Overview
- Developer 1usmus announced Hydra 2.3B in mid‑August, adding VRAM overclocking and static power‑limit control for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50‑series cards.
- The release allows up to a +3000 MHz memory offset (reported as up to 36 Gbps GDDR7) and a static power limit of up to 125 percent as the first conservative ceiling.
- In demonstrations the tool pushed an ASUS ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 to 36 Gbps memory, producing about 2.3 TB/s of bandwidth, roughly a 28.5 percent increase versus typical stock speeds.
- Hydra 2.3B also adds extreme‑overclocking knobs such as direct XBAR offset control, second‑generation Rail Offsets, and an unrestricted voltage‑frequency curve aimed at expert users.
- The update is rolling out to Hydra early‑access members before a broader public release, and the developer stresses that the native software approach avoids vBIOS or driver hacks but carries real risk to hardware and warranties.