nvidia drivers crap maxwell performance

[Savage Tech]

I have been noticing with the latest nvidia drivers that they have been running like crap on maxwell on my end. I am currently getting 25fps on gta v with a gtx 980....... I have tried reinstalling the drivers multiple times. Also I have tried reinstalling the game multiple times no change any ideas or just trash drivers  

[Skiiwee29]

This is something they do unfortunately. Best bet is to install a driver from before Pascal launch to have maximum efficiency for your Maxwell card. Drivers are no longer optimized from Maxwell so they get left in the dirt the longer time moves forward. 

[Savage Tech]

Just now, legacy99 said:

This is something they do unfortunately. Best bet is to install a driver from before Pascal launch to have maximum efficiency for your Maxwell card. Drivers are no longer optimized from Maxwell so they get left in the dirt the longer time moves forward. 

so sell the 980 and buy a rx 480

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Savage Tech said:

so sell the 980 and buy a rx 480

no, RX480 is technically a down grade since it performs on par with a 970. If you want to upgrade hardware instead of downgrading software side, upgrade to a 1060 or 1070. 

[Savage Tech]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

This is something they do unfortunately. Best bet is to install a driver from before Pascal launch to have maximum efficiency for your Maxwell card. Drivers are no longer optimized from Maxwell so they get left in the dirt the longer time moves forward. 

so i wasted $500 a year and half ago 

[Savage Tech]

Just now, legacy99 said:

no, RX480 is technically a down grade since it performs on par with a 970. If you want to upgrade hardware instead of downgrading software side, upgrade to a 1060 or 1070. 

oh wait i'm broke 

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Savage Tech said:

so i wasted $500 a year and half ago 

no, just downgrade your drivers to an older version and it will improve your performance. You can also try using DDU to do a full wipe of video drivers and install fresh to see if that helps improve performance as well. 

[Savage Tech]

Just now, legacy99 said:

no, RX480 is technically a down grade since it performs on par with a 970. If you want to upgrade hardware instead of downgrading software side, upgrade to a 1060 or 1070. 

the 480 is on par with the 980 with amd who is actually making good drivers now 

[Savage Tech]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

no, just downgrade your drivers to an older version and it will improve your performance. You can also try using DDU to do a full wipe of video drivers and install fresh to see if that helps improve performance as well. 

what about newer games 

[Aytex]

What CPU do you have?

[Savage Tech]

Just now, Aytex said:

What CPU do you have?

6700k @4.6ghz

16gddr4 

[xDylanio]

i have a 980 ti and ive also noticed decrease in smoothness

[Enderman]

10 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

This is something they do unfortunately. Best bet is to install a driver from before Pascal launch to have maximum efficiency for your Maxwell card. Drivers are no longer optimized from Maxwell so they get left in the dirt the longer time moves forward. 

My 770 gets the same or better performance than the day I bought it.

OP is having some issue with the game, or his card is throttling or something.

[Savage Tech]

Just now, xDylanio said:

i have a 980 ti and ive also noticed decrease in smoothness

I lost 30-40fps in the 2nd to last one but this one has me fed up 

[Savage Tech]

Just now, Enderman said:

My 770 gets the same or better performance than the day I bought it.

OP is having some issue with the game, or his card is throttling or something.

it's not i reset the gpu in msi afterburner to confirm this 

[Enderman]

Just now, Savage Tech said:

it's not i reset the gpu in msi afterburner to confirm this 

Uh, that's not how you check for throttling...

 

Are you sure you know what throttling is?

[Savage Tech]

Just now, Enderman said:

Uh, that's not how you check for throttling...

 

Are you sure you know what throttling is?

yes 

[Savage Tech]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Uh, that's not how you check for throttling...

 

Are you sure you know what throttling is?

my cards peaks in the high 60s in a stress test...

[Enderman]

6 minutes ago, Savage Tech said:

yes 

Nope.

5 minutes ago, Savage Tech said:

my cards peaks in the high 60s in a stress test...

That's not how you check throttling.

There are more ways than just temps that can cause a GPU to throttle.

First look at the GPU usage, if you see something like this then you have an issue.

Also notice the core clock isn't at it's regular speed.

Power limit throttling is also possible.

 

Often it is not a problem with the GPU drivers or card, it is the game or windows.

 

It sounds to me like you have a lot more troubleshooting to do before making false claims like "drivers crap performance".

[Savage Tech]

7 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Nope.

That's not how you check throttling.

There are more ways than just temps that can cause a GPU to throttle.

First look at the GPU usage, if you see something like this then you have an issue.

Also notice the core clock isn't at it's regular speed.

Power limit throttling is also possible.

 

Often it is not a problem with the GPU drivers or card, it is the game or windows.

 

It sounds to me like you have a lot more troubleshooting to do before making false claims like "drivers crap performance".

[Enderman]

5 minutes ago, Savage Tech said:

 

You have two GPUs?

Did you forget to enable SLI or something or does GTA not have multi-GPU?

[Savage Tech]

Just now, Enderman said:

You have two GPUs?

Did you forget to enable SLI or something or does GTA not have multi-GPU?

i'm using the igpu for my 2 other monitors I have 

[Savage Tech]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

You have two GPUs?

Did you forget to enable SLI or something or does GTA not have multi-GPU?

I have the i gpu for my other 2 monitors 

[Enderman]

Just now, Savage Tech said:

I have the i gpu for my other 2 monitors 

Ok, have you tried reinstalling the game?

Can you show a pic of task manager and faster burner with the game not running and then another one with the game running?

When did you start having the fps issues?

[aisle9]

27 minutes ago, Enderman said:

My 770 gets the same or better performance than the day I bought it.

OP is having some issue with the game, or his card is throttling or something.

Eh, little of column A, little of column B. Fermi and Kepler have been getting crapped on as of late by NVIDIA. It might not be active driver sabotage, but they certainly don't care about making sure that their Pascal drivers aren't raping Kepler.

 

That said, and here's the column B, I've noticed no ill effects of the screw-drivers on my Maxwell cards as of yet.