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Hi All,

 

I just put together a new PC and decided to pick up a MSI GTX760 Twin-Frozr OC with it, hoping to switch it out when the next generation of GPUs arrives.
For whatever reason, however, it would seem that the card just doesn't want to cooperate.

After installing the card and grabbing the latest nVidia drivers, I promptly ran Unigine Valley (ultra settings at 1440p) only to be blown away by an awesome average FPS of 4! Thinking perhaps that was too much for an entry level card, I dropped it down to low settings at 1080p and got a 100% increase in FPS - 8 a second!

Performance is dismal in games as well (same sub-10 FPS) and dropping the graphical settings down to minimum produces only a marginal improvement.
Additionally, I experience extreme input lag and system unresponsiveness over displayport, which I can't explain. Surely I can expect more than this.

 

 I have tried reseating the card and power connectors and reinstalling the drivers to no avail. What could I be doing wrong?

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What's your CPU?

i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz (Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo); ASrock Z87 EXTREME4; 8GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 RAM @ 2133MHz; Asus DirectCU GTX 560; Super Flower Golden King 550 Platinum PSU;1TB Seagate Barracuda;Corsair 200r case. 

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Sorry Askew. I should have posted my specs:

CPU: i5-4670K with H100i

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5

RAM: 2 x 4GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3-1866

PSU: Corsair RM750

Storage: 840EVO 250GB & WD Green 2TB

 

Alright that system is capable of running that card plus a lot more so there is an issue here, can you download a program like EVGA Precision X or MSI Afterburner (they are both free) and tell us what clock speed the GPU is running at when you run Heaven?

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Alright that system is capable of running that card plus a lot more so there is an issue here, can you download a program like EVGA Precision X or MSI Afterburner (they are both free) and tell us what clock speed the GPU is running at when you run Heaven?

 

Yeah I thought so too. My GPU is running at 1241Mhz and Memory at 3004Mhz when benching. Temps don't seem to go above 40C....

 

Have you updated your motherboard bios?

 

Yep, it is running the latest revision (F3) as per the Gigabye website.

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IS YOUR DISPLAY PLUGGED INTO THE GPU? Seriously I went half a year thinking my 660 Ti was crappy and then one day I plugged my HDMI cord into the graphics card instead of the one of the motherboard and then BOOM! Maxing out every game.

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IS YOUR DISPLAY PLUGGED INTO THE GPU? Seriously I went half a year thinking my 660 Ti was crappy and then one day I plugged my HDMI cord into the graphics card instead of the one of the motherboard and then BOOM! Maxing out every game.

 

Damn man! That's really sad. How did you manage to do that :D

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Try lowering the overclock on the card. It seems to me that your card can not take it's overclock, and the driver crashes. When it does, the performance drops till CPU-graphics levels. I can run L4d2 in SLI at 200 fps, after my driver crashed, it went to 30 fps. see my point? 1241 seems high, try 1000 mhz on core.

Codename: HighFlyer, specs:  CPU: i5 2500k cooled by a H70ish(2 rad)   Mobo: MSI MPower Z77   GPUs: Gigabyte GTX 660 OC 1150 MHZ core, 3150 memory both   RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16G @1600mhz   SSD: ADATA Premier Pro sx900 / HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB/Samsung 1TB   Power supply: Corsair RM650 80+ Gold   Case Corsair Carbide 500R   5.4 ghz achieved on the good old 2500k, may it rest in peace. Current daily OC is 4.8 @1.41 v

 

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IS YOUR DISPLAY PLUGGED INTO THE GPU? Seriously I went half a year thinking my 660 Ti was crappy and then one day I plugged my HDMI cord into the graphics card instead of the one of the motherboard and then BOOM! Maxing out every game.

wow :mellow:

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Latest gpu driver? beta?

Is your ram running at it's normal speed and in dual-channel?

Latest stable release. RAM appears to be running normally in dual channel.

 

 

IS YOUR DISPLAY PLUGGED INTO THE GPU? Seriously I went half a year thinking my 660 Ti was crappy and then one day I plugged my HDMI cord into the graphics card instead of the one of the motherboard and then BOOM! Maxing out every game.

...yes.

 

 

Try lowering the overclock on the card. It seems to me that your card can not take it's overclock, and the driver crashes. When it does, the performance drops till CPU-graphics levels. I can run L4d2 in SLI at 200 fps, after my driver crashed, it went to 30 fps. see my point? 1241 seems high, try 1000 mhz on core.

Really? It was supposed to be a factory overlocked card I feel as if it would defeat the point. The driver doesn't seem to be crashing, just giving really horrendous performance.

I'll give it a try anyway....

EDIT: it didn't work :(

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Install GPU monitor gadget or look into Afterburner/ Precision X while testing, to verify that the GPU is under load/ full load. If it isn't, then you have a problem. If it is, RMA that card asap.

Codename: HighFlyer, specs:  CPU: i5 2500k cooled by a H70ish(2 rad)   Mobo: MSI MPower Z77   GPUs: Gigabyte GTX 660 OC 1150 MHZ core, 3150 memory both   RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16G @1600mhz   SSD: ADATA Premier Pro sx900 / HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB/Samsung 1TB   Power supply: Corsair RM650 80+ Gold   Case Corsair Carbide 500R   5.4 ghz achieved on the good old 2500k, may it rest in peace. Current daily OC is 4.8 @1.41 v

 

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Install GPU monitor gadget or look into Afterburner/ Precision X while testing, to verify that the GPU is under load/ full load. If it isn't, then you have a problem. If it is, RMA that card asap.

Certainly seems to be under load, so I guess I have no choice. I really do hate RMA-ing mail order goods...

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Certainly seems to be under load, so I guess I have no choice. I really do hate RMA-ing mail order goods...

I feel you bro.

Codename: HighFlyer, specs:  CPU: i5 2500k cooled by a H70ish(2 rad)   Mobo: MSI MPower Z77   GPUs: Gigabyte GTX 660 OC 1150 MHZ core, 3150 memory both   RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16G @1600mhz   SSD: ADATA Premier Pro sx900 / HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB/Samsung 1TB   Power supply: Corsair RM650 80+ Gold   Case Corsair Carbide 500R   5.4 ghz achieved on the good old 2500k, may it rest in peace. Current daily OC is 4.8 @1.41 v

 

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Damn man! That's really sad. How did you manage to do that :D

 

 

-_____- haha

 

 

wow :mellow:

 

I really have no idea. And if I wasn't playing around with my PC at the time I could still be running on intergrated graphics or even worse have bought a newer GPU.

Cpu: Intel i5- 4570 | Ram: Crucial DDR3 8GB | Video Card: Evega GTX 660 Ti 2GB Super Clocked


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I really have no idea. And if I wasn't playing around with my PC at the time I could still be running on intergrated graphics or even worse have bought a newer GPU.

We'll I'm glad you found it

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