What does "Power Limit (%)" do in MSI Afterburner?

[2is]

I'm curious as to what this setting does? Will increasing it allow the card to maintain it's "boost" frequencies for a longer period of time?

 

[chimaxi83]

I'm curious as to what this setting does? Will increasing it allow the card to maintain it's "boost" frequencies for a longer period of time?

Limits the amount of power the card can draw. 0% is the boards rated power. 120%, for example, will allow the card to draw 120% of its rated TDP. Yes it can allow the card to stay at boost frequencies longer, and allow it to boost higher. Especially useful with voltage control.

 

[2is]

Got it. So currently my card is not overclocked. Will messing with voltage benefit me at all, or can I just bump the power limit to help maintain boost frequencies?

 

[ViRGE]

Got it. So currently my card is not overclocked. Will messing with voltage benefit me at all, or can I just bump the power limit to help maintain boost frequencies?

Play with the power limit first.

 

[tviceman]

Got it. So currently my card is not overclocked. Will messing with voltage benefit me at all, or can I just bump the power limit to help maintain boost frequencies?

Your card cannot adjust it's voltage. There is a hardware limit on Kepler's voltage regulator that only two known cards have circumvented (lightning and power edition MSI cards only).

 

[2is]

Got it, thanks for the replies.