Overclocking

Due to an NVIDIA hardware bug, the card reports it supports PCIe x16, which isn't true. It really just supports x8. I reported this to NVIDIA, so they can fix it.

Overclocking works basically the same as on previous NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards.

With Blackwell, NVIDIA has removed the "Hot Spot" sensor, you still have access to "GPU Temperature" and "Memory Temperature." While there was always some drama around Hot Spot, it was useful to diagnose a misaligned cooler or waterblock.

While on the other Blackwell cards NVIDIA is blocking memory OC if it's higher than +375 MHz (+6000 MT/s), this is not the case with the RTX 5050, probably because it has GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR7. But of course the OC potential of the memory chips themselves is a bit lower. We managed +370 MHz fully stable, up to around 400 MHz with sporadic crashes, which confirms there is no 375 MHz settings limit.