Question 980Ti can hardly run games at 1080p lowest settings

[Selkies]

So I just upgraded most of my system, except for my 980Ti and now know it's the reason I have to play on the absolute lowest settings 1080p. Apex and CoD MW both on lowest settings give me between 20-40 fps, among many others, but certain games like Valorant give me 60 at 4k. I've done a full fresh driver install, changed motherboard, changed connectors, nothing helps. I just want to know what's causing this issue so I know if I need to spend the money on a new GPU or not.

Specs:
GPU - Asus Strix 980Ti
CPU - i7 10700k
Ram - 64GB G.Skill Ripjaw 4 2400
MOBO - Asus Prime z490-A

Any help would be very appreciated.

 

[Selkies]

You need to reinstall windows not reset it.
So save all your data and start over.
The 980ti is still plenty for 1080p gaming

I both reset and reinstalled windows, a day after each other. This, as I am realizing now, has been an issue with this card since the day I bought it. I always thought it was my Xeon processor bottlenecking but that isn't it, I've upgraded processors, MOBO, HDD to SSD, and ram.

 

[cryoburner]

She's gone bois. Started crashing every program, even task manager. Had to buy a prebu....a preb.......pre..built..still won't get here for another month or two but, I need a computer I'm a 3D artist. Gonna try flashing the bios like kamenrusev suggested and then baking it. Also, fun fact, turns out the reason I got certain games like Valorant to play at 4k was, you hardly need a GPU to run it in the first place. A+ to Riot because Valorant and League are the only 2 3D games I've found I can run on just my CPU. Good frames too. Thanks everyone.

Have you tried underclocking it a bit? If the card is unstable, lowering its clocks might keep it at least usable for a while.

 

[spentshells]

I both reset and reinstalled windows, a day after each other. This, as I am realizing now, has been an issue with this card since the day I bought it. I always thought it was my Xeon processor bottlenecking but that isn't it, I've upgraded processors, MOBO, HDD to SSD, and ram.

So you have done a fresh install then added drivers and tested, before doing anything else?