GTX 970 not boosting?

[xDanielxOossiex]

Hey guys!

I was playing Bf4 and The Crew on a LAN party and I saw that my gpu has a slower core clock when in these games (it doesn't happen with GTA5).

When I'm on desktop, the core clock is higher than when in-game.

When I'm playing a game, the gpu is under 100% load, and 40 degrees celcius.

[Benji_w]

7 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Hey guys!

I was playing Bf4 and The Crew on a LAN party and I saw that my gpu has a slower core clock when in these games (it doesn't happen with GTA5).

When I'm on desktop, the core clock is higher than when in-game.

When I'm playing a game, the gpu is under 100% load, and 40 degrees celcius.

Download GPUZ and look on sensors and tell us what PerfCap you get.

[xDanielxOossiex]

2 minutes ago, Benji_w said:

Download GPUZ and look on sensors and tell us what PerfCap you get.

When in a game, or when no game is running?

[xDanielxOossiex]

29 minutes ago, Benji_w said:

Download GPUZ and look on sensors and tell us what PerfCap you get.

Can you answer please?

[Benji_w]

11 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Can you answer please?

In a game... C'mon do I really need to hold your hand with this?

[xDanielxOossiex]

2 hours ago, Benji_w said:

In a game... C'mon do I really need to hold your hand with this?

Sorry, I don't even know what PerfCap is. But I was afk for a bit. I'm going do it now.

[xDanielxOossiex]

When Battlefield 4 isn't running, it says Util.

When Battlefield is running, it says Pwr.

[Benji_w]

1 minute ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

When Battlefield 4 isn't running, it says Util.

When Battlefield is running, it says Pwr.

Ok PWR PerfCap means you GPU isn't getting enough power (volts) to sustain the clock speed you want to hit. Turn up your volts in MSI Afterburner.

[xDanielxOossiex]

1 minute ago, Benji_w said:

Ok PWR PerfCap means you GPU isn't getting enough power (volts) to sustain the clock speed you want to hit. Turn up your volts in MSI Afterburner.

By how much should I increase it?

[Benji_w]

1 minute ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

By how much should I increase it?

Each GPU is different, turn it up bit by bit until the PWR PerfCap no longer shows up. If adding more voltage no longer helps then reduce your clockspeed. Also in MSI Afterburner turn up your power limit to the highest it will go.

[xDanielxOossiex]

4 minutes ago, Benji_w said:

Each GPU is different, turn it up bit by bit until the PWR PerfCap no longer shows up. If adding more voltage no longer helps then reduce your clockspeed. Also in MSI Afterburner turn up your power limit to the highest it will go.

I think I have some different settings. In MSI Afterburner, I see:

Core Voltage (mV) - +35

Core clock (Mhz) - +0

Shader clock (Mhz) - I can't slide the slider

Memory clock (Mhz) - +0

Fan speed (%) - I have it on 60% all the time.

[Benji_w]

2 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

I think I have some different settings. In MSI Afterburner, I see:

Core Voltage (mV) - +35

Core clock (Mhz) - +0

Shader clock (Mhz) - I can't slide the slider

Memory clock (Mhz) - +0

Fan speed (%) - I have it on 60% all the time.

You might need to go into the options/settings to unlock your voltage settings and power options. I have a modded bios to run 1670MHz on the core and 8000MHz memory so my MSI Afterburner looks wonky.

[Majestic]

3 hours ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Hey guys!

I was playing Bf4 and The Crew on a LAN party and I saw that my gpu has a slower core clock when in these games (it doesn't happen with GTA5).

When I'm on desktop, the core clock is higher than when in-game.

When I'm playing a game, the gpu is under 100% load, and 40 degrees celcius.

What coreclock is it actually running? Because it can't be anywhere near what it's supposed to with temps like that.

18 minutes ago, Benji_w said:

Ok PWR PerfCap means you GPU isn't getting enough power (volts) to sustain the clock speed you want to hit. Turn up your volts in MSI Afterburner.

He said 40 degrees under 100% load. That doesn'st strike you as odd? And might have something to do other than the millivolts?

[xDanielxOossiex]

4 minutes ago, Benji_w said:

You might need to go into the options/settings to unlock your voltage settings and power options. I have a modded bios to run 1670MHz on the core and 8000MHz memory so my MSI Afterburner looks wonky.

I re-installed it, now I see power limit.

[Benji_w]

1 minute ago, Majestic said:

What coreclock is it actually running? Because it can't be anywhere near what it's supposed to with temps like that.

He said 40 degrees under 100% load. That doesn'st strike you as odd? And might have something to do other than the millivolts?

Yeah... he's hitting a PWR PerfCap like he said, so it's not boosting and running cool, he's at 60% fan speed too that's a very fast speed.

[xDanielxOossiex]

Find out it the power limit was on 50%. Now set it to 110%

[Majestic]

4 minutes ago, Benji_w said:

Yeah... he's hitting a PWR PerfCap like he said, so it's not boosting and running cool, he's at 60% fan speed too that's a very fast speed.

No it's probably running some low power clock due to the card either not physically receiving power (I.E. improper PEG connector) or the GPU is stuck at P8 or P12.

 

EDIT: or he's a bellend and set the power limit to 50%...

[Benji_w]

2 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Find out it the power limit was on 50%. Now set it to 110%

Okay now relaunch a game and see what the core speed and memory clocks hit. Also see what the PerfCaps pop up.

[Benji_w]

3 minutes ago, Majestic said:

No it's probably running some low power clock due to the card either not physically receiving power (I.E. improper PEG connector) or the GPU is stuck at P8 or P12.

 

EDIT: or he's a bellend and set the power limit to 50%...

Actually it was probably set to 50% from stock? No need to call OP a bellend, most 970s are very low power state cards and heavily restricted for it. 

[Majestic]

Just now, Benji_w said:

Actually it was probably set to 50% from stock? No need to call OP a bellend, most 970s are very low power state cards and heavily restricted for it. 

No, they never roll out of the factory with 50% powertargets. His signature features overclocking stats, he fiddled with it and got stuff wrong.

[Benji_w]

3 minutes ago, Majestic said:

No, they never roll out of the factory with 50% powertargets. His signature features overclocking stats, he fiddled with it and got stuff wrong.

My EVGA 970 didn't have full power target I had to unlock it in MSI AB, then increase it with a custom bios...

[Majestic]

1 minute ago, Benji_w said:

My EVGA 970 didn't have full power target I had to unlock it in MSI AB, then increase it with a custom bios...

But that's from 108 or 112 to 130%. Not from 50% to 100%. How is this relevant.

[Benji_w]

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

But that's from 108 or 112 to 130%. Not from 50% to 100%. How is this relevant.

It was nowhere near 100 mate... That's why it's relevant. 

[Majestic]

2 minutes ago, Benji_w said:

It was nowhere near 100 mate... That's why it's relevant. 

But it would still boost up to where it was supposed to, and it still wasn't 50%. I'd say EVGA is pretty damn stupid to ship a unit that can't compete in out-of-the-box testing by reviewers. And EVGA isn't stupid.

 

Your problem with powertargets would only be a deal with overclocking.

[Benji_w]

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

But it would still boost up to where it was supposed to, and it still wasn't 50%. I'd say EVGA is pretty damn stupid to ship a unit that can't compete in out-of-the-box testing by reviewers.

 

Your problem with powertargets would only be a deal with overclocking.

Not everyone is a genius like you mate, he tried clocking it but didn't increase is Power target, I've been there myself. So I must be a nob head too because I didn't instantly know how to overclock the 970? Please, impart all your wisdom, maybe you can do that probe thing that Paul does in the film and instantly drops all the universes secrets on to the main characters.