Weird GPU Clock speeds

[pim16aap2]

Hello, 

 

I have a few problems with my new computer.

 

Assassin's Creed 4 just stops responding after I play it for a while (and won't launch again until I've rebooted) and Rome Total War 2 just won't let me get past the main menu. Besides these two games I've only tried Skyrim, Battlefield 4 and Thief so far. I haven't had enough time to test more games yet.

 

I installed Speccy to check my RAM speed (which wasn't correct, but I fixed that) and I also came across this:

 

What seems weird to me in this picture is the performance levels stuff in the bottom.

My GPU is clocked at 1,085GHz (1.150GHz Boost) while the highest level is only at 549MHz.

Also, the memory clock should be a 7000Mhz, rather than 3500Mhz.

 

I have looked through the settings, but I couldn't find any settings related to these levels. In the BIOS I didn't see any options for it either (does not mean it isn't there at all, in my case ).

 

This is my computer:

CPU: I7 4770k

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VII Hero

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti GHz edition

RAM: G.Skill TridentX F3-2133C9D

PSU: Corsair AX860

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO (250GB)

HDD: Seagate Barracuda (3TB)

 

My question is if this is normal and if not how could I fix it and could it be related to the crashes of those games?

 

Regards,

Pim

[CoolBeans]

The GPU downclocks when it isn't doing anything to save power

[RyanShep97]

That's because you were most likely running that test programme at idle. Run the test while you play a game then check your max figures.

[Kevinkt]

That's because you were most likely running that test programme at idle. Run the test while you play a game then check your max figures.

HEY I'M THE WAT LADY AROUND HERE.

[RyanShep97]

HEY I'M THE WAT LADY AROUND HERE.

WAT?

[pim16aap2]

Yeah, I wasn't running anything intensive.

 

I thought those levels would be the ones used for downclocking, but I'll try some more intensive things now.

[dragoon20005]

try running Ungine

 

it will ramp up the GPU clock on load

 

use GPU-Z ID to check the load and temps

[pim16aap2]

Well, Battlefield 4 didn't make the GPU work any harder and crashed near the end of the match as well, pretty much in the same way Assassin's Creed keeps crashing (no error message, just freezing).

[pim16aap2]

Just ran Unigine with all the settings maxed out, but both Speccy and CPU-Z report that the GPU Clock is 549 MHz and that the Memory CLock is 3500 MHz.

[dragoon20005]

Just ran Unigine with all the settings maxed out, but both Speccy and CPU-Z report that the GPU Clock is 549 MHz and that the Memory CLock is 3500 MHz.

how about using MSI AfterBurner?

 

update your nVidia drivers if you have not done so

[AlwaysFSX]

Don't forget that programs will show the memory speed at half of what it's actually at..

[pim16aap2]

Don't forget that programs will show the memory speed at half of what it's actually at..

 

Yeah... I forgot about that... Right after finding that out when I was playing around with my RAM speed...

 

Seemed fine then... Still not a solution for all those random crashes

 

I've tried nVidia's 377.88 (WHQL) and a few beta drivers after. Since the last beta driver I tried, but now GeForce Experience is not working anymore, so that's a bit annoying.

 

I contacted Ubisoft's support about AC4 crashing, but none of their solutions has worked so far.