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RTX 2070 + Afterburner

xelvynx

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I made some changes to Afterburner to help underclock my RTX 2070. Things were working ok when I was playing Marvel's Avengers but then it crashed. When I reloaded, I noticed my Afterburner (strictly that program, nothing else) was lagging, even if i'm dragging the window and things kept spiking including my memory clock and gpu temperature. Also I wanted to get some vision on my issue to see if anyone knew what the issue is. Please help!

The first 2 images are what has been happening
afterburner 1.PNGAfterburner 2.PNG

These were my settings before it crashed
Afterburner.PNG
 
Who knows... does it happen at default settings? If not, try Uninstalling and reinstalling the program? Update your drivers...

...have you tried anything? What exactly did you do when you underclocked? The first post is lacking some info...
 
well.. you use a driver from like 9 months ago

Fair point, just got my laptop so I've been slowly making changes as I'm moving forward. I have not updated my drivers, any suggestions as to what to use to find them? Should I use Geforce Experience?

Who knows... does it happen at default settings? If not, try Uninstalling and reinstalling the program? Update your drivers...

...have you tried anything? What exactly did you do when you underclocked? The first post is lacking some info...

Hi EarthDog, sorry for not incorporating too many details. First off, yes it does happen at default settings and I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I just updated my drivers now and it seems like it's still doing the spiking and it still has interface lag but it's memory clock isn't spiking to 5k atm...
As for when I was underclocking, I followed these steps
1. drag the core clock slider to +120
2. drag the Memory clock to +300
3. Apply the overclock
4. Click on the Bar graph to access the Freq/Voltage Curve

In the Freq/Votltage Curve
1. Shift + left click on the curve at the 725 on the horizontal scale
2. Shift + left click on the black area, starting from the 725mark and drag to the end so the area is shaded
3. Shift + Enter twice
Now you will see the curve flatten at the 725 mark, that means you undervolt the GPU to 725mV
4. Drag the Freq/Voltage curve windows out of sight and hit apply in the afterburner main window, then you can close the curve window
5. Right click on the Number 1 below the Profile (first time to delete and second time to save your undervolt).



Here it is now with the new drivers
New AB Test1.PNGNew AB Test2.PNG

*Edit*Also is it normal/okay for my memory clock to be running super high? and I guess my card is being limited or something? (2nd image with Hulk)
(forgive me as I'm still a total newb to AB and still trying to learn it)

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just go to the nvidia webiste or google nvidia driver.

there you pick your GPU and you'll get a download link for the latest driver.
 
Thank you, I do appreciate your time!!
Also, when a game crashes, many times Afterburner will have so e strange behavior after when going back to the game. Go to your task bar, right click and turn off Afterburner. Then restart it. Strange behavior should be gone.
 
Also, when a game crashes, many times Afterburner will have so e strange behavior after when going back to the game. Go to your task bar, right click and turn off Afterburner. Then restart it. Strange behavior should be gone.

I will be sure to try that out when it crashes the next time. I've been restarting my laptop, closing and reopening AB, uninstalling and reinstalling, i even tried a system restore, but it seems like AB's interface is still laggy... Any thoughts on that aspect? and Thank you as well rtwjunkie for taking the time to respond, i appreciate it :D
 
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