How to unlock the power limit on Zotac RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
This 5060 Ti acted like it was on vacation while running Final Fantasy XVI; the clock speeds dropped faster than a stone, making the XGAMING marketing feel like a joke. HWInfo showed that the moment power hit 180W, an aggressive throttling policy kicked in, tanking the core clock from 2400MHz to 1600MHz and causing the screen to practically twitch. I tried the driver's overclock mode first, but the GPU hit 86°C and forced a system reboot—a brutal reminder of the thermal bottleneck. I eventually used a third-party tool to manually lift the power limit to 220W and forced the fan curve to hit 85% speed at 72°C. In the monitoring panel, the clock finally stabilized between 2300-2450MHz, and frame times converged from a wild 20-42ms to a steady 14-18ms. To be fair, the fans sounded like a miniature vacuum cleaner after the unlock, but adjusting the fan start delay made it tolerable. Core voltage stayed at 1.02-1.08V and VRAM temps hit 80-86°C. I exported all frequency data via a performance analyzer, and fan speeds settled at 1400-1600RPM.