Random clock speed issues with 980ti

[Kilage]

Okay so, I'll be doing my thing, playing games, watching movies ect, then out of nowhere everything starts lagging. I did a little troubleshooting and I found out that for some reason, with no noticeable triggers, my GPU clock will go to 405mhz and GPU memory clock will go to 810mhz and wont raise no matter what. I have a 980ti SC+ that has a GPU default clock of 1102mhz and a default memory clock of 3505mhz. The only thing I've found that fixes the problem is restarting my computer, but I'd rather not have to do that 4 times a day. Any help pls?

 

[Uptivuptiz]

Have you tried to delete and then reinstall the drivers?

[Kilage]

Just now, simonbyrial said:

Have you tried to delete and then reinstall the drivers?

I have not, but I want to try and find the issue so I know how to fix it if it happens again. And I'm curious.

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, Dale B said:

I have not, but I want to try and find the issue so I know how to fix it if it happens again. And I'm curious.

Ok got it. Gimme some time...

[Imakuni]

The problem is the driver. For some reason, the card THINKS it doesn't need as much power and goes into P5 rather than P0; problem is, it get's locked there.

 

Now, no one knows the cause of this. If it was known (or at the very least a way to consistently reproduce it), Nvidia would have fixed it by now, for it has been here ever since the 970/980 launch on Maxwell cards. It's a known problem with no known cause or permanent solution.

 

But at the very least, there's a temporary fix to it. All you have to do is reboot the driver. Obviously, a driver reinstal / full system reboot would do, but you don't need to go that far. The usual device manager disable / enable thing works, but as a quicker alternative, just get GPU-Z and press the "Extract Bios" button. Say yes and you are done, it'll reset the driver for you. No need to save the actual bios file; so long as the window pops up, you've accomplished what you set out to do.

 

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, Imakuni said:

The problem is the driver. For some reason, the card THINKS it doesn't need as much power and goes into P5 rather than P0; problem is, it get's locked there.

 

Now, no one knows the cause of this. If it was known (or at the very least a way to consistently reproduce it), Nvidia would have fixed it by now, for it has been here ever since the 970/980 launch on Maxwell cards. It's a known problem with no known cause or permanent solution.

 

At the very least, there's a temporary fix to it. All you have to do is reboot the driver. Obviously, a driver reinstal / full system reboot would do, but you don't need to go that far. The usual device manager disable / enable thing works, but as a quicker alternative, just get GPU-Z and press the "Extract Bios" button. Say yes and you are done, it'll reset the driver for you. No need to save the actual bios file; so long as the window pops up, you've accomplished what you set out to do.

 

Ok, so i was partly right.  Good job man!

[Kilage]

3 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

The problem is the driver. For some reason, the card THINKS it doesn't need as much power and goes into P5 rather than P0; problem is, it get's locked there.

 

Now, no one knows the cause of this. If it was known (or at the very least a way to consistently reproduce it), Nvidia would have fixed it by now, for it has been here ever since the 970/980 launch on Maxwell cards. It's a known problem with no known cause or permanent solution.

 

At the very least, there's a temporary fix to it. All you have to do is reboot the driver. Obviously, a driver reinstal / full system reboot would do, but you don't need to go that far. The usual device manager disable / enable thing works, but as a quicker alternative, just get GPU-Z and press the "Extract Bios" button. Say yes and you are done, it'll reset the driver for you. No need to save the actual bios file; so long as the window pops up, you've accomplished what you set out to do.

 

Thanks for the info! I just downloaded GPU-Z and I can't seem to find the Extract Bios button. Closest thing I can find is the Save Bios button.

[Imakuni]

Just now, Dale B said:

Thanks for the info! I just downloaded GPU-Z and I can't seem to find the Extract Bios button. Closest thing I can find is the Save Bios button.

Same thing.

[Kilage]

2 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Same thing.

It worked thanks!

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, Dale B said:

It worked thanks!

Good for you!