GTX 980Ti Issue

[FlushaDev]

Hello everyone I was using my old graphics card on my current backup monitor which was a GTX 970 and I was getting higher FPS in most games in my monitors resolution which is 1360x768. For example when I was playing the game Dishonored I was getting 60 FPS with Vsync on on and it was not going under 60fps. After I upgraded to my GTX 980 Ti I jumped back on dishonored since it is the game I try to master at the moment and was getting frame drops down to 50fps sometimes even in the 30s. I would like to ask the community if someone else has experienced this problem and if they have found a solution I was thinking of doing a DDU but I wanted to ask here first. 

 

GPU is in gaming mode with stock clocks and temps are in the 50s, also running a ryzen 5 2400G with 32GB RAM

Thanks!

[papajo]

4 minutes ago, FlushaDev said:

I was thinking of doing a DDU but I wanted to ask here first. 

why? I mean worst case scenario it wont solve your problem.. so nothing to risk you are wasting time do a DDU and then we check for other failures. 

[FlushaDev]

1 minute ago, papajo said:

why? I mean worst case scenario it wont solve your problem.. so nothing to risk you are wasting time do a DDU and then we check for other failures. 

What other things can I check? I mean I didn't change any drivers after I swapped my 970 out

[papajo]

Just now, FlushaDev said:

What other things can I check? I mean I didn't change any drivers after I swapped my 970 out

still wasting time do the ddu and then we can do more time consuming troubleshooting if it doesnt solve anything.. 

[papajo]

1 minute ago, FlushaDev said:

What other things can I check? I mean I didn't change any drivers after I swapped my 970 out

oh and download the latest nvidia drivers from their website afterwards*

[FlushaDev]

Just now, papajo said:

still wasting time do the ddu and then we can do more time consuming troubleshooting if it doesnt solve anything.. 

Doing it now. I'll keep you updated mate

[FlushaDev]

Just now, papajo said:

oh and download the latest nvidia drivers from their website afterwards*

Sure thing

[FlushaDev]

1 hour ago, papajo said:

oh and download the latest nvidia drivers from their website afterwards*

Hello again, DDUd the drivers, installed the latest ones, ran a furmark at 1360x768 with 8xMSAA and got AVG: 65-70fps with +150Mhz Core clock and +420 at memory clock, is that good or should I keep testing?

[papajo]

2 minutes ago, FlushaDev said:

Hello again, DDUd the drivers, installed the latest ones, ran a furmark at 1360x768 with 8xMSAA and got AVG: 65-70fps with +150Mhz Core clock and +420 at memory clock, is that good or should I keep testing?

dont know this guy averages 76 FPS but runs furmark at 1080p

 

 

Run it for like 10 minutes what is the MAX temp you are seeing? also is the temperature making like mountain shapes where temperatures get significantly different? 

 

play a popular demanding game using afterburner and enable the stats overlay (google on how to do that its easy) and check temps, CPU usage, GPU usage, GPU frequency VRAM frequency and average FPS. 

[FlushaDev]

6 hours ago, papajo said:

dont know this guy averages 76 FPS but runs furmark at 1080p

 

 

Run it for like 10 minutes what is the MAX temp you are seeing? also is the temperature making like mountain shapes where temperatures get significantly different? 

 

play a popular demanding game using afterburner and enable the stats overlay (google on how to do that its easy) and check temps, CPU usage, GPU usage, GPU frequency VRAM frequency and average FPS. 

I'll run it on stock for 10-20 minutes no OC no UC and is hitman 2 or fallout 4 gonna do the job or no

[FlushaDev]

6 hours ago, papajo said:

dont know this guy averages 76 FPS but runs furmark at 1080p

 

 

Run it for like 10 minutes what is the MAX temp you are seeing? also is the temperature making like mountain shapes where temperatures get significantly different? 

 

play a popular demanding game using afterburner and enable the stats overlay (google on how to do that its easy) and check temps, CPU usage, GPU usage, GPU frequency VRAM frequency and average FPS. 

Played Hitman 2, the settings are attached, GPU Usage stuck under 50%, temps were fine under 60% but fps were in the low 40s and high 50s, it was a demanding mission with lots of NPCs and things going on

[FlushaDev]

7 hours ago, papajo said:

dont know this guy averages 76 FPS but runs furmark at 1080p

 

 

Run it for like 10 minutes what is the MAX temp you are seeing? also is the temperature making like mountain shapes where temperatures get significantly different? 

 

play a popular demanding game using afterburner and enable the stats overlay (google on how to do that its easy) and check temps, CPU usage, GPU usage, GPU frequency VRAM frequency and average FPS. 

Quick note: I've played fallout 4 for a while with stock clocks and all, CPU Temps were around the mid 40s GPU were somewhere in the 70s but usage was still below 60% and was giving me drops below 60fps in the low 50s... what could be wrong

[papajo]

5 hours ago, FlushaDev said:

Quick note: I've played fallout 4 for a while with stock clocks and all, CPU Temps were around the mid 40s GPU were somewhere in the 70s but usage was still below 60% and was giving me drops below 60fps in the low 50s... what could be wrong

Your GPU is underutilized which means there is either a bottleneck or something is wrong. 

 

It could be the low resolution you are using but I am not sure since theoretically it should play at max utilization on ultra settings at that resolution.

 

Do you have the GPU plugged in the main pcie slotx16 slot ?( the biggest slot that is closer to the CPU than to the floor) 

 

unplug the GPU clean it from dust using an air blower or a vacuum  cleaner  reseat the card making sure it makes good contact with the slow and there are no shiny pins that are not all the way inside the slot. 

 

make sure that all the power cables are connected properly to the card 

 

what kind of ram do you use? 32 GB of how many sticks? what model and part numbers? 

 

[FlushaDev]

3 hours ago, papajo said:

Your GPU is underutilized which means there is either a bottleneck or something is wrong. 

 

It could be the low resolution you are using but I am not sure since theoretically it should play at max utilization on ultra settings at that resolution.

 

Do you have the GPU plugged in the main pcie slotx16 slot ?( the biggest slot that is closer to the CPU than to the floor) 

 

unplug the GPU clean it from dust using an air blower or a vacuum  cleaner  reseat the card making sure it makes good contact with the slow and there are no shiny pins that are not all the way inside the slot. 

 

make sure that all the power cables are connected properly to the card 

 

what kind of ram do you use? 32 GB of how many sticks? what model and part numbers? 

 

I've seen people with the same GPU run games easily at this res.

 

Yes the GPU is on the PCi-E 16X slot, I'm thinking of reseating it and just cleaning in general while I reseat the power cables

 

2x16GB DDR4-2666MHz using DOCP and 2933MHz

[papajo]

18 minutes ago, FlushaDev said:

2x16GB DDR4-2666MHz using DOCP and 2933MHz

are they different sticks or where they part of a kit? which one? 

[FlushaDev]

28 minutes ago, papajo said:

are they different sticks or where they part of a kit? which one? 

They were part of a kit, a Corsair LPX kit

[FlushaDev]

28 minutes ago, papajo said:

are they different sticks or where they part of a kit? which one? 

I reseated the GPU and reconnected the power cables, I forgot to ask but there's an extra 6pin connector on the side of the GPU, it's used for OC I'm pretty sure, does that have to do with anything?

[papajo]

2 minutes ago, FlushaDev said:

I reseated the GPU and reconnected the power cables, I forgot to ask but there's an extra 6pin connector on the side of the GPU, it's used for OC I'm pretty sure, does that have to do with anything?

which exact model do you have? also there are numerous corsair LPX kits different frequencies timings etc which one do you have? (use speccy to check on that or check on the sticker on the ram stick) 

[papajo]

13 minutes ago, FlushaDev said:

I forgot to ask but there's an extra 6pin connector on the side of the GPU, it's used for OC I'm pretty sure, does that have to do with anything?

anyway I guess its an EVGA GTX 980ti kingpin edition? connect all three of the ports (2 8pin and one 6pin) probably that's the reason it underperforms 

[FlushaDev]

30 minutes ago, papajo said:

anyway I guess its an EVGA GTX 980ti kingpin edition? connect all three of the ports (2 8pin and one 6pin) probably that's the reason it underperforms 

It's a Gigabyte Windforce 980Ti