Gainward RTX 2060 Storm throttling in RDR2?
In the crowded streets of Saint Denis, my core clock was bouncing wildly between 1600MHz and 1300MHz, which sent my frame times skyrocketing from 22ms to a choppy 55ms. I initially tried enabling 'Prefer maximum performance' in the NVIDIA Control Panel, but that was a disaster; the clock peaks went up, but the core temp hit 86℃ almost instantly, triggering a thermal throttle that made things even worse. To actually fix this, I used MSI Afterburner to push the power limit to 110% and applied a negative voltage offset of -0.05V to keep the heat in check. Monitoring through RTSS, I saw the frame time variance shrink from a messy 18-50ms range down to a steady 24-28ms, and those annoying micro-stutters while walking completely vanished. It wasn't a straight path, though; the system crashed twice during save-game loads right after the first voltage tweak, and I had to back it off to -0.03V to get it rock steady. Now, temps sit comfortably between 74-79℃ with fans humming at 1800-2100 RPM. Benchmarks confirm the frequency curve is finally flat, with frame times locked in at 24-28ms.
