GPU running at half speed

[ImpulseOP]

Hello, so I was messing around with my graphics card today, trying some overclocking and when I try to test it, the card will always run at 405 MHz. I have tried down clocking, setting power limits lower, higher, restarting, and everything is set to max performance. When I restart, the speeds are fine, but when I go to open even CHROME the speed slices in half. It is running at about 30-40 degrees (Celsius) so thermals shouldn't be the problem. I have attached a screenshot of my issue.

Yes, I know I maxed everything but this card doesn't go far anyways and I get max performance when I max everything out.

 

Build:

Intel Motherboard (Dell XPS 8000 sieres)

Core i5-2320 ~3.00 GHz (3.3 max boost)

EVGA GTX 460 SE (Overclocked to an extreme)

TX650w Corsair PSU

Crappy XPS case

Random 60 Hz 1080p monitor (old)

[emosun]

4 minutes ago, ImpulseOP said:

EVGA GTX 460 SE (Overclocked to an extreme)

stop trying to overclock that card

the card is far too low end to see any benefit from an overclock and all you're doing is creating a problem for the older card on newer software. Clearly the card doesn't like your overclock software and i dont blame it so return it to stock and just use it until you can replace the gpu.

[Jurrunio]

Still, overclocking can introduce trouble. Keep it at stock until you fix the half speed issue.

 

check if the power connectors are plugged in.

[ImpulseOP]

All connections are plugged in and I tried switching PCI e slots. Nothing. Also I have to overclock to play games. This pc was gifted to me for my birthday and I am 14 so I can't just buy a new GPU. I am getting an rx 580 at Christmas but I need to be able to play games still.

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, ImpulseOP said:

Also I have to overclock to play games.

no you dont

the overclock results you get from a 460 are not significant enough to justify the overclock in the first place . as you can clearly see the card doesn't operate correctly anyway so return it to it's stock configuration and correct driver and the card might actually hold you over until its replaced.

Or you can run the wrong software at half speed and complain about it until the card is replaced , either way its up to you

[ImpulseOP]

I am running normal drivers that I got directly from Nvidia's website, and I am taking advice and am going to keep it at stock. If I am running the wrong drivers, could I get a link to the correct ones?

[Founders]

Assuming you're running Win 10 download this one if you haven't already. 

[ImpulseOP]

2 minutes ago, Ehmc130 said:

Assuming you're running Win 10 download this one if you haven't already. 

That is the driver I am running.

[Founders]

Good, right click on your desktop, click on NVIDIA control panel, click manage 3D settings, click on Global Settings, towards the bottom find Power management mode and make sure Prefer maximum performance is selected, Texture filering - Quality should be set to high performance, hit apply.

 

Keep in mind when you get that new card you'll run into a CPU bottleneck. In basic terms the CPU will not be able to fully keep up with the card. The card will still work and improve performance but you will not get everything out of it.   

 

[ImpulseOP]

Still nothing, but thanks for trying guys. I guess my hardware is just too old.