GTX 970 Half Performance

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

My GTX 970 have the half performance. In 3DMark i have the same results like with my previous ATI Radeon HD 7870 XT. I tried 3DMark and Need for Speed Payback in Windows 8.1 (fresh install) and i had the same performance. Should i replace my GPU?

GTX 970 today:

GTX 970 when i bought it:

My previous ATI Radeon 7870 XT:

eidairaman1 · Mar 11, 2018

What PSU is in your system?

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

Corsair 550W.

eidairaman1 · Mar 11, 2018

Sandi1987 said:
Corsair 550W.

How old?

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

5 years. I think PSU it's not problem. I tried High Performance in Windows and NVIDIA Control Panel and i have the same results.

jboydgolfer · Mar 11, 2018

id recommend doing a Malware scan, using whatever A/V you have. Also, take a look at what is running oin task manager, see if anything is running on your GPU with out your knowledge

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

In Nvidia control panel, set power management to "perfer maximum performance".

eidairaman1 · Mar 11, 2018

Sandi1987 said:
5 years. I think PSU it's not problem. I tried High Performance in Windows and NVIDIA Control Panel and i have the same results.

That will mitigate bus issues however if a psu is getting weak it can start affecting system performance

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

Regeneration said:
In Nvidia control panel, set power management to "perfer maximum performance".

I did and it's the same.

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

Maybe just a bug in Nvidia drivers... check temperatures and try to run the latest version of 3DMark.

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

I tried older driver from 2015 and performance it's the same in 3DMark.

Can i play new games with Intel HD 4600?

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

Post a screenshot of GPU-Z and check the GPU temperature during load.

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

GPU Clock when i open 3DMark:

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

GPU-Z says the fans on the GTX 970 aren't working...

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

I open case and fans really not working. Do i have half performance because fans? I think i damage GPU when i play games without fans. Is it possible?

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

Try to clean the fans, I suggest using hair dryer (outside the house), then use MSI Afterburner to setup a manual fan curve and to monitor temperatures. Attached below is what I use on GTX 970.

If the fans are in a bad shape (won't spin fast at 100% speed), consider replacing them, and in the same opportunity reapply thermal paste. GTX 970 throttles (slow down) around 80c to prevent damage.

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

Fans working if i manual set speed in MSI Afterburner. With Auto doesn't work. I damage GPU when i play without fans.

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

Not necessarily. GTX 970 slows down around 80c to prevent damage (occurs at 98c). Try to run 3DMark with fans at 100 percent.

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

GPU temperature only 30c in 3DMark.

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

30c at load doesn't make sense. Make sure the integrated GPU is disabled from the BIOS.

1. Uninstall all of Nvidia drivers
2. Run Display Driver Uninstaller
3. Install the latest version of Nvidia drivers
4. Set fans to 100% and run 3DMark

Sandi1987 · Mar 11, 2018

I did this and it's the same. I have more FPS in 3DMark with 50% fan speed then with 100%. Without fan it's the same results as 50% fan speed.

Regeneration · Mar 11, 2018

Since you're getting lower performance with fan at 100 percent, maybe the power supply can't handle the load.

Try to unplug all non-essential devices (secondary hard drives, case fans, everything that is not required to run 3DMark).

droopyRO · Mar 11, 2018

Most graphic cards these days have that zero noise thing, where fans spin only after 60ºC, if the temperature is above that and the fans don't spin there is your problem. Could you take a picture of your case interior ? do you have multiple PCIE slots, did you try another PCIE slot ? Also see if you can test the card on a different PC.

basco · Mar 11, 2018

how´s temp on cpu? throttling?

BiggieShady · Mar 11, 2018

You showed this image when running 3dmark:

Gpu load graph shows 0% at all times ... can you capture a part of the benchmark session in the graphs?

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