In consistent performance on 2070 Super

[DevilsHand676]

I've been having this issue with my 2070 Super where the performance is either terrible or normal depending on the start up. Some times I start the computer up and its all super slow and stuttery with games only doing like 15 fps, but if I restart it it usually goes back to normal (and if it doesn't I just restart it again). My screen also sometimes either just freezes or goes black but I can still hear audio, and doesn't come back without forcing a restart. Temperatures on the card are normal always under 60 C and I have clock rate set at 1995 MHz, but the GPU usage does say its at 98% when its stuttering (nothing particular doing it, everything is just taking up more %). I've made sure graphics drivers are all up to date, I even tried rolling back to some older ones but that didn't help. Windows is up to date. I thought maybe it was a bug with windows so I did a complete reformat of my drive but its still happening so I'm thinking it hardware related. I don't know if this is an actual issue with the GPU or maybe an issue with the power supply, but voltages on the card are also normal. 

 

 

CPU- Ryzen 9 3900x
CPU Cooler- ARTIC Liquid Freezer 2 240 AIO
GPU- EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC ULTRA
RAM- 32GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB
PRO 32GB 3200Mhz
PSU- Cooler Master MasterWatt 650 Watt
HDD- WD Blue 4TB
SSD- SanDisk Ultra II 500GB SATA III
Case- Custom Built Desk
Motherboard- ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming

[YoungBlade]

Have you tried re-seating the card to make sure it's fully in the slot?

[DevilsHand676]

4 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

Have you tried re-seating the card to make sure it's fully in the slot?

Ooo Now that you mention it, that card is using a riser cable. Maybe its just an issue with that and it needs a better quality one. 

[YoungBlade]

16 minutes ago, DevilsHand676 said:

Ooo Now that you mention it, that card is using a riser cable. Maybe its just an issue with that and it needs a better quality one. 

That would make sense. You can try dropping down to PCIe Gen 2 for now to see if you at least have a more consistent experience. The drop in performance for a 2070 should only be a few percent assuming it's a x16 riser.