low fps..

[Versti]

so ive been playing overwatch for a good 4 days or so..

and i get 150+ fps in everyday and everygame,

but today i woke up.. turned my pc on and wanted to game as usual..

but i started getting 60-70 fps even on the same maps, didnt change any settings, and didnt change gpu settings either.

i even have my gpu overclocked and the gpu usage isnt even maxed out.. so it makes no sense, 

my gpu is a GTX 1060 G1 Gaming by gigabyte (6GB).

please help me out, as i really need the extra frames..

and i tried removing the overclock on my gpu, but it still gave me 60-70 fps..

 

[NewReborn]

Have you tried restarting the PC and doing a cold boot?

[Versti]

Just now, NewReborn said:

Have you tried restarting the PC and doing a cold boot?

restarting yeah i tried, but tf is a cold boot?

[Versti]

4 minutes ago, NewReborn said:

Have you tried restarting the PC and doing a cold boot?

how do i cold boot

[NewReborn]

Turn off the PC, shut off the PSU. Wait for 5 minutes and start it up again if that doesn't help, clearing CMOS is another thing you could try.

[Versti]

Just now, NewReborn said:

Turn off the PC, shut off the PSU. Wait for 5 minutes and start it up again if that doesn't help, clearing CMOS is another thing you could try.

do i need to wait like exactly 5 minutes? like.. will doing it like 6 or 4 minutes not cold boot the pc? 

[Versti]

5 minutes ago, NewReborn said:

Turn off the PC, shut off the PSU. Wait for 5 minutes and start it up again if that doesn't help, clearing CMOS is another thing you could try.

 

[Lord Nicoll]

 

11 minutes ago, Versti said:

do i need to wait like exactly 5 minutes? like.. will doing it like 6 or 4 minutes not cold boot the pc? 

You need to do it long enough to drain any reservoir capacitors in the PSU so the system is entirely un-powered and definitely reset

[Versti]

Just now, Lord Nicoll said:

 

You need to do it long enough to drain any reservoir capacitors in the PSU so the system is entirely un-powered and definitely reset

do i wait until the pc shuts down completley? (sry that its a silly question, but its my first time trying to cold boot)

[Lord Nicoll]

Just now, Versti said:

do i wait until the pc shuts down completley? (sry that its a silly question, but its my first time trying to cold boot)

Yes, the idea of power cycling is to cold boot the PC so that the machine will be completely reset (not the BIOS but the power stuff) so any errors in it will go away. A cold boot is just booting after the PC was turned off or unpowered. 

[Versti]

Just now, Lord Nicoll said:

Yes, the idea of power cycling is to cold boot the PC so that the machine will be completely reset (not the BIOS but the power stuff) so any errors in it will go away. A cold boot is just booting after the PC was turned off or unpowered. 

thank you so much, i will try that immediatley

[Lord Nicoll]

1 minute ago, Versti said:

thank you so much, i will try that immediately*

If that does not work, try a programme called DDU to remove the drivers and then reinstall them. Also what is your CPU and is it overclocked too?

[Versti]

15 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

If that does not work, try a programme called DDU to remove the drivers and then reinstall them. Also what is your CPU and is it overclocked too?

it didnt work.. sadly.. my cpu is the ryzen 1700 and not overclocked

[Lord Nicoll]

1 minute ago, Versti said:

it didnt work.. sadly.. my cpu is the ryzen 1700 and not overclocked

In this case, if neither of those options worked, I'd consider looking at the OS or maybe there is some kind of virus. Do the drivers show any kind of error or issues in the control panel? 

[Versti]

5 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

In this case, if neither of those options worked, I'd consider looking at the OS or maybe there is some kind of virus. Do the drivers show any kind of error or issues in the control panel? 

i meant that the cold boot didnt work, but about the ddu.. how do i start it..? it extracts to /downloads , and there's no .exe anywhere in there

EDIT: nvm, found where to start DDU from

 

[Versti]

2 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

In this case, if neither of those options worked, I'd consider looking at the OS or maybe there is some kind of virus. Do the drivers show any kind of error or issues in the control panel? 

and drivers are working prefectly, "Drive Status: Ok

All Drives are working properly.".

 

[Versti]

27 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

If that does not work, try a programme called DDU to remove the drivers and then reinstall them. Also what is your CPU and is it overclocked too?

ddu brings up a notification about me booting into safe mode or something, what do i do?

[Versti]

24 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

In this case, if neither of those options worked, I'd consider looking at the OS or maybe there is some kind of virus. Do the drivers show any kind of error or issues in the control panel? 

after using DDU and reinstalling my Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming software, my gpu stopped getting recognized in the software..

not getting recognized even by EVGA Precision too..

[NewReborn]

Gigabyte's software is NOT a driver. It's bloatware and it was likely what was causing the problem to begin with. You have to install the driver located on Nvidia's website. And remove Gigabyte's garbage

[Versti]

2 minutes ago, NewReborn said:

Gigabyte's software is NOT a driver. It's bloatware and it was likely what was causing the problem to begin with. You have to install the driver located on Nvidia's website. And remove Gigabyte's garbage

ill try.. thank you... cuz even after DDU, i still get 60-80/70 fps

[Lord Nicoll]

14 minutes ago, Versti said:

ill try.. thank you... cuz even after DDU, i still get 60-80/70 fps

 

26 minutes ago, Versti said:

after using DDU and reinstalling my Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming software, my gpu stopped getting recognized in the software..

not getting recognized even by EVGA Precision too..

Currently you're using the Microsoft basic display adaptor drivers. You'll need to download the correct driver off Nvidia's website. Also Gibabytes software blows massively, of all the software, it's probably the worse from a GPU AIB maker. 

 

47 minutes ago, Versti said:

and drivers are working prefectly, "Drive Status: Ok

All Drives are working properly.".

 

This doesn't really mean anything. There could have been an unknown setting changed in the BIOS or some part of it broke that doesn't show up. It's still one of the first things to do when there is a performance change.

 

42 minutes ago, Versti said:

ddu brings up a notification about me booting into safe mode or something, what do i do?

Safe mode is part of windows, it boots and loads the OS without any drivers, using only the basic windows ones. It's easier to uninstall a driver when it's not being used.

[Versti]

25 minutes ago, NewReborn said:

Gigabyte's software is NOT a driver. It's bloatware and it was likely what was causing the problem to begin with. You have to install the driver located on Nvidia's website. And remove Gigabyte's garbage

i used DDU, installed everything i needed... uninstalled everything that has to do with gigabyte, i still get 60-70 fps..

[Versti]

fml.. apparently changing quality from ultra to epic and then back to ultra helped boost the fps back to 170.. FUCK MY LIFE, guys im sorry for wasting your time, please forgive me.. it wan never my intentions.. but thank you for your help about the gigabyte stuff and sht.. appreciated..

 

@NewReborn @Lord Nicoll

 

 

[Lord Nicoll]

34 minutes ago, Versti said:

fml.. apparently changing quality from ultra to epic and then back to ultra helped boost the fps back to 170.. FUCK MY LIFE, guys im sorry for wasting your time, please forgive me.. it wan never my intentions.. but thank you for your help about the gigabyte stuff and sht.. appreciated..

 

@NewReborn @Lord Nicoll

 

 

That's cool, it must have been a game setting that got changed maybe, no worries.