Degrading performance

[Emkryan]

So I've had my ASUS ENGTX460 for a year and a half and it's a great card. But I've been noticing for a bit now that my FPS is dropping, The only game i notice this in is L4D2 since I've been playing that game since release. I remember when the card would never drop below 90 fps no matter what. Now if I'm right in a pool of fire or right in the middle of a bunch of trees I go below 60fps sometimes. My psu is a OCZ ZT continuous 550Watt Bronze and hasn't given me a problem ever. So could it be gpu die itself degrading? (btw I have never overclocked it or done heavy benching) Or the power delivery?

[Drethstoff]

Doesn't seem to be a problem with the card. Did you upgrade your drivers? Sometimes new releases of drivers can cause other games to perform worse than they used too.

[Emkryan]

Doesn't seem to be a problem with the card. Did you upgrade your drivers? Sometimes new releases of drivers can cause other games to perform worse than they used too.

Yea I always download the newest drivers in hopes that they will do something for my 400 card

[the_devil52]

It could be overheating if it hasn't been cleaned for a while.

[Emkryan]

It could be overheating if it hasn't been cleaned for a while.

it stays idle at around 35-40 and never goes above 70

[the_devil52]

Hmm, well like Drethstoff said, it could just be a driver issue. I suppose the card could be degrading but usually they just die without warning or start BSODing rather than slowly lowering the FPS.

[Drethstoff]

Doesn't seem to be a problem with the card. Did you upgrade your drivers? Sometimes new releases of drivers can cause other games to perform worse than they used too.

I wouldn't be surprised if the drivers you downloaded are causing the problem. I had a similar problem with portal 2 with a new version of the drivers a while back. You could always install older drivers.

[Emkryan]

Doesn't seem to be a problem with the card. Did you upgrade your drivers? Sometimes new releases of drivers can cause other games to perform worse than they used too.

The oldest drivers I can find are the 306.23 drivers that came out in September. Would those help at all?

[mvitkun]

The oldest drivers I can find are the 306.23 drivers that came out in September. Would those help at all?

try these

301.42

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html

295.10

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html

285.62

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html

275.33

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html

265.90

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-...ql-driver.html

[hiyayhi]

Sounds strange, could be drivers but if you have been noticing the problem over many different drivers I doubt it. It could be a degrading card but as others have said that doesn't usually happen. Try the drivers from september but I doubt it will help.

Another Idea is that the card might have some dud solder and although I would be loathe to do it Baking the card could be a solution.

[Emkryan]

The oldest drivers I can find are the 306.23 drivers that came out in September. Would those help at all?

try these 301.42 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 295.10 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 285.62 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 275.33 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 265.90 http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-...ql-driver.html

Holy crap thanks dude!

[mvitkun]

The oldest drivers I can find are the 306.23 drivers that came out in September. Would those help at all?

try these 301.42 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 295.10 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 285.62 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 275.33 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 265.90 http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-...ql-driver.html

Holy crap thanks dude!

no problem.

also as said above baking the card is one solution,you could also try bumping up the voltage a bit in msi afterburner,evga precision,asus gpu tweak,etc.maybe by around 20-30Mv and see if it's doing better,older cards can benefit from a small voltage bump

[Emkryan]

The oldest drivers I can find are the 306.23 drivers that came out in September. Would those help at all?

try these 301.42 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 295.10 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 285.62 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 275.33 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 265.90 http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-...ql-driver.html

Holy crap thanks dude!

Afterburner wont let me change voltage but ill DL the others and see whats good

[the_devil52]

Baking the card could be a solution

Linus tried that. It didn't work.

[Emkryan]

Baking the card could be a solution

Linus tried that. It didn't work.

Linus' card was flat out dead. Must have been a dead cap or vreg's