Question 3070ti MHZ is inverted while idle/in use (video showcase)

[raymenn]

I've had this problem for so long. Basically, every couple of months my GPU starts being weird and locks my MHZ to 225 or 325 (very low amount), meaning i get like 1/10 of the performance. However this issue only persists in any 3D app like a game or a benchmark. When I close it, my MHZ literally inverts and sits at 1800 like it should in games, and stucks itself again if I open anything.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxd_JzuELPo


It also literally dissapears and doesnt appear again for sometimes half a year or more, only to inevitably come back. I posted on this forum in 2023, and basically until now the issue was gone. I havent done anything different, it just reappareared.

What I have tried:

1. Chaning power mode
2. Updating Windows
3. Reinstalling Windows
4. Updating BIOS
5. Updating GPU drivers
6. DDUing drivers and installing them fresh
7. Physically reinstalling GPU in the PC
8. Cleaning the GPU
9. Changing RAM profiles
10. VBIOS is up to date

Any idea what can the issue be?

 

[alceryes]

It would be good to list out your other components. CPU, MB, RAM, etc.

Is it just the reading that is wrong? Is the performance actually crippled? Have you tried other monitoring programs like HWiNFO64 to check the GPU frequency?

Without anything else running in the background, after rebooting the computer and sitting at desktop for 5 mins, what is your 3D Mark Time Spy score?

 

[raymenn]

It would be good to list out your other components. CPU, MB, RAM, etc.

Is it just the reading that is wrong? Is the performance actually crippled? Have you tried other monitoring programs like HWiNFO64 to check the GPU frequency?

Without anything else running in the background, after rebooting the computer and sitting at desktop for 5 mins, what is your 3D Mark Time Spy score?

Yes the performance is crippled.

Other components are
Motherboard: TUF GAMING X570-PRO (WI-FI)
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x
RAM: G Skill Trident Z F4-3600C17-16GTZKW 16 GB DDR4-3600 DDR4 SDRAM

Idling the PC does nothing, as rebooting. It still stays locked in any 3d app

 

[alceryes]

Try the Time Spy test just to see what score you get.
Load up the latest HWiNFO64 (sensors only) to see what it reports as the GPU frequency and temperature.

 

[raymenn]

HWINFO64 shows the same 225 under any load. It also jumps back up and starts being dynamic once I close the game

The temperature is very low, around 40c, so most definitely not a throttling issue

Time Spy test wont even start, I assume because the performance is too low for it to even load. 1/10th of the normal performance

EDIT: it did start. Getting around 5 fps

 

[alceryes]

Well, you've already done a lot of the stuff I would've suggested. When you were diagnosing, were you installing other programs or making any other customizations too? When you updated the BIOS did the BIOS actually reset? If not, try a BIOS reset and don't change anything.

Do you have another drive to check how the card behaves in Linux?

Other than that, I think we're up to checking that GPU in another system or a different GPU in yours. Possibly faulty card.

 

[raymenn]

Well, you've already done a lot of the stuff I would've suggested. When you were diagnosing, were you installing other programs or making any other customizations too? When you updated the BIOS did the BIOS actually reset? If not, try a BIOS reset and don't change anything.

Do you have another drive to check how the card behaves in Linux?

Other than that, I think we're up to checking that GPU in another system or a different GPU in yours. Possibly faulty card.

I dont know... its so strange. Just reconnected my GPU cables to a different VGA slot on the power supply, and swapped my RAM sticks and the performance is back to normal. Im 99.9% sure its not fixed and will come back later, but for now its gone 😀 idk how it can be a faulty GPU if it works normally almost all the time. Its so so strange. Btw my BIOS is default settings except XMP (gpu acts same with and without it)

 

[alceryes]

I dont know... its so strange. Just reconnected my GPU cables to a different VGA slot on the power supply, and swapped my RAM sticks and the performance is back to normal. Im 99.9% sure its not fixed and will come back later, but for now its gone 😀 idk how it can be a faulty GPU if it works normally almost all the time. Its so so strange. Btw my BIOS is default settings except XMP (gpu acts same with and without it)

These kinds of intermittent issues are some of the most difficult to diagnose.
I'm happy that it's fixed, for now, but I don't think the issue you are experiencing was caused (or fixed) by what you changed.