3060 getting 20 fps

[andrew.n45]

Ever since i tried to vertically mount my driver my gpu hasnt been working the same. I took off the vertical mount and riser and i am still facing the same problems. I swapped it out for my 970 and it works perfectly fine. Any ideas?

[YoungBlade]

In what game, at what settings, and at what resolution, are you getting 20fps?

 

Also, what CPU do you have?

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Full system specs includes the brand and model of the PSU?

[andrew.n45]

CPU: Amd ryzen 5 5600x

Motherboard: Asus prime b550m-a 

PSU: Corsair SF Series SF600, 80+ gold

GPU: Zotac 3060 

Storage: 1 tb ssd and 2tb barracuda hard drive

RAM: two 32g 3200mhz corsair ram

[andrew.n45]

Getting it at 2560 by 1440 in fortnite and just browsing in google. ran an fps checker as well. 

[YoungBlade]

Just now, andrew.n45 said:

Getting it at 2560 by 1440 in fortnite and just browsing in google. ran an fps checker as well. 

At what settings? If you have everything turned up to max settings, including Lumen and Nanite, then 20fps at 1440p is what I would expect from an RTX 3060.

 

Also, is this an average FPS figure when playing, or just occasional dips to 20fps?

[Tan3l6]

DDU tried already?

[andrew.n45]

1 minute ago, YoungBlade said:

At what settings? If you have everything turned up to max settings, including Lumen and Nanite, then 20fps at 1440p is what I would expect from an RTX 3060.

 

Also, is this an average FPS figure when playing, or just occasional dips to 20fps?

I play on medium settings and it averages out at around 10-30 fps. It was getting over 200 a week ago.

[andrew.n45]

Just now, Tan3l6 said:

DDU tried already?

Not yet, im clueless in this pc area

[Tan3l6]

7 minutes ago, andrew.n45 said:

Not yet, im clueless in this pc area

DDU - Display Driver Uninstaller

Short video about how to use it:

 

 

It uninstalls GPU drivers of choice. So you need to reinstall the drivers after restart...

[YoungBlade]

8 minutes ago, andrew.n45 said:

Not yet, im clueless in this pc area

I would second trying DDU. It stands for Display Driver Uninstaller. It's a piece of software that should be run in Safe Mode on your computer. It will completely remove all graphics drivers and settings (that you select) that could be interfering with your GPU, so you can install new drivers totally fresh.

 

https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/

[andrew.n45]

Thank you! I will try this and will return back if needed.

[andrew.n45]

1 hour ago, YoungBlade said:

I would second trying DDU. It stands for Display Driver Uninstaller. It's a piece of software that should be run in Safe Mode on your computer. It will completely remove all graphics drivers and settings (that you select) that could be interfering with your GPU, so you can install new drivers totally fresh.

 

https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/

 

1 hour ago, Tan3l6 said:

DDU - Display Driver Uninstaller

Short video about how to use it:

 

 

It uninstalls GPU drivers of choice. So you need to reinstall the drivers after restart...

I did uninstall and follow all the steps in the video and it seems to not have done anything.

[YoungBlade]

Can you show us the GPU-Z Graphics Card tab info about your RTX 3060 so we can see more info about the card?

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

 

[andrew.n45]

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[andrew.n45]

1 hour ago, YoungBlade said:

Can you show us the GPU-Z Graphics Card tab info about your RTX 3060 so we can see more info about the card?

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

 

 

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[YoungBlade]

1 hour ago, andrew.n45 said:

 

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Here's a JPG version of that image for others to see:

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All of that looks perfectly normal and expected for an RTX 3060 12GB. Your drivers are up to date. I'm not seeing something that jumps out that could be an indication of a problem.

 

The card is only running at PCIe 1.1 speeds, but that's normal when idle on the desktop as a power saving measure. I would guess if you put the card under load, it will go up to a higher PCIe gen. It seems the card is detected as a PCIe 4.0 card.

 

There doesn't seem to be any reason for your RTX 3060 to perform worse than your old GTX 970 that I can think of.