Overclocking your graphics card to squeeze out extra performance is an exhilarating experience. However, running your hardware harder and hotter is a risky proposition given the ongoing shortages and exorbitant prices.

Chances are, you probably want to prolong your graphics card's life by running it cooler. What if there's a way to do that without losing much (or any) of the stock performance? This is entirely possible through GPU undervolting, and it's a surprisingly easy process.

Here's how you can run your graphics card cooler and prolong its life through GPU undervolting.

What Is GPU Undervolting?

At the heart of your graphics card lies at least one GPU, which renders images by rapidly switching billions of transistors on and off. Each operation consumes some amount of power, and most of it is dissipated as heat. Therefore, the performance of a GPU is limited by the maximum power and heat it can handle without damaging itself.