460 GTX SLI - GPU Usage Problem

[Professa]

Hello everyone. I have recently noticed that in rift (the primary game I play) my frame rate is about 30 fps. When I initially installed the game, I was at 55-60 consistently. I have not touched any power settings or messed with bios in any way. The only thing I have done is installed drivers and patched the game. I have tried multiple versions of drivers, but my gpu usage is constantly at 15-20% even when the game demands more usage. The temperature never exceeds 50 degrees C.

I have looked around for solutions, and many say the problem is a bottlenecked CPU. However, I have a 980-x processor (6-core 3.33ghz) and I previously got very good GPU usage on the same exact setup several months ago. I've got max performance on my video card as well in power options and CPU. I am using MSI afterburner to observe this problem in GPU usage.

I tested both of my 460 GTXs individually and they had no problems exceeding 80-90% usage on their own. In SLI, however, they're capped for some reason. Any ideas?

RAM: 12 GB DDR3 Kingston Hyperx
Processor: 980-x 3.33 ghz 6-core
Motherboard: DX58SO2
GPU: 460 GTX SLI. 1 GB MSI Cyclone, 1GB Gigabyte GV-N460SO-1G
Hard Drive: Crucial RealSSD C300
PSU: 850W Corsair CMPSU-850TX

 

[arnoo1]

The game probally does nog support sli because than you het werd gpu usage, i experience IT in tdu 2 wit a gtx 295

 

[Professa]

It does support SLI though. It worked for me in the past.

 

[arnoo1]

Maybe a fresh install would help, somethimes pc's are a pain in the ass

 

[LDNL]

Post your whole system speccs or edit it in the first post. On that note I dare not belive the 980x is causing this. Has to be driver/software related imo