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My gtx 260 won't "ramp up." When idle it lowers clocks to save power and what not but when I turn on something demanding the clocks stay the same, which is way low. I get 9 fps on furmark 720p no AA with this crap happening. Help anyone?

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Drivers maybe?  Then again, it is an old card, so it could just be that.

No it was used daily for about 4 years then I got a 6750 and overclocked it to hell but it's still a tad worse than the 260 so I went back, so I know it functions well.

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How about the power setting in the Nvidia control panel? Prefer maximum performance.

Will do, thanks for the tip.

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Sounds like a driver issue, but could also be hardware related and the card is now starting to degrade.

Try downloading drivers from 2009-2010.

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Are you sure you didn't mean amd 260, not gtx260?

That thing is ancient

 

It's about as fast as a modern R7 250 or HD 7750, it's slow but serviceable for low-demand or older games.

 

OP, what version of the Nvidia driver are you using? The GTX 200's were retired from current driver support a year ago, and I have no idea how (or if) they behave with an updated Nvidia driver today.

http://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-ends-full-driver-support-for-legacy-gpus-older-than-the-gtx-400

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My gtx 260 won't "ramp up." When idle it lowers clocks to save power and what not but when I turn on something demanding the clocks stay the same, which is way low. I get 9 fps on furmark 720p no AA with this crap happening. Help anyone?

What temperature is the card operating at?

You can use HWMonitor or GPUZ to watch it. My 7970 was doing the same thing because as soon as it ramped up the core temp would spike to 97C and throttle down.

It wouldn't throttle back up until I rebooted the system.

Had to take it apart and repaste/pad it.

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What temperature is the card operating at?

You can use HWMonitor or GPUZ to watch it. My 7970 was doing the same thing because as soon as it ramped up the core temp would spike to 97C and throttle down.

It wouldn't throttle back up until I rebooted the system.

Had to take it apart and repaste/pad it.

It probably is the thermal paste drying out, would be a good idea to use new compound.

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What temperature is the card operating at?

You can use HWMonitor or GPUZ to watch it. My 7970 was doing the same thing because as soon as it ramped up the core temp would spike to 97C and throttle down.

It wouldn't throttle back up until I rebooted the system.

Had to take it apart and repaste/pad it.

The temps are fine, I replaced the thermal paste bout a year ago and it runs @ about 65 celsius max.

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You can better upgrade your GPU.

I wish I could bro.

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The temps are fine, I replaced the thermal paste bout a year ago and it runs @ about 65 celsius max.

Ahh, ok, good.

Drivers then maybe? It was mentioned by someone else that they removed the 200 series from the latest drivers. Maybe roll back a few revisions?

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Ahh, ok, good.

Drivers then maybe? It was mentioned by someone else that they removed the 200 series from the latest drivers. Maybe roll back a few revisions?

Well I got a new driver update a day ago, so I think they still support 200 series. They said on their website they support way back to the 8000 series with drivers still. 

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