is my GTX 980 faulty?

[PJemus]

i got a STRIX gtx 980 recently, and i noticed that my framerates on games were definitely not as good as i had expected.

my metro 2033 benchmark average fps was 40
LL was about the same
war thunder got 50 on battle of berlin

unigine heaven 4.0 score is 1320 (normal GTX 980 is 2700 - 3000)

passmark scores were horrendous, although, my fps locks at 80, so anything higher than that wasnt registered as higher (this doesnt apply to the other benchmarks, because it never even got that high anyway)

 

i dont understand how this is happening. my PC doesn't have any bottlenecks that i can see (look on my profile for my specs), and i am running at an appropriate clock speed (1177mhz-1300Mhz) i have never run my voltages at higher than stock (never had stability issues), i have never let my GPU run hotter than 80 degrees max (once it went to 80 while running furmark, so i killed the benchmark), i have had it less than 2 months, so no degradation-over-time issues should be happening. i believe that my GPU is just faulty. anyone got any suggestions for what to do before i go and attempt to trade it in for a new one? (i have overclocked it, but never more than 1300, which is only just more than the boost clock of the card, and less than the boost clock of the G1 gaming model, and they cant tell that i have anyway, so it doesnt matter.)

[Samfisher]

Set windows Power mode to High Performance and see if it works.  For some reason that seems to work for people.  It might work with SLI only but no harm trying it anyway

[PJemus]

Set windows Power mode to High Performance and see if it works.  For some reason that seems to work for people.  It might work with SLI only but no harm trying it anyway

 

i have had it on high performance the whole time 

[Samfisher]

You set the clock speeds at x Mhz, but is it actually running at those clock speeds during benchmarks/games?  You can check clock speed history in the graph thingy in MSI Afterburner.

[PJemus]

You set the clock speeds at x Mhz, but is it actually running at those clock speeds during benchmarks/games?  You can check clock speed history in the graph thingy in MSI Afterburner.

yes, it is. i have been monitoring with Asus GPU tweak.

[ImBleu]

My GTX980 runs at about 35 degrees under load. With an overclock.

 

Got about 55fps on Metro Last light, everything on ultra.

[Samfisher]

What are your CPU temps like?

[PJemus]

My GTX980 runs at about 35 degrees under load. With an overclock.

 

Got about 55fps on Metro Last light, everything on ultra.

Celsius or fartenheit?

[ImBleu]

Celsius or fartenheit

 

Celsius - obviously.

[PJemus]

Celsius - obviously.

hmm. my measurements were in celsius too. i just had it running on auto fan, and it is usually around 60-70

[ImBleu]

hmm. my measurements were in celsius too. i just had it running on auto fan, and it is usually around 60-70

 

My Fan speed is at around 50-60% and its nice and cool still. 

[PJemus]

My Fan speed is at around 50-60% and its nice and cool still. 

its summer, so my room temperature is like 35, but anyway, 70 degrees shouldn't be enough to cause thermal throttling, or damage.

[ImBleu]

its summer, so my room temperature is like 35, but anyway, 70 degrees shouldn't be enough to cause thermal throttling, or damage.

Its winter here so we're at about 18degrees here.

 

I'm not too sure about your card though, I'd email them or check reviews on the asus strix skew of the 980.

[PJemus]

Its winter here so we're at about 18degrees here.

 

I'm not too sure about your card though, I'd email them or check reviews on the asus strix skew of the 980.

well given that the reference 980 can do way better than these benchmark results, i may have to email them.

[WolfDeville]

What resolution are you playing at?

 

Also, try adjusting your settings to match these (except for Core Voltage, you can leave that at 0) 

[PJemus]

What resolution are you playing at?

 

Also, try adjusting your settings to match these (except for Core Voltage, you can leave that at 0) 

1080p.

what does changing the power limit do? i have it set on 105%, it used to be 110%. 

[WolfDeville]

PJemus, on 27 Nov 2014 - 8:58 PM, said:

1080p.

what does changing the power limit do? i have it set on 105%, it used to be 110%. 

It allows the card to work harder to achieve more frames. I got a 10+fps increase in most games just by doing that with no overclocking.

[PJemus]

It allows the card to work harder to achieve more frames. I got a 10+fps increase in most games just by doing that with no overclocking.

just ran a benchmark on 120%, very little difference. it is still well behind the reference 980.

[JamesYang]

I guess it's because your power supply,try a higher watt psu and run it again,if still the same,RMA your card.

[PJemus]

I guess it's because your power supply,try a higher watt psu and run it again,if still the same,RMA your card.

i have a 650w power supoply, and given the tdp, that should be plenty. it definitely doesnt justify the bad performance.

[MrKickkiller]

It could also be because of WIndows 10. Perhaps drivers and games aren't optimised to run onder W10 yet?

 

The online benchmarks have probably been ran on Windows 8.1 or even W 7

[Stadiz]

It could also be because of WIndows 10. Perhaps drivers and games aren't optimised to run onder W10 yet?

 

The online benchmarks have probably been ran on Windows 8.1 or even W 7

Wow, wow, wow, hold up is he running Windows 10 ???

[PJemus]

Wow, wow, wow, hold up is he running Windows 10 ???

windows 10 =/= the cause of all problems on systems running windows 10

[Razarza]

windows 10 =/= the cause of all problems on systems running windows 10

Go and try the games in Win7 or 8 and see if it is any difference then.