So having my pc run at full throttle quickly heats up my computer room. Since turning the ac down for the entire house is not a good solution and most of the games I play (ie FF14, Destiny 2) run more then fast enough, I have been running games with the power value set to %50. The problem is EVGAs software is causing audible hiccups (didn't matter if its HDMI or Optical). Are there other ways of slowing down the card to create the intended effect (less heat generation, slower fans) that can help me avoid the audio issues? 

Cooling is not the problem, the amount of heat my 1080gtx produces makes the room uncomfortably warm, thus I wish to reduce the amount of heat generated. 

ty_ger07
Using vsync, or any framerate cap command/setting available in the game, is great way to reduce wasteful power consumption.

Yea my monitor can only do 60hz and I vsync everything. Funny enough is ff14 isn't so graphical that it can't maintain 60fps at %50 power, but even with its internal 60fps cap if I unlock the gpu power, it will use most of it. 

ty_ger07

In Windows command prompt, to see present power limit:
"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi" -q -d POWER

In Windows command prompt, to set power limit to 70 watts (for example):
"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi" -pl 70

This is exactly what percision was doing, hopefully this works without issue now. 
 

AHowes
Move to another room or basement or just use a gaming console insted.

Is this really the only thing you could have come up with? Next time don't post. 

AHowes

Honestly dont buy a fast pc and put it in a small room acting like a furnace. Cant expect fast with no heat.

 
Actually I think of it in the reverse way...kind of. I have a laptop with a 1060 in it, and now I have my desktop with a 1080 in it. If I can under power it (voltage, clocks, what ever) then I should be able to obtain the same amount of speed the 1060 has but producing far less heat and using less power. Or gaining faster performance while producing the same amount of heat and using the same amount of power. I actually use a simular tactic, turning off the turbo on my laptop's 1060 to help reduce heat and thus noisy fan speeds. On games like FF14 and WoW which didn't need bleeding edge speeds. 
 

AHowes
Build a fan duct for an exhaust to pump the heat out an opening or window. :)

This was always a consideration, but no one does it so I am guessing every other conceivable solution is just better. Pretty much, if I want to duct out of my vertical sliding windows then I might as well just get a portable(HAH) Ac unit. 

Neutro
Be sure to buy a dual hose AC unit if you go portable. Single ones extract air from your room which creates a depression which makes hot air from outside come back into your room, so it's pretty useless.
 
With a dual hose unit the air in your room is in closed loop so there is no depression.
 
But it will be pretty noisy.

Yea, I am fairly familiar with the single and dual hose dilemmas, it is probably why I don't own one yet. You can't find dual hoses at local stores so if I buy one, it needs to be proven through online research first. Hence I haven't purchased one in the spur of the moment. ;)

hybrid kit will cool that monster down.