980 ti randomly underclocks itself.

[The Thumbless Terror]

I have a 980ti and it randomly decides to underclock itself to around 500 mhz and stay there. I have to disable it then reenable it to get it to go back to stock clocks. Iv tried redoing drivers iv checked temps pretty much everything I can think  of. It has never been overclocked so its not an unstable overclock. 

Pc.speccy

[suchamoneypit]

it will do this when it isn't working hard to save power. It should go to the proper speeds when under load in a game or something. My 390X is running at 300mhz right now.

 

 

what is that file you linked?

[The Thumbless Terror]

Yeah it stays there though even when I launch up a game no clue why. I use cam to monitor it in game.

[DeChanimal]

Is it affecting the performance in game, the GPU will not ramp up unless it really needs to.

[paprikman]

1 minute ago, The Thumbless Terror said:

Yeah it stays there though even when I launch up a game no clue why. I use cam to monitor it in game.

Did you try to see what powersaving settings in your system you have?

Also, it can be system bios configuration.

[The Thumbless Terror]

Yes very much so was getting 144 frames in battlefield beta for example then I dropped to around 27 frames.

[The Thumbless Terror]

Just now, paprikman said:

Did you try to see what powersaving settings in your system you have?

Also, it can be system bios configuration.

Iv got it on max power in nvidia control panel also set my fans to fixed at 100% to make sure it wasn't a heat problem. In windows its in high performance.

[DeChanimal]

 

1 minute ago, paprikman said:

Did you try to see what powersaving settings in your system you have?

Also, it can be system bios configuration.

Also, if using Windows, it can be the power setting being at the power saving function rather than the balanced or High Performance.

[The Thumbless Terror]

Just now, STUTUTU TURBO said:

 

Also, if using Windows, it can be the power setting being at the power saving function rather than the balanced or High Performance.

I checked there its at high performance.

[paprikman]

Just now, STUTUTU TURBO said:

 

Also, if using Windows, it can be the power setting being at the power saving function rather than the balanced or High Performance.

And it also can be in-game setting, which you have in many modern games.

[DeChanimal]

Is the card drawing enough power from the power supply? Although that can be hard to check.

[The Thumbless Terror]

Just now, paprikman said:

And it also can be in-game setting, which you have in many modern games.

It does it in multiple games just happens randomly.

[paprikman]

Just now, The Thumbless Terror said:

It does it in multiple games just happens randomly.

Can you describe the moment when it started to be like that? Maybe there was some driver or software update?

It can be sometimes with nvidia experience, which loves to change game settings on its own.

[DeChanimal]

Also, is there any program interfering with the cards clock, as I remember correctly NZXT CAM has overclocking feature.

[The Thumbless Terror]

It randomly started in about may I think after I got out of the hospital so I dont know if maybe something updated while I wasnt home or what but Iv tried multiple drivers so cant really pinpoint anything.

[The Thumbless Terror]

1 minute ago, STUTUTU TURBO said:

Also, is there any program interfering with the cards clock, as I remember correctly NZXT CAM has overclocking feature.

Cam is set to stock no overclocking setting or anything.

[DeChanimal]

Do you have any other program that will interfere with settings, or could the system bios interfering with the clock speeds?

[The Thumbless Terror]

Just now, STUTUTU TURBO said:

Do you have any other program that will interfere with settings, or could the system bios interfering with the clock speeds?

No clue about bios but a couple weeks ago when I was in another of my troubleshooting bouts I uninstalled anything that should have anything to do with it. Only thing on my pc was gpu-z and it still did it. If it was bios wouldn't it do it consistently? Iv had it not do it for days then do it 3 times in a day no ryhme or reason.

[Link8451]

Have you tried switching pci e ports to a different one to see if it's the port itself 

 

[DeChanimal]

I  think that the card could be on a bad driver release on Nvidias' side try rolling back to a driver you know that is stable.

[The Thumbless Terror]

1 minute ago, youtuber1744 said:

Have you tried switching pci e ports to a different one to see if it's the port itself 

 

That I have not tried dont know if it will fit in my other pci-e slot though I have a power supply basement and stuff installed on top of it I will try it if we cant isolate any other causes.

[The Thumbless Terror]

1 minute ago, STUTUTU TURBO said:

I  think that the card could be on a bad driver release on Nvidias' side try rolling back to a driver you know that is stable.

Iv tried on drivers 369 up to 372.70 no change still happens randomly.

[DeChanimal]

2 minutes ago, The Thumbless Terror said:

That I have not tried dont know if it will fit in my other pci-e slot though I have a power supply basement and stuff installed on top of it I will try it if we cant isolate any other causes.

I think that is highly improbable considering that the computer seems to be built for some time. If it was bad pcie it will be noticeable in the first couple of weeks after it is built.

[The Thumbless Terror]

Just now, STUTUTU TURBO said:

I think that is highly improbable considering that the computer seems to be built for some time. If it was bad pcie it will be noticeable in the first couple of weeks after it is built.

Yes have had this pc since september of 2015.

[DeChanimal]

Just now, The Thumbless Terror said:

Yes have had this pc since september of 2015.

As I said earlier try rolling back drivers to a build you know that is stable and see if that fixes it since you don't know if the Nvidia Experience could have auto update your driver.