Hello everyone, the question I have is with regards to the function in MSI Afterburner to lock a frequency/voltage in the curve editor screen. I understand through the changelogs from last year that this function is to test the stability of the card at various clock speeds. My question then, is if it is dangerous for the laptop or the GPU to be locked in this state whenever I am gaming for example. I chose the lowest voltage, about 1506MHz @ 800mV, solely for the sake of keeping temperature in check. I have no intent to overclock my GPU, I just want to lower temperatures.
A bit of background if it's necessary. I bought a new laptop (Asus GL503VS), 15" with a 1070 GTX. I did some research (since I am a technical idiot) to undervolt my CPU and am somewhat successful I think, with no crashes in games (I have not run any benchmarking programs to be sure). Despite my CPU running much cooler now (avg. temp of 70+ to 80+ as opposed to stock 80+ to 90+, it even went to 99 one day!), I cannot seem to find a way (or maybe it's not possible?) to do the same with my GPU. The closest I have come is with this locking function in MSI Afterburner, and it's dropped temperatures considerably (72 to 82 vs stock 82 to 88). Also, the high temps might be due to living in a location with higher ambient temperature (the computer idles in the low to mid 40s).
Please be kind in your advice, I am not too well versed in these things, and although all the research I've done in the past week indicates that even though laptop components are designed to run hotter, the GPU should not be running over 83 degrees. Thus since I have not been able to find a way to undervolt my GPU as I did with my CPU, I wonder if locking my card at that fixed frequency and voltage could lead to undue stress or damage to the laptop over time. Of course, if there is a way to undervolt the GPU, I would be interested to know how too. Thank you!
A bit of background if it's necessary. I bought a new laptop (Asus GL503VS), 15" with a 1070 GTX. I did some research (since I am a technical idiot) to undervolt my CPU and am somewhat successful I think, with no crashes in games (I have not run any benchmarking programs to be sure). Despite my CPU running much cooler now (avg. temp of 70+ to 80+ as opposed to stock 80+ to 90+, it even went to 99 one day!), I cannot seem to find a way (or maybe it's not possible?) to do the same with my GPU. The closest I have come is with this locking function in MSI Afterburner, and it's dropped temperatures considerably (72 to 82 vs stock 82 to 88). Also, the high temps might be due to living in a location with higher ambient temperature (the computer idles in the low to mid 40s).
Please be kind in your advice, I am not too well versed in these things, and although all the research I've done in the past week indicates that even though laptop components are designed to run hotter, the GPU should not be running over 83 degrees. Thus since I have not been able to find a way to undervolt my GPU as I did with my CPU, I wonder if locking my card at that fixed frequency and voltage could lead to undue stress or damage to the laptop over time. Of course, if there is a way to undervolt the GPU, I would be interested to know how too. Thank you!
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