1070 Performance issues :(

[Supersonic Muffin]

Hi guys - I recently 'upgraded' from a 660ti x2 SLI to a nice shiny EVGA 1070 FTW  card and.... and well; the performance increase is pretty mediocre at 1080p...

the 1070 seems to be sitting around 50-80% load in a few games, mainly GTA V and the FPS suffers because of this - CPU usage is only around 70% - although some games have it around 90%... such as Mafia III  (this is about the same with both GPU setups...)

 

Im kinda disappointed with the results so far... is there anything I'm missing out? I did re install all drivers etc when changing cards.   -  Why is the 1070 not loading up even though the temps, power and cpu should not be bottle-necking it at 1080? I have even seen the FPS go up when switching to 1440p (DSR) as the GPU acually loads up to 98-100%! 

 

 

Ugh, please help me guys! 

 

 

 

CPU is an I7 3770k @ 4.0 GHz - although it will OC to 5.2 when I get around to replacing my waterpump and re-watercooling it (on stock cooler right now)

 

RAM - 16 GB @ 1600 MHz 

  

 

(See the attached Benchmarks)

 

 

 

 

[8-Bit Ninja]

cpu bottleneck, which will happen with basically any card at 1080p. Not really much you can do about it 

[Supersonic Muffin]

Just now, 8-Bit Ninja said:

cpu bottleneck, which will happen with basically any card at 1080p. Not really much you can do about it 

would it be a good idea to run with 1440p and DSR do you think? ..I am planning on upgrading to a 1440p monitor in the new year, hence the 1070

[3 Lions]

Try overclocking it I've got my GTX 1070 stable at 2050MHz with a +400 on the memory. 

[8-Bit Ninja]

1 minute ago, Supersonic Muffin said:

would it be a good idea to run with 1440p and DSR do you think? ..I am planning on upgrading to a 1440p monitor in the new year, hence the 1070

should help a bit, but that cpu is still going to bottleneck 

[Supersonic Muffin]

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Try overclocking it I've got my GTX 1070 stable at 2050MHz with a +400 on the memory. 

Mine is OC'd to 2075 MHz - I have found the load just goes down even more when I up the OC and the FPS stays the same - yet the CPU usage still is pretty low...

 

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, Supersonic Muffin said:

Mine is OC'd to 2075 MHz - I have found the load just goes down even more when I up the OC and the FPS stays the same - yet the CPU usage still is pretty low...

 

Strange 

[Supersonic Muffin]

Just now, 8-Bit Ninja said:

should help a bit, but that cpu is still going to bottleneck 

wow - would OC'ing it to around 5GHz make much differnce? I would think It would be trading blows with a 6700 at that point? 

[8-Bit Ninja]

1 minute ago, Supersonic Muffin said:

wow - would OC'ing it to around 5GHz make much differnce? I would think It would be trading blows with a 6700 at that point? 

you're not going to get 5ghz unless you've won the silicon lottery 

[Supersonic Muffin]

2 minutes ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

you're not going to get 5ghz unless you've won the silicon lottery 

I did - I ran the CPU at 5.2 for over a year with no issues... until my waterpump died and I've since pulled back to 3.5 with 4.0 boost

[8-Bit Ninja]

Just now, Supersonic Muffin said:

I did - I ran the CPU at 5.2 for over a year with no issues... until my waterpump died and I've since pulled back to 3.5 with 4.0 boost

5.2!!!!!!! fuck me sideways, then yes go for it, it will help with the bottleneck

[Velvet Revolver]

7 minutes ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

should help a bit, but that cpu is still going to bottleneck 

you got to look at the through put of that cpu. IPC I think is the term.

[Supersonic Muffin]

Just now, 8-Bit Ninja said:

5.2!!!!!!! fuck me sideways, then yes go for it, it will help with the bottleneck

ahah - I'll have to get the water cooling back up and running and I'll give it a go... 

 

 

[8-Bit Ninja]

Just now, Supersonic Muffin said:

ahah - I'll have to get the water cooling back up and running and I'll give it a go... 

 

 

please do because that's crazy high

[Supersonic Muffin]

Just now, 8-Bit Ninja said:

please do because that's crazy high

aha yea that's why I have held onto so long to be honest  -  recon I'd be back near 6700 levels at that point? 

 

[8-Bit Ninja]

Just now, Supersonic Muffin said:

aha yea that's why I have held onto so long to be honest  -  recon I'd be back near 6700 levels at that point? 

 

definitely

[Supersonic Muffin]

Just now, 8-Bit Ninja said:

definitely

 I just hope it is the CPU bottnecking then - yet I get the issue even when the load is @ 50..ish percent.. I think all cores were at similar levels too... 

[Supersonic Muffin]

3 minutes ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

definitely

This screenshot is from 2014.. just before I got the extra MHz out of it..although it does get toasty - the voltage was.... reasonable... 

[AdamH96]

6 minutes ago, Supersonic Muffin said:

This screenshot is from 2014.. just before I got the extra MHz out of it..although it does get toasty - the voltage was.... reasonable... 

I'd suggest getting a lager rad for that CPU, possibly the H105/H110 or any other 240/280 dual fan rad. probably get those temp a bit lower.

[Supersonic Muffin]

1 minute ago, AdamHolt96 said:

I'd suggest getting a lager rad for that CPU, possibly the H105/H110 or any other 240/280 dual fan rad. probably get those temp a bit lower.

yea.. that is defiantly a good point!  

[3 Lions]

2 minutes ago, AdamHolt96 said:

I'd suggest getting a lager rad for that CPU, possibly the H105/H110 or any other 240/280 dual fan rad. probably get those temp a bit lower.

Or do a custom loop 

[Supersonic Muffin]

It's something I would do.. but £££