Weird GPU issue. MSI 2080 Super Ventus (Help desperately wanted!)

ytera · December 26, 2021

My first post on the forum, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place. But I really need some help.

So my GPU has been acting weird the past few days.

I've been playing lots of Red Dead Redemption 2 these past few weeks, mostly high settings, getting >100fps almost all the time (save for really graphically intense placed like Saint Denis where fps would drop to 80 ish)

but around Wednesday, I booted up the game and found I only got 30fps all over the map whereas I used to get ~100/120fps the day before.

I checked out Nvidia's performance overlay and it said my GPU was being utilized 99%, but my GPU temps were only ~45/50c and the fan was completely silent (rdr2 used to make my pc run super loud)

I go to test out Yakuza 0, another game I've been playing a lot the last few weeks, to make sure it's not an rdr2 issue, and I find I only get 60fps where I used to consistently get ~180fps!

Once again the fan was barely spinning. At this point I reckon it might be a janky driver, so I spent the next day after work rolling back to previous drivers, no dice.
Next day, I figure it might be an issue with the fan (which I doubted, as the GPU would probably get really hot if it was a mechanical issue with the fans) there isn't anything visibly wrong with the fans, no dust on them, and when I stop them for a little by putting my finger on them, they throttle just fine. I'm at the end of my rope here, and any tips as to what it could be would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thanks for reading!

LIGISTX · December 26, 2021

21 minutes ago, ytera said:

My first post on the forum, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place. But I really need some help.

So my GPU has been acting weird the past few days.

I've been playing lots of Red Dead Redemption 2 these past few weeks, mostly high settings, getting >100fps almost all the time (save for really graphically intense placed like Saint Denis where fps would drop to 80 ish)

but around Wednesday, I booted up the game and found I only got 30fps all over the map whereas I used to get ~100/120fps the day before.

I checked out Nvidia's performance overlay and it said my GPU was being utilized 99%, but my GPU temps were only ~45/50c and the fan was completely silent (rdr2 used to make my pc run super loud)

I go to test out Yakuza 0, another game I've been playing a lot the last few weeks, to make sure it's not an rdr2 issue, and I find I only get 60fps where I used to consistently get ~180fps!

Once again the fan was barely spinning. At this point I reckon it might be a janky driver, so I spent the next day after work rolling back to previous drivers, no dice.
Next day, I figure it might be an issue with the fan (which I doubted, as the GPU would probably get really hot if it was a mechanical issue with the fans) there isn't anything visibly wrong with the fans, no dust on them, and when I stop them for a little by putting my finger on them, they throttle just fine. I'm at the end of my rope here, and any tips as to what it could be would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thanks for reading!

I’d make sure windows is updated (hopefully this wasn’t CAUSED by a windows update), and then make sure your drivers are updated. You can try DDU (display driver uninstaller) as well which will nuke your current driver to allow you to clean instal a new one. But first just check windows update and make sure your driver is on the latest version. Then if that doesn’t work try DDU.