Nvidia's latest driver update breaks mVolt+ overclocking functionality — Nifty, open-source app allowed users to increase the power limit to 700W on their RTX 50-series GPUs without hardware mods
Overclocking utility mVolt+ seems to have been blocked by the latest Nvidia driver update, hard crashing the moment you try to adjust the core power limit. However, it seems like a driver conflict more than a deliberate blacklist since another app, Hydra 2.3B Pro, is working just fine.
Nvidia's latest driver update, version 615.56, has reportedly disabled the overclocking functionality of mVolt+ on their RTX 50-series graphics cards. mVolt+ is an open-source application that allows users to increase the power limit of their GPUs, in this case, up to a whopping 700W, without requiring any hardware modifications.
This utility bypasses standard driver restrictions and offers enhanced control over various hardware blocks such as core, memory channels, voltage, and clock offsets. Despite its marginal performance gains in real-world usage, mVolt+ was appreciated by enthusiasts for its ability to achieve rankings on 3DMark's worldwide leaderboards solely through software.
The sudden disablement of mVolt+ on the new drivers has been met with disappointment by the overclocking community. It remains unclear whether Nvidia intentionally blocked the app or if it's a compatibility issue that can be resolved by the utility's creator, b00nz, pushing an update to patch the driver conflict.
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