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So after getting my new GPU I overclocked it getting 1170Mhz on the core and 1700 on the Mem.

That ran fine when I was actually overclocking it (With furmark) but when I launched 3D Mark and ran the Fire Strike benchmark it wouldnt clock above 950 mhz.

Power limit is on +25, card is Amd R9 280X Vapor-X.

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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what you use to read the GPU speed?

 

was it GPU-Z ID or Afterburner?

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So after getting my new GPU I overclocked it getting 1170Mhz on the core and 1700 on the Mem.

That ran fine when I was actually overclocking it (With furmark) but when I launched 3D Mark and ran the Fire Strike benchmark it wouldnt clock above 950 mhz.

Power limit is on +25, card is Amd R9 280X Vapor-X.

Where are you finding out it won't go above in the benchmarks? Are you using in-game core clock because it has never been accurate..

 

Or can you literally not hit speeds above it..

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First thing that comes to mind is thermal throttling. Maybe keep an eye on those temps.

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what you use to read the GPU speed?

 

was it GPU-Z ID or Afterburner?

Afterburner, and I can also tell because the results coming out of 3D Mark are lower than normal.

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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Where are you finding out it won't go above in the benchmarks? Are you using in-game core clock because it has never been accurate..

 

Or can you literally not hit speeds above it..

It just wont the the speed. 

 

First thing that comes to mind is thermal throttling. Maybe keep an eye on those temps.

Temps aren't above 65C

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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It just wont the the speed. 

 

Temps aren't above 65C

uninstall and reinstall the GPU drivers

 

same goes for the Afterburner software or any other OC software

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It just wont the the speed. 

 

Temps aren't above 65C

Next thing on the list would be power delivery and making sure the drivers are up to date. By power delivery I mean making sure you have the overhead on your PSU. A good way to check is build your pc on http://www.pcpartpicker.com. It'll give you a wattage estimate and if you aren't clearing that then it may be your problem. 

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Next thing on the list would be power delivery and making sure the drivers are up to date.

 

Running Omega, Tried reinstalling drivers. Power delivery is fine, I'm running a 620W PSU(Single 12V Rail.).

 

Btw it won't even run at factory overclocked speeds of 1070Mhz.

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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Running Omega, Tried reinstalling drivers. Power delivery is fine, I'm running a 620W PSU(Single 12V Rail.).

 

Btw it won't even run at factory overclocked speeds of 1070Mhz.

use this

 

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

 

then install back the latest driver

 

download only Afterburner

 

set power to 110% or 120%

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Running Omega, Tried reinstalling drivers. Power delivery is fine, I'm running a 620W PSU(Single 12V Rail.).

 

Btw it won't even run at factory overclocked speeds of 1070Mhz.

Well shit... Maybe a badly binned GPU. I'd screenshot your results and email the manufacturer. Worst case RMA. 

My daily driver.

  • CPU
    Intel i5 6600 K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VIII Hero
  • RAM
    16 Gig of G.Skill TridentZ Series 3000 Mhz
  • GPU
    EVGA 1070 FTW edition
  • Case
    Fractal Design Define R5
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Series 250GB for boot + WD 2TB Black
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750W
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100 V2
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K 70 LUX
  • Mouse
    Corsair Raptor M45
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Well shit... Maybe a badly binned GPU. I'd screenshot your results and email the manufacturer. Worst case RMA. 

Nope. It ran fine at 1170 before. 

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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Nope. It ran fine at 1170 before. 

Huh... 

 

The card changes clock as it runs. The only thing I can think that 3Dmark is pulling the clock at the end of the run or giving an average. Below is a good example. 

Freq_w_600.png

My daily driver.

  • CPU
    Intel i5 6600 K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VIII Hero
  • RAM
    16 Gig of G.Skill TridentZ Series 3000 Mhz
  • GPU
    EVGA 1070 FTW edition
  • Case
    Fractal Design Define R5
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Series 250GB for boot + WD 2TB Black
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750W
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100 V2
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K 70 LUX
  • Mouse
    Corsair Raptor M45
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Huh... 

 

The card changes clock as it runs. The only thing I can think that 3Dmark is pulling the clock at the end of the run or giving an average. Below is a good example. 

 

Not that.

 dGHwVIX.jpg

It goes up to 1170 Mhz when I turn the computer on (The first 2 big spikes) then the big chunk is in 3D mark, and just as a control the next big chunk is Goat Simulator (First steam game I clicked)

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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*snip*

 

I mean just looking at the graph I don't seen any correlation with the clock dropping versus anything else that would cause the issue. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help.

My daily driver.

  • CPU
    Intel i5 6600 K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VIII Hero
  • RAM
    16 Gig of G.Skill TridentZ Series 3000 Mhz
  • GPU
    EVGA 1070 FTW edition
  • Case
    Fractal Design Define R5
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Series 250GB for boot + WD 2TB Black
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750W
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100 V2
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K 70 LUX
  • Mouse
    Corsair Raptor M45
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I mean just looking at the graph I don't seen any correlation with the clock dropping versus anything else that would cause the issue. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help.

Thanks. I ended AMD external events monitor and it clocks back up to 1170... Maybe that's why it manages it right at the start? Do you happen to know what that process does?

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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Thanks. I ended AMD external events monitor and it clocks back up to 1170... Maybe that's why it manages it right at the start? Do you happen to know what that process does?

Sounds like it's part of the driver package that's included in the catalyst software. According to this http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33959271, it has something to do with hotkeys. Outside of that I'm not sure.

My daily driver.

  • CPU
    Intel i5 6600 K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VIII Hero
  • RAM
    16 Gig of G.Skill TridentZ Series 3000 Mhz
  • GPU
    EVGA 1070 FTW edition
  • Case
    Fractal Design Define R5
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Series 250GB for boot + WD 2TB Black
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750W
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100 V2
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K 70 LUX
  • Mouse
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Sounds like it's part of the driver package that's included in the catalyst software. According to this http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33959271, it has something to do with hotkeys. Outside of that I'm not sure.

Ok scratch the AMD thing, it's 3D mark itself... Like wtf! With 3D mark open, it will max out at 950Mhz, when it's closed, it will go to 1170 Mhz... What the actual fuck?

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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Ok scratch the AMD thing, it's 3D mark itself... Like wtf! With 3D mark open, it will max out at 950Mhz, when it's closed, it will go to 1170 Mhz... What the actual fuck?

Is it the free version of 3Dmark? If it is maybe that would have something to do with it. Not sure.

My daily driver.

  • CPU
    Intel i5 6600 K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VIII Hero
  • RAM
    16 Gig of G.Skill TridentZ Series 3000 Mhz
  • GPU
    EVGA 1070 FTW edition
  • Case
    Fractal Design Define R5
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Series 250GB for boot + WD 2TB Black
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750W
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100 V2
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K 70 LUX
  • Mouse
    Corsair Raptor M45
  • PCPartPicker URL
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Ok scratch the AMD thing, it's 3D mark itself... Like wtf! With 3D mark open, it will max out at 950Mhz, when it's closed, it will go to 1170 Mhz... What the actual fuck?

ok update the program

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Is it the free version of 3Dmark? If it is maybe that would have something to do with it. Not sure.

 

That was my first assumption. Might try buying it...

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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ok update the program

It just updated. Maybe that's the problem.

My GPU History: GTS 250, 7790, 7850, GTX 660ti, 7870XT, 7970, 280X, 280X Crossfire, 290, 290X, Fury X, 390 Crossfire, Fury Crossfire, 1070, 1080, 1080ti.

My CPU History: Pentium 4, Pentium E5300, Core 2 Quad QX 9650, Intel Xeon 1230 v3, 4790K, 3930K, 5820K, 1700, 3700X.

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