970 underpreforming

[aslan501]

yes im aware that this is a duplicate thread the other one got so off topic it wasn't even worth it 

also it is all games preforming worse than my r9 270 oc to 1002 mhz

 

 

so i just got a new 970 and after i got all the drivers and un instaled my old amd drivers i booted up csgo and it was runing at about 30 - 50 fps on max settings 1080p anyone know a way to fix this? 

 

 

link to 970 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814133620

 

 

my setup is 

cpu - amd fx 8350 @ 4.2

cooler - hyper 212

gpu - pny gtx 970

mobo - msi 970 gaming

psu - cx600

 

[Benji_w]

What are your temps like while gaming? Do you know?

 

 

yes im aware that this is a duplicate thread the other one got so off topic it wasn't even worth it 

also it is all games preforming worse than my r9 270 oc to 1002 mhz

 

 

so i just got a new 970 and after i got all the drivers and un instaled my old amd drivers i booted up csgo and it was runing at about 30 - 50 fps on max settings 1080p anyone know a way to fix this? 

 

 

link to 970 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814133620

 

 

my setup is 

cpu - amd fx 8350 @ 4.2

cooler - hyper 212

gpu - pny gtx 970

mobo - msi 970 gaming

psu - cx600

 

[suchamoneypit]

you should run 3D mark (free demo on steam) firestrike benchmark, what is it scoring?

 

what are temps and usage like? It is a blower-cooler and it may be running into thermal issues.

[ZetZet]

Since you reinstalled the drivers a couple of times I think you came up to the point where windows reinstall would be easiest way to solve it.

 

Other solutions require way too much digging. 

[Frosty]

Is the 970 even reaching it's maximum frequency in game? That game isn't particularly demanding and it may be reducing it's frequency based on the load.

[aslan501]

Since you reinstalled the drivers a couple of times I think you came up to the point where windows reinstall would be easiest way to solve it.

 

Other solutions require way too much digging. 

may try

[r1Ns3]

Is the 970 even reaching it's maximum frequency in game? That game isn't particularly demanding and it may be reducing it's frequency based on the load.

Yea exactly what I was thinking, you might have to manually set the clock speed yourself disabling turbo somehow.

[Benji_w]

Since you reinstalled the drivers a couple of times I think you came up to the point where windows reinstall would be easiest way to solve it.

 

Other solutions require way too much digging. 

 

What about if it's not a windows issue and a reinstall would just waste loads of time?

[Benji_w]

may try

 

Might not be a windows issue, doing a reinstall would be silly.

[Morgan MLGman]

What about if it's not a windows issue and a reinstall would just waste loads of time?

It might be the PSU considering he's got a CX, it's definitely possible

[ZetZet]

Is the 970 even reaching it's maximum frequency in game? That game isn't particularly demanding and it may be reducing it's frequency based on the load.

That makes no sense. It should just pump out more frames. It's not a laptop.

 

What about if it's not a windows issue and a reinstall would just waste loads of time?

He had an AMD gpu with AMD graphics drivers and now switched to Nvidia gpu with Nvidia drivers. 

 

Drivers are exceptionally messy things, I think starting fresh would be the fastest way to a solution, the opposite of wasting time. 

[r1Ns3]

Since you reinstalled the drivers a couple of times I think you came up to the point where windows reinstall would be easiest way to solve it.

 

Other solutions require way too much digging. 

Windows reinstall? what? That's jumping quite far, I would try reinstalling the game, monitoring temperatures, doing some benchmarks and comparing to others, trying other games to see performance, monitoring clock speeds to see if its under-clocking itself.

 

I think that your card is thermal throttling or it doesn't see CSGO as a very intensive game so it isn't ramping up the clock speed.

[Benji_w]

It might be the PSU considering he's got a CX, it's definitely possible

 

He had an AMD 270 in there before hand surely the 970 uses less watts?

[r1Ns3]

What about if it's not a windows issue and a reinstall would just waste loads of time?

Might not be a windows issue, doing a reinstall would be silly.

Exactly what I was thinking, windows issue is just to try and fix driver issues but I doubt this is a driver issue since OP has updated drivers successfully.

[Benji_w]

Windows reinstall? what? That's jumping quite far, I would try reinstalling the game, monitoring temperatures, doing some benchmarks and comparing to others, trying other games to see performance, monitoring clock speeds to see if its under-clocking itself.

 

I think that your card is thermal throttling or it doesn't see CSGO as a very intensive game so it isn't ramping up the clock speed.

 

Mine ramps up in CSGO and I get good usage so there is another issue here, possibly a faulty card in all honesty.

[ZetZet]

Windows reinstall? what? That's jumping quite far, I would try reinstalling the game, monitoring temperatures, doing some benchmarks and comparing to others, trying other games to see performance, monitoring clock speeds to see if its under-clocking itself.

 

I think that your card is thermal throttling or it doesn't see CSGO as a very intensive game so it isn't ramping up the clock speed.

He tried more games, he reinstalled drivers. Temperatures make no sense, they should only come into effect when he runs the game for a little bit and it would be obvious dip in the performance, not instantly low fps.

 

He had an AMD 270 in there before hand surely the 970 uses less watts?

no, about the same.

[manikyath]

so, i just want to mention that my valley benchmarks (970 strix, i7) are considerably better than those of any 970 i can find on the forum paired with an amd FX chip.

[Benji_w]

 

He tried more games, he reinstalled drivers. Temperatures make no sense, they should only come into effect when he runs the game for a little bit and it would be obvious. 

 

no, about the same.

 

 

Temps do matter on 9xx GPUs due to GPU boost.

[ZetZet]

Temps do matter on 9xx GPUs due to GPU boost.

The game should still run for a while on high framerates before massive throttling sets in. And I doubt there would ever be massive throttling because of temps, it's not like he is running it without a cooler at all.

[Morgan MLGman]

He had an AMD 270 in there before hand surely the 970 uses less watts?

Yeah, a 270 uses around 140 watts of power, a 970 can get up to twice as much if you overclock it

[Benji_w]

so, i just want to mention that my valley benchmarks (970 strix, i7) are considerably better than those of any 970 i can find on the forum paired with an amd FX chip.

 

This is neither useful or going to answer the OP's issue, it is simply EPeen measuring and the valley benchmark thread is the place to post your results etc. One thread has already been derailed by intel elitists hence the creation of this one.

[r1Ns3]

He had an AMD 270 in there before hand surely the 970 uses less watts?

The GTX 970 uses around 150 watts, and the 270 uses exactly 150 as well according to some user tests.

[App4that]

so, i just want to mention that my valley benchmarks (970 strix, i7) are considerably better than those of any 970 i can find on the forum paired with an amd FX chip.

Valley uses a single core, and is not representative of gaming. It's just a useful tool for overclocking to find gains and test stability.

[Benji_w]

The GTX 970 uses around 150 watts, and the 270 uses exactly 150 as well according to some user tests.

 

So we could rule out the PSU, I say return the card or test it in another system (friend's system?).

[ZetZet]

Yeah, a 270 uses around 140 watts of power, a 970 can get up to twice as much if you overclock it

lol wat. most bs post in forum 2016 edition. I am screenshotting this one.