Fixing Manli Snow Fox RTX 5080 OC instability in Elden Ring
During the final boss's fast teleport attacks, I started seeing these glitchy horizontal tear lines across the screen—absolutely eye-searing at 4K. The Manli Snow Fox RTX 5080 OC was boosting to 2700MHz, but the voltage was bouncing between 1.05V and 1.08V, causing some frames to corrupt before they even hit the screen. I tried V-Sync, but it added about 30ms of input lag, making the combat feel sluggish and unresponsive. I used a tuning tool to add a +15mV voltage offset and locked the frequency at 2610MHz. In the RTSS frame time graph, the jagged spikes smoothed out, and the tearing vanished completely over three hours of hardcore fighting. I actually accidentally maxed out my fans while tweaking, and the noise was terrifying until I recalibrated the curve. Now the GPU is steady at 64-69℃ and VRAM is between 82-88℃. Checking the edge of the screen via screenshots, everything is clean, and memory temps are 58-63℃.
