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Please help with EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 very low performance issue

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what in the is going on . im new to this but ingame this card is not doing as good as my msi n560gtx any one please help a man out


evga-gtx-970-ssc-acx-2-0-best-buy-exclusive

EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 Best Buy Exclusive
GM204
GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

1664
CORES

104
TMUS

56
ROPS

4096 MB
MEMORY SIZE

GDDR5
MEMORY TYPE

256 bit
BUS WIDTH

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what in the is going on . im new to this but ingame this card is not doing as good as my msi n560gtx any one please help a man out


evga-gtx-970-ssc-acx-2-0-best-buy-exclusive

EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 Best Buy Exclusive
GM204
GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

1664
CORES

104
TMUS

56
ROPS

4096 MB
MEMORY SIZE

GDDR5
MEMORY TYPE

256 bit
BUS WIDTH

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The 170C temperature is a strange, it must be a bug. please update the GPUz version and upload here the stressed screenshot while having GPUz sensor tab on top

Also, Would you state performance issue in detail please? Are you facing low FPS or something related to thermal?
 
The 170C temperature is a strange, it must be a bug. please update the GPUz version

170 degrees....LOL!! :D ^+1 update GPU-Z first!
 
I would advise as well to update the GPU-Z and use another software to monitor temps like Aida64 or HWinfo. Do a test with Furmark and see what temps do you get in all these programs.
 
we want to help you but first we need info-fill out system specs-before all is speculation

which games,other system specs,make some screens during load++
 
The 170C temperature is a strange, it must be a bug. please update the GPUz version and upload here the stressed screenshot while having GPUz sensor tab on top

Also, Would you state performance issue in detail please? Are you facing low FPS or something related to thermal?
low fps for sure
 
I would advise as well to update the GPU-Z and use another software to monitor temps like Aida64 or HWinfo. Do a test with Furmark and see what temps do you get in all these programs.
ok . hey guys listen i really want to thank you guys i have been researching this fo
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r 3 days. its got the bios it came with and there was a firm bios update becuasee some issues . the bios version this one has that is factory is 84.04.36.00.70

ya somethins wrong becuase its caping now limited gpu

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 50 °C
Kentsfield 65nm Technology
RAM
6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz (5-5-5-13)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation OEMD975XBGG1 (LGA 775) 42 °C
Graphics
HP 2159 (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (EVGA) 30 °C
Storage
465GB Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 ATA Device (SATA) 28 °C
14GB PNY USB 2.0 FD USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653A ATA Device
Audio
XSplit Stream Audio Renderer
 
Your very old Q6600 is not helping that card at all. It could very easily bottleneck it depending on the situation.
 
The 170C temperature is a strange, it must be a bug. please update the GPUz version and upload here the stressed screenshot while having GPUz sensor tab on top

Also, Would you state performance issue in detail please? Are you facing low FPS or something related to thermal?
yes it is getting low fps and it seems its a gpu performance issue becuase its caping out and im not doing anything at all. .
 
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Not sure what your internet speeds have do with your low performance?
 
Are you running the latest drivers for your video card? Is Windows up to date via "Windows Update"?
 
Did you remove the old drivers first? Provide complete system specs.
 
I would advise as well to update the GPU-Z and use another software to monitor temps like Aida64 or HWinfo. Do a test with Furmark and see what temps do you get in all these programs.

fury mark, then he really will hit 176!!! why its junk and no one uses it unless you want to bake your card for the fun of it.
 
fury mark, then he really will hit 176!!! why its junk and no one uses it unless you want to bake your card for the fun of it.
Usually Nvidia cards have maximum temps of 100 ºC
176º C is impossible the computer would have crashed way before.

+1 about the CPU being a potential bootleneck
 
+2 on the Q6600 bottleneck That chip is not helping you at all. It's like attaching a huge trailer to a bicycle. Yeah you have the potential to pull more with your nice big trailer (GTX 970) but you're not going anywhere with that bicycle (Q6600). That's why PerfCap reason says Util the whole way through. The card is simply not being fully used. The rest of your system can't keep up with your 970's potential.
 
i have tried the latest driver the 378.66 February 14, 2017 nd i have tried earlier ones also. when i go to reinstall the driver i go to uninstall a program in windows and remove evry thing that i can besides the one driver version the sytem is on . then i go to windows explorer remove every thing possiable deleting and then running ccleaner making sure not to have any reg, issues . also the log configs eccept one for the reboot. then i downloaded the lattest driver and of coarse i have evn tried a couple older versions. also yes i am 44 years old and i am time limitd as my wife hates me running a Mature Gaming clan of 50 members and she cant stand me gaming period. lol so i get on here when i can.the cpu doesnt go over 80% ussing xsplit gamecaster ,teamspeak3 , my.com , Warface . even with the cpu on 3% to the highest setting here is around 7% and its saying perf cap ult code . constant it doesnt say it constant when i run i bench mark. lol
and yes windows is up to date i reinstalled windows 7 proff. 64 bit early this moring and ran all the updates.

my internet isnt the issue . i got spectrum 60mb down and i get 15 ming 66mb down 5 up
here hell i just ran it
Asheville, NC
SERVER
Spectrum
71.87.188.240

PING 15 ms
DOWNLOAD 66.07 Mbps

UPLOAD 5.86 Mbps

Also that was the lattest gpuz version to.


I hope you're from EU where it's about 4AM now and you're heavily stoned.
lol stoner he just might be .


Gateway fx530

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 50 °C
Kentsfield 65nm Technology
RAM
6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz (5-5-5-13)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation OEMD975XBGG1 (LGA 775) 42 °C
Graphics
HP 2159 (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (EVGA) 30 °C
Storage
465GB Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 ATA Device (SATA) 28 °C
14GB PNY USB 2.0 FD USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653A ATA Device
Audio
XSplit Stream Audio Renderer

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
Computer type: Desktop
Installation Date: 2/16/2017 6:13:00 AM
Serial Number: YKHFT-KW986-GK4PY-FDWYH-7TP9F
Windows Security Center
User Account Control (UAC) Disabled
Firewall Enabled
Antivirus Disabled
Windows Update
AutoUpdate Disabled
Windows Defender
Windows Defender Enabled
.NET Frameworks installed
v4.6 Full
v4.6 Client
v3.5 SP1
v3.0 SP2
v2.0 SP2
Internet Explorer
Version 11.0.9600.18537
PowerShell
Version 2.0
Environment Variables
USERPROFILE C:\Users\ddog
SystemRoot C:\Windows
User Variables
Machine Variables
Power Profile
Active power scheme My Custom Plan 1
Hibernation Enabled
Turn Off Monitor after: (On AC Power) Never
Turn Off Hard Disk after: (On AC Power) 20 min
Suspend after: (On AC Power) Never
Screen saver Disabled
Uptime
Current Session
Current Time 2/18/2017 4:03:08 AM
Current Uptime 5,473 sec (0 d, 01 h, 31 m, 13 s)
Last Boot Time 2/18/2017 2:31:55 AM
Services
TimeZone
TimeZone GMT -5:00 Hours
Language English (United States)
Location United States
Format English (United States)
Currency $
Date Format M/d/yyyy
Time Format h:mm:ss tt
Scheduler
GlaryInitialize 5
GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore
GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA
Hotfixes
System Folders
Process List
Security Options

RAM
Memory slots
Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 4
Free memory slots 0
Memory
Type DDR2
Size 6144 MBytes
Channels # Dual
DRAM Frequency 399.5 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 5 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 13 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 21 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 43 %
Total Physical 5.25 GB
Available Physical 2.94 GB
Total Virtual 5.25 GB
Available Virtual 2.78 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 4
Slot #1
Type DDR2
Size 1024 MBytes
Manufacturer Samsung
Max Bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part Number M3 78T2953EZ3-CF7
Serial Number 655761116
Week/year 14 / 08
Timing table
Frequency CAS# Latency RAS# To CAS# RAS# Precharge tRAS tRC Voltage
JEDEC #1 266.7 MHz 4.0 4 4 12 16 1.800 V
JEDEC #2 333.3 MHz 5.0 5 5 15 20 1.800 V
JEDEC #3 400.0 MHz 6.0 6 6 18 24 1.800 V
Slot #2
Type DDR2
Size 2048 MBytes
Manufacturer Kingston
Max Bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part Number 2G-UDIMM
Serial Number 2433634295
Week/year 12 / 10
Timing table
Slot #3
Type DDR2
Size 1024 MBytes
Manufacturer Samsung
Max Bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part Number M3 78T2863QZS-CF7
Serial Number 2456254342
Week/year 15 / 09
Timing table
Slot #4
Type DDR2
Size 2048 MBytes
Manufacturer Kingston
Max Bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part Number 2G-UDIMM
Serial Number 2483961847
Week/year 12 / 10
Timing table
Frequency CAS# Latency RAS# To CAS# RAS# Precharge tRAS tRC Voltage
JEDEC #1 200.0 MHz 3.0 3 3 9 12 1.800 V
JEDEC #2 266.7 MHz 4.0 4 4 12 16 1.800 V
JEDEC #3 400.0 MHz 5.0 5 5 18 23 1.800 V


CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Cores 4
Threads 4
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Code Name Kentsfield
Package Socket 775 LGA
Technology 65nm
Specification Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Family 6
Extended Family 6
Model F
Extended Model F
Stepping B
Revision G0
Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Intel 64, NX, VMX
Virtualization Supported, Disabled
Hyperthreading Not supported
Fan Speed 762 RPM
Bus Speed 266.4 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 1065.4 MHz
Stock Core Speed 2400 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 266 MHz
Average Temperature 44 °C
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes
L2 Unified Cache Size 2 x 4096 KBytes
Cores
Core Speed Multiplier Bus Speed Rated Bus Speed Temperature Threads
Core 0 2397.2 MHz x 9.0 266.4 MHz 1065.4 MHz 45 °C APIC ID: 0
Core 1 1598.1 MHz x 6.0 266.4 MHz 1065.4 MHz 44 °C APIC ID: 1
Core 2 2397.2 MHz x 9.0 266.4 MHz 1065.4 MHz 43 °C APIC ID: 2
Core 3 1598.1 MHz x 6.0 266.4 MHz 1065.4 MHz 42 °C APIC ID: 3


Motherboard
Manufacturer Intel Corporation
Model OEMD975XBGG1 (LGA 775)
Version AAD59331-206
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model i975X
Chipset Revision A0
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801GB (ICH7/R)
Southbridge Revision A1
System Temperature 38 °C
BIOS
Brand Intel Corp.
Version LA97510J.15A.0285.2007.0906.0226
Date 9/6/2007
Voltage
+2.5V 1.484 V
CPU CORE 1.102 V
ATX +3.3V 3.266 V
ATX +5V 5.000 V
ATX +12V 11.875 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation PCIE X16 SLOT
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x4
Slot Designation PCIE X4 SLOT
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI SLOT 1
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI SLOT 2
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 3


Graphics
Monitor
Name HP 2159 on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Current Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
Work Resolution 1920x1031 pixels
State Enabled, Primary, Output devices support, Unsafe
Monitor Width 1920
Monitor Height 1080
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 60 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Model GeForce GTX 970
Device ID 10DE-13C2
Revision A2
Subvendor EVGA (3842)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Current GPU Clock 1189 MHz
Current Memory Clock 3505 MHz
Current Shader Clock 3505 MHz
Voltage 0.993 V
Technology 28 nm
Bus Interface PCI Express x4
Temperature 55 °C
Driver version 21.21.13.7849
BIOS Version 84.04.36.00.70
Memory 4095 MB
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 1 - "Perf Level 0"
GPU Clock 1189 MHz
Shader Clock 3505 MHz

Storage
Hard drives
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 ATA Device
Manufacturer Hitachi
Product Family Deskstar
Series Prefix Standard
Model Capacity For This Specific Drive 500GB
Heads 16
Cylinders 3,876,084
Tracks 15,504,336
Sectors 976,773,168
SATA type SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
Serial Number JP1532FN2KD0DK
Firmware Version Number JP2OA50E
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 4827 times
Power On Time 870.8 days
Speed 7200 RPM
Features S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ
Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Interface SATA
Capacity 465 GB
Real size 500,107,862,016 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
Status Good
Temperature 27 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
S.M.A.R.T attributes
Attribute name Real value Current Worst Threshold Raw Value Status
01 Read Error Rate 0 100 100 16 0000000000 Good
02 Throughput Performance 91 137 137 54 000000005B Good
03 Spin-Up Time 10748072 ms 138 138 24 0000A400A8 Good
04 Start/Stop Count 4,945 99 99 0 0000001351 Good
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 0 100 100 5 0000000000 Good
07 Seek Error Rate 0 100 100 67 0000000000 Good
08 Seek Time Performance 31 138 138 20 000000001F Good
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 870d 20h 98 98 0 00000051A4 Good
0A Spin Retry Count 0 100 100 60 0000000000 Good
0C Device Power Cycle Count 4,827 99 99 0 00000012DB Good
C0 Power-off Retract Count 4,975 96 96 0 000000136F Good
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 4,975 96 96 0 000000136F Good
C2 Temperature 27 °C 222 222 0 000004001B Good
C4 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 100 100 0 0000000000 Good
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number B00771B5
Size 99 MB
Used Space 28.2 MB (28%)
Free Space 71 MB (72%)
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1
Disk Letter C:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number B00D7A99
Size 465 GB
Used Space 82 GB (17%)
Free Space 382 GB (83%)
Flash drives
PNY USB 2.0 FD USB Device
Interface USB
Capacity 14.9 GB
Real size 15,955,132,416 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
S.M.A.R.T not supported
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #1, Partition #0
Disk Letter J:
File System FAT32
Volume Serial Number 786F56EC
Size 14.8 GB
Used Space 411 MB (2%)
Free Space 14.4 GB (98%)


Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653A ATA Device
Media Type DVD Writer
Name TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653A ATA Device
Availability Running/Full Power
Capabilities Random Access, Supports Writing, Supports Removable Media
Read capabilities CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL
Write capabilities CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL
Config Manager Error Code Device is working properly
Config Manager User Config FALSE
Drive D:
Media Loaded FALSE
SCSI Bus 1
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 1
SCSI Target Id 0
Status OK
Audio
Sound Cards
NVIDIA High Definition Audio
High Definition Audio Device
USB Audio Device
XSplit Stream Audio Renderer
Playback Devices
Speakers (Logitech USB Headset)
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
HP 2159-8 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) (default)
Speakers (XSplit Stream Audio Renderer)
Recording Devices
Microphone (Logitech USB Headset) (default)
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Peripherals
HID Keyboard Device
Device Kind Keyboard
Device Name HID Keyboard Device
Vendor Unknown
Location USB Input Device
Driver
Date 6-21-2006
Version 6.1.7601.17514
File C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\kbdhid.sys
File C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys
HID Keyboard Device
Device Kind Keyboard
Device Name HID Keyboard Device
Vendor Unknown
Location USB Input Device
Driver
HID Keyboard Device
Device Kind Keyboard
Device Name HID Keyboard Device
Vendor Unknown
Location USB Input Device
Driver
Date 6-21-2006
Version 6.1.7601.17514
File C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\kbdhid.sys
File C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys
HID-compliant mouse
Device Kind Mouse
Device Name HID-compliant mouse
Vendor Mad Catz Inc
Location USB Input Device
Driver
Date 6-21-2006
Version 6.1.7600.16385
File C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\mouhid.sys
File C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys
USB Audio Device
Device Kind Audio device
Device Name USB Audio Device
Vendor Logitech
Comment Logitech USB Headset
Location 0000.001d.0002.002.000.000.000.000.000
Driver
Date 7-12-2013
Version 6.1.7601.18208
File C:\Windows\system32\drivers\USBAUDIO.sys
File C:\Windows\system32\drivers\drmk.sys
File C:\Windows\system32\drivers\portcls.sys
File C:\Windows\system32\WMALFXGFXDSP.dll
File C:\Windows\system32\SysFxUI.dll

Network
You are connected to the internet
Connected through Intel PRO/1000 PM Network Connection
 
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why? its the super clocked version


EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 Best Buy Exclusive
GM204
GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

1664
CORES

104
TMUS

56
ROPS

4096 MB
MEMORY SIZE

GDDR5
MEMORY TYPE

256 bit
BUS WIDTH
b3218.jpg
c767_GM204-200-A1.jpg


Graphics Processor
GPU Name: GM204
GPU Variant: GM204-200-A1
Architecture: Maxwell 2.0
Process Size: 28 nm
Transistors: 5,200 million
Die Size: 398 mm²
Graphics Card
Released: Sep 19th, 2014
Production Status: Active
Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16
EVGA Part #: 04G-P4-3979-KB
Clock Speeds
GPU Clock: 1050 MHz
1190 MHz (+13%)
Boost Clock: 1178 MHz
1342 MHz (+14%)
Memory Clock: 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory
Memory Size: 4096 MB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Bus: 256 bit
Bandwidth: 224.4 GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units: 1664
TMUs: 104
ROPs: 56
SMM Count: 13
Pixel Rate: 58.8 GPixel/s
66.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate: 109.2 GTexel/s
123.8 GTexel/s
Floating-point performance: 3,494 GFLOPS
3,960 GFLOPS
Board Design
Slot Width: Dual-slot
Length: 10.5 inches
267 mm
TDP: 148 W
Outputs: 1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
Power Connectors: 2x 6-pin
Board Number: PG401
Graphics Features
DirectX: 12.0
OpenGL: 4.5
OpenCL: 1.2
CUDA: 5.2
Shader Model: 5.0
 
Anyone else smell troll?
 
ddog, do us a favor, download and install the Unigine Heaven benchmark (here is a link- http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-applications/Unigine-Heaven-2/downloads ).
Apply the following settings-

1.) 1920x1080, Fullscreen, 8x Anti-Aliasing (windowed 1920x1080 is allowed)
2.) Ultra Quality
3.) Extreme Tessellation
4.) Sound ON (sound disabled in the benchmark is not allowed)

Then run the benchmarks while also having GPU-Z running in the background showing the sensors tab. Post screenshot showing the results and the GPU-Z sensor readings during the benchmark run. This is what I asking to see (these are the results of my computer)-

results349.jpg


This should show us any performance issues you are experiencing so that we can properly start to trouble shoot your system.

Honestly, I am thinking your problem, as others have pointed out is that very old Q6600 CPU you have. Your computer is only as fast as it's slowest component, and by todays standards, the Q6600 is very slow.
 
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