Rtx 2070 issues?

[Vance44]

Does anyone that has an RTX 2070 have any issues with gaming in 1440 or 4K?

I have an issue with stuttering it comes in it goes It's very irritating at this point I'm starting to think with all of my tests and tinkering the CPU just doesn't keep up I have an i7 8700 6 core

I play with my settings and the control panel and I even put the FPS counter that the graphics card itself reads the FPS for me in game up in the corner

And according to it in 1440 or 4K doesn't seem to matter I come in it just under 300 FPS and medium and high settings and sometimes it's not stable sometimes it jumps and fluctuates from about 288 to 250 then back up I've made some changes and switches in the control panel and sometimes it helps and goes away but then comes right back and then I switch those settings back sometimes it goes away but then comes right back...

I found that in the task manager sometimes my CPU is showing 38% Just an idol or using non-demanding apps or programs

At one point I ripped all of my drivers out and started fresh reinstalled the drivers completely for my GPU and my issues were gone but then came back

 

[Bombastinator]

Are you using freesync or gsynch?  If not will your monitor support it?

[flashiling]

what games are you playing while this is happening?

 

[Vance44]

2 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

Are you using freesync or gsynch?  If not will your monitor support it?

The monitor is free sync and when turned on it will kick the GPU into the option to turn G-Sync on

When I turn it on it doesn't really seem to help

[Vance44]

2 hours ago, flashiling said:

what games are you playing while this is happening?

 

Day of defeat and CS:GO global offense both games not very demanding

[Mark Kaine]

Dumb question,  does anyone actually have a completely stable framerate while playing with an unlocked framerate? 

 

Because to my understanding fluctuations are completely normal in this case as games are changing their demands on the hardware constantly, depending on what level you're playing,  where your exact position is, how many enemies are in the map,  how many effects like explosions etc are currently being rendered. 

 

 

So if that's the case one has to wonder why not play with a fixed framerate when a fluctuating framerate is not desirable? 

 

Sorry if I'm *completely* wrong,  just thinking out loud and thinking of possible solutions. 

 

 

[Bombastinator]

39 minutes ago, Vance44 said:

The monitor is free sync and when turned on it will kick the GPU into the option to turn G-Sync on

When I turn it on it doesn't really seem to help

So you have an Nvidia gpu then?  Gsynch and freesynch are different.  Some monitors will do both.  Some monitors will do only one, some monitors will do neither.

My understanding is there may a way to make make at least some but maybe all gsynch Nvidia cards do freesynch instead of gsynch.  It’s fairly new.  I know little about it.  You may want to look into it.

[Vance44]

3 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

Dumb question,  does anyone actually have a completely stable framerate while playing with an unlocked framerate? 

 

Because to my understanding fluctuations are completely normal in this case as games are changing their demands on the hardware constantly, depending on what level you're playing,  where your exact position is, how many enemies are in the map,  how many effects like explosions etc are currently being rendered. 

 

 

So if that's the case one has to wonder why not play with a fixed framerate when a fluctuating framerate is not desirable? 

 

Sorry if I'm *completely* wrong,  just thinking out loud and thinking of possible solutions. 

 

 

So you're thinking maybe cap the frame rate so it stays locked in at one rate?

[Vance44]

3 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

So you have an Nvidia gpu then?  Gsynch and freesynch are different.  Some monitors will do both.  Some monitors will do only one, some monitors will do neither.

My understanding is there may a way to make make at least some but maybe all gsynch Nvidia cards do freesynch instead of gsynch.  It’s fairly new.  I know little about it.  You may want to look into it.

Well I know every time I turn on free sync from the monitor when I go into the control panel for the video my GPU it turns on G sync in the control panel so I think it's safe to say it does both?

Anyways I've tried it both on and off to solve the problem

I tried so many things I'm starting to think that my sixth core processor just isn't enough?

Don't get me wrong it's capable but I kind of get the impression and throws fits once in a while sometimes it seems like it's constantly up and down I've seen it idle at 30% like WTF?

[SpookyCitrus]

The i7-8700 should be plenty for those games. What are the rest of your PC specs?

Check your temperatures and see if the CPU is overheating while in game. CS:GO is actually pretty CPU intensive BTW.

[porina]

7 hours ago, Vance44 said:

I found that in the task manager sometimes my CPU is showing 38% Just an idol or using non-demanding apps or programs

Find out if anything is using your CPU when it shouldn't be.

 

What refresh rate is the actual monitor? I'm wondering if using fast sync might help here.

 

BTW no problems with a 2070 and 8086k here, so essentially same on those two points. That's my main gaming system, but I don't play the same type of games.

[Bombastinator]

34 minutes ago, Vance44 said:

Well I know every time I turn on free sync from the monitor when I go into the control panel for the video my GPU it turns on G sync in the control panel so I think it's safe to say it does both?

Anyways I've tried it both on and off to solve the problem

I tried so many things I'm starting to think that my sixth core processor just isn't enough?

Don't get me wrong it's capable but I kind of get the impression and throws fits once in a while sometimes it seems like it's constantly up and down I've seen it idle at 30% like WTF?

Question#1 no idea personally.

question#2 no it’s likely enough, at least for now.  If it isn’t you’ll be getting 100% use on the meter

question #3 attributing feelings to a machine can cause problems in understanding. Models can be dangerous. You say you’re getting very variable cpu use?  Goes to @porina’s comment.  Is that use level capping at 100%?

[Vance44]

1 hour ago, SpookyCitrus said:

The i7-8700 should be plenty for those games. What are the rest of your PC specs?

Check your temperatures and see if the CPU is overheating while in game. CS:GO is actually pretty CPU intensive BTW.

Yeah I've checked all that The GPU and the CPU typically never hit 70 usually stays right around 65 to 60 Maybe once in a while it'll hit 70 but never goes above the temperature stays fairly acceptable it is water cooled 

Even day of defeat at the same problem 

I tried everything I could think of...honestly I'm really kind of stumped The only thing I can think of is I'm having an issue with the CPU? 

But when I monitor it it doesn't seem to be doing that bad now the boost fluctuates it'll go from a 4.2 to a 3.8 or 3.6

 

[Vance44]

1 hour ago, porina said:

Find out if anything is using your CPU when it shouldn't be.

 

What refresh rate is the actual monitor? I'm wondering if using fast sync might help here.

 

BTW no problems with a 2070 and 8086k here, so essentially same on those two points. That's my main gaming system, but I don't play the same type of games.

It is an LG 4K 60 hz monitor and it seems to do the same thing with or without g-sync on or off

By fast sync do you mean in the control panel of the GPU?

I've tried journeying that on and off 

Doesn't

[Vance44]

41 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Question#1 no idea personally.

question#2 no it’s likely enough, at least for now.  If it isn’t you’ll be getting 100% use on the meter

question #3 attributing feelings to a machine can cause problems in understanding. Models can be dangerous. You say you’re getting very variable cpu use?  Goes to @porina’s comment.  Is that use level capping at 100%?

I will have to do some more testing when I get home I currently don't have two monitors like I used to so trying to run the game in a full screen and monitor and test is a little difficult it shouldn't be much different than running in a window correct?

[Mark Kaine]

1 hour ago, Vance44 said:

So you're thinking maybe cap the frame rate so it stays locked in at one rate?

Well yeah I think that's what most people would do.  You just have to figure out what's the minimum you can do in a given game,  let's say ~250, then you lock it to that with MSI Afterburner for example. And if you really want "smooth" you should also see that it's a straight divisor or multiplier of your monitor's refresh rate, so 288 if you have a 144hz monitor for example. 

 

If your system can't do that you'll have to find a compromise,  but the other option is unlocked, which will most likely fluctuate in most games naturally.  It'll always be as high as somehow possible and that's [constantly] changing. 

 

You could also try with Gsync / freesync,  but even then you'd probably need to limit the framerate somehow because that also has its limits (and may not work perfectly anyway) 

[Vance44]

20 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Well yeah I think that's what most people would do.  You just have to figure out what's the minimum you can do in a given game,  let's say ~250, then you lock it to that with MSI Afterburner for example. And if you really want "smooth" you should also see that it's a straight divisor or multiplier of your monitor's refresh rate, so 288 if you have a 144hz monitor for example. 

 

If your system can't do that you'll have to find a compromise,  but the other option is unlocked, which will most likely fluctuate in most games naturally.  It'll always be as high as somehow possible and that's [constantly] changing. 

 

You could also try with Gsync / freesync,  but even then you'd probably need to limit the framerate somehow because that also has its limits (and may not work perfectly anyway) 

Okay stupid question.. Lol Where do you go and I'm outside after burner to cap frame rate like that? Didn't even realize you could do that?

[Mark Kaine]

26 minutes ago, Vance44 said:

Okay stupid question.. Lol Where do you go and I'm outside after burner to cap frame rate like that? Didn't even realize you could do that?

I only did this once,  but it's simple 

 

In RTSS which should come with Afterburner set Show OSD *on* then set a profile, either globally or per game basis. 

 

Click on "framerate limit" set the desired number. 

 

Don't close RTSS,  only minimize it.