Can't get my 3070 to us more than 4Gb of VRAM

[bulkyy]

I just recently bought a 3070 and from some reason no matter what I do my VRAM will only say its using about 4GB in task manager, I've tried BTC mining and using blender but I simply cannot get it to go above that threshold. My games are pretty much all running the same as when I had a GTX 1080 with little to no performance boost aside from being able to Raytrace in some games. It's causing crashes in some games and I can't even play some. Any help would be appreciated.

[-rascal-]

3 minutes ago, bulkyy said:

I just recently bought a 3070 and from some reason no matter what I do my VRAM will only say its using about 4GB in task manager, I've tried BTC mining and using blender but I simply cannot get it to go above that threshold. My games are pretty much all running the same as when I had a GTX 1080 with little to no performance boost aside from being able to Raytrace in some games. It's causing crashes in some games and I can't even play some. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Are you re-using your old GTX 1080 drivers, or did you wipe the nVidia drivers clean, and install new ones?

[bulkyy]

Just now, -rascal- said:

 

Are you re-using your old GTX 1080 drivers, or did you wipe the nVidia drivers clean, and install new ones?

I used DDU twice just to make sure that wasn't it, and reinstalled drivers fully both times

[Moonzy]

so... what's the issue if it's not using more VRAM

 

facing performance issue or?

[bulkyy]

Just now, Moonzy said:

so... what's the issue if it's not using more VRAM

 

facing performance issue or?

I need it to be using everything for the work I do on my PC, i bought a 3070 to be a 3070 not to have 4GB VRAM

 

[Moonzy]

Just now, bulkyy said:

I need it to be using everything for the work I do on my PC, i bought a 3070 to be a 3070 not to have 4GB VRAM

like i said, are you facing performance issue or what?

 

because it wont use more VRAM than necessary if it doesn't have to

[bulkyy]

Just now, Moonzy said:

like i said, are you facing performance issue or what?

 

because it wont use more VRAM than necessary if it doesn't have to

Correct, my applications are being wayy slower than they should be

 

[Moonzy]

Just now, bulkyy said:

Correct, my applications are being wayy slower than they should be

can you run GPU-Z and post a screenshot it?

I havent seen any fake 30-series GPU, but it's plausible if you got it from sketchy sources

 

if DDU didn't work, might need a full windows re-install, could try a fresh windows install on another drive to test if it fixes it, before wiping your current drive

[bulkyy]

13 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

can you run GPU-Z and post a screenshot it?

I havent seen any fake 30-series GPU, but it's plausible if you got it from sketchy sources

 

if DDU didn't work, might need a full windows re-install, could try a fresh windows install on another drive to test if it fixes it, before wiping your current drive

I checked and its real just functioning very odd

[bulkyy]

14 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

can you run GPU-Z and post a screenshot it?

I havent seen any fake 30-series GPU, but it's plausible if you got it from sketchy sources

 

if DDU didn't work, might need a full windows re-install, could try a fresh windows install on another drive to test if it fixes it, before wiping your current drive

i also scored in bottom 1% on userbenchmark

 

[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, bulkyy said:

I checked and its real just functioning very odd

i see you're running old driver

 

can you update it to the latest driver?

 

4 minutes ago, bulkyy said:

i also scored in bottom 1% on userbenchmark

i wouldn't trust that site at all

[keysbeast]

2 minutes ago, bulkyy said:

I checked and its real just functioning very odd

why are you on a driver from nov 2020 there have been 4 driver releases since nov you need a current driver 

[bulkyy]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

i see you're running old driver

 

can you update it to the latest driver?

 

i wouldn't trust that site at all

I just installed it yesterday though?

 

[bulkyy]

2 minutes ago, keysbeast said:

why are you on a driver from nov 2020 there have been 4 driver releases since nov you need a current driver 

 

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

i see you're running old driver

 

can you update it to the latest driver?

 

i wouldn't trust that site at all

when i go to update it tells me the best drivers are already installed

 

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, bulkyy said:

I just installed it yesterday though?

you're on an older driver, which is 457.51, the latest driver is 461.40

[keysbeast]

no go to nvidia and dont do the scan my computer crap type thing do the manuel driver search and get the newest driver its should be this

GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER - WHQL

Driver Version: 461.40 - Release Date: Tue Jan 26, 2021

[keysbeast]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

you're on an older driver, which is 457.51, the latest driver is 461.40

lol you beat me to it my daughter made me slow down LOL 

 

[bulkyy]

1 minute ago, keysbeast said:

no go to nvidia and dont do the scan my computer crap type thing do the manuel driver search and get the newest driver its should be this

GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER - WHQL

Driver Version: 461.40 - Release Date: Tue Jan 26, 2021

i see, i have the driver installer on my pc for 461.40 but for some reason it didnt want to use those and it found old drivers somewhere

 

[bulkyy]

1 minute ago, keysbeast said:

lol you beat me to it my daughter made me slow down LOL 

 

i keep removing the drivers from my device and checking the delete option but they wont stop coming back

[keysbeast]

this is why you do a DDU or when installing go into custom and do a clean install there

[bulkyy]

Just now, keysbeast said:

this is why you do a DDU or when installing go into custom and do a clean install there

i did DDU before which is super confusing why it didnt seem to work

 

[keysbeast]

maybe you got some type of virous on there and if it sees nothing you may just need to do a whole clean install of your system 

[bulkyy]

7 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

you're on an older driver, which is 457.51, the latest driver is 461.40

apparently it reinstalled old drivers. My GPU is at 100% now, Thanks!

[bulkyy]

Just now, keysbeast said:

maybe you got some type of virous on there and if it sees nothing you may just need to do a whole clean install of your system 

It seems to have started working now, I'm going to most likely swap to a new boot drive and only transfer my important files so if the issue reappears before than ill see if a new drive works

 

[keysbeast]

cool just keep an eye on it and always wait about a week or two before installing the newest driver as i have found it can mess with some programs