GTX 1060 Dropping below 30 frames :(

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

Hello I just purchased a new graphics card last night and it's is having trouble maintaining consistent framerates in overwatch; wanted to get some information on how to solve my problem.

Starting off here's my build:
Motherboard: Asus H170 pro gaming
Processor- i5 6500
GPU- GTX 1060 SSC 6GB
Ram- 2x4 Hyper X Fury DDR4 2133hz
Hard drives- 1 Toshiba hard drive that came out of a Satellite series laptop, second s seagate 750GB
Power supply- EVGA 600w
Cooling- Cool master EVO(That big ass heat sink thing that looks like a car engine)
Os- Windows 8.1

My gtx 960 FTW can reach 100fps on low and 60 on ultra, I assumed a 1060 would be heavens above it, and at first glance it is; on low settings in overwatch I reach 210-240fps, but I capped it at 144fps. It'll be fine I start a match and when doing 360's, doing flicks shots, going no through pathways, and especially during team fights it'll increase as high as 78C and drop from 144- as low as 30, some times lower and when bringing up tab or going to menus it drops to 60 then lower. I tried using it on a 144 hz monitor and no improvement. 

This morning I went through some settings and found a feature that call "K boost" or something after activating it I've had less drops but temp sits around 78-80. I'm really considering returning this GPU to Best Buy and look for a 1070 I'm really disappointed that a $299.00 card is preforming like this and i see posts of people saying older GPU like 970, 980, etc. Getting 144 FPS fine. Is it possible to get 144 hz In overwatch consistently with my GPU; or am I forced to buy the more pricier GTX 1070, and 1080?

[GDRRiley]

you should have paid 299$ for that card they are 250$ online. did you wipe your  old drivers

[Princess Luna]

DDU in safe mode and reinstall the drivers fresh new, also avoid allowing geforce experience to auto-update the drivers as you'll need DDU every time you put a different driver to always avoid conflicts that can cripple performance.

[RadiatingLight]

DDU & Reinstall.

If you don't know what this is, DDU stands for Display Driver Uninstaller, and is the ubiquitous way to uninstall GPU drivers. Most GPU problems are fixed with an uninstall and reinstall of their respective drivers.

You can download DDU here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html , and I’d recommend using the “Clean and Restart” option.

Once this is done, you can download new drivers by clicking on the links below, and selecting your hardware.

Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx 

AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download  

Sorry if this is too much detail. This is a macro on my keyboard and I’m trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator

[ARikozuM]

25 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Sorry if this is too much detail. This is a macro on my keyboard and I’m trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator

That is a great f#cking idea... I guess I should expand my "full specs" macros... 

 

OP: I would return the GPU after trying what the above suggested and getting a 1070, if you can afford it.

[Darkseth]

What exactly happens when you get drops to 30 fps?

Make a screenshot of Afterburner graphs.

Those stuff tell you what's going on. What your GPU usage does, CPU usage, temperatures, clock speeds etc.

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

6 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

What exactly happens when you get drops to 30 fps?

Make a screenshot of Afterburner graphs.

Those stuff tell you what's going on. What your GPU usage does, CPU usage, temperatures, clock speeds etc.

After a frame drop to 30 my GPU temperature increases and my game freezes a couple of secs it then goes right back to 144. I'll do a screen shot when I can if reinstalling my drivers fail.

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

19 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

That is a great f#cking idea... I guess I should expand my "full specs" macros... 

 

OP: I would return the GPU after trying what the above suggested and getting a 1070, if you can afford it.

I can afford it, im just trying to determine if it's the gpu or my computer itself; nevertheless if all fails imma return it.  I'm just confused how a 1060 has problems but my original GPU works fine and it's supposed to be worse.

[Brooksie359]

1 minute ago, EKUSASxISxGOD said:

I can afford it, im just trying to determine if it's the gpu or my computer itself; nevertheless if all fails imma return it.  I'm just confused how a 1060 has problems but my original GPU works fine and it's supposed to be worse.

most likely driver issues. you should do the uninstall and reinstall drivers like others have stated.

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

48 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

DDU & Reinstall.

If you don't know what this is, DDU stands for Display Driver Uninstaller, and is the ubiquitous way to uninstall GPU drivers. Most GPU problems are fixed with an uninstall and reinstall of their respective drivers.

You can download DDU here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html , and I’d recommend using the “Clean and Restart” option.

Once this is done, you can download new drivers by clicking on the links below, and selecting your hardware.

Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx 

AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download  

Sorry if this is too much detail. This is a macro on my keyboard and I’m trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator

Thank you, I appreciate the detail. I'll do this is, i didn't remove my of my previous drivers from my last two gpus, maybe that's the issue. 

[Brooksie359]

Just now, EKUSASxISxGOD said:

Thank you, I appreciate the detail. I'll do this is, i didn't remove my of my previous drivers from my last two gpus, maybe that's the issue. 

what were you last two?

 

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

52 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

DDU in safe mode and reinstall the drivers fresh new, also avoid allowing geforce experience to auto-update the drivers as you'll need DDU every time you put a different driver to always avoid conflicts that can cripple performance.

I belive I don't even have GeForce experience it disappeared when I intstalled the cd with the 1060, another thing that concerned me.

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

what were you last two?

 

GTX950 SC, GTX960 FTW

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

4 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

most likely driver issues. you should do the uninstall and reinstall drivers like others have stated.

Yeah I will.

[Brooksie359]

Just now, EKUSASxISxGOD said:

GTX950 SC, GTX960 FTW

yeah they are the same generation so the drivers are super compatible with each other while the 1060 is not so that is likely why you didnt have any issues with your last two

[EKUSASxISxGOD]

1 minute ago, Sierra Fox said:

you did what??

 

go to the NVidia website and get the newest proper drivers. the CDs have outdated shit that shouldn't even come with high powered cards.

Lol it came in the box I thought it would be fine, I didn't know your not supposed to install drivers from it; but that's good to hear, then I know exactly what to do.

[Princess Luna]

47 minutes ago, EKUSASxISxGOD said:

I belive I don't even have GeForce experience it disappeared when I intstalled the cd with the 1060, another thing that concerned me.

You should never use the cd lol, go to the website for ddu download it and use on safe mode first, only then go to nvidia and download latest driver

[Darkseth]

10 hours ago, EKUSASxISxGOD said:

After a frame drop to 30 my GPU temperature increases and my game freezes a couple of secs it then goes right back to 144. I'll do a screen shot when I can if reinstalling my drivers fail.

And GPU usage?

 

Screenshot the Graphs^^

 

What you describe sounds like a CPU-lag~, like a high CPU usage for a short moment, that makes your fps go down.

This does not sound like a GPU problem to me, as long the GPU doesn't suddenly clock down hard into 2d mode or something.